Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-12
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lHorrHSrondeAcc Of tho Alexandria GszolLo |
pEAnW0on. ". T., Feb. 2.-ligr1 llis land
ol @oni!era has been thrown into 81 nnwan.ed
state ot excitement o! ac!ouLt OF the marvellous
luck that seems Just to hayc agcrEakcu an east.
oEn man. II is Euuorcd that Mr.. Frank Riggs.
ycu1g Washington man, one day Ia2t week
c'carcl, as the result Of lScky Investment
SlG0,OGO. Bc that as i! nlay, aud il is uuiver-
sally accepted is tue here, tho same man hag,
IN c}riurc ion with q elmpauy. purchase
twenty mining claims adjoining the c.lcbrat,d
ilomestako Mine, and thty copGlont!y Cs!cu-
lato upon sinking tho samn rcA yIin Of ore,
!Oao hundred th0u3ald dOll lls were raid d0wo
10 cash Tor these twenty claims, sonn Of them
Delng very Itch, indcrCndcnt OF tho lIOmcsiakc
POSSIBILITY. Two huadrld and fifty thousand
doiIaIs worth ci ucw machinery has been ttlc-
graphcd ior, and altogether this will bo the
moat 2lgant C enterprise ever started ia tho
Hills. 1t must be taken into Consideration tbattho
capital upon which these companies clgspiz,
by no moaus represents the value Of thu rrop-
crty alter fow years Upon this princinlo Tho
Company viii doubtless bo st(ctcd Ter millions
and beiCra tho expiration of many years will
represent untold sum5. CcG las tccn iound
IN different sections OF tho Black Hills, and |
am told ny those interested thst it exists 10
largo quantities, and that all thGt now remains
to bo done by way Of development IS TO build n
railroad from tho cOnl fields to Dcadwood,
have Inspected FplcimcDs Of tho coal aud il
certainly looks promising. IN enterprise is
cow on foot having fer its oi ect tho cjnstrus-
ton OF a railroad tor the purpose OF dtyelopipg
these coal beds and as it is backed by CAPITALISTS
and men Of position there is a reasonable homo
that tra long Dtad~ood will b. tulninr lia1 coal
instead OF Pine wood. All kinds et minerals
seem to DC abundant in this favored region,
Tho silver mines Of Galcna frI turing ont
handsome profits ard bid fair to attain pTomi
,ucrc". Mining # all descriptions is 10 lis in.
fancy, and II is sals TO assume That Tor ycprs 10
cOmc these pine clad bills viii! continue 10 yicd
con!ihu3us stream 0t weai;h. Ia the Iomc,
stake claim alone there is suGicicut gold or,
IN sight TO employ its l2O stamp mil! for
ton years. and this is Is rmsi frsc-
ton Of zig lo>soSso2S. Tho two LARGEST
companies az Yet ar0 tho li0mas:akG anG
Father De Sulrt Tho of0 ot krc ll0pesisko
is rather better tiau that oi Tho Dc >5ues, brt
Tue later OWES bcaty a!l tho wa:Cr G:3asihii [,
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