The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-18
DEADwooD DRIFT1NGs.
Another Budget of Interesting Notes
from the Black Hills Placers
and Lodes.
MINOR MATTERS.

| MINOR MATTEhS.
Jacobs, Patterson s. Co. have made q
big strike on their mine near Virginia
City. ---...-.-..
The Winfield mine, on Slaughter
House gulch, is showing up. A shaft
is down 80 feet in ore which prospects
$50 per ton.
The Manuel Brothers are taking out
the richest kind of ore on the well
known Homestake lode, and are at
present tunnelling for foot wall.
The Creole mine on the Clara Hill Is
now being worked and shows fine
body of ore. The owners are preparing
to sink shaft 100 feet in depth.
The first South Extension of the
High Lode, on Bobtail gulch, is being
worked and shows a fine body of ore
which prospects and assays flatteringly.
Messrs. King & Jones are the owners
of the Tenderfoot lode, at Lead City.
Their shaft is down 1S feet they are
busily at work every day taking out
| good ore.
The Philadelphia Smelling Company
have located their ground just below
Virginia City, on Bear Butte Creek.
They expect to be ready for work by
May 10th.
The Silver Chief is located on Ophir
Hill, one mile west of Virginia City.
At the depth of fifteen feet it shows
vein of six feet. About five tons of
black sulphurets and horn silver are
on the dump.
Jones, Mallory &c Young have started
a new shaft on the Golden Star lode.
They are down % feet and are taking
out first-class ore, which they intend
having crushed in the Racine Compa-
ny's mill.
The Bessie lode, on Chief of the Hills
Mountain, is now in 80 feet; 40 feet in
ore. The ore prospects well. This is
considered one of the finest locations in
the district. The owners are Murphy,
Grace, Finnerty & Adams.
Messrs. Collins & Senieur are push
ing the work ahead on their famous
lode, Yellow Jacket No. 2, at Bear
Butte. They have 80 tons of ore in
their newly erected ore house that will
go at least 200 to the ton.
The Wooley mine is now 40 feet in
fine ore, ON the first southwest cut.
The middle cut, or tunnel, is progress
| ing rapidly, with ore on face of tunnel.
| From present indications the mine
ranks with the best in the district.
The Luella mine is now down 80 feet
in a solid body of high grade ore,
Almost every piece shows free gold.
This mine is considered by experts a
true fissure vein, both walls being reg
ular. The mine is very valuable one.
The Aurora mine can be cited as the
biggest kind Of a bonanza. Several
specimens of ore taken out lately are as
rich as anything ever seen in any min
ing country. Messrs. DIETRICH & Tut
tie have already sold 1, 900 tons for S10,-
900.
The Caledonia mine, on Bobtail
gulch, is now down so feet all in good
ore. The shaft is sunk along the foot
| wall, which is composed of slate, and at
depth of fifty feet is cross-cut through
| nine feet of ore. The ore shows free
gold; the hanging wall is porphyry
and perfectly smooth. The owners are
Lynch, O'Neal, Hefferman and others.
The High lode, near Gayville, prom
ises to be second to none inthe district.
A shaft on the vein is down 80 feet,
| showing solid body of ore across the
entire shaft. A tunnel is now being
run through the vein, and is in 40 feet.
| The ore body hasbeen struck and pros
poets 1886 per ton on the face of the
tunnel. This is one of the Oldest loca-
tions in the camp. The overs are
Hopkins, Schwab, Judge Murphy and
| others.
Lead City, although in its leading
strings, is making rapid strides to lead
the van in the way Of quartz mining,
and its energetic and enterprising citi-
zens are making great progress toward
the accomplishment of their wishes.
The Racine Mining Company have
| their mill so nearly completed that they
expect to be in running order within
week or twp.
NEW STAMPEDE.
On the 28th of February, regular
stampede took place from Gayville and
vicinity, for the new diggings on Ne
vada creek, seven miles southwest of
Deadwood. Within forty-eight hours
from discovery sixty claims were loca-
ted. The creek is about the length of
Deadwood, showing heavy wash,
which prospects well on the surface.
/ The creek is intersected by numerous
dry gulches and quartz lodes; the creek
has plentiful supply Of water, and the
mountains adjoining are thickly cov-
cred with timber. A code of laws were
adopted, and Mr.. Thomas II. Carr, of
Gayville, elected recorder. Several
ming drain races, to work the mines in
ship-shape. The new district has been
named Montana District
Bad Blood In Colorado.