The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-08-07

IVsS, adllu dilsu ~ aItl uOWn LEAD
wood gnlch we're located placer mines
which have yielded enough money for.
acircnlating medium as large as that Of
the United States Fortunes Of hund-
reds Of thousands of dollars were 81 taken
out tof q space scarcely larger than Il
grave, while the claims on either side
might not furnish even enough disap-
pointed hopes with which to line it. & & ii
Inspite Of the fact that the Sioux
treaty was not rati fled until February Of
1877. DeadWood city was laid out ir1
April, Of 1876, Several curious compli-
cations have ariseniin respect to the IT,
tie Of the lands, as mining claims every
where take precede dence and the only Is-.
gal and binding title Is q bed rock title.
decided to q purchase Or from the original
locator Of the mineral claim. No man,
without this title is safe for q moment
as shis whole property isliable to be 10
Gated at any time and. islniced down,
stream pieeemeal, leaving the house
standing on Sstiltsi on d quartz vein for.
instance, which III turn Is liable to3 be
located ;as q quartz claim and q shaft,
hundreds Of feet dsep sunk directly I'M;
der the house. This Of course is d hypo-
theticalt case but one likely to happen at
any time, unless q man has bought a
placer title on bed rock, which is
known not to contain d quartz lead. ~
Deadwoed deserves d far longer ies-.
cTiption Than We can possibly give / IT.:
and our. article must Id; any event be in
adeanate No words can do Justice to.
the Wond erfnl. enter rise that has built.
up homes and fortunes III this rugged.
country. Dead il about 1856 miles
from Medora, the nearest ailroad point
iNtha limited Stat Every sol IItarr,y ar
ticls That could not be man ttursd liz liz
the Hills, had to- be 5slllppe fliis distance
or q greater one, on Wag gons. 1t would
certainly be xpected then, that the citi-
zenB of DeadWood and the Hills get
along Withgas few of tlhe necessities 81
life assp possible and do NOT Indulge at all.
in the Injuries. Never. was greater
mistake mad Tie most particular
dudes0 New York can have every want
satisfied as readily in! Deadwood as he:
can id his native haunts. 81!
From the narroWness os the ~ rulel,
Deadwood can never become d Sbeantifui
city but woplss. 30 d monument tsil to the the.
ability es eople. Ono can never n Il
believe that the whole city was 4 Sirtually,
hauled In on wagons and almost In,
listens for the shriek OF the.
locomotive which has So long eluded the
hearing Of the Hills peopl but8which
must and soon will be heard there.
Deadwood now contains about 4,Oe0s
inhabitants; almost all of whom are. l.e
prosperous aud many have large for
tunes. II has all the appearance IL u 4
liye eastern town, although there Ii no.
town of itssize ins the United Stat tes5 that
does an equal amount Of business. There
are q number Of pr retenti61s brick bust;
ness blocks and many dwellings which
would be an orHame entsto any city. Two
daily papers, the Pioneer and Times are
ably and snccessfuliy maintained 10
Dolph Edwards: editor of the Pioneer. we
are debtedS Sfor much be the pleasure 81
onrsstay and no ono could have more
thoroughly Impressed he with The re-
sotrces Of the Hills. ne ID emphat ticaily.
the right man ii the right place. &
q DeadWood has as good d system of va
ter works ass can be- ffonnd ID the United
States, g teleph system ext tending i to1
every town Iii the Hills and not satisfied
with this almost every place of business BUS m
isgbri rilliantly illnmin ed with electric
lights. The sewerage of the city ID OK ex-|
celIent. Two streams Of pure spring wa
ters dow In the cutters of Main street.
and keep the city III first class sanitary
eondit ton. Much ito sonr surprise. W We|
found iDeadwood to- abe as orderly eity
"a NE ever visited Not ID SIX shooter
did we see worn openly during oIurs en-
tire stay. Mayor Star and city Marshal
Tyler hare pntE d stop ID all such foolish
ness a. 'nainting tha town Ted.' with
the concluding remark that Dead woods
annual business transact ctiOnB amount f,
consid iderably over $20O, 600 900. we wilt
leave the subject to- some enc who has
In0re space at his disp0saf n and 4 mora
ability to do the SHbje iusti ie6s "a