Big Gold Discovery There

'It was j'u.st a political sélleme to créate soma offices," sa id Mr. F. !. Abbott, oí Deadwood, S. Dakota, at the ArUngton, last evening, in answer to a questioti of the Oourier, inquiring the reason tor the división of Dakota into two states. "At least that is my opinión," he eontinned. "and I Jiave never seen any other reasan for the change. It is ii scheme that is practiced more ot less all aroumd. Often you will see a coainty cut in two pieces, and. then tüiere are just doublé the number of offices to fill. It was not necessary to divide Dakotíi on account oí lier size or because oi tíie great population. So I Uitok we nrust lay iti to the politicinns, Avhere we are accustome dto place the blame for everything that iB and unreasonable." "Deadwood is not the rougli place that it -used to be," continued Mr. Abbott, in answer to a query of the Teportr, "noa; is any of th el country bo tincivilized as tlie popular 110tton in the east would have it. We have society in Deadwood that is just as Bwell as yon have in Ann Arbor ; and. I daire say that yom haie people in Ann Arbor thiat are just as rongh as we haTO im Deadwood. We are very much civilized tor a country that is barely twenty years old. Deadwool, for instance hiaa a population of abo ut 4,000 and we have all the modern improvements and conveniences tliat any of yo-ur eastern cities of that siae have. "We have orar electric lights, our water eystem and sewer system just as you have. In Deadwood there are live cburches, and the people attend them just as tliey th here. The rough element is lai-gely ia thing of the past. One thing is true ; the people of the west know much more about the east tlian the people of the east know about the west. notions about us are eructe, indeed. "Why üs it teimied the Blaek Ilills ? Well siir, tliis is the explanation. And I imiglit say that we are'unfortunnlo in our nomenclatura. About the Black Hills rthe country is prairie lor' miles anti miles. As one appraaches thein, from ny diirection, he sees in the distance the hills, with suiiaee covered with pino -trees, which iiie the hills a black appearance. TBiat is tlie explanation. T'e get the name Deadwood In ibhte way. It i namod from Ieadwood Creek. Dcndwood Creek carne honestly by it snanic. AVlien the country -was fii-.st openod, the settlers found thi.s ivrk bordcred on either side tor miles wlth dend trees that had been killed ly tlie fires. o they named "Deadwood creek. Wasn't that all rig-ht ? And as to the namO of Lead City, which is only ithree miles from DeadAv-ood, it came by it.s name in thte way : By the tvay that Ie pa-onounoed with a e, leed, not led. It was not named from the metal, for there is tno iead anywhere. around there. It came from the word 'Iead' used in vonnection -vitli mlning-. A Iead ïs a term almost synonymous wlth -rein. The naine of the city came from this term. "Practicnlly our only imluslry is that of mining-," -vent on Mr. Abbott. "There is some ngriculture around th o Black Hills, but it is omly in the vialleya, and although what farming is caraied on is snccessful, andl ie crops are phenomenal, yet it is necesnily restricted, a,nd barely supplies the local denmand. Gold and s.il--er are Oiur etaple products and tlie ones in -whicli we are chiefly interested. And just now tlie main interest centeiis on gold, for süver mlning does not pay any more, since we ha-s-e no market for tho whltte metal. Tliere is more excitement just now in gold mining than tnere has been before in Ieadwood for eigihit or ten years. It ie due to the discovery of a rich win. This disco very is in lino wth a Uieory -tliat has been held for yeare by llie prospectors but whiQh has ni' er bef'Oipe been di ited. Ymi see Avlicu the Black H:ils were od up íor mining1, operations were j begnn In the southern part. Th (!c]iosils found Jiero wWe not exi ïTinoly ridi and the base oí i tions was dianged to the northern part of -llie Halls, whre Deadwood and its minee are. New the theory has been that soniewliere thero was a mother-lode Irom which these veins of tlie north and south originated. That ■ lodc has nem b located unless the ipresent rich find is the right one. Tlie vem is a wvy rtch one. Instead oí the ore carryiimg t-lie gold, as ts usually the case, tlie gold caiTies the ore. In some oases the. go-M forms 50 per cent, oí ie rock. From that the proportion descends to 10 per cent. A mine called 'The Holy Terror' has been started. It came by its name inl tliis way . Tlhe primoipal owner liad a coarse, masculine -sviïe whora he called The Holy Terror. Out of regard for her he callel liis mine by tlie name name. And slue is proud of thei fact. "Well, this mine lias been in operation but a .hort time, and it is imposible to say just how valuable it may be. It may pipove to be the mother-lode. This is about sixty miles from Deadwood. Tlie best mine at preseaxt of course, is the Homestake, Inear Deadwood. It is paying the owners annual dividends, that a.mount to fully 15 per cent. Deadwood itself is the center of all this mining wuntry. "As to eilver, thea-e is not much to be said at present. Of course, our peopl would like to see free eilver. Then the m-ines would pay. But we ai-e not radical on this question. And we sball not go to war if we do not eventu,ally have oair way about it. "TVe do not feel the hard times in Deadwood. Wages have kept up and out laborers have beein given employmeait. People ave moring int o Deadwood instead of mo-ing out. I have hcanl inoi-e about hard times since coming Oast thaa I Have he;ml in a year in oair country." Mr. Abbott is official stönogTaplier of tlie Deadwood courts, and. is in Ann Arboi' oinly for a few days on a iit to friends in tlie Univorsit y.