New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-09

ances close at n seasonable hour There is also one
danc ,-house on Main-st OF drinking saloons there
| are Of course an abundance. On the other haDd,
DeadwOod is cty of homes Small ont tastefuily
bmS cottages sprnging M by scores on all the
residence streets, and people who are in business
here have brought their families Any new
conner Will find intelligent. refined. cultivated
society hero for himself aud family. Religious or
ganzations have been established, schools founded;
and remote the Black Hills are. and difficult oil
access, one need hesitate 10 make his home here
through tear that he viii not find good society.
Even the people who are seeking their fortunes IN
the remote guches are by no barbsrians.
Many OF them are well educated and are respected in
the distant homes they have left although they may
have to rough it and put up with many priys-
tons. Straws show which way the wind blows, and
here is one : | dined the other day with miner
who thinks he has made " great strike" Hellves
in lozhouse, miles out Of town, but in one corner
Of the room which serves parlOr aud dinlng-room
stood piano on which large pile OF popu-
lar music, and saw the table the latest numbers
Of of the popular magazines and illustrated
journals.
As business centre Deadwood is the metropolis
Of the Black Hills. 1t has a population OF about
5000 and the mining towns IN this vicinity WIN
the people Who are prospecting in The gulches. cut
tile valleys within twenty-five mics OF town, make
the number who OF ess dependent upon 1t or
contribute to It's trade about twice as great Every
kind OF legitimate business in Deadwood seems to
be nourishiuR. CAPITAL invested here brings much
larger returns than In the East and tuere are many
promising openings besides those offered by the
mines. Some idea OF the magnitude of the business
Of the Black Hills may be gathered from the TACT
that during last year from June l. 1878, 10 june j.
1872 there were brought Ia ID wagons between
Twenty aud twenty-five million pounds OF treighl'
This, Of course, included machinery for gold mills,
which was very heavy. THIS year the amount Oh
grain and provisions be brought from the States
will be much less, bat there will be an increase IN
the amount of machinery, agricultural implements
and general merchandise, that the volume OF
freight will probably reach 25.OOOOOO pounds
The greater part of tins freight Is moved during
the Summer, when the rates from Chicago are from
80 80 TO S3 hundred. In the Winter they are
from 81 to 30 hundred.
Nearly all Of TINS business comes to Deadwood.
have not been able to obtain any very accurate
estimate of the amount Of business of different
kinds transacted here, but few facts gathered
about town will give some idea OF 1t. There are
three banks IN DeadwOOd with deposits amounting
to between 100000 and 100000, and through
them is transacted all the business of the great
mining companies. The rates of discount are from
Oh to 3 per cent month The Leading grocery nrm
of the city imported $50 tOus OF freight last year.
and their Ock tins year wall probably be greaSer'
Tho sales Of the principal dealer In hardware
amount 10 about $4,000 month. Deadwo0d has
neither gas nor water-works, but contract for tue
latter has been made, and the machinery and pipes
are now on their way from Chicago.
! None of the great mines OF this district are
| within the city limits OF DeadwOOd but are from
two to four miles up DeadwOod and Whltewood
Gulcnes. In the nelghbOrnood ot each small Io"n
| has sprung 10. when, though little more than a
suburb of this city. aspires TO Independence Inc
! largest OIL these towns are Central CITY, with "a
population of /. 800. and Lead City, containing
about 1000 inhabitants. Golden Gate anu Gay
| vile have each a population of 300. Deadwo0d
| mas three daily newspl pers-twO morning ana one
! eyenng-aud Central City one morning Journal.
| Lead Guy has "A tri-weekly. All OF these newspa-
pers seem 10 be dong well.
Labor in the Black Hills commands good prices
see no Idlers about tie streets OF the CITY, Skilled
mechanics can from ii 10 S8 day, ana COM
mon labOrers 81 90. In tue building trades there
is at present surplus OF laDorers New buildings
are going up all direcuOne IN TINS city, ana al
the mines preparations making tor the erection
of several large gold mills The cost of living here
rs higher than IL IS IN the States, put the Increase Is
| not as great as that IN wages The following are
some OF the wholesale prices Flour. ~ To % sack;
potatoes, 2 cents pound; cheese Is aud Z cents
! pound butter 10 cents pound; eggs, 40 cents a
dozen Bacon l2l2 TO Is cents pound; lard, II TO
! 17l2 cents pound hams. II cents pound; canned
| goods, OF which immense quantities are used. are
sold at wholesale Chicago prices with freight and
small profit added. Teas at wholesale sell at from 81
vi a II frDm In
cents. Sugars cost by the quantity from l411 to
/ II cents pound, aud syrups from 81 20 10 ol 80
gallon The following tue retail prices of yege-
| tables by the pound, unless otherwise specified:
New potatoes cents; cabbage. l2I2 cents
squashes, cents; turuIp7 cents; onions, 10
cents tomatoes 20 cents string beans, 20 cents
gallon; green peas, 20 cents gallon; green. corn,
90 cents a dozen cucumbers. 20 10 40 cents
dozen cauhhowcr, % co 30 cents head; raspber-
rles so cents a gallon. T. L. W.
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