The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-06
TREASURE
Graphic Pen Picture Of Life in the Black
Hills Stamp-Mi! Meiropolis-How the
Work Is D~one-Some Good Gold
Mines.
Prom our Special ooTrcqIondcNf.I

Will. winter holds No In his IL,
nrasn and w,rt IN n,.cer claims 10 wei
81 srs,onded n nav mo-. ba pninter.
est;no 70 vour readers IN give n few
f,o,s ran.ra;ra ono of th. manv ,uartz.
Mills that are stead;,v ot vvort in tbe
U;ns within . rad;ps of n tbous,nd
Yards hare in Central are some 1, mills
ceose,essIv rolling volumes of wreath.
cd smoke night and dav while the
Ground v;brates with the ponderous
heating of one tbousand stampsLso
MANY aoo.noupd sIedge.bammers-in
tho iron trougbs where the rock ION.
t~,in;na the precious metal is being
Ground IN novvd.r Bv NIGHT the ak =
is lit mn Inv the MYRIAD sparks that fly
in ou;ct succession from the leeples
engines while the shrek Of whistles is
almost continuous duripg everv bour
Lof the twenty-four
At m. three loud d.ep-toned
basso blows omen from + r. Parsons
mill the t-ime-keeper nj the R,ack Hills
nroclaiminu the time tn wake nm and get
ready for the change Of shift Mt G for
the next twelve bours Then follows
the sbarp sbriu screecbipu alto of A.
p Moore a Co. that denotes hei. =
O'Clock and so on through nm infinite
variety of m%odulations till MT 8 the last
varp;n ia heard from distant Dead
wood whose time ia fuIIv one bour he
hind that of Central and Gavville
ESomebov Deadvvood IL inst II little he
hind us in more things than time alone
h,t of ,b;s anon And so for tbree
hours. Mt noon and evening, the same
continuous screaming goes on. only
Mt midnipht. when the last change
takes Mace. But suddenly. at . or 3
in the morning. arise five or six short.
sbarp successive snorts: a signal to the
mine in the distance that n further
supplv of ore is wanted Mt the mill i'm
mediately. and thus the whole neigh
borbood il kent in one continuous
fever of excitement.
Mclaughlin 81 Cassell's mill IL select
this mill for description, not only be-
cause I am well acquainted with II. but
for two other reasons-it is almost
universally acknowledged to he the
model mill here. and because Il il owned
by two of C~heyenne,s most enterpris-
ing citizens.1 was COMPLETED about
three months ago. and but for the I'M
fortunate trouble in connection with
the Keets mine, frcm which the ore
was to be supplied. would haye had a
continuous run for the next six months.
The capacity Is now % stamps. hut the
engine being of great w is capable
of driving up to 80, should they be need
ed. Everything is of the newest and
most perfect description: the founda-
ton ON solid bedrock; the timbers of
the largest, and shaft. cams and stamps
heavier and more powerful than those
in n other mill bere.f There are mills
mills. and white some are erected
here that can do little more than run
their machinery, this is calculated to
take out the greatest quantity of gold
and stand in small need of repairing
for wears. shall attempt to give in as
few words rs possible n description of
the working of a quartz mill.
The rock is brought from the mine
in various sizes, and broken mt the mil
into pieces not larger than n mans
hand. Sometimes gold can be seen in
the rock in little nuggets as large as n
pin-head, and sometimes it is as fine as
grains of flour. the latter being fire.
auently the richest. Into an iron
about 25 in length. IS inches in
depth and IL inches in breadth, the
rock is thrown. and n constant
of water kept running. About
l6 inches above this trough the TWENTY
five stamps, or crusbers are suspended.
and when the engine moves each stamn
falls and rises at the rate of about
,hirty-fye times n minute, The stamp
s a long shaft of iron, with Il broad.
lat head, the whole weighing about
hundred mounds Tbese stamns