The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-29
NORTHLAND
Gathered from the Pioneer Mine, with
a Pair Of Sharp Shears.
BLACK Hills Pioneer. Dec. ls.i

making arrangements for the aceommo-
dalton Of the immense travel that will
shortly set toward this country.
Nathan Fl. Hammond, a freighter,
has charged James Brown, before JUS
tice Farnum, with having conspired
with two others to rob him of $500.
Three p-rospectors who went out on
the recent stampede, were attacked by
Indians and forced to return, leaving
behind everything but their guns.
MINING MATTERS.
Placer claims Nos. Is and IA on the
north fork of Gold Run prospect from
fifteen to twenty-five cents to the pan.
The Sunday mine, situated nea
Galena City, in Bare Butte district, is
yielding galena silver ore worth $50
per ton.
Messrs. Brown & Woods have gone
out to purchase aten-stamp mill, which
viii, when it arrives, be located neal
Lead City.
A nugget valued at stat was taken
out of the same claim on Potato creek
in which the S147 nugget vas found
some time ago.
The Blue lode, neaS Lead City, is
yielding a very high grade of conglome-
rate gold quartz. This mine is being
worked by three shafts.
The Homestake and Golden Star
lodges are growing better the further
they are penetrated. The ore as fast
as taken out is worked in an arastra.
The Sitting Bull lode is a new dis
covery at Bare Butte, and prospects as
well as the best previously located, and
from appearances is a true mine.
Manning, Lynch, O'Neil & Go. have
sunk their shaft into the Caledonia
mine over fifty feet. obtaining results
beyond their most sanguine expecta-
| tons.
The Centennial mine, at the head of
African gulch, is now being worked.
The shaft is over twenty feet deep, and
the ore is ~crystalized iron, bearing free
gold.
A man with a rocker, on a placer
claim on Whitewood gulch, in Cape
Horn district, took out S134 in two
days, including one nugget worth
S3e. 40.
The placer claims on African gulch
are paying 50 per day to the man. A
large ditch is in course of construction,
so as to be ready for active sluicing in
the spring.
On claim Nc. 2 above discovery on
Deadwood, Messrs. johnson & Vipond
are running their drift with one shift,
and taking out from s35 to $50 per day
| to the man.
The celebrated claim on Deadwood,
sold by Gay & Scott to their employees,
and for which the purchase money was
taken out in two days, is now paying
better than ever.
Ed. Preble has a force Of men at
work IN the Bangor tunnel on Black
tail gulch. The shaft is 35 feet deep,
with q 6tx4t feet opening. The ore SO
far taken out is a very rich conglom-
crate.
The Rattlesnake lode, situated on
Strawberry gulch, is showing up well.
although the progress in working the
shaft, which is now twelve feet deep,
is necessarily slow, from the flinty ma
ture of the ore.
J. w. Allen 6 Co., claim / above
discovery on Deadwood, are working
one shift and one set of sluice boxes
on their claim. The drift is 81 feet
deep to bedrock, and the pay streak is
about 60 feet wide, and is yielding from
1850 to $3.50 per day.
The City OF Galena is being pushed
rapidly forward, and Notwithstanding
the ~inclennency of the weather, houses
are being built at the rate of one per
day. The town must of necessity be a
good n eventually, from the richness
Of its quartz surroundings.
Ransdell, Coffin & Co., are running
a tunnel into Mineral Point Hill, 300
feet in length, for the purpose of tap
pingthe independence Pea Warmer and
Gordon mines, situated at the junction
of the north and south forks of Gold
Rum. The ores from all these mines
are congiomerate, high grade gold, car
rying silver.
s. r. Gwin has bought into the ex-
tension Of the Home-stake and Ophir
mines, and has contracted for a tunnel
to be run into them to the depth of 400
feet. This company has a twenty
stamp mill on the road, and the ground
and foundation is being prepared for
its reception. They will also put up a
saw, shingle and planning mill, to be
run in connection with their quartz
mill.
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