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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1877
Page
13
An old prospect describes The Weekly Leader as a large western paper with Thursday issue and affordable subscriptions. It touts commercial job printing including cards bills notices posters and letterheads produced quickly using upgraded type and presses at low prices.
The Galena smelter will be in operation in ten days with a capacity of twenty tons daily. Pinney Lorton and Wilkinson run a ten day old stamp mill in Strawberry Gulch near Galena. A. P. Moore Co’s 25 stamp mill at Central City to start in two weeks on Keetsore. Father DeSmet mine ore yields 3500 dollars from 100 tons. Bald Mountain mining camp rises with new Silver City seven miles NW of Deadwood. Mines south of Guayville produce rich gold up to 50 dollars per pan. Oats exhibit on Dunlay’s ranch near Custer reach four and a half feet tall. A high peak lake near Deadwood draws visitors for ice cold clear water and fish. Patten mine near Kells in Hidden Treasure Gulch shows 150 feet tunnel. 8 hour shifts with six men each. ten stamps of a 30 stamp mill ready, enabling 50 tons per day. Gayville booms as trade and houses advance toward metropolitan scale.
Colonel P F Barr and party arrive near the city, encamping after crossing a mammoth pass eighteen miles long and up to 1500 feet deep. They faced difficult terrain with no trail and used pack animals. The route features sheer timbered walls, waterfalls, and challenging conditions may delay completion this fall.
A watchman named Cooper was killed when an eastbound freight severed his body at snow shed No 10. He had been drinking after visiting Tie Siding and slept on the track. An inquest in Sherman found the verdict supported by the grisly injuries and the fatal accident.
A St Louis gentleman argues two participants in a U P train robbery were James gang members, naming John Garrett and Joe Lee as likely figures. He discusses Pinkerton presence, postwar raids, and suggests careful planning and leadership would mark the deed. He cites ore yields and a Deadwood Central City railroad venture, with mill profits and gold production projections for 1878.
Report notes Jake Markel secured large contracts but one delivery failed. On the Rock Island train dining car 25 bodies consumed 388 dozen eggs 42 pounds of fish 74 pounds of steak 6 gallons of coffee and various entrees. The piece mocks the chefs and hints at long campaigns ahead.
A letter to The Leader from Rev. H S Myrick chaplain at Laramie City prison asks locals to donate old newspapers magazines and books for inmates. Rector F W Tomkins Jr of St Marks Church urges early liberal response and offers to forward donations to Myrick.
A Black Hills letter from a seasoned miner reports 335 stamps operating in Deadwood, 65 more being erected, and 165 en route. The writer predicts 1000 to 2000 stamps active within eight miles of Deadwood within a year, asserting strong expansion potential despite arguments over exact figures.
Mr. Williams of Philadelphia recounts finding a cliff cave in a remote Colorado gulch where nine men mined for gold. The crew lived in a rock shelter, dug a fire pit, stored hundreds of buckskin bags filled with coarse nuggets, and planned to extract up to a million per year once machinery and helpers joined them. They had already amassed around $60,000 and aimed for $100,000 next season.
The men, who walled up the cave to live in comfort, said they had explored only a small fraction of the gulch and showed a visitor their hidden mine. They blindfolded him and escorted him near his camp, warning him not to reveal the discovery or seek the mine himself. Mr. Williams notes he knows roughly where the site lies but could not relocate the cave.
A limited number of bound copies of the compiled Wyoming laws can be obtained from the LEADER office. Price five dollars, mail order five fifty, remit by money order or registered letter. The volume includes territorial laws since organization, the Declaration of Independence, Dakota and Wyoming Organic Acts, treaties, and U S mining and land laws.
Corrected weekly by Whipple and Hay for wholesale and retail grocers. Includes grain prices per 100 pounds for States Corn and Oats, various flour and breadstuffs, provisions such as butter lard bacon and cheese, case goods like peaches and pineapples, canned vegetables, dried fruits, and tea and coffee varieties. Prices shown for multiple pack sizes and brands across numerous items, reflecting market rates and regional supply.
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