Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-16
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TAe Recent Marvellous Fiaas q os1A
0easlag Quarts In the Central and
Seuahsrn Allls.
The prediction Of those who in the early
settlement Of the Black Hills cast their lot
in the central and southern portions that
these sections would eventually develop the
richest and most extensive quartz deposits
in the Hills, is being realized. The recent
discoveries Of fabulously rich quarts at
Rockford, Tiserville, Custer and other
points in the southern portion Of the Hills
have dispelled all doubiahend skepticism in
regard to this claim, and Thousands Of min
ers are leaving other portions of the mines
and crowding into this new bonanza belt
Aresident Of this city who spent several
months on Little Rapid and Castle creeks
in 1877, wrote as follows to the Press and
Dakotaian under date Of Oct. %, 1877:
1.-THE attention of the miners in the CEN
trail and southern portion of the Hills has
been lately turned to quartz, and during the
past two months discoveries have been made
in Big and Little Rapid, Castle, Slate,
Spring, French and Battle creeks, and in
the intervening country, which seem to
prove beyond Q doubt that the extent and
value Of the quartz of these sections exceed
those Of any other portion Of the Hills. Yet
there is not q quartz mill in all this section,
and what will, with proper machinery, be
the ~liveliest and wealthiest portion Of the
Hills, 10 nov occupied BY only q few plucky
and hopeful miners whose aggregate wealth.
If expressed in figures, would draw very
on the cipher box"
The recent discoveries have fully con-
frmed this prediction, &nd what these dis.
coveries amount to is told in the following
from the Rapid City Journal of the lth
Since our last We have had a special cor.
respondent around among the quartz camps
Of the Central and Southern Hllls-one up
whose reports We can place the utmost
reliance--and he returns loaded down with
quartz specimens spangled all over with
gold, taken from various leads between
Tigerville and Custer City. The now ia
NOUS Royal Bengal Tiger was visited and
carefully examined. 1t is all it has been
reputed to be-is literally . great mass of
rock and gold, promiscously mixed. Mr..
McMasters, superintendent Of the Home
stake Company, who has probably seen and
visited as many mineral veins as any other
man in the Black Hills, rays Of it: at is
the richest mine l ever saw, and l do not
believe as rich . mine was ever before struck
in the world"
The Tiger is principally owned by the
Homestake Company, who acquired the inn
mensely valuable property for u mere song.
1t is an old location, rich prospects having
been found in it nearly n year ago but the
locators were unable to open it, and it has
lain dormant until the opening of the great
bonanza which now astonishes the world.
Mr.. John Campbell, who represented a Chi
cage company. visited the lead, three or
four weeks ago, obtaining fine prospects
from discovery shaft. Extending
his investigations he found he was
picking along the crest Of what may be call
ed q golden wall Of quartz and talcose slate
of unknown extent. Sinking his pick into
the talcose slate which caps the vein in
places he displaced aspike or silver Of slate,
finding quartz beneath. He then, with bis
fingers, picked out q small piece Of quartz,
and found it spangled all over with gold.
Another-another-still another all the
same ; and then the vein was tapped at a diff
fer n spot, resulting IN equally rich d.4clo.
sures. Being aware it was an old location
Mr.. Campbell-ju.t like any other man
would do who did not wish to throw away a
good thing-carefully replaced the top rock
he bad removed, and hurried to Deadwood,
to raise the required amount of money to
purchase the mine-which was but a paltry
sum. Send me a thousand dollars by tel.
egraph will secure you the richest gold
mining property in the world" This was
the dispatch he wired TO his Chicago friende
but they did not feel inclined to answer by
electricitv-a very important element, some.
times, in handling mining interests snd
Mr.. Campbell, knowing every hour he de-
ferred action increased the danger Of the
mine slipping from his grasp, wen.
to Mr.. Geo. Hearst, Of the
Califorais Company, for as.
sistence. Mr.. Hearst at once drew his
check for . 81, 900 ITO develope," agreeing
to open the property and give one tenth
to Mr.. Campbell, the discoverer. Never
having seen the property, or Mr.. Camp
bell before, Nj. H. thought he "would do
to tie to-" and thus George Hearat-al-
ready = millionaire-snd J. T. Gilmer,
and other associates of H.'s became the
possessors of property for which they
would not to-day take hundreds of thous-
ands Of dollare, property which, If it holds
out and improves as it is now doing, is no
doubt worth millions.
Night and day forces are engaged
on the Royal Bengal Tiger, and the rich
ore bodies are reported to be gradually
widening.
About Tigerville, three miles west of
the Royal Bengal Tiger, about Hill City,
. mile or two to the westward, and to the
southeaetward, On the old Custer road, high
grade ores have also been discovered. The
Royal Bengal Tiger does not seem to
stand alone in it's fame, as rich ~ it is
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