, 1879-02-28
GOLD.
The Alleged Rich Discoveries in Lake
County, Dakota.
Plcnty Of Run,ors Atloat, but Nothing
Positive Known ns Yet.
a Lively stampoao for tho Now FL
dorado.
stnuz Fnfls ti)dT,l TTmes. FEB. H.


sinuz Fbtlt tl)dx,l 7Tats, Ftb. II.
HJoux Falls has boon In furor Of excitement
since Sunday last. ''9oldn has been, md is,
The topic Of conversation. This excitement and
fcvcr was caused by piece OF go1a-Quarlz, OF
unsurpassed rlehncss, being brought to this
point from Lake County on Saturday esehlng
Of Inst week. Tic specimen weighs about. al
ouure; anl, for quality old miners AMI mon OF
experience pronounce It tic richest apcettnon
they laye cyer secu. OF course, when the piece
vas brought In, The very llca Of gold bcIng dis
covered tp this Immediate section prompted every
ono to CRY "Bngue," or "A plant" Tint tho
yellow substance which thu specimen contained
Is purc guld has been proven from il.e fnct that
1t has wEthstool every lest; ntd, as for n
"ptapt," future DEVELOPMENTS wilt nlono deter
mine.
The aunriz was brought TO this rtaco by ]. II.
Hutchtus who drives on the Btaga.ltne between
sloux Falls ami lake Madison. lie obtancd
tic specimen from II. N. Luce, one Of tic most
prominent citizens Of Lake County, nn'1 gave
"a account of tho discovery Of the sasnu on Mr.,
L,,cc's 1asll, but 1ntor returns from the "Eoll-
fields " show that tllcre was lntstnko as 10 tic
locality In wl!icf, It was found. The quartz "as
kent un exhibition during tho week; mud. as peo-
pic began To reaIize that there was no hurnbuE
rs TO Inc rlculEH8 u LIZ h1l1Es Es-telo AA<s o8its
that the quartz wo,tid rust
sRyEuA1 r1,ousAHD DOLLARS TO THE ToN,-
The excitement increased. Some Of tho most
sangutno OF our citizens determined TO visit the
supposed plncc whera tie quartz was found, it,
terview thu t1seovcrcr, md ohthtn such Informs
ton aB poes{bIc. Last Monday purity consist
ints OF 7. Ii. brown, tuhn D. Cameron, W. II.
Davenport, ntI Mcssrs. Winters Mnd Summers,
two Chlrago genslemen' started Tor Lake Mad
The prospectoss returned Oil wednesday,, hut
tho information wlitci! they obtAtnsd was mca-
es1. They visited s'. Lcf, s, t. on sa, nakng ;; in, m
ltA,t urvcr reported that The 1tihrtz had been
discovered hy lin llo obtained tho specimen
frun his neElbor A.. ssp.'er,l, the lets9n
fonnd anu questioned, lIe stated that IT was a
tnct t,.t hs Ind discovered gold -hearIng quartz
III tas section, hut, na to the payln; quality, l1o
Was unnble to E!vc any reliable Information at
rrgaent. As to tllc exact place where Tic gold
VIM obtained. that act lie dll not proI'ose to re-
veal "to any ID Sioux fails sharper" llo
had written 10 rr!atEycs In Wisconsin, and upon
tl,ufr arrival, and After thy .3nn's share" o(
The bol,a,lxa Ind been obtained BY himself and
kin. he would
MAXI rb.,LtC THE LOCATION OF THE VEIN.
Hc would not conecut to obtain specimens
for them Until they lIad left tho section, but
Enyc them small riccO Df quartz Wh!c, ho had
with lin, which proved. IN comparing with the
Hu.phus specimen, to have bcul broken from
tle satno piece however, ~ ag.eea tn sena
s.Ano spSc,nena 70 otonH es y 3n'Mu's9Ms ',n,
etoGe. 4He Iclshovsa " ~. ~, otttI ~
they regard lin TO be alt upright Al''i truthlu!
lnnI, aud are confident tllat lio has really found
~" - ~ II I1n,1 ,,,1 ,fp,cop ara ,oc,tcd a,out
fo,;v ,ni,rs nnrthwrst ri SIuax Fails. Tile sec
t1on between ths lakes IL very hrokc,l, largo
h,aits. t,ut cnfnot hu called muaasa!nous.
About these bluas and lGdGes alia hIoux Falls
1s Tnsi1sya uI. st,,rn, m!' rrrs,i,.et i, rom
,nnI;tu.. INV ,xtou,,cI explorations; yct thcy
fnnni, n,,artz roc; q, ii,u sn1nr s,uaItY tIat
Iiutrh,ns put ir,n,cI', .iown ]nst snturoy.
William irr: m oM resident uf Tint sectsop
says ti,aI icw years nto u ,nat, cane through,
Madison With somc yerv fltc u,artX spociIucus.
whts, hn satfl he Ind obtnlrcd u1l tho Yer.
rriIII"n sIrtrr1, miles fnrttilcr vost.
1,wyu.
,.-,,. .'et 10 .S'.e
s."u1 ,. pnt' tn's' ,s. 4t"s', s..1 ~ , a..
It WAS 'thouch.. "i!ca Inc eoia cSctemen'
FIRST commenced, that In less than week tllC
tu,a,lc would hurst. u,,d thu facts in rerarl te
.,.'.,., ,o,,,,, ha ,,,o,v,. I.rt >, ,,,, nm, ro
t4e '.'"'.s' "sut A,,'',s ~ "l -, ~ , w ,as.
TH tae eo'o'a'seotes5 - en- 1ouu.a !" "e'p%'
-uvslery, and nuth!nG oi reliability has been OBJ
taucd sitlcc u1's Frltar's issttl'. Instead N
n,ating, tile excitement Is uu ttc thcreasc indt
81 by tle 1pauy tat*u repurt8 scacAng Sioua
E.lt. n. n lin. ,,pu,r Ii, wt,tch soma purttc,
49,, ~ H. i;r, L., H., ,T..,,., mI,. .n.1,1a
nay 'sa." ~ Wy 'is, ~, ..s,"1" ..,, a..
as,. Oh 10 tn 'lgli 'lrvslool1cnt IT, o. 'l,e e meN
Mtnct. Eepuet alIGr rrrnrt ~ the ntn8t laVnr
nttU character lIrc llclrd nearly every houi VI
Our streets, but they cai1lot he TRACED to any re
llallo eourcG.
Should every report bo true, thc Herman dis
trlct Is t'le
1lcuKsr GoLn-r1EI.D IN THE WORLD,
o,,1 ,,,c aio,nr.lc f,r that nn,ut IL rvr,, air
nn.s;,,. +h, ,,,,, for T,,,nis PAX IL. i,rnr n
sr". mI,eea @ e w," ,,ar. Srnnrtsd ir,nn YnnI,
t1in. st,Iux t.i,v Vcrmi{llo,.. Wurtluwtou. x,t
f,,i,rr ,,rirhhornr ,u,infs
i TG,. nr'ivaI ~ III. t W"4nn s.aye WAS a,yo,tet
with considerable llupatlrnrc lust Saturday uyst,
it4!, M it wnB expected that n,ore specimen
would be rrvelycd lrotu that quarter. Slmtlcst
haI promised 10 bcntl n.uru Eecca uf quartz
bnt, considering thu fact that hts mnsett,c.,