Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-16
HILLS TREASURES.
Deadwood Pioneer.

The Father DeSmet mines, recently pur-
chased by the Messrs. Coll Deane and A. ].
Bowie, Jr., experts and capitalists of San
Francisco, in the interests of California capt.
tai, at the magnificent figure of four bundled
thousand dollars, consists of four original
locations, namely: The Father DeSmet,
Golden Gate, Belcher and Justice, each 800
feet wide by $500 feet in length, situated
on and extending across Deadwood gulch
from hill to hill, nearly opposite Golden
Gate, some two miles from Deadwood, being
the very center of the great mineral belt
which extends from northwest to southeast
through the Hills. Commencing with the
original Father DeSmet, the old workings
on the great lode consists of a "face" in the
hill uncovering q body of pay ore fully 100
feet in width across the face of hill and
from 10 feet to 40 feet in height Tor depth
A tunnel OF 60 feet in length has been run
in on the northwest side of this ore BODY,
bearing to the right in its progress, and il
for every foot of the way in paying ore.
Chambers have been stopped out from the
roof of this tunnel, in places to a height of
from 10 to 30 feet, leaving a portion of the
tunnel floor in the form of stairs. At two
different points in this tunnel, drifts of Is to
20 feet have been run at right angles and
have not yet found either wall, being still in
= solid body of ore. On the southeast ex-
tremity of the immense ore 'face" first men.
toned, a second tunnel penetrates ore Of a
similar character to a distance of 40 feet,
the height of the tunnel varying from 10 to
20 feet, both floor and roof being in first
quality ore. This second tunnel bears to
the left, diverging gradually from the course
of tunnel No. I, forming . "V." At about
the center Of the "face" large and irregular
"breast' of ore has been taken out and mil
led with most satisfactory results. In front
and a little to the left of the ore "face at a
distance OF about Is feet a large shaft has
been driven into the ore q depth of 60 feet.
This shaft is IN the Golden Gate section Of
the property, and all of the ore thus far
taken out has been milled, yielding an aver
age of $l8 per ton. At . distance of 500
feet below the great ore "face' first men,
toned Z new tunnel has recently been start.
ed into the hill and is making good progress.
The ore body il expected to be reached at
. distance of $50 to 200 feat. To the left, in
. southeastsrly direction, abent 800 feet
from the "facs' first mentioned, an extern
sive 'breast" Of ore has been exposed on the
Golden Gate location. Some of the ore
taken from this opening is of q refractory
character, containing iron pyrites, sulphur
and other base metals, and mills much more
easily after haying undergone the roasting
process. The openings made on the other
two locations (Belcher and Justice) have
exposed ore bodies Of a highly encouraging
character, and belong literally TO the Father
lode-ths DeSmet The mine now EMPLOYS
constantly two 20-stamp mills, and We have
it from . reliable scource that 200 stamps
viii shortly be employed in the reduction.
Hsfs, then, d what in common parlance il
lnilsd . amine," but IL it Is anything land
but facts have been related, L is n
veritable moastoin Of sold-bearing mineral,
from which millions upon millions Of dol.
lslssHW be tsken within the next Eve yean.
Tie recent purchase has placed the prop