The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-18

from Black Kills Times. April iA.l

s from Black Hills Times. April l4.l
A portion Of claim between 9 and 10
above on Whitewood, was yesterday
sold to ". J. Subway. Consideration,
$500.
An assay made the 10th by Lyons &
Moor, of the Lucky Boy mine, show
ed silver 2oe. 46soz coin value $3.50. SO.
Lead, 40 per cent.
On claim No. z above discovery,
Wednesday last, an unknown miner
WA buried by the caving In of a shaft.
He was rescued alive after being buried
about two hours.
Buckley & Co., on 10 below, have
drifted through It's feet Of their bar,
for draining purposes, and will now
return to the lower end and breast out
On both sides. The channel Is more
than forty feet wide, and the lucky own
ers claim that they have at least SAC, 900
in sight.
Gilmer, Salisbury &Co., now own IL,
~ and three-fourths Of No. Is below,
having bought Smith Ehinger's half Of
No. II. These three claims are con
sidered by experts to be among the best
on the creek, and now that they belong
to a company who have the will and
the power to work them for all they
are worth, we expect to hear of large
returns.
SILVER MINING.
We dropped into Lyons Il Moor's
Office yesterday, and looking over their
books, found the following records OF
assays made by them: From the Luella
mine, near Gayville, we find specimen
quantity of ore that had assayed g.
1890 Of gold to the ton. Then in
another place we find where nine diff
ferent specimens from the Red Cloud
Mining company, neal Bear Buttes
district, has assayed in silver the fol.
lowing to the ton:
No. 1, specimen, 444.S8 OF.
Nc. 2, specimen, AZ OF.
No. 3, specimen, 1868 OF.
No. 4, specimen, Ill OF.
No. 5, specimen, 2 OF.
No. 6, specimen, 140.74 OF.
No. z, specimen, 42s. 03 OF.
No. 8, specimen, 426. Sc OF.
No. o, specimen, 2.s3 OF.
There were specimens brought In t.
be assayed, not with the purpose Of
decrying it to the public, but simply tc
ascertain how selections of the ore
would assay. These specimens were
taken from groupings and deep dig.
gings, and consequently vary in rich.
ness. The main body of the ore il
very rich, showing silver 42S or. As
silver is to-day in the English market
50 pence to the ounce, making it S1.0f
here in gold, it proves that this company
have valuable silver mine. They are
in full running order, working late and
early at the shaft.
Wards freight outfit arrived Wed.
nesday, by. way Of Cheyenne. They
report the roads in a terrible state, and
particularly between Custer City and
Deadwood, the wheels sink till the bot
tom of the wagon lies like a stone-boat
on the mud.
Another doctor announced himself
this morning. This makes the doctors
in the majority Of the reporters. Here.
tofore the lawyers carried off the palm
for numbers, but since they began con
cealing the new arrivals Of their per.
suasion, and intimidating the iufiux OF
reporters, the numbers of doctors are
greatly increasing.
We were shown a gold brick from
one Of the mills of the City, now ut
Stebbinss Wood 6 Co.'S bank. valued at
$543.08. 1t was melted and assayed by
Chambers & Davis, assayers. This
brick is one from nine bars of retort
and dust.
The county treasurer and register of
deeds offices have been duly located,
in South Deadwood, near the p~ostofice.
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Don't pay two prices, but go to Pol
| aaH1s for Mon1c vN,fko, o-l Dova,