The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-23

Mining News from the Columns Of ths
DssdwO0d Pioneer and Custer
Herald,

BLACK Hills Pioneer. Dee. o.
The John Gordon lode at Bare Butte
has been located and worked. The ore
is constantly improving as the mine is
penetrated @@4
Jacks Langrishe is taking GU. some
beautiful gold from his hill claim, sit
uated at the confluence of WhitewO
and Deadwood creeks.
The Rec Cloud Company are working
one shaft, and have penetrated their
mine to the depth of forty feet; the ore
is decomposed chloride of silver andyery
easy to work.
The Rutherford B. Hayes mine is
working one shaft, and as the ore is
very hard the progress into the shaft is
not over one foot per day, with an open
ing At by 81 feet.
The Buckeye Tunnel Company are
working upon their ground at Bare
Buttes. and have excavated to the depth
of fifty feet. The ore so far has proved
very rich in silver.
Gay & Scott have sold claim number
four above discovery on Deadwood to
the men whom they had in their EN-
ploy; the amount of 1.-THE purchase money
was taken out intwo days
At Bare Butte there is already sufi-
cient ore out to u n first-class smelt-
er until spring, and the miners would
make it a considerable object to any
persohpwho would put reducing machin-
cry upon the ground.
The Kentucky mine upon Mineral
Hill is working two shafts. and from
the decomposed and lavacious charac-
ter of the conglomerate argentiferous
galena quartz taken from it, it bids fair
to supercede anything yet discovered.
At Bare Butte the best evidence of
argentiferous deposits in true assures is
established from the perfect surface in
dications, which are unmistakable, and
upon which every location yet made
has proven to be equally rich in galena
silver ore.
The proprietors OF the Virginius
mine have determined to actively de-
velop their property. The mine con-
tains the same character of quartz as
the Hidden Treasure, and is, in fact, AN
extension of that celebrated mine.
The Treasure Mining Company are
building a shaft house and ore sheds.
and are prepared to sink during the
entire winter. The ore from this mine
is antimonial silver, carrying a large
amount of bromide of silver. This is the
first bromide of silver found in the
Black Hills.
The Laura mine, located upon Sec
ond Dry Gulch, is prospecting finely.
This lode is situated next to the Hid
den Treasure: the tunnel shaft is five by
six feet. The owners of the lode are
Judge Farnum, and Messrs. J. NJ.
Wood, NJ. V. Boughton, e. H. Wagner,
and Curtis g. Graves.
A man named Siddons, while rock
ing out for a grub stake,' on Gold
Run, found a nugget weighing one ounce,
pennyweights and six grains, and
$2S. 25. 1t was in the shape of a
and has since been purchased by
one of our merchants, and transformed
into a breast-pin.
The Prince lode is being worked, and
has been penetrated to the depth of
twenty feet; this lode is situated upon
the same vein as the Rutherford B.
yet, strange to say, differs most
in the nature of its ore, the
being entirely of a ~decomposed
character, whilst the former is in per-
and HintV prystaliZatiOn
The Florence mine at Bare Buttes
has been tunneled to the depth of sey-
enty-ive feet. The ore carries very
rich chloride, horn, and native silver.
The width of the tunnel Isl flour by six
feet and most of the rock taken out is
equal to that which Stokes had smelted
at Denver, and which yielded 1884
ounces of pure silver, valued at $3.50.