The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-01-16

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Deadwood bears about the same re
lation to the Hills that Virginia City
does, to the State of Nevada. AIlthe
best mines and nine -tenths of the popu-
lation of the Hills are within a few
miles of that place. A desire to see
the metropolis. and also to replepish
our grub pile, which had been reduced
to
vENfsoN AND CoFFEE.
Induced me to accept the senior part
ner' 8 invitation to take trip thither
We got up our horses on the morning
of the 9th of December, loaded three
with venison, and were about to mount
our chargers when Sleepy Moses, who
bad always been considered the reliable
horse of the outfit, frustrated our in
tention of an early start by falling over
washtub and the Deacon, ending up
against the corner of the house ard
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begal to look for club, but the senior
saved Moses from annihilation by a
well timed remark about the power of
of music to soothe the savage breast.
This compliment to his music. which
had beguiled the horse into the arms of
morpheus and the corner of the house.
Modified the Deacon to snch an extent
that he quit looking for club and
turned his attention to the saddle with
such success that by o'clock we were
again on our road. Our unlucky star
seemed to be in the ascendant. how
ever, and we hadn't gone more than q
mile before Moses again brought the
expedition to standstill; this time by
falling into the creek. After half an
hours hard work We managed to get
under Roadway again. only to have
Moses fall down steep bank before We
had gone fifty yards. This was getting
monotonous. and with a wrathy ex
preston the senior dismounted aud be-
gan cutting willow about the size OF a
shovel handle. The scene that followed
was quite animated. aud we had no
more trouble with Moses. We made 8
miles that day and got to Canyon
Springs Station about dark. The next
day me made II miles. and the next 20,
ARRIVING AT DEADwooD
About an hour before shutdown. Dead
wood isn't a particularly handsome
place. II is built at the Junction of
Deadwood and Whitewood Clutches,
and has three streets--one on Dead
wood. one on Wildwood and the third
connecting the first two. The part on
Whitewood is known as South Dead
wood, the other being the original
town. At the lower end of Deadwood
is Blizabethtown. but nobody but an
old resident can tell where one ends
and the other begius Still further
down the gulch are Montana, Centen-
NAL and Crook Cities. Up Deadwood
Gulch are Troy, or Gayviile, as it is
commonly called, Anchor City, Golden
Gate and Central. These have grown
into one M
LONG DRAWN OUT TOWN
OF one narrow and crooked street, but
the different PORTIONS still retain their
distinct Dames. Pennington, ON White
wood, about four miles above
Deadwood. is a little village with
20 stamp mill. Lead City, about the
same distance from Deadwood on Gofd
Run, branchs of Wildwood, is
thought by many to be the coming
place, many promising leads having
been found in that vicinity. All the
towns above Deadwood have mills,
there being about 40. with nearly 700
stamps in the aggregate, within five
miles of that place Deadwood has no
mills-gin mills excepted of her own,
but being the oldest town and having
the most room to expand, she holds her
own very we'll She polled about /, 700
votes at the late election, and Central.
the next largest place, poHed over
HOO. These towns are all built in