The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-04
NERAL WEALTH
| OF The BlACNH HILLS
me Facts and Figures Con-
/ corning the Wonderful
Resources.
ALAMiTY JAMES CAREER
he Ancient Fables About, Noted
Frontier Character ExpIoded-Wild
Bill and His Romantic life
and Experiences.

ErontIer Character Expioded-Wiid 4
Bill and His Romantic life
and Experiences.
Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 3.-The ma
5nal mining congress will meet here
Ext week, distinguished body, bring
B with it many notable men. The
5ople of the Hills are proud of the
Eognition which has been extended,
tmeWhat tardi!y, to this section Of
bnth Dakota, and they are preparing
give royal welcome to their visit
ss. Possessing the greatest gold mine
the world, and other mines of mar
lous productive capacity, all equipped
nth the most up-to-date machinery
hd conducted with the most scientific
Methods known to the mining world,
ne Black Hills region has much to
bow and much to teach to those who
Hi come seeking information. The
Asual visitor out for few. days Of
light seeing and recreation will find
ere country of beauty and grandeur,
fear sky and balmy air which will at
pme time give it fame as a health re-
brt-greater than Its present fame as
modern Ophir. The Homestake,
1nce 1877, has taken out about SITS, ,000,-
p0 of gold and has paid nearly $18,-:
900,0 900 in dividends. It has millions of
Lollars In permanent Improvements,
Jas constructed waterworks and built
railroad, and has more than 100 miles
II underground workings in addition to
IT'S five main shafts extending down
T00, 500, 900, 1.100 and 1900 feet, re-
#pectively. It has in sight enough ore
IA keep all Of it's mills running night
And day and 5000 men employed for the
Saext thirty years without opening
new vein. The next largest producing
mines are the Golden Reward, which
has to it's credit more than SIT, 900 900;
The Horseshoe, which has produced
$3,0o0,000 during the past eight years,
BAnd the Holy Terror, which has pro-
Auced $1,500,000 in ten years. There
are now about twenty mines which
produce more than $4,000 a year. The
Rotal gold produced SO far in the Hills
aggregates about SIZE, 100000, and the
value of other metal productions Is
Estimated at S10,OO0,OOO
q Some Well Known Owners.
Most of the mining stock is owned by
Enonresidents, and the people of the
Hills yet have to depend upon outsiders
Rfor money to develop new properties
Gold mining is costly ana the con-
gstruction Of stamp mills, smelters and
Scyanide plans cost sums entirely be-
Eyond the modest means Of the resi-
$nents of this state. Thus the Home
Estake is owned almost entirely by Mrs.
lPhoebe Hearst Of California and ]. B.
sHaggin of New York The Golden Re-
S'Ward is owned largely by e. H. Harri-
oman, August Belmont, ,Stuyvesant Fish
sand r. w. Goelet. The Horseshoe is
sowned by well known capitalists Of
ENew York, Montreal and Milwaukee.
s'and D. o. Mills and the Roswell Flower
Hestate Of New York are the largest
holders Of Holy Terror stock. There are
Squite a number Of local men who own
s.POn6 Sfza1 oFi ~
the largest holder beyond doubt, being
Harris Franklin, who is credited with
9belng the wealthiest man in South Da-
Ekota and one of the rich men of the
west. But most of the dividends go to
people who live in New York or Cali
sornia.
A Land Of Romance.
Way up on the side of the mountain.
.toWard the white rocks and the sky,
As Mount Moriah" cemetery, and rest
5lng near together are the bodies of
Rev. H. w. Smith, the first preacher
TO come to the Hills, wild BilP' (Wil-
diam Hickok), and Calamity Jane
.aJane Burke); Calamity" by her own
request, being buried beside the grave
of wild Bill,'' whom she outlived
about twenty-seven years. The preach
ter and wild Bilp' We're murdered on
the same day, August 2, 1875; the Rev.
MI. Smith by a band Of hostile In
.ulans who Waylaid and shot him while
ne was on his way to Crook City
to preach. and lid Bilr' by Jack Nc
SSall - while gambling in a barroom
Fdlstrict of Deadwood. Around this
murder and the subsequent capture and
itrlals Of Mccall there is much of un-
certainty and contradiction, not the
least of which is the part "Calamity
Jane" may have played in the drama
Hps1 J, xaS,,
lated by the late Judge Shannon OF
canton, who presided at the final trial
OF Mccall at Yankton; as told by
Calamity Jane" who was in Deadwood
and claimed to have arrested Mccall
and as told by several pioneers who
were in Deadwood on the day Of the
tragedy. None of these stories agree
with another in all points. Calamity
Jane" told me her version of the story
when l saw her first in Deadwood in
1873. She said she was in dance hall
when shot was heard and a shout
was raised that wild Bill" was killed
she rushed out and saw Mccall retreat
ing up the street hourishing a six
shooter with which he was holding his
pursuers in check Calamity" claimed
that she broke through the crowd and
made rush for Mccall, and that he
turned and ran into a butcher shop
-.and that she rushed in after him
up d UutCHeT g CledVeY anC
telllng him that she would split his
head If he did not drop Lis gun. He
dropped his revolver and surrendered
on examination it was found to be
: empty, Mccall having had but one shot
IN 1t when he murdered 'Wild BILL
There are others who say that Mccall
was arrested by a United States depu-
~ marshal and that Calamity" was
not present. A court was convened by
the law and order league and w, i
kuykendall was chosen to preside
colonel May was selected for prosecut.
ing attorney and a lawyer by the name
or Miller conducted the defense. A jury
was 1mpaneled and Mccall was the sole
witness examined, he testifying tina
Wild Bill" had killed brother of Nc
Galis in Kansas, and that he had killed
E1lckok In retaliation The jury evi.
gently proceeded under the Mosaic Law