The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1875-09-15
BLACK HILLS.
ASSAY OF GOLD ANB Sill
YER E QUARTZ. ~
Eighteen Hundred Dollars to
The Ton.

NEW AND RICHER FIELDS
"A LESS ENCOURAGE
ING VIEW.
TIE BUcKEY MIMIC D1srR1cr.
The Cheyenne Leader, of the 28th
ult says: Mr.. T. 81. Mallory, secretary
of the above district, accompanied by
Messrs. D. s. Lunt, John Duffy, N. Kipp,
Frank George, Fl Bisslinghoff, of the
the same district arrived in Cheyenne,
few days since. Mr.. Mallory informs
us that his party left Prof. Jenney
early in July last, and crossed from
Rapid Greek over to the northwest
slope of the Black Hills, and although
Prof Jenney had predicted that no
gold would be found in that direction,
or out side of the ''basin,'' (the bound
aries of which we gave in the Leader
few weeks ago. the prospectors found
better field on the northwestern slope
of the Hills, on q creek, the water Of
which flows into the Belle Fourche.
The creek if about eight miles long, and
along the entire legth of it Mr.. NAL
lory's party found prospects that av-
eraged ten cents to the pan. They
pronounced these as 'sounce diggings,"
and being old miners, their report may
be taken as authentic and reliable.
Mr.. Mallory says this district is by far
the best yet discovered in the Hills; he
was surprised when he returned to
Rapid Greek, for provisions, to learn
that all the miners had left, and reluc-
tantly his party followed the soldiers
out of. the forbidden country. The
members of this new mining district
propose to remain here and at Fort
Laramie, awaiting the result of the ne.
gotiations with the Sioux.
.......s An ASSAY. Is 49,.
The following is given by the Oma.
ha Smelling Works as the result of an
assay of Black Hills specimens therein
described: No. / silver, 1)S OF silver
$249,53 coin per ton. a.-% '
No. Q, gold ore $500 ozs gold, $17o0.
OF per ton.
No. 8, lead ore "a per cent, t,29 ozs sill
yer $37.41; 60 ozs gold *$12.40.
No. 4, bromade, 1.30 ozs silver, 81.
81; 30 ozs gold $6.os. ~# -
(Signed) CHAs. BAIBAcH.
This is probably the same case alluded
to in the following from an Omaha pa
per: A few days ago a practical mi
ner came to the Omaha Smelling Works
with number of specimens of qartz
that he wished to have analyzed by Mr..
Balbeck, whom he had, known in
Montana. He said that the specimens
were all taken by his hands from the
Black Hills recently. He has been
many years engaged in mining, and
was when he came to the Smelling
Works, perfectly confident that he had
made rich discovery. He said that
he would not take $25, 900 cash for it..
Since then Supt. Balbeck has analy-
zed some of the specimens. One is
worth one thousand eight hundred
dollars to the ton. Others, while not
of such high grade, are still valuble.
One contains a liberal portion of free
silver. We are not permitted to use
the name of the man who brought these
specimens to the Smelling Works, and
he has not stated in what part of the
Hills he found them, but the facts as
stated above are reliable.
Published BY reQueaL1 ora
A Herald Reporters View. 4
CAMP CRooK, ON RAPID CREEK, J
BLACK HILLS, July ~, 1875, via
FoRr LARx1E, August 8, 1S76.)
The expedition for the exploration
Of the Black Hills has been in the field
somewhat more than two months, and
has made slow progress in the accom-
plishment Of its mission. Under q
more energetic scientific leadership it
! ought long ago to have determined the
confines of the auriferous district and
have reached the northmost limit Of 1T
researches.
The fresh discoveries of gold or
Spring and Rapid creeks created
whirl of excitement, which had the US
ual duration Of such episodes in the
histories Of mining regions. The frs
statements were exaggerated. ina
peculiar frenzy inspired by the daz-
zling effect Of the yellow metal on tn
heated Imagination is an epidemli'
from which few of the most senslbl.
| minds are exempt. On Spring Creei
only two s'bars" have been found whicl
indicate moderate degree Of richness
One of these has been well worked 3.
Mr.. Jenney and his mining assistants
/ r.. j.. - h~o honn vorv small