The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-28

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xr,,sa etoftrsspspieut ii ths New YORK TrtbsnsI
- DsApw0oD, d. II, August 7.--W nile nIn y.
.te.ths al all the gold produced IN the biacA
n,Ils IL taken from the mines ia tne imme,
s5tssn vicinity of DeadWood. weil-dennea
veins OF quartz carrying the Preci ons ne ~
IN greater or less quandties have peen ols'
covered In many other districts, ana scores
- snsses hayo been found, which, Tor the
sr,nnnt ~ work that has been done upon
MAN, ink exceeding well. 1t Is true tnae
8 msinrfty Of :snch properties are owned py
men who have neither the means nor tne
incjtnstiou 10 open them upon large SCALE
md who, when thsy began TO prospect, never
intended to do anything more than 20 oe-
yelop envy mines they might discover sum.
csent1g to make them marketable. some Oh
Shem have already been sold, and tneir true
value Will be proved during the coming ns
year. Meanwhile, capitaiiss 1lo ... NJ.
East sud from California are e,rei vi,
examining every new STRIKE saa'
seems to promise Gooo msno. :, l.ha
Among the outlying camps one OF tee
most promising at present Is that at KOCH
ford, On Little Rapid creek, about twenty.
.Aye miles east OF Deadwood.F went over
there the other day; IN company With gen.
fleman who had some business there, and
so,,na many more signs Of activity than /
had expected. Leaving Deadwood, soon
saffer noon. on horseback, we followed up
che canon OF WbiteWood creek to the nead-
voters OF the stream, aud then crossing
divide went down into the Valley OF the
Rapid through side canon. s.s..els
49,, .,:z,s ~ REV The SCENERY
Inv 1--WE or ak miles, after leaving Dead"
nd romantic character.
sl,he mountains rise abruptly on either side
offhe road, their steep, rocky sides COW
ered with timber and underbrush where
rho former has. not been cut of, while the
clear mountain stream dashes down over
sshe grocks ut their base. The Black Hills
are. in many parts, almost an exact conn-
sernart OF the Catskill Mountains OF New
York. There are ihe same dark gorges,
through which crystal streams leap and dash
over the rocks: the same steep crags, diff
c,,lt Of access. but from which enchanting
views OF mountain scenery may be obtained;
the same dead forests, through which the
flames hayeswept, leaving the bare trunks OF
fhe pines. now cray and weather beaten,
snd the same fertile openings, full Of rich
Grass and wonderfully productive when
cultivated. Here the log cabins OF pros.
peetors cling to the mountain-sfde instead
Of yine-clad rustic summer--houses; tunnels
and clnmps Of rock and ore occupy some OF
the sites which In the East wonld be select
ed for vacation cottages; and the rude
dwelling oil. the rancbman, with its corral,
takes the place OF the prim farmhouse ana
fits spacious barn. And the climate OF the
BLACK Hills Is delightful. Neither IN the
-Catskiils nor In the Alleghanies Is the all
more ;invigorating or the nights more cool
ard refreshing. Nothing but their remote
ness will prevent them frons becoming o
faVorile resort in summer OF those il search
OF health or pleasure. 80 ~ y -
I was interested as / rode along TO ,eX-
anime the mountain which lies Immediately
south OF that on which the Homestake mine
is situated for indications Of the great belt
of mineral which has been traced to its base
on the opposite side.. The whole face OF the
mountain IS one bare rock; but it confirms
no sign OF the vein, and ] believe that
:prospectors have not been able to iud pay.
Ing ore there: The great belt seems to sink
OF, the south end OF the HomestGke mine,
andif the Pierce or any other mine beyond
it ever gets paying ore 10 large quantities Il
will probably be found at considerable
depth. .t,a,: p ~, {, e. - -. -. .
~ ABOUT FIVE MILES FROM DEADwOeD
we passed through the little town Of Pen
.nipgton, one OF, the. camps Of the Black
Hills, the rise and decline Of which has al
taken place within little more than two
years Nowhere else do towns spring uT
with snch magical rapidity as in the mining
regions Of the West, and nowhere else dc
they SO quickly fall into decay when tht
stimulus Of successful mining disappears
One week the traveller sees only lone
cabin on the meuntain-slde and hole
= he rx,hf oh frxfa
men are patiently sinking or 'dfiv
ing into the hill. The, next week
on his return adj has changed. A "strike
has been made. A miIl-site has beer Sc
.lected. A ditch has been surveyed, an,
men are digging 1t. A town lot has beeI
laid, out and corner lots are held ut cit.
prices. Hoases have, been built, and tn
SQUAD Of the axae and hammer is heard Il
every direction. A few weeks more-an
another no lessMdnderful change has take
place The mines turned out to be les
valuable than Msssupposed; aud every sig
ofeactirity has disappeared almost as SUD
denly as when the euchanter, In, the fair
tale waved his wand over the guests ut tn
banquet. y &5,r1 ,'''l...f s4@.
1HE AAasEs AND DRILL $40
are no longer heard in the shaft or tunnel
a dark hole and heap OF broken rock 81
all that are ieft OF WRat was DetieVeu u IcS
days ago to bea bonanza. The stores an
saloons, with their doors and window
boarded up or standing wide open and d
playing their desolate emptiness, are atread
falling to decay and .ecak as though the
had beeR deserted for a.aaarter OF Ger
tnry. Grass grows upon their roofs, take
root in the mad with which the log wal
are ehinked np. and waves IN the bree1
across the Threshold Cabins whose cor
Structioa was stepped hesane complete
stsad By the roadside like great cob house
without roofs, and with great spaces IL
tween the logs through which the sunligh
streams. Hail q dozen hungry, iIl-clad
ixraoxa