The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-15
aAYyrLE~a LEANtNQe.r
a Glance a he Stamp nMls end Gold eassa
n Which Make This the Swansea q
the Black Hills.
Especial Correspondence Of tn Leader.l

I o. OA1NlLLE, MAY -.
This busting mining burg is, per-
haps, the Ia liest place in the Hills,
outside of Deadwood. New buildings
in large numbers are going up on every
hand, business houses Of all kinds are
opening out with large stocks, and
GayviIle promises to be more pernna-.
nent than her rivals, from thefact1that
she is located in the very heart of the
best quartz mines yet discovered Hid
den Treasure hill, on the north, is a
vast mountain of gold-bearing ore,
upon which are located the Luella, the
Woolley (owned by Maj. Woolley, Of
Cheyenne), the Hidden Treasure, and
a number Of other leads Of lesser fame,
all of which are being worked with
most gratifying results. The fine new
mill of the Hidden Treasure mine has
been built at the west end of the town,
and the stamps and engine are now be-
ing put up, preparatory to beginning
the work of reducing the vast body of
rich ore now lying On the dump On
Alpha hill, south of the town, and but
a few hundred yards from the business
centre, stands the ten-stamp mill of
the Pinney. Bros, which isnow turning
out from four to six Thousand dollars
in beautiful bullion weekly. The ca
pacity of this mill is two tons per day.
1t is running exclusively on ore from
the Alpha Tor Wolsey) mine, owned by
Col. Wolsey and three other men, and
the story of its discovery may not be
uninteresting. nj q Gok
Col. Wolsey came into the Hills with
his partners last year, and stopped at
Custer City. A few days after their
arrival Col. Wolsey was taken sick,
and his partners pushed on to Dead
wood, leaving him at Custer. They
soon discovered that they could do
nothing without him, and therefore
awaited his arrival. He reached Dead
wood, took a look at the gulches, and
started up the creek towards this place.
He concluded to prospect for quartz,
and began sinking holes along the sides
of a narrow gulch, the mouth of which
is at the famous Wheeler gulch. Up
the hillside he climbed, digging at fire.
quent intervals, until he had nearly
reached the summit, when he was re-
warded by the discovery of the extern
sive and very rich body Of quartz now
known al the Alpha. lie and his part
ners at once took out a large amount of
ore; the Pinneys came in, saw it, struck
a bargain, went out, brought in a
quartz mill, and have been running it
onsthis ore eyer since. 1t costs but
five dollars per ton to mine, haul and
mill the ore, and the best evidence i'll
the world Of the fact that mine and
mill are paying, and paying largely, is
that work never ceases, and an addition
of ten stamps, which will double the
capacity of the mill, are on ~the'road,
and will SOC be in operation.
A few hundred yards distant, on the
same hill, and at about the same dis
lance from the base, is located the ia
nous and very extensive Father de
Smet mine, owned by Nichols Il Ha-
lvens. This is another vast quarry of
rich gold quartz, q large force Of mi
ners being employed in taking it out
and transporting it to the works at the
foot of the mountain, where four aras-
tras are running night and day, work.
ing about three tons of ore daily, and
turning out from five to eight thousand
dollars in bullion per week. u!fO:IG
l. A cteam custom mill pf fen StampS
owned by j. II. Pierson, started up on
ore from the Aurora mine, worked by
some parties who have opened a shaft
on the ground of the Hidden Treasure
claim, and are stealing a few dollars
from that company. An injunction
has been issued, which compels the
stoppage of work on the Aurora shaft,
and a second injunction is issued to
prevent Pierson from milling the ore
already taken out. g-! 5t.iT
Less than a mile from the Pinney
mill, and just over a low ridge between
tGayville and Lead City, OF Bobtail
gulch, stands the fine ten-stamp mill
Of the Golden Terry mine. owned by
the Durbin Bros, of Cheyenne, and J..
w. Bailey, formerly of Nevada and
Colorado. This mill is crushing from
$500 to 1900 pounds of ore per day
from the mine, the open cut of which
is only a few yards away. Here, too, it
is difficult to obtain figures regarding
the yield per ton, etc., but the stamps
are kept in motion, and the work Of
taking out ore is vigorously prosecuted,
showing that the profits must be large,
and encouraging to the owner
AT Lead City, some three or four
miles distant, is located the ten-stamp
! mill of the Racine Mining Co. which
is crushing nearly two tons of ore per
day from the Racine mine. The cost
of taking out and milling the ore is
small, the returns of bullion are large,
and the company is working with en-
ergy and success.
Altogether the prospects of Gayville,
the stamp-mill centre of the H ills, are
highly fiattering, and her growth will
be rapid. Already the eyes of several
newspaper men have been turned to
this Dlace rs n promising pOint for the