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Show THE BLACK IUlLS. j Di'M'rii(i(iu oftlio Kiuilc, Country, Count-ry, Tonus mid Di'ins ! by a Suit l.akor. i How tho Hills Appeal to Mv. 11. Vallel ! Mr. H. Wa-ncr, tho well-known restaurateur of this city, returned horn his visit to tho Hlaek Hills on Friday night and made us a call ytsterday. Ho givo the UK. wing items of interest, which wo publish lor the b.'nelil of ihoso Unking that way: itmi:u and mix (. rni.s. Mi', W. and his parly obtainod Ouster city, by tho Old Woman's Koik route, iu Iweho days. A nluulcr route bus been diacoveu'd In mi Kim ning water, known iih I'.illo's cut ufl, which savenliiiiiv live miles ol Havel, and now tho tnp can ho made in eight or nine- days. The company arrived at Ounler eity Ko! m iry H On that day art election was held and now tho metropolis is running in lull f'Li.st, uti a mayor, justices uf tlie peace, etc., hko any other white town. The cily is Uid out mi a nice ev 'U bottom, wilu rtlrei t.i 1J0 lent wide, squares for court huiiM. hcIhhjI-house, hcIhhjI-house, euun'y jul ami burung yiound re.M'ivtd. Tho piiuciplo .-reels are Cu-i.or and (.'r.-uk. Tno lots range trout Sl."ii to i'tOO each, iezo ,'n) x hii feet. 'Ibeio are akaii eighty lumber houses and uver 7iKI iug hiuis. s. Lumber Lum-ber sells at from $;vTi I $ U) per M.p hut will bo diiwn to in a month. O.u-peutcrs ar i very scarce, andean get l and f-" i t dny, with plenty ot work. Hill city, tno next place ul si.'.o and importance, in liiieen miles triun Cutter. 1'uero are sumo olore?i and ealiKins in each of these ttiwntf. L'wo saw mills ro alre.idy at the hater place and one at tho former, while another with a planing milt waa met on tl.o; mail, wending its way thitherward. FMir ranges at from fin to per lint Um. freight I Irom Oluyenno is 4 o cents per pound. '1 lie roads .ire goid goad ;'i buggy roads g;-:i.iiig can lmwuere be be.it-i be.it-i en, game is ahunilanl, and tho wa'.er 'plenty and avvct, arable laud is per-I per-I lectly black. The country is full of timber as tar as the eye can reach and building Kgs e in be obtained at lil teen and twenty-five cents each, nkiuis'us, Tiie digins;s are mostly plae-r and ' l;e along French creek and Spring creek, l'iiey are mo-t!y twcniv to j lorty het tlreo, and, though ei"..t, j require c.ipi' to work them. Wat- r :r:?ii v ry I. is- in them, and tlie o:i'-! o:i'-! way l!;cy can l e n- w genera. !y , worked is by tlnilieg and bavin ; pumps put in. Mr. W.tg.ier .- ivs lie 8-ivv liiem p iv from o t. efiit per i pan. At Spring creek (wm'cii is oix ! miles nortneat from Hill city.) be j .examined t:ie .Montana bar and went i 'down Mr. Aden's tunnel some eiglny fiet. Tne men there bring out tin: i gravel and put it in the eluiee l-oxes,l winch w.ien cleaned up pays $10 per j ' man per day. The day before h;s viiit four men took oui over JKU from a clean tip in one day. The' I ground is ail taken up in tne near I c fi t.s l.y pro.- nee I rs; o.M feet h tno' ' ?:ze of a claim here, and each cl:um l-I l-I niusl be represented at the recorder's i ol!iee every ten days, or it is jump- j able. The miners have rasped a law to ailow no Cniuaman lo hold real : 'estate or mining property. I THE NEW COUNTRY. I I On account of the di l!iru'!". s nil I present in tbe way of deep mining on! I the old stamping ground several of the miners havo gono to the Dead-wood, Dead-wood, U'tiitcwood, Sand and Iron creeks, which are SO to 63 miles from Custer, and some have gono to the j Big Horn and Yellowstone, prospecting. prospect-ing. The bed rock in this new deep, and the miners have pay dirt : Irom the top so apparently reliable men brought word in to the record- j er's ollice. Tne country is full of tL'AKTZ. One gold quartz ledge has been found seven miles from .Custer, and two more between Custer and Hill cities, the croppings paying $o7 to : the ton. Truspeeting has hardly commenced yet, and il is expected that tli is summer will prove it to be the best paying country around for placer and gold q'Jirtz mines. POPULATION', ETC.' , j The population of Custer cify was I about 500 when Mr. W. left. Capital j and settlers were flocking in, they i having met on the road 210 teams ! and nearly 500 emigrants from Cbey- i enne. Seven families were at Custer i and several were met on the road. Our informant came back to Cbey-ienne, Cbey-ienne, with mule team, iu four and a j half days, with Captain Dobson ofj Omaha, and calculates to return to tlie hills in about ten days, with his ; family. His- intention is to open a j hotel, go prospecting, mining, etc. The country is very healthy, as Mr. Wagner Wag-ner is proof positive of, he being so improved in his looks since a few days ago when he left here. They had no snow from Cheyenne to the diggings, excepting a light snow storm of one j hour. Tne roads were dusty, weather ; warm in the flays with cold nights. ! Eating stations are scattered at con-; venicnt distances along the road from ' Cheyenne to Fort Laramie. FEYEft 1'HKVAILS. j Several Salt Lakers were there and going. Cheyenne streets are black i with migrators. The talk on the trains from New York to Omaha is ; tho wonderful Black Hills. One ; hundred and ten ' teams were expected ex-pected in Hill City by the Bismarck road, on Saturday last. Bismarck is 175 miles from Cusler. Families ure going from Colorado and Nebraska. Gold dust is worth $1 per ounce. Eleven Indians were seen 100 miles j this side of the Black Hills, They were ' kindly and peaceably disposed. Mr. Wagner's advice is to travel in companies, com-panies, watch the slock at night and he apprehends no danger. |