, 1879-06-26

hRlt!' At every step objects NJ lllf Highest tn.
tcrest wrrn disclosed. linbcltctt In tho ttctrjs
were strcwn In pros.ston the organic rcn,nios Of
rrolEt0us monatcrs Of tic Infant world,-lnca
OF unlimited Nature, doubtless, which could no
more cxist now than We and tho majority Of tlln
otller ,ns'nbers Of tis p1e,sent-day aniInal king
nttnoafhgra which they must l,nvo brcathcd.
Wc fuunI1 molIse fossils FIVE feet ncrosst ns per
feet IN fnrm NJ WHEN, nerchancc, tho Volcanic
fires nihrcti down us}or their s1luly native beds
Side; tort0tets. perfectly preserved, twenty feot
in circumference; ntltl huge boncs mud tuaks
TINT must l!avc framed nnmnls IN cOi1pnrteon
with Which the etcpllnnts Of this dAy arc Of Lli-
n,'s,an proporti9nsl The broker section Of ono
ltxzaui'iormcl skeleton measured nineteen feet,
nnd. from tho grth Of tho ribs of tho part
saYcd from tic crumhthg ELECTS of ttn,n, NO
Judged tint In its entirely 1t must have hccr
FULtr NINETY FEET IN LENGTH.
ONO long. alftgntoF.sflapcd jaw measured scycn
tcet. And then We '1lscovercd-nolel would
bc tho moro proper word, as we did not have to
travel fnr or look long TO ind tlem-fosaI
fishes OF all kinds anil descriptions, and spjral
nl conyotuteti shc1l-gossits. sono four feet IN
diameter, Which probably protected their mon
strous dsn1zcns from the voraclous jaws OF the
gigantic crawling runttIes tint rers coeval with
them In existence. but will speculate no fur
t!ler. except to shy that To ME unr fact Seems
clear: that the HatlLard formations nrc the re-
suit OF s,'eccs:ian Of sediments or precipitatcs
ut the bottom 81 ati ancient ocean. let the ante
retlcnt aud succeeding phystcnl couyulslons uisd
v1cissttudcs hnyo been what they may; mil,
with tl'is assumed liked fact ~ my predicate OF
speculation, please my own fancy-but do not
as's any one else to receive it-wtth the notion
thu. at t,lut ttmc-cons Of ages ago, anil 80 far
bsck that The mind Is fuffly appalled, it, trying
to Grasn t!Ic Infinite swcep of cosncal lnuta.
tioffs-thcrc wcre peopEcd continents whcrn HON
tue mighty occatss roll anA thu p!nees nov o.
cupsed t,y tic continents were then under old
NcptNllc's tlnt!tsEmtcl swnv. III til: hands uf
tsle Infinite UvHr-.oui this Earth Of ours ID a
grcnt lasyest-leld. the heeu.tl.nc unl l,ar-
yrst-s!Ile OF which ctnbfaca millions Of years
probalIy,-cres short-stops In the great calendar
Of Eternity; and, when one scrtrs Of crops is
!ltylnelv EaTncred. 1t rolls back Into Clnos. to
ba nEuin followed by earthquakes, volcanoes,
ami moving mountains OF ir, preparatory to the
evolution Of other and superior productions:
htl1 50 on "as fopg aa the years Of Eternity
roll" Maybe my spccn'at!o,le l,ave as much
sensc In them rs thu Hla.'s With tho luug tito
before t,ia natnc and the inany lottcrcd tail after
1t: II Is largely Cucks.wuFk OIL both slt1ca.
returned, according to agreement, and III n high
Etatc OF fcxcftcmcnt,-though ther refused, and
have cyer sinct steadily refused to give definite
information. All VIC could gct out Of them tn
regard TO their discoveries was.
TIE SILVER IL T1tE..E, SURE; AND THE IxD1-
CATIONS FOn GOLD ARE ALSO dooD,',
"Dut," said !, incrctu1ously, "tlint is not q
been; ma you must 70 into tic moilntatns II,
find gold, and usually. too, TO find aslver."
well" thsy si answered, "ws bare been in 4
along The lower clcratiuus-n,tc1ccou aiatn.
q,snrtztte an,i porpl,yy above. Even tlo pinc
forests ara there; and the gold aud silver arc
there, too It Is tho oa.tetu part Of the Black
tween Thu White River and The South Fork OF
the Cheyenne. That's the kind Of country We
lnye run oyer.h
"Dul yo,1 lind unY coldln
n, Ts aoID, 1onaa a. eoGd 9denton' OF It
"Did you flttl silverpi
nDonst This look Hkn ft7f, And w,th Tin
remnrfs, wus handed what seemed 10 be- n ric,
specin,cn Of argcnttfcrons eaiena They nd.
u,ttcd that tey had not fot,tf Nfocl. in rfnco !,
or a regular deposit; but fsit contlticnt . th..v
could soon trace up their "tloat ! I" n nc.,na. s
ncnt ycu. I'hry having nosItiyely rcfussd tn
giyu thu exact locality Of tho ailad,n H,,l nv
Of ,e trp With eu ers sei1na a' reaeoos ,soos
for nv MT pressing them for snrcffic ,nformn,
tior,-the law OF discovery an,nng rntn.r" h..
fng, that whoever Wetrikcs III ia. frnm lint
moment sort Of vested r,rht IN Iia 1,Isovcr. ts.
les: 70 contcnteti myscf With gcttin. iii % ail t!ae
general Information / rnnfd co1rcr,finI, tho
country thew trnvcrscd: and ti,sroirntn' sur.
missed that their silver l,e1t wns nrot,.hIv
in THH VICINITY or RAuLEfs EEsT nUTTE,
Or betWeGn that and Tonca Greek. Crossing
the Willie River about tho mouth Of Fuss
Creek, they passed up 1t On the south slide to
tho mouth Of Com Creek, which they ascended
to the EaEle's Nest; thence they went, in
nortlWesterly direction. to the north side Of
the White River, until tiley had Intercepted the
trail VIC had tnade along the northern elEo OF
lbc Bad-Lnui formations; nll.l tllen they re-
turned In a southcastcrly dlnetion to Coon
Creek; from which point they crossed
over, In an eaAtcrly direction, to the northern
base Of Eoglc's Nest hutte. And this muyc-
mont taken IN connection With tl.eir teclara.-
tio'l that tint locality ''is the eastern purt Of
thu Black Hills, cut oil BY the Bad Lands" Is
what mikes lnp bclinyo they found their inllca.
tiona nbout tho head Of Enele's Nest Creck.
The Inference was reasonable, that, having
found "lloat" somewhere on tho head OF
Euglc's Nest Creek, they tried to trace It
through to connect with tlie known mineral
trends Of tho Hack Hills; nnd having failed to
trace it IN that dlrecton they returned to wtesp
they first found It, nn1 then followed thu tnti.
cations, or toplscl for them, around tho SOUTH
Urn bnso Of Eaelu's Nest Butte, and thcnee. In
nn custcrlv direction, to The hratl 1T Ponca
Creek; utter whcll-thelr time bolns limited
.tllcy hnrrtelly clrelcd around the country be-
twcen Eaele's Nest uua Pass Creeks, anf re-.
turned TO camp by tllu mouth OF lhc latter, ua
they had started OH their expedition.
Our prospcctor frIculs' excitement oy0r their
discoveries
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