Omaha daily bee., 1880-05-14
BLACK HILLS

sluicing on Gold Run. Lead City.
Work has again been resumed on
the Castle creek tunnel, Rspid City.
It is expected that the Sunday 20
stamp mill at Strawberry gulch will
STAT up by June I.
A sack of dirt from some of the ra-
vines north of Boulder Park gave
very fine pan prospects.
The Tepee ditch and hume has at
last been completed, audnow furnishes
water to the minerson the Rockerville
gulch.
Nothing has yet been heard of a
man named Epgtish, who, naked, took
to the woods near Pennington about a
month ago.
Several trappers who came into
Deadwood recently with 100 beaver
skins say that's the best beaver coun-
try in the world. w-,t ai
There are now three mills, n OF
go. stamp capacity, running in the
Rockford district. A month ago there
wasn't a stamp pounding in that sec-
ton.
The official figures of the Custer
c,unty assessor prove that the Increase
in taxable property in the county ex-
ceeds last yesr's assessment by more
than one.third. I
The Custer Chronicle contentedly
exclaims of the city and prospects OF
the people: "Wood, water, gold and
silver in abundance, health assured
and wealth probable" Z
An old gentleman of Custer City
recently picked a nugget that weighed
"a peunyweights and 10 grains, val
ued at 1908 During n week he
cleaned up over $50, working alone.
Much of the dirt taken out at Rock.
ervllls last wiuteris now being washed,
giving good returns, and in some in.
stances "away up" 1t is the fashion
with many miners to sell their gold to
street peddlers.
1t has been ordered that no more
tolls shall be collected on the wagon
road from Florence to Rockford, and
the toll gate has also been removed
at the junction of the Florence read
and the Cheyenne road.
The signal service officers have not
reported the passage of stages through
Rapid City and Meade since the 10th
of April, although ordered to do SO by
the department at Washington, con-
.equently the Ds,dwood postmaster
is as mitch at sea as ever over the ar
rival of mails.
There are Indians all around in the
Hills in small pands. They have
been raiding the valleys of the Belle
Fourch and Redwater for the last
month, and, meeting. with no opposi.
ton, have become einboldened, and it
is stated that there ran be nj doubt
but what there will be Indian troubles.
Two new stations will be establish
ed on the Sidney route, one ba'f way
between Red Cloud and jerks, the
other between the Platte and the
South Water Hole, which viii make
al runs ten miles in length. A cut
of of eight miles will soon be opened
between the Platte and South Water
Hole.
A party Of eight went out in search
of the murderers of John Deffsnbacb,
the stock man who was butchered
while on his way to Deadwood. They
brought the body back to the city sf-
ter securing several of the $50 ponies
stolen. They were satisfied that 1t
was Indians and not whites, as sup
posed, who did the deed.
Work has been commenced on the
Bear Butte and Boulder Canyon road.
Work will be hurried on through
Boulder canyon to Red Rock, and
from there to Sturgis via the Bear
Butte canyon. This is a great i'm
provement, as. by this route Sturgis
will be reached in ten and a half miles
on very light grades.
One of the men connected with the
Whitewood fume company, who has
had . careful survey made of the
grounds along the line of the proposed
improvement, says they will, accord
ing to the best estimates, yield at
least Is cents to the cubic yard. This
estimate Is low, which in the aggre-
gate will amount to over SIG, 0Oo, coo.
Magnetic iron ore ha, been found in
Strawberry gulch, and is about 80 per
cont. pure metal. 1t is from a solid
foundation, and 1t is stated that there
are immense deposits of this ore in the
vicinity Of Strawberry and Galeha,
and when IT is developed there will be
another important industry for the
Hills country.
The Deadwood Times issued the
following invitation: "The kind of
girls in demand here are good girls.
Loud and saudy girls needn't apply.
The woods are full of that stripe now.
For the benefit of all good girls who
desire to come to the Hills to work in
private families, we would say come at
once"
North Of the Hills and near the line
of the road to Montana, IL a wonder
full sight In the burning coal fields.
They have been on fire for years, but
how the fire originated is a mystery.
The vein of coali is about FIVE feet thick
and as 1t is being gradually consumed
by the FIRE, tie earth above settles
down and fills up the space. At this
time there is a large portion of terri.
tory that has been undermined, and
still the destruction goes quietly and
slowly on.