Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-12
BLACK. NILS NOTES.
s,esblu,, Po,t 4 Wool have started ,
new bsuk ia Dead wood. Us, va

Oto0UlUs, ICtt q WOOL nave U'uIteu
new bark 10 Deaduood. ~
The Battle creek nume at Hayward CITY
has been completed and the company 10
prepared to clean up 500, 900 this summer.
A force Of men will be got At work on
the Belle Eldridge tunnel. embracing the
Glapd Worthy Chief, John II. Dsvey ard
Forest Queen lodes in the eulch.
Deadwood prices: Fresh eggs are selling
at 80 cents per dozen, butter Is cen.s per
pound, extra good SO cents; coal oil 81 per
gallon; potatoes from q to cents per
pound flour So per hundred; bacon Is
cents per pound sugar 6 pounds for . dol
lar; onions 10 cents per pound; ground feed
81 cents per pound corn 81 TO cents per
pound hay $40 per ton.
Deadwood Times: And now the little
rural town Of Swan Lake, sear Ysnk1on,
| Is trying 10 precipitate goldexcltement.
A cttIztn-pieked upa piece Of quartz on the
lsks shore lhsre recently which would
Yield .$1,4c0 10 the ton--it it had ton Of
it. The next thing we expect to hear is
that somebody has found one hundred doh
lar diggingsin or adjacent to Yanktop. The
grangsrs are getting bad down that way.
The. Deadwood Times gives as ":he
reason GOV. Howard didn't sign the bill
granting power to our probate judge to
sign deeds TO real estate in this county. it s
claimed, vas because our representatives
opposed the proposition to change the
name of Pennington to. Howard county
Now, Daniel, don't you feel proud Of your
self after getting .ha.'ide Tito print Ism
It, the ! biggest thing YOU ever said 10 ,
newspaperi ..e
Rockervi.le Miner: Rich new hill dig.
eings we're last week discovered on Nam
ituka hill, about mile below Hayward
by Messrs. Sawyer. sostherland and 9th.
ers. The ground has been prospected by
shsft which is now down-.19 feet, about
Of which is through pay dirt and no bed
rock yet, The prospects, are very even sn'
vary but few, cents to the pan. The aver
age Of v which is from IL to IS cents. Th
gold is known as shot gold aud is YER
heavy and of 6ue quality
A large quantity of rich pay dit ha
been taken out IN Rockervlle gulch th
las, few months, ready FOR the spsins. wa,el
II is thought that st less, &l5OOO worth !,
this dirt is now awaiting the spring ,hsv
Rocksrvile Miner Some rock from
mine near Newtons Fork, which Wa
brought to .to1a last. week Was cevee,
fwtih frse 6o,d. From -one outcy OF Ii,
rock prospect OF seyen cent, was obtained
There are doubtless mauy more IN ine
cqusllv as rich Ia tais section ii they sr,
opy developed.
H. L. Carver, ofSt. Paul, is home from
The Black Hiiltafd IN. brought with blu
atom Of silver:ole for essay from the silve
bonanza belonging to c w. Carpenter, d
A. Montforl Charley Eaton, N. w. Kittson
and others. Carpenter & Co. propose put
ting in SIS, ,O00 silver mill. They have o,
dump sufficient ore to mole than pay 70
The mill. The mine is wonderfully rich
and assays as high as $4,000 per ton
California capitalists approached Mr.. Car
penter with tempting offer that va
promptly refused. The silver mining In
terest in the Hills has not heen developed
and this company Of st. Paul gentlemen
will be the first to introduce a silver mill.