The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-07
BLACK HILLS vesers
Notes of Interest From the Mining Camps
At and About Deadwood.

AT and About Deadwood.
Several companies are prospecting IL
Sawpit gulch, putting in drain bitches,
and getting ready to work.
Mining matters in the vicinity Of
Crook City have commenced in good
earnest. The water is running in
Whitewood.
Messrs. Wilson Sc Co. are sinking a
shaft on No. 81. They are down to
bedrock, and are getting as high as sew.
enteen cents to the pan.
Messrs. Ward, Bill s. Co. have also
sunk a shaft, and are preparing fol-
drifting. Their ground prospects
fifteen cents to the pan.
A good deal of work is doing;..on
Whitewood below discovery. SluicinG
has commenced on ten or twelve
claims.
The Pinney mill cleaned up over 400
ounces Feb. 18th, being the result of
one weeks run, on ore from the VOL
sey mine.
Mcdonald & Co., on claim No. 10
above discovery on Whitewood, are
hard at work sinking a shaft. They
are now down about fifteen feet, but
will probably have to go much farther
to reach bedrock.
The Luella lode, owned by Cutler &
Co., has a shaft down about 30 feet.
They are taking out a large amount of
ore bearing free gold. Work is pro-
crossing rapidly, the mine being worked
night and day.
The Mineral Point lode is situated
200 feet east of the Golden mine. 1t is
owned by Woolley and Ransdell; their
tunnel is in owe 45 feet, showing a five
foot crevice of gold bearing quartz,
assaying from S35 to S45 per ton.
The Bertha v. lode, on Spearish
creek, owned by Blake, Burke & Ash
ton, shows a twenty-five foot crevice
and well defined granite wall rocks.
They have a tunnel of twenty feet;
the ore being silver and gold mixed,
assays sixty dollars per to n. This lode
was discovered last September. Num-
bors of men are prospecting in that
vicinity.
Mining operations in Sand creek dis
trict will be far more extensive next
summer than last. Rich prospects
have been found on the head of Sand
and Spotted Tail, a tributary of Sand
creek. Both Of these gulches have been
located, and men are now busy on their
claims, digging drain bitches, ETC., pre-
pairing for the spring. On the claims
that are already opened, men are now
s%luicing.
In the Durham district on Boulder
creek, a great number of miners are
building cabins and digging bitches
preparatory to mining. The ditch lead
ing from Whitewood is nearly COM
pleted. Several claims have changed
hands lately and seem to be in demand
at prices ranging from $50 to $500 per
claim. The road from Galena to Crook
City, which crosses at this point, is
nearly completed.
The Hill claims Nos. 8, 6 and 7 at
Elizabethtown, are owned by Gordon &
Co. They commenced work there last
season, and the claims have paid from
the start. Their tunnel is 100 feet,
and a number of men are kept con-
stantly employed drifting and sluicing.
Their ditch brings their water a dis
lance of over half a mile ON Whitewood,
and they intend to use hydraulic power
the coming season.
The Wooiley lode, owned by Woolley,
Ransdell & Shepherd, is situated oppo-
site Central City. Their tunnel is now
about seventy-five feet on the vein,
showing a crevice of at least nine feet
with well defined wall rocks; their ore
assays $40 per ton, and at least 275
tons of the precious stuff is now upon
the dump. They have two sets of
hands that are kept busily employed,
night and day.