Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-22
GOLD UP THE SIOUX.
Rich Quartz Discoveries In Lake Count
Dakota.

Rich Quartz Discoveries In Lake Coasntv
Dakota.
Sioux Falls Paragraph
For some days Sioux Falls has been in a state
of excitement and anxiety, and troops of men
have been visiting the Pantagraph office asking
to see THAT specimen" The occasion of all
this has been the fact that we have had here a
specimen oftheirichest quartz any of it's inspect
ors have ever seen. 1t weighs about an ounce
and is studded all over with specks of gold,
ranging IN size from pin-point to a pin-head
the value of the yellow metal in it being vari-
ously estimated at from fifty cents to 81, SO
that ton Of the stuff would yield at least $780,
600. There is mistake about the glittering
stuff being pure gold for it has been tested by
old quartz miners, by jewellers and by chemists,
all of whom pronounce it straight goods and
the ore is nearly pure quartz, being sufficiently
hard to score glass.
But what gives it its especial attraction in
Sioux Falls is the fact that it was found up in
Lake county, only forty-five miles from here,
and there are immense quantities Of it in the
bluffs there. Several parties have gone out
from here to make thorough examination of
the region, and their return is anxiOusly await
ed. The specimen of which we speak was
| brought here last Saturday evening by j. II.
Hutchins, who drives the stage between Sioux
Falls and Madison. He procured it at first
hands from 81. N. Luce, one of Lake county 8
| Oldest and most Trustworthy citizens, for
merly member of the territorial legislature,
from whom he received the following account
Of its discovery:
Upon Mr.. Luce's farm, ON the bank of Lake
Herman, which encircles it like horseshoe.
is bluff, upon a part of which the snow lin
gered some time. As this was melting away
number of days ago peculiar appearance
was observed, which was not detected when it
was surrounded by the ordinary brown of the
earth. Charlie Worthington, who is a cousin
of little Frank Worthington, of Sioux Falls,
and who is stopping with Luce, first noticed
this, and he took heavy hammer and broke off
some of the stone, which he showed to Luce, and
the two of course saw the glittering metal in
the quartz. They obtained large number of
specimens, one of which Hutchins secured from
Luce, with an account of its discovery, and
brought down to Sioux Falls. where, as we
have stated, it has been examined by large
number of gentlemen, some dozen of whom
started at once for Luce's farm, the evidence
being sufficient to make them feel warranted
in a winter trip of forty five miles to see what
there is in it.
1t has been practice unfortunately SO COM
mon for localities to raise reports of gold dis
coveries, when there was nothing to Justify
them, that we have no doubt there will be
many who, when they read this, will met
aphorically put their thumbs to their noses
and watt their fingers in the air; but we can
didly state that we have told the circumstances
above just as we are led. upon good authority,
to honestly believe they exist. We have no
desire to exaggerate anything in any essential
particular. While we understand the advantage
county would be to this section and to Sioux
Falls, we know very well that any unfounded
report in regard to su:h matter would ulti-
mately do us more damage than good.