Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-09-05
! 4 MODERN ELDORAD0,
a Land Teeming With Wealth and Grandure
ITS Rapid DeveIopement and
y g4ss Promising Future.
Prof Baiiey's Black Hills 2Lecture-Interest
ing as HoUei, and Instructive as
cyciopoedia. ...@

THIN OF SOUTH DAkOTA.
Insspite of the heat, Prof. G. E. Bailey
held the close attention of his audi
ence at Bedford Hall Tuesday evening,
while he described the marvellous re-
sources of the Black Hills. The Hills
contain gold, silver, copper, lead, tin,
graphite, asbestor, mica, zinc, iron,
coal, oil, salt, timber building stone
of every variety and description, cement,
fire. Sclays, brick clays, and a host of
other minerals. The interior is covered
with the finest body Of pine timber west
of Wisconsin and Minnesota ..
For fifty miles around from the foot
hill the farmers have an abundance of
rain fall and raise good crops without
irrigation.
The Hills are becoming famous fol
their blooded horses and cattle; claiming
that they can equal Kentucky in raising
fine stock The towns are full of life
and push, priding themselves on .secur-
ing everything in the way Of electric
lights, street cars etc, that the larger
eastern cities boast Of. The region is fal
advanced in educational matters having
the State Normal school atSpearfish; the
State School of Mines at Rapid; and In
dian school at Rapid; Methodist college
at the Hot Springs, and several Catholic
and public schools.
IJis impossible to reproduce in prin
the professors description of thu
marvellous wealth of the '''Belt Mines
at Lead City, one forgets to write in lis
tening to the rushing stream Of facts an(
figures, descriptions of prodigous woot
piles, narrow-gagu railroads, concentrat
ing works, pyrite smelters, and th
mighty mills with their $50 stamps crush
Ling 2, 500 tons ef ore per day.
! The Hills produced last year S., 407, II
of gold md silver One Of the most il
:ttercstiinig portions Of the lecture was til
description of the tin districts, the Hal
ney Peak and Niger Hill. Tisey are tn
! largest tin mK,es the widest and riches
hl the world. The Harney s'e"k CON
pany have Steam hosting works, an
compressed air drills in some twent
camps. Thsy are building so miles 9
railroad to bring the ore 10 the mills.
i eco ton MILL will start in the spring.
Last year the United States importe
&s3322 &s332, coo, coo worth dfctin. TO make thi
:;st home it would require an army q
$50, COO men 1t would require $50, 90
tons of iron: 100000 tons of coal: 300
900 tons of limestone; beKNles immens
quantities eli charcoal, lead tallow, su
,S.ric acid, etc. The description of Il,
coal veins fsom 10 to 40 feet thick wa
listened to with interest by our farmers
The HiIisscan supply ife Dakotas wat
cheap coal slad coke for all time to coint
The professor describe5 the presel
condtion anG possibilities NJ the reserv;
tion. The Ellis have grown from netl
ing to their present state OF prosperity i
inahirteen spars. They M$,l soon have
population OF over 100000 The trade
now controlled by Nebraska railroad:
Mr.. Bailey in closing showed fully tn
advantages to our farmers of securin
the cheap coal of the Hills, and the valu
of tbs miningxegions as IA market for ou
farm products.
Place the capital at Pierre and the staa
will rot be lop sided but a magnificen
empire rich in agriculture in the east an
their n utual inaerests.
The s'rof's. ABILITY as word painte
needs No praise. His descriptions of tn
scenery the Canyons, peaks and noun
tains mast be heard to be appreciated