Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-07-25
Black Hi1l. Items.


Black Hills Items.
The quarts gold seems to be Of more value than
the mose sanguine old miners had ever for moment
supposed. The fact Is the recent machinery intro
duced into the Black Hills has something to do with
tn il quartz business.
The Champion. Of saturd day, says that B. !. No
Guire left for the Big Horn country with large
party OF friends. The Big Horn seems to be the
new Eldorado just about these days.
We clip the following from the Champion. Of Sat-
urdayi:
The stages on the different routes were. not inter-
rupted by any Of the 'stand and delivery" frater-
nifty last night. They are probably taking . rest
None can vote on the bond question to-day unless
they have been . resident Of tho Territory ninety
days and Of the county twenty days, and five days
In the precinct in which they vote.
The little Anna, Western and other claims at
Whitewood, six miles above ;Dsadwood, are yielding
some very rich specimens Of quarts. Jen. Cleve-
land & Co.. the owners Of the claims referred TO-,
think they have "struck It rich.''
". H. Hubbard, Superintendent Of the Chicago
Black Hills Telegraph Company, was In Dead.
wood, Friday. Where was Hsnksns on, Of Mime.
spolisS
The Times, Of Saturday ssys:
Bridges have been put in at all crossings on the
Black Ellis road requiring ithem, and the road Il
now In splendid condition between Bismarck and
Deadvood.
i samsst Soburn, Of Omaha. has discovered good
quartz lead above Custer City. The vein Is three
feet in thickness, and Of bright brown color.
Thompson's mill at Lead City, Is crushing ore
from the Little Giant mine, situate on Glars Hill.
The result this far Is very fattering and the ore
promises q rich yield.
City.
On claim 3s below discovery, on Whitewood, .
large petrined toadstool was dug up last week.
Smith Pringle's hve.stamp mill At Lead City, Is
working on ore from the old Abe mine.
The Giant and Clara mines, situated near Lead
City, were bonded to Chicago company for $780,
coo, but for some Misunderstanding the sale was not
completed, and the owners are again working the
mine. '
Qui1n's ten stamp mill and Thompson & Co.'S ten.
stamp mill at Lead City are crushing ore from the
Golden Star lode with rich results.
The ten stamp mill of tho Racine Go. at Lead
City, Is now crushing ore from the Homestake mine.
The Evans tsn-stamp mill has brought 40 this
city some very hne specimens Of retort gold taken
from the ore Of the Old Abe mine. ~
Wambeld, Van Meter 4 %; have their nitsen
stamp mill st Lead City nearly ready to commence
crushing ore.
Marsham + Co. have the foundation nearly CON.
pleed for the erection Of the building for their new
stamp Il Lead City. ! n
Daniel csaellos thirty.samp mill, which len
Chicago last week, IL - be located on the Homssske
mine, a 81 4
New mines are being discovered every day. and
some Of the new specimen samples Of hoat and sur
face rock d - rieh not richer, than any yet dis.
covered. Many parties who are fortunate IN bsv.
ing found good vein, are quiet untn further de-
velopments make them more certai1.l = '@'-1 < (
No. 8 below, Peterson owner, has just IN work.
ing order Knowles steam pump. he Is working
two gangs on two cuts. --.a-. III
No. 2, lower half, John Hicklen owner, isworting
ten men, day and night shifts. e s4a4
No. 2, upper halt, VIM. Cosgrove owner, has hn-
lhed drain ditch 24O feet long and three feet into
bed rock. He is running cuts north and south to
thoroughly prospect the ground. - s-z
No. I. McEllier Smith owners, lave completed
drain ditch $50 feet in length and three feet into
the bed rock. They have . pit 60x40 feet to bed
rock. Their string Of sluices will be working to.
day. If there is pay In the ground It will yield to
the energy of McEllier & Smith.
No. above, Fields Chapman owners, have .
Ramsey and suction pump run BY water power.
Th.y are now in on ore drift, 1900 feet, and are
li1king shaft for the second. They employ II
men dsy and night.
Cunningham Bros. 2O-stanp mill at Golden
Cate commenced crushing ore from the Keets mine
Il is msrning.
Lat Sunday Pearson's mill in Central City had .
clean up Of 231 ounces Of gold retort from 10
tons Of ore from the Keets mine.
The Keets mine has now abou. 1000 tons Of ore
on the dump. J. B. Parsons mill is now running
q twenty stamp mill on the Keets mine.
short time ago the Pearson mill took $3.50 from
so tons of Blacktan ore.
Recently tn Hidden Treasure twenty y-stamp mill
cleaned mp @15 to the ton. Fifteen men are taking
ont 10 tons of ore from the mine.
The Hairview company are to have another 90
stamp mill.
The Iairviev mine has shaft 195 feet west Of
discovery, down thirty feet 70 the main body Of ore.
There are now about / 900 tons Of ore on tbe
dump Of the 1sirviev.
The red ore Of the Palrviev mine shows depth
Il twelve feet, and is speekled with pure gold.