06 Oct 1877
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1877
Page
1
Panoramic notes from the Black Hills describe Wild Bill’s grave marker drawing visitors to Keystone cemetery while miners and mill operations buzz through several camps. Reports detail ore discoveries, new tunnels, and profits from multiple lodes near Lead City, Deadwood, and surrounding gulches.
Black Hills reports a chartered narrow gauge railway to run from Deadwood to Central City with an estimated grading cost under $7,000 and total construction and equipment near $30,000. Capitalists from New Bedford, Mass. have pledged funds. incorporators plan to build this fall after a four day travel survey shows strong potential business in the route.
Richardson county plans a coal mine to hedge against depletion and Cheyenne county follows suit. Wheat oats corn and barley yields are forecast at 22 60 44 and 87 respectively. Oro Reservation lands ready for sale to settlers at about 8.40 per acre across 120000 acres. Other notes mention fires in threshing crews, immigration efforts, and growing prosperity in Nebraska towns. The era marks rail expansion and new settlement opportunities.
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