Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-31
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LtSBON'S GOLD FIELDS,


Continuation of the Excitnient and "A Great
Rush TO the Diggins.
Lisbon, October 25-The excitement
over the recent valuable discoveries OF
gold in paying quantities in the bluffs
and gulches OF the Sheyenne river, near
Lisbon, continues unabated. Sill richer
ore las been discovered on the farm OF
Erick Hausen, two miles up the river
from Lisbon. He was offered S25 per
acre for his entire form Of one hundred
and sixty acres, but refused it. Soon
after the services County Surveyor NJ. E.
Severance were called into requisition,
and new lodes and claims were staked
ont and surveyed on this land. Messrs.
Harwood and Steele went down the river
the other day prospecting for new fields.
and found gold bearing quartz in the
bluffs of coolle, which runs through
section 26, township l34, range Sc, which
is about two miles directly south of this
city. They took number of specimens
of this new lead and had them assayed,
the result of which showed gold in large
quantities; whereupon they returned
with the intention OF locating claims,
but on their arrival found that Major c.
w. Buttz and party of prospectors had
already staked out claims and dug tun-
nels thereon. Hot words are said to
have passed between these rival gold
hunters, but nothing more serious &C.
Cured to mar the harmony of this gilt
tering find. Parties are now out in all
directions, with pickaxes and shovels and
the hardware dealers have all they can
do to supply the demand. To say that
the rush for the new gold fields of the
golden northwest is perfectly immense,
will not be putting it too strongly. Mr..
Grisweld was in town this afternoon and
has since left for the mines at Griswold.
He said that as soon as the machinery
was manufactured it would be shipped
to Lisbon, and work commenced in good
earnest. Considerable excitement was
occasioned yesterday morning by the ap-
pearance OF SIX men, each having post
augur, bnsily at work boring into the
side of the bluffs. Just southwest of the
railroads big cut, in full view of this
city. Everybody of course supposed
they were gold prospec.ors, but subse-
quent Developments proved that they
were simply railroad workmen engaged
in digging holes for snow fence. The
Lisbon Clipper issues 5000 copies of its
weekly edition to-day, giving a full de-
scription of the gold discovery and its
developments. The Lisbon Star of
tomorrow will also contain all the latest
news from the various diggins. The
Fargo Republican, which contains daily
every item of interest in reference to
any new developments, is eagerly sought
after, and extra copies have been very
scarce.
LATEST FROM THE GOLD FIELDS.
Lisbon, October 25-The latest excite
ment is the fling of placer claims on
part of the townsite of Lisbon. John
klnan, who has brickyard near the
river, has at different times noticed gilt.
tering particles in bricks made in his
kiln, and yesterday these particles were
discovered to be gold. This afternoon
A. J. Harwood and T. G. Daniels, while
looking over the records, found that nc
patents had been recorded on the town
site, and Immediately organized Al
association and filed on two hundred
acres of land. The names of the parties
are as follows: A. J. Harwood. f. G
| Daniels, j j. O'Hair, John Kinan, h
O'Neil, W. n. Steele, B. Cloutier. H. B
Crandall, a. L. Stephens, S. Smith ant
Fled koors. The claims take in th,
Sheyenne rlver mile and iuarter il
length.