The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01

j. "a lien, att0rney for the No thern
Pacific Refrig gerator Car Co., returned
Monday morning from his Black Hills
trip in COMPANY with q. ffebaeh, Of
spearfish. The return trip was naiie In
b. leisurely manner, with no chahg ges and
occupied three days, hir. Hen has de-
layed his return till this time as lie
wished to thoroug hly examine the min
eral wealth and other resources Of the
Hills. Tho following interview is espe-
cially interesting reading g, as 1T shows
what q valuable country can be made
tributary to Medora through the means
lot "a railroad from this point:
MI. Allen states TINT after reaching the
divide, clear to the Hills is.a frst-class
agricultural country. This has been 50
well described by Dr. Louthan III d form:
ersissue, that but little more need be said
on the subject. From d point twenty
five miles north Of the Belle Fourche to
the base Of the mountains is already very
we'll settled, IN former years the whole
country was irrigated, but during the
last few years the bitches have been uss.s ].
loss as there has been ample. rain. THIS
is doubtless due to the vel -demonstra
fact that much more rain will fall on; the
same ground after cultivation than be
fore. In the district above mentioned
more than enough grain is raised to sup
lply the wants Of The Hills, and here espe-
1cially will an outlet be valuable, as it
will furnish o ready market at advanced
figures to these farmers. To illustrate
1.-THE abundance sof grain, oats are now
iselIing at twenty five cents and wheat at
forty i've cents bushel. ss5:. s};.
The HiHs thensely YES are noted only as
|amining region and they may well be az
| the half cannot be tald ct their fabulous
resource ess Mr. SAl len has been in a large
number Of mining camps, but all Of them
are vastly inferior I'd the Hills. The gold
fore IS mostly off low grade but easily
worked. The Homestaka co, the largest
I'M The world can Wor2s ore yielding only
2In ton at a prof. The monthly clean
Iup3of this mine averages over 81, 3,O01,D 1,DOe
land mill lions Of dollars have cen de-
Iclared in dividends. There are hun dreds 81
mines as yaluabie as the Homestake, but
lthey are andeyeloped rs the cost; Of trans
porting machinery Is 50 great Among
1 the unde eloped mines are those of the
rbonate ca, said to be very rich
The silver mines are situata at Gale.
na, the principal one being tile Sitting
Bull, According I'd the testimony of ex-
lperts, brought out In the trial now going
ION between the Richmond Mining co.
and the Sitting Bull, there is exposed
ore to the value Of $500. 0oU. All indiea-
\ lions point to the existence of numerous
lother mines eaually as valuable ia the
limmediate vicinity The Sitting Bull
,Emine III the only ons that Is worked tt
tany extent and is the sole property got
Mr., ,Dayy, He |Iega an the work and the ors
was freighted To- Cheyenne. BY this cost.
4 Az method enough money #Rs btainel Ii
sIdeyelop the mine Competent authori;
ties state that the mine III capable 81
4 ]ciearing II ooo q day sEiSs 81
The coal region Is lii wyoming, abou,
twenty emiles from Deadwood. III Ii
owned by tho Phfladel lphia CoaI ID. ani
as far ls developed shows two veins foul
y and six feet chick. IL Is similar to tis
IL. 4uIl N s,,n s \, Ii \, fy III