Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-26

into the .ssluIce'' boxes near the point
1t winch tho water uHfers, and rs BY /
the force of the torrent broken and |
mashed down with il. The goll has
specific gravity 80 grca, thu, il set,
ties TO the bottom Of the asiiice box9
where i. is caught in what IS called
"ritiles," formed by boring holes in
a false bottom fitted in the bottom Of
the aslaiees,' the stones and other
rubbish are carried down to the end
of the boxes by the force Of the wa.
ter, and are then thrown into pile
which is, yc1ept rtaiiiings. or re-
fuse.
Each night the water having been
turned off from the "sluice boxes"
1.-THE sediment at The bottom IS collect
ed in "gold pan" and carried to the
miners cabin and washed carefully.
l1Qnicksilver is ,hspwn into the pan,
which ana algamates.t the gold at the
bottom. This amalgam is lhen trans
ferred to retort or crucible, which
placed upon the FIRE, causes the eyap
oration of the mercury aud leaves the
| pure gold.
Where the depth to bed rock Is
considerable and the upper Dirt not
of sufficient richness to pay, shaft is
sunk to the bed rock and the .'pay
gravel brought from the s'dtif,s' or
tunnels to the surface, and is worked
7 by the same process as heretofore de.
/ scribsd.
All claims are recorded from dis
covery CAIN, shove or below, as the
case may be, 10 book kept for the
purpose, by person elected by the
miners OF the gnlch or district, in
j which the claim is situated.
u Upon Deadwood creek AL the
clain.s above discovery are DRIFT dig.
gipgs, ranging from I6 to 25 feet tc
he'd rock. Those CLAIMS. below dis
covery, TO the mouth Of the creek are
J shallow, teing from 2 to 10 feet al
I the upper gravel being ''psy dirt
The fall of the creek is 6 l2 PEI
: cent.
All the diggings on Whitewoot
creek are shallow, with the e1ceptio,
. Of few CLAIMS above the falls, whsr,
( the distance is from 40 TO 60 feet l,
e bed rock. The incline OF Whitewoo,
n creek is about 6 inches to the rod.
e On BobtAil and BlacktAil gulche
: the diggings are shallow with an Nv
c eragc depth Of about feet, with
! water inclination OF about per cen
/. On Sawpi, guloh the digg'ngs AZ
d adrif," With water depression Abou
o the same - the last mentioned.
d Boulder gulch is situated north I
Bear Butte creek and south fro,
e Deadwood; il has very rich and shal
y low dry diggings. A ditch Is bcin
e constructed 10 carry water into thi
+ gulch which viii be ready for oper,
offtlon in the snring
d Ali the d gings 1pon the wester
g. slope ,nclucspg Negro Gulch, Bea
70 Sand aud PotAtoe creeks are khallo
As diggings and have an averag. wat,
ID dip Of ! per cent.
~ The depth to bed rock on RAP
,e and Castle creeks and thei. tributari,
ID ID from 20 to IS feet with only su
# face water inclination Of per cen
. The bed rock gravel is especially ric
ID but cannot be worked without b,
III dr.ulic machinery to dry the be
rock.
be Some Of the 6nest gold has bee
re taken from French creek, and oper
ch tions upon it will be resumed in Il
~ spring, supply Of water Being 8
on cured from lake some three mil
be distant.
,c. There are many other valuable pla
ck er i dlstricts in the Black Hills, bu.
" have merely alluded TO those be
cr known TO the outside world.
ngl It is to the development Of d
is great quartz mines that we must 10,
at lor the permanent prosperity Of Il
6. Black Hills. These quartz deposi,
,d, If so they may be called, are. OF
all peculiar character, differing from 4,
~ precious mineral mines ever befo
~ discovered, aud divided into thr
as classes. The 6rst is volcanic dept
ed it upon bed rock, Of conglomels
h cemen, and gold bearing quartz Of
il red color. This character of ro
on shows FREQ gold 10 greater exte
be han any other and | have seen qu.
re- titles of it that would weld
'dy high ~ 100000 10 /
ow ton, although the avela
should be estimated At sboat III
nal there are mountains Of this GENE
'er- in the bills. on the north side
the Deadwood ana the northern trlbu
ries Of that gulch.
hat Among the numerous mines
no, ready opened, may be men.ioued
on VTglnius, Hidden Treasure, Chief
ON ,he H,ils, Black Tail Tunnel, ke
the aud L4ura--each one Of which | O
ks, sder . "bonsnzA' within itself.
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