Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-25


taken from Frenoh creek, and opera
spring, supply Of water being -
| cured from ) lake some three miles
distant.
There are many othsf valuable ptSu
er districts In the Btspk Hills, but
have merely alluded to thoee best
known TO the outside world.
/ II 10 TO the dcvelopmens OF The
great quartz minas tkas - must look |
for the peruaasut pEOspesity Of sAe|
Black Hills. Thsse qssrtx deposits,
if 20 they may b called, are Of >
peculiar character, differing from any
precious mineral mines ever before
discovered, and divided into three
Glasses. The 6rst 10 volcsnic depos-
II upon bed rock, Of oonglo.erate
cemena ssd gold beAs,ng quartz Of :
rod color. This chsra cscs Of rock
shows free gold to greater extent
ban any other and have ssen guam
titles OF II that would yield 20
. high - 100000 to J. the
ton, although the average
should be cstlnated q about @l20.
, there are mountaias Of this cemsnt,
i and the hills on the north side Of
J, Desdwood ana the northern tributa-
9 ries Of thas Eulch.
: Among ~ punerous mines s.
y ready opsssd, nsy 10 neotiosed ths
8 viryiaius, Hiddea Treasure, Chief oa
. The Hills, Black Tail Tunnel, Keith
a and Lsurs-ssch 90 Of which / coo.
sider ! ssbouansa " within itself.
nj The second class Of gold deposits u
u what 10 deuooinated live quartz, and
y although but littls free gold 10 found
ID in il, the yield froa the ore is equal
y to ths, ever obtaincd fron tie bss
4 quartz found elsewhere. The colo
!" Of the rock ranges from = dark slat'
ID to nearly white crystal. True an'
in we'll defined foot and hanging vail
Of are found in asarly I'll the loca.ioa
er Carrying this character of ore.
nd Among the mines Of this class al
~ ready foca,sd, viii mention tb
lie Golden Star. Home Stake, Clar,
re. P P.lmetto, Big CheYenne, Blue Lode
Nebrsska, Little Meta, Big Mi.sour
co Independence. Morning Glory, Pc
>" Warmer, Cornucopia, Grant, Code
ct- Arrow, Golden Terry, Father o
he Snct, Belle OF the Wsst, Golde.
y. Gate, Belchsr, Ohio, Sir Rodsric
N, Dhu, Rather, Telegraph, Kansas, -
ne Jenny.
ns- The course OF the hills contsinin
'ch this charcter Of orc i from Fals
y Bottom gulch, soo,hv.rd along II
he south side Of Desdvood, besria
sou.hvesterly along Gold Run an
= onward along the western and o,
lot trail range toward Custer. I.
tn The silver quartz Of Bear Dstts
~ srgentiferous Galens, and 90 rich j
or silver that it yields one ounce Of pu
'ed metal TO two pounds Of ore, aud oal
de ries 20 high iu chloride, horn and ps
tive silver, that one ton Of the o.
ln- shipped TO Denver for smelling
the yielded 1864 ounces, valued
The 1l61O.
The Ono Of the evidences Of argeuti
IN erous deposits in true 6sssres, y .
tablished from perfect surface indic
the tions, which for distancs Of 22, ,5t
',g- feet are unmiseakable, and up.
70 which every location yet made b
die. proven to be equally rich in Gale,
are silver.
Ah What has been said Of Bear Ba.
It. / is also applicable to she silver min
Per Of False Bottom aud Custer, with Il
exception that in the latter, broni,
God and antimoni.l silver largely prepo
hon derate over the argenti6srous, chi
'sre ride, and horn metal.
I to The principal silver mines alrea
God located are embraced 10 the follow
list. Florence, Buckeye, Caraboc,
'hes Refaxio, Beecher, Tiltoa, R. B. Hay
~. Ny Choice, RAttlssaske, SSepsoa.
u : crstes, An.ippe, Trsassre, Red Clio
ent. Prince, Kentack, John Gosdoa, An,
are ican Tqpnel, Mary Greeley, Cors,
'oat rah, Compton, Chas. Wesley, W.
z La cA->>.A~l &iS