The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-30
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DeADwOoo DRiFTihGs.
from the Black Hills Times. May "a
What's the matter with Fort Pierre
freight? None arriving.
The Gwynn stamp mill at Lead City
has started up and is now busy OF Gus
tom work.
There are three strings of sluice
boxes on claims 8, 6, 4, 8 and 9 above
discovery.
On Blacktail Lode there is u shaft
14O feet deep and nearly 900 ton of ore
on the dump.
An assay made by c. c. Davis, OF ore
from Silver Chief mine. gave silver
S21S. 20 per ton.
None of the claims on Whitewood
below Deadwood are being worked OH
| account of superfous water.
On Bobtail, Sheeptail and Blacktail,
the claims me all being worked and re-
ports are that they prospect well.
The 20 stamp mill on the Hidden
Treasure Lode, in connection with the
Boldhoff pulverizer, will do the crushing
of 30 stamps.
The Rose Lode at Golden Gate has q
shaft down 50 feet and about 60 tons of
ore on the dump. Theyare running
day and night.
An assay made by Chamber @. Davis
OH Friday last, from the Keets' mine,
on Hidden Treasure gulclI, shows gold
$40. IS coin value.
The Giant Lode has Il tunnel 10 feet
in the hill, with tons Of free gold ore
on the dump. They are running q
force night and day.
The Anchor lode at Anchor City has
4 tunnel 40 feet deep, with about go
tons Of ore on the dump, that assays
from $50 to 800 per ton.
George Brand found free gold OH the
east hill opposite Elizabethtown one
day this week. He has n tunnel in 10
feet and great expectations.
Bear Gulch is to have n saw mill and
q ten stamp mill as soon as they q
get it through the mud. Mr.. MyricE,
of st. Paul, Mimi, is the
Mr.. Williams claim, Immediately un-
der this city, is being worked night
and day with two shafts, and 4 full
force at each shaft and on failing, and
paying well.
Bullion TO the AMOUNT of s., 16i.Oj
in bars, was run from the gold dust of
of various claims last week, for the
different banks of this city, at the me-
talurgical work of Chamber G. Davis.
On the Scipio mine n Mcdonald dis
trict, they have just sunk a shaft 80
feet deep, and are throwing out Il fine
specimen of ore. This is a recently
discovered lead, and is owned hy Nc
Donald 81 Co.
The new 2O-stamp mill of the Black
Hills Mining Company, Hidden Treas
ure, was fired up for the first time
Tuesday. 22d, and thus far all works
well. They will commence regular
work in u day or two.
II. A. Hitchcock, assayer nj Central
City, on May Sth, made an assay of ore
from the extension Of High Lode"
which gave gold S54.5 "a to the ton. A
half interest in the mine is owned by
Noble & Hughes.
There was on exhibition in the win
dow of Stebbins, Post & Co.'S bank,
yesterday, n lump of retort gold from
Gold Star mine, taken out by the Ra-
cine Mill company. 1t weighed Is o.,
10 pvt. and is valued at S2SS.
LEAD CITY ITEMS.
l.. b. Day & Co. have ordered 4 ten
stamp mill to be erected here.
A. C. Marshman's lfteen-stamp mill
is on the way, and will be erected on
Gold Run, in Upper Lead.
The White Top lode. owned 10y j.
d. Mcintyre and VIM. X. Howard, is
developing into n big bonanza. They
will soon commence milling their ore.
The machinery for j. Z. Pringle's
quartz mill is on the ground, and is
being erected just above the Racine.
They will be running in abont fifteen
days.
A rich discovery was made last week
on Wisconsin hill, west of town. The
quartz shows an unusual amount of
free gold. The mine has been named
the North Star, and is owned hy Dan
Fisher. Pat Boyle, and others.
Alpaca and linen coats ut
m27tf PoL.AcK's.