New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-30
All PEADY FOR A MINING FEFEh'
THE R1-DINESTs or A "BOOM" AT LISBON
DAKOTA

,spox Dakota. Nov. 12.-lt Is Il cheeit.o9
Journey from Fargo, by the Fargo ana 9ou'l r
branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad 10 l"'"o"
,, ,i,,I, rlacc which woke up day three "ecA
IN find itself made famous by the - and
IA hI hccn fouud in it's vicinity. There are 'oNi
.t,rts along the line but they do not occur WIZ"
ldoring treoueucy; they do not follow each o'",'
st hrt nat win very slight knowledge OF snort n"lU
q man may keep cOunt of them as thcy pass 49, rost
l. uor,oo- a handful of houses which lock rs II '"''
have nd some difficulty IN squeezing lhehS','
80, tho track and "A bare, lcafess wood when io.I
W. -, ,u,d IN the yellow frames. Then ai'er
oh of rrarie on one hand and plougheu i"uu ""
NJ otIor D,vcuport a double handful lniS W.,
s,,ripl,cd about the level land appaien'S ,s, ,bo
definite arrangement. hut dotted promisc"""7iS -.
niecos On the board in the middle OIL E"'"o " oro
nv, r rroirie and Shcldon-ooking bigger anu "'',
NV" ~ ,,ho ~ the two towns and in consdera"'o
or,,t % Ruttzyillc the next place where lno 49,
.,to,,,,,,e II d. Buttz-kecps an "cNcrylhins S' -
tho side Of the track, and al pears W - oro
own nersou the entire population OF the Ii'c' - arc
not the only towns along the road' nut " S,ot
-, th which are made after any great variety " P",
~, 49,, ,,is pot necessary to keep n large stocA y"
,, tr 1escriptyc purposes especially wheIe 'H'!
N I,t tho same size The towns are all on 'he re-
hand Tor WESTERN side OF the track, ana :o'D" IA
behind them stretches the prairie; wh'c VI" "'' w.
miles upon miles Of wheat la""' ..o,, ,,rob-
-, ,,orc much life. Now and again team p'oD !
al,1y htIl ff.srfI
- - f,, Cattle which OF course are on neither nan" %
m tho track In front. II has never Deeh S"' a., -,
oxulaincd why cattc-and especially c"i'o 80 mt
so fond " grazing on the dus'! ',"'N' 49,, oro,l
ro,tbcr uIoughcd land nor scorch'd P'".'o ~ - a
-c Than an indifferent sustcnancc, hut that nl">,
sopcuiue calf which expects TO get "a meal ON .ro
,i rrovcvcr there Is no need to qiarrei VII" Wv
! o,,es and their preference Of track - paN'u'"N'
cause their presence. with the stops II "r"',' ,,,
SOME small variety into the journey winch '""'.n
Il In M
,lrcc hour long. sadly needs something i" "','" ~,
,a,ov ~ level landscape before Lisbon l. r'"'"''
i ,r vim, at Lisbon the first sign oil uneven
I'D inc. ing U,reo show, Itself, scraps {" WOW"
| go, mare frequent and just before the town comes
In .ight the track crosses a bridge over 'no
| River 10000, ,or town
ri, . been - much talked about rs Lisbon ma, W %
! -, t., -,,,,tI,ue al the curiosity WIN NH'''
o, rc,,rl. q man who, from being n com""n""'''
| h,rl wording member ~ society h'' -u'''"N ''
=, l,rrc tnrtunc. Perhaps this makes one '''"N ''
locks LARGER than It really Is. bat certainly 7'"'
strgeg,d as il IS over mile or 80 OF country '",
.,,,c NJ r,,ci bank and trees, place o' c"i''''n''
- o ram. inf, il ON the car-. u doe not haunt l''
! t, h,,,evcr oliri-iycly before -tiauccr' The mug
cot, vhi, ,tIcy the ground about the depot ana "I wv
main street are moi 30 large "r numerous ~ " '-~
o.tcota'iun or -LoIE l-m. Indeed man "'' I," VI
,,,. .,p oN a, srr- the way 10 Inc MOTEL "i" S'
po,rc,. not iurluvcuirntly loaded Nor l> 'H'i'
| a., ,,,ti di-p',y 81 sliding and hl"-rc" about INC
,,,..- which We mielt expect such H're" ''"'
,,porc townships to affect; they ~" ordinary frame
,,uiinga enough and 'hc dress ana manner q" INC
people the street, ere a'I,g ,, l,lr" NId
,-f,r. & tho excitement and " gold trNtr .Nh'n 'u'
p'rrr, "nn t., -, ,,t have struck inward" for crr
t,Dly there r little sil Of II ON the surface ''''i 90 TIC
'"T M ~ rrd + The first thing one discover. In hc
Mace mat the report, which have been current ln 'u'
pan.r. a. 10 the ,uonon. uAuN ~ u-ois me iol 1
IIycs- ~ ali bushes, and M" general uct'ng "i Hc
public mind have hc'h rl"--iy 'N'-A, ,,rili tl,r.
I,,i. M. yrr,i icVcri-huc-. aud abundance "i "l
the other Hwh"',%.I eair.al dow, and 4i,cu
"' ",'' ara rInar, bu-iue-,ke tate Of Affairs. There
u W c AZ, The population tone OF the place; amt
ono docs not hear the sulJc" mtuil"h'4 hI ,"I u
l" Ii,,,6opcc ~ al The ordinary prairie country
around Lisbon contains probably about l"r i,' i ,
man would get about Tie -1iuc profit "ht OF ""'hIg W
~ - hc,t l.uI enough. hut though mon "u The i't
alarm scattered ai over tr 'n"lil ii'J i'i tir,
"Gr,tch and worry The prnuc m every 1il,'''4, LUZ
com .,,yc iha up FOR not a" color OF nee F'" WIS
f"Tnn ~ InT ri rI"ntion of the nrd mcr, stated
that certain cg'. ~ rock some clr r nr' ii"" Ii
place contuu'd ro,d in ,'n,'n. -" 9 49,, 40 ~
% ,n Tho gentlemen who MAI" the announcement
,o aid and every one know 70 10 Joe tb l"i ll ''
been living clos" y The 'd.r W. Iu','' , , i , hJ
,un runutb. prryinu-ly. aud duiius lht Vi' 'hN !.
rd v,. moi u ihcy had assured thcm1lNc- that me
ihou.,,d ,rrr. witch they hid bought aud i'"l ',' ~
. bnrd mai thry made their discovery public GlN'i
,,ties tnok mn one or two claims IN ir uriEhhoih"'l
where there WI. supposed &" 10" s'Tnr 81 ' -,nr ''
m r,rk lu our ton. las the waF htiuE ol -" Iil
tort,ton apparruily partly finn'i", hhd '"" !" '
,,,I, rn.cly some 81 tue nurII"tnh- I"tinh" "l 'h
T,,t ItI and assay rom another 30" come ION
nile ,tthrr from here f. said g." hI'" shown l''u' :"
, Ma That II dnubuc.s another portion "i inc sam
ti"r hut ir ,nnd that idgc. which runs uoih""d no"
, tbr ibr, rntr River. parallel with small lvWl3N ="
,i,t .i,a nm INC rc-t Uf the country r. hu'r>'l H7
,n,a,uy Ia gold seeker. and neither on ih' l'''I "
thc river h. thor" iIa'" al lh' lh'c'l
metal me only tlung Ia Il" now. h"'"rr l. T." hn'
,. lin tho machinery (which hns long he6ii orT'l ,3
q Rorku, the ,nppn,rd uiuc artiNc. from imrhR" ~
n ~ Gri-gnld and the three other gentlemen VINO arc l
natnelr In the ownership of the rock neither 'nl' no
,yIi admit outside uVestuent Tho! SAY lh'l are H'
.,ti fled n work the lctd themselves Hl "i' '"u'h
"a Ca the result The public l. lf~- cnuhdcit nut th'
are p,ah, - many Who believe iu ~ - There are wh
hnd II o ho fraud n 10 should prove WORTHLESS u" "n
Ian, i,r four men Interested will -uicr but " II l"u
nu richly then there viii he some cScu,c Ion rN'"
,,rnt AMI The excitement viii como surely enough. iil
"Griswold" the town site plotted ont J me 'd-c
II IN ne cptd viii be- louT -hng settlement i"lnf" ~
, summer comes around A. yet, however. nobody doe
auyiug more than wait for the rc-li Of the mt woi
- Inc aud II ANYBODY iu the East Thinks he feel The m
II s,nntnns of gold lcycr coming ON he would bci"
n check them and wait FOR lew weeks l tH'I
: | Is something TO justify his getting sick.