Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-22
BULLION and B4RSIN THE BLACK
HILLS.

GCrre> pondence of the Omaha Republican,
have ON some thirteen different occasions
tried to get within the limits of the Bonanza
l;elt," only PHEASANT hours walk away where
hey dig out $4,000 retorts and $4,000 bricks.
ut every few rods of the way some evil genius
' ould entrap me in hole that looked like a
stone quarry jus to wash out few ounces of
this rock and pan it out; fifty-fOOt vein.
SIR; select sample anywhere and see no " ii
oes yourself | generally submitted: was
Usually delighted to see circle of bright. fine
S0ld around the edge of the pan, and in the
ext instant expected to see deed for half of
he valuable property thrown at me tor a journ-
listic 9ntd pro quo. But, alas, they don't
ere as they use to do in the good old days of
Virginia City, even when Mark Twain had a
Saratoga trunk full. But they come 10 you
>ir? This is the great Spanish Dubloon gold
lime. 1t is 100 feet wide. and extends Is feet
over the top OF that mountain and there
IRE lCVoUO in sight, sir; if you sell j. for that
and" You are hardly certain that you are
II the Aladdin precincts of that treasure
Louise until you can commence Sampling the
rock in another mans claim with about the
same result. have gone through bed rock
hume endWayS only to find the rifles thick
VII gold; have Slid down a hundred foo;
l0lstlng rope into the heart of one of these
dripping wide -mouthed bonanzas. with the
g;illterlng grains. peeping from thousand
Gimlnutive cavities and have interviewed a
brigade OF proSpectors from Pat Carey to Su-
pay Streak of opinion-'big mines, rich
mines and lots of them" Then, to get right
Gown to solid business and find out how many
OF these solid millionaires Were. borrowing
money at nVe per cent. per month interest,
Solemnly Wended my way to the leading bank.
But Il must use the language of the country,
! was bluffed on the first deal and hadn't the
heart to show nv hand. The door swung to
me Iett, and In my eager and rather hasty en-
try slammed it back against stock of silver
nullon, only little sample, of thousand
ten miles east of here" Explanation of the
cashier) OF course, turned quickly to the
right: and in the broad window saw pyramids
0t quartz 1dom various mines and
naked eye on some Of them but pushed for
ward through crowd at the counter to get
COMFORTING look at a good sized check. Just
pened to be handling buckskin sacks, from
which the polite clerks were weighing out gold
Gust Gust ana I'M nuggets But had seen enough of
railing to a comfortable seat near the cashier.
Eefore proceeding to the interview, 1 noticed
on the corner Of a safe at my right a $1,000 re-
o f espn a gsd Iok oT n e the Fsas
ire, mine. 1t was in the shape of pine ap-
PIE, but twice as large, and really good tonic
ia either sore eyes or for the different all
dO0r OF the vault, within easy reach on my
right. the cashier confidently invited my at.
.gm5,Sh IL tef ere remained Just about long
o
from its royal pedestal OF other bars, and try
10 realize that 1t was not iron, lead, or some
OF the other base metals 1t and its half
dozen fellows fairly Illuminated the black
walls of the vault aud Knocked my thoughts GA
the five per cent. per month interest business
try to find some little spot where no man
Gains mine ,or book agent who, true to his
consistent make up, will hound me only with
BOOKS, but such consolation seems a long way
Oh. and those bright bars haunt me still
You will perhaps be surprised to earn that
We still lack something OF being at the extreme
outpos, of civilization. New diggings repo ted
on the Little Missouri, Us mics distant; at the
base OF !nyan Kara peak, sixty miles distant,
aad in the Bear Lodge range, eiglty-five miles
distant, are all attracting attention from the
restless Spirits of these districts, and parties
are .ampeding in dozens every few days. or
course, tits distance which lends S rOngest en-
chantment; But as some gold has undoubtedly
Teen found in one or more of these localities
there is no telling how soon another Deadwood
HAY spring up.