Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-20
BLACK HILLS NOTES.

From DeadwOod Exchanges
There are eight prisoners in the Lawrence
county j,il.
A new foundry is being eeec,ed between
Deadwood and Gayville.
Another severe rain and snow storm oc-
Cured at Dead wood on the 9Th.
z ]. ". Majors is building new and Gle. |
CANT hotel 90 Main street, Lead City.
A company of capitalists is being organ.
lied in Philadelphia for the purpose Of
operating in the Black Hills.
The placer diggings in the Germania dis
trict, are what they call good Chinese
ground, will pan out about 80 day to the
nan.
A huge well is being sunk a, Rockerville,
to bc operated by steam. One pan full Of
dirt washed out As cents, and second
eighteen.
Thos Griswold, 40 old man 65 years OF
age, resident of South Deadwood. fell dead
ut the break fast table yesterday morning Of
heat disease.
Otto Gran,z made q cleanup yesterday
from claim No 20 below discovery on
Dcadwood gulch, which averaged nine dol.
lars day to the man.
A miner, known as "Raulesnake Jack"
recently sold q quartz lead IN the Bear
Butte district for $2O,0OO-one-half cash,
and the balance on time
Fine looking quartz has been discovered
on the Redwatcr, about forty miles from
Dcadwvod. 1t is much lighter in color
than that in the Deadwood region.
The Times gives as sure sign Of spring
and that there is plenty Of money 10 The
camp the "fact that big faro and poker
games are now going on in town"
A gentleman just in from Pierre, reports
the route clear, and no Indians nor signs OF
anv. At Pierre there is considerable &C.
,ivi,y in preparing for the summers bus
mess.
j. w. McIntyre's placer diggings on
Spring creek, are looking we'll, and he II
openiup quartz claims supposed to contain
chlorides of gold, with occasional free gold
, in sight :,
Fred T. Evans ten stamp quartz mil
reached Rapid last week. aud now repose'
temporarily on the plain just south OF thu
: town. 1t is proposed I, induct It into th'
u ways Of Rockerville.
:. Mr.. Welch, who arrived here last Tues
+ dsy to attend bis brother's-M Major Welch-
e funeral. is now lying dangerously sick will
e pneumonia, the same disease which cause'
E his brothers. death.
!" The Fairview mill, after a run OF ten day
on ore from the mill company's mine OF tn
same name, made clean up OF over $500
the other day. The retort is now on exh1
hilton at Brown s. Thum's bank.
., A dispatch from Deadwood. dated Apr
II 10th, SAYS: 1t is rerorted hefe that fort,
T. five Indians, we'll armed and mount ID, wei
T. ace. IN the vicinity Of Rockerville, twent!
F" five miles from Deadwood. the other day.
Mr. Skillmsu reports times at Haywal
prosperous There is one lo-sta'np mi
in (, opers,ion there and another en- route.
10 large we'll, for supplying the mill wit
as water has just b,cu completed, and IL Is
y perfect success
I There is q great deal Of stir q, Rocke
will. our informant assures Us. MI. Bead
Is moving q twelve hundred gallon pun
and boiler to the dry digoings there. tn
der to supply ihs, camp with water.
C. large spring in that section. ii is 'houRl
M v,l, furnish wafer sutficien, to work q
lsl clsima.
The San rrsncisco Exchange of April