Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-28

company boarding house. 1t U n comtOftA-
bic log building, 2oxsO feet, and is presided
over BY Mr.. and Mrs. Hoigate. whs board
the hands for the company, giving them
plenty of good "grub," and in splendid or
der. l found the superintendent, G. z. Phil
lip, looking after the interests of the COM
pany, and seeing that the men had plenty Of
exercise, SO that they would keep healthy.
The company have also built a-rood lodg-
ing house and blacksmith shop. The COM
pany was formed in November. Capital
stock one million dollars, divided into forty
thousand shares of twenty-five dollars each.
They own BY purchase thirty-four good
lodes, situated in the immediate vicinity Of
Victoria, from many Of which pure quick
silver can be got from the rock by pulver-
izing and panning out. Some person that is
versed in metalurgy may read this, and will
at once say, "How is this? Quicksilver in
its natural state in the ore is c~innabar, which
is red %sulphuret of mercury, and can only
be brought to a metallic form by desulphur-
izing by heat. passing it off in q vapor and
condensing. A ruficient heat to desulphur.
ize the rock in the vein would convert the
quicksilver into vapor and it would pass off
into the air and be lost in the vein. I ad.
NIT this, and can only say that mature, with
time. must have its own way to desulphur-
ize, a proof of which, We have here. I
know I have repeatedly tried it and got pure
quicksilver when no hand but my own did
any part of the work, and have seen others
do the same. Many Of lodes carry
gold, aud from the prospects which
are obtained from the surface rock, l con-
clude will be rich when sufficient depth is
acquired. ...4.
Here q person finds Cement" deposits.
the sight of which carries his thoughts
back for ages, to the time when they we're
deposited there by the sea. To the time
when the gold and sand danced together on
the wave washed beach and with powders
and pebbles found q resting place and for
med great grout walls which have with
stood the batterine Of storm dashed waves
until the waters receded. Having withstood
the action of atmosphere and time, they
still stand there in great walls, hist ,ries of
the past, monument to the departed sea-
a book for the geologist to read in the sea
washed lines upon their face. Who will
solve the mystery and tell us from whence
this great wash came? One told us Their
was no gold in the Black Hills. Another
tells US that the great gold wash came from
the southeast, while others, equally learn
ed. leave us to understand that it is thell
opinion that it came from the the north
west. When the learned get so far apsr
and disagree to such an extent 1 think il
gives license to the un.earncd to set up a
theory to suit themselves. Therefore ]
have mine. 1t is, the gold wash belongs te
the Black Hills and is at home here. II
the mines in this vicinity prove to be a:
good as the indications now give q person
reason to anticipate, they will be a great
thing for Pennington county and especially
for Rapid City, which place is only eight
or ten miles from the heart of this apparent.
" rich mining region. Well, time and vel
directed work will tell the story and give
me material for another letter which will
not have quite so much the appearance of
! prophesy.
l spent four days quite pleasantly al
Victoria looking over the different lode!
: of the company pounding and prospecting
rock, climbing the mountains. admiring the
beautiful canons and varied scenery which
lies along Rapid creek, the best and one o.
the most beautiful streams in the Hill, al
ways carrying plenty of water. At thi
time there is water enough to run a hun
dred stamp mill and all this passing righ'
through this country of quartz. Who vii
tell us what it may be?
We went hunting one day, and as l was
getting along the side of a mountain came
right up to six nice black-tail deer. 1 rho
Of course, but just where l am not able te
say. There is only one thing I do really
know about it. That is, I did moi get an,
of that v~enison.
Having satisfied myself that there was a
prospective bright future for Victoria, and
that the mines were apparently all that
could. be wished, I slung my blankets on m,
back and started on the trail for Hayward,
which after a four hours walk, l reached
safe, but not sound by any means, for 1 fell
about like that fellow the "Press'' told about
that walked up the morning of the second OF
January and concluded he was eighteen
hundred and seventy-eight years old.
HAYWARD CITY, THE MILL AND THE OUT.
LOOK.
The mill startad up some weeks ago and
ran a few days when the water played out
as they might have expected, for they did
not dig the we'll deep enough. They then
shut down, dug the we'll deeper and one o.
the proprietors went to Deadwood
to get a man to take charge Of
the mill, as none of the proprletors had
any experience in running q mill. The