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Show ISUt'K 11IL1.S. Tho litiltl V i e 1 ils Not Ovt'ivsli- llllllt'd. Tho Choyemio Sun aivnn to tliink it has jKid ovideiu'U tlmt the !il bearing ijualitu-a of the Mack Mills hiivo not been overestimated. The -Stj'j publishes tho leatiimtny of a mun-bir mun-bir of gontleman who have returned from tho Mills, from whuh wo extract: ex-tract: Mr. L. T. WoiKlward, who arrived ar-rived in this city on tho TJtli umlaut from Cosier, went into tu Mills laat Oetobcr and Heeut e.l i limn upon Freneh ereek, also unullier upun Sprinj eii'ek; tho latter lie is woi kuij.' and at a ilnplh ol seven luel is takiiiL out ten eeuts to the pan. It will p.iy mueli more wlien tho bed lin k shuii have been reaelud. Kr:ieh crook will pay at a willow wil-low tstimalo ten dollars per d . each man, and with hkI liydr.oiliie forluues can bo made in a very slum spacrt ot time. Mr. Woodwaul his been a miner ever winco he w:u tit-leon tit-leon years ot ago. Tho imarti null-oAiions, null-oAiions, Kith gold and silver bonring, aro betler than in Colorado. At the head of Rapid creek he found strong iiulu';itKn of VttliLthlo old ami silver quartz leads. In fact, tluwe quartz leads are found all over the country, and in some phicts the indicntioii: are xcee1u)i;ty rich. A numl'tr of partus at Custer hd Iree bearing guld quartz which they ex-liibiteil, ex-liibiteil, yet relumed to eive tho luc.il- lty ot the mines, except that they are situated but a short distance from Custer. Mr. Y. says that tho Deadwihl ami White-wood districts are very noli; ho has a number of fnen Is in that section, whoso reports indicate thrtt the first largo quantities Ot gold will bo ishipptd from that quarter, not because the country is richer than any other part of tho Mills, but because it is easier to get at the protons iiKtal there, as tho bed roel: lieson'y Irom seven to ten feet beluiv tiie surlaee. Tiio weather h-ts Iven so severe, with so much siuw upon tho ground, tliat as yet there has been but little work done. Mr. W. is acquainted with a Swede alio has a claim on French creek, eiht miles below Custer city, In 'in winch the owner secured $2 7i) out d seven pans of clay. Mr. V. naw t:u and tiitd to buy the claim, but the owner would not soil at any price. Mr. G. A. Sofield arrived from the Iliils on Friday evening lat, and re-prta re-prta that ho has vUiteil Cutter and Hiil cities, and Rapid and C istle creaks within a monlh. Found t:ie miners on Cattle creek hardatwuik: ditching and making extensive preparations pre-parations for systematic mining operations, oper-ations, with gLod prospects of micc--ss. He tlien went to Rapid, slopping at R'js' i'ar. where great prep ir-itmns ire in pro.; res fur early miniti.j. Me also purch.ised haif an ounce il g'd! At Caalle creet. There were re.irLs of a nugget worth S14 having been found by Cspt. Jack at tins place. Mr. S. corroborates the glowing reports from Deadwood and Whuewood. A lame miner is taking out, under the present ditUcult circumstances, $Ut per diem. At Bear Buttrs the prus-pectsare prus-pectsare splendid, and the farther to the north that prospecting is pushed, the richer are the indications. There are between 8u) and l.UUO "Black Hillcrs" on tne road between Caey-enne Caey-enne and dialer city at route for the latter place. On Bear creek thrte miners panned out twelve ounces of gold, which they sold in Cutter Rt $22 per ounce. They bad to heat tue water in their pans which they used in their rockers. Willard A. Freeze cl Boston, Ma-s., arrived yentenlay from Custer, after a journey of eight days. He went In the guld fields in the latter part of February, with his partner; tlie latter gentleman pushed lorward to Rapid creek, and has written that be saw $700 worth ot gold taken out of one : claim; also tint the prospects ail along Rapid creek were good. Mr. F. saw nartits coming lrum Rapid. Deadwood and WhitewooJ, nearly all having from $50 to -floOwortn of fine gold H-hich they had brought to sell or exchange for provisions. Tin y are working rive miles below Custer on French creek, preparing to sluice. A party of Italians work-in at this place have taken out one and a half pounds of gold since the weather 'opened so they ceuld work. He thinks the claims all good along French crek, below the slockadw. Nine miles below, parlies are taking from twenty-five to fifty dollars a day. , A party of five at Custer have sent to Omaha for a crusher, knowing that they have a choice claim. Saw several sev-eral parties who assert that they have good qmrlz claims, and also intend sending for mills. Mr. Freeze counted 050 men upon the road going to the Black Hil!s. |