The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-07-25
BIach Rills Clinton.
RAPID CITY, g. D.
UNION PUBLISHING GO. Pins,
DAKOTA STATE NEWS.
Tho Be.utie. OF tn. Hllls.
RAPID CRY, 8. D,

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The Deadwood Pioneer has an interest
log write-up OF the Black Hills. Tha
Hills, it says, form an enormous island of
lofty peaks, towering SUBMITS and ele-
waited plateaus uplifted by volcanic action
from the rolling prairies of western South
Dakota. The entire region is drained by
the Big Cheyenne river and its num-, rous
tributaries, every ravine aud canyon in the
Hills having a swift mountain torrent of
clear cold water dashinR down through it
on It's way to mingle with the muddy
waters of the Cheyenne. For countless
years these streams have been cutting their
channels deeper and deeper, until in many
places they are over 1000 feet in depth,
forming canyons of surprising grandeur.
In the limestone ranges of the northern
and western hills the scenery is rugged .ad
grand to the extreme, SURPRISING any other
portion of tbs hills.
Harvey Peak is situated in the southern
part Of Pennington county, near Hill City,
and lifts its rocky crest $500 feet above
sea level. The ascent of this mountain is
we'll repaid by the view to ba had from the
summit, this being the loftiest peak in the
Black Hills. Terry's peak, six miles south
west of Deadwood, is the browning eleya.
ton in the northern Hills, lifting its crest
far above all surrounding peaks; it reaches
an altitude of 1888 feet. On the top oil Ii
is q locating monument erected by the
United States engineers who conducted the
geographical survey in the Hills fifteen
years ago. From this height the whole
Blak Hills region is spread out before the
observer like q panorama. AS far as the
eye can reach to the south, southeast and
southwest it takes in o scene of surpassinl
loneliness. Beautiful green parks inter.
spersed with groves Of ooniferous trees,
rugged mountain crags towering high above
and narrow winding streams with precip'
itous walls, in which bright CLEANS of flash
ing mountain torrents can occasionally be
caught. To the southeast, about five miles
distant, Custer Peak rises in the form o
q perfect cone to a height of 1000 feet
With a good feld-glass the flag stat
erected on its summit by Gen. Custer
command in 1875 can be distinctly seen
Bald mountain. Green mountain, Crooks
tower, Brown buttes, Black buttes ant
Grow peak are all in plain sight, hanging
in height from 5000 to 1900. To the
north, northwest and northeast the prairies
of Wyoming and South Dakota can be
seen with many outlying foothills and
buttes, Bear butte. the most prominent,
rising in the form of o truncated cone
rises to a height of 200 feet above the sur
rounding plain and forms a interesting
study for the geologist, it being composed
almost entirely of volcanic matter.
Several natural caves of great extent
have been found in the hills, the Wind
Gave, located twelve miles north of Hot
Springs, having been explored a distance !
of over ten miles without finding the end.
Within a short distance of Deadwood are
very fine crystal caves we'll worthy
a visit, many beautiful specimens of crys.
tai having been obtained from them.
The largest cataract in the Hills is on
the Spearfsh river, about ten miles south
west of Deadwood. This fall is sixty feet
in height, the river plunging over o per-
pendicular ledge into o pool below. White
wood Falls, three miles from Deadwood, is
also we'll worthy Of a visit, the canyon at
this point being very rugged and grand.
The rich gold and silver mining region
adjacent to Deadwood, from which man,
millions Of dollars have been extracted dur
ing the past fifteen years, is of interest t
tourists and capitalists. The variou
methods of mining, milling and smeltin
the ores to extract their precious content
forming an engaging study. Enormor
deposits of both f%rse-mllling and refractol
ores are found here, and the value of tt
semi-monthly shipment of bullion is in
mense. Here can be seen the greatest col
mills in the world, reducing nearly 400
tons OF ore per day.