Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-12
FRED Cross BONANZA.
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Rapid City Journal.

the Gross NINE, undoubtedly one OF m.
treat sold bonnuzas Of the Black Hill anI
Il the world. II in ,raccable by bold cr"M
from one end to the other. and H..
,res-long puxzling practical miners hS
heir pecul,aritier-are now pronounced n,
professional Rrologl.ts to be the pures, ~
he gold producing rocks. They are Of -
lutl, blue steel color, capitalization seldom
appearing, prospect with remarkable NM
show Stree gold" profasely, and ar.
but pulverize with facility
old miners" might walk Tor hours over
such rock and never think of testing :,
for the precious metal but Mr.. Fred +
Crosa, one Of the discoveries. finding mo
pres to exist in regular tis-ure FORM con-
that they would be a. likely to carr.
gold as any Of the other vein rocks of m.
Hills-and SO tested them, with en-.
rouraging results. He then sent out snec;.
mems in various directions to be analy,icalIn
tested, and everv certificate returned accord
with his own view-that il was q great
rich gold mine.
He then formed the sensible conclusion
tina, he would give the constantly rccurrinn
''stampedes" the so by, and devote ali his
time, energy and available means In
she development of the mine, and sinoo
Suo ouAuWCA " 400 taC ptucVcCtUT VOrNOph
section has never failed to see smoka
from the chimney of the owners
of Cross mine in the early morning
The original location was made nv Froa
]. Cross. WIN. MCGEE and M. D, Thorn y,
son aud now M. Cross owns one hnlI h.
mine, Mr.. MCGEE, one third, and Nve
Phillips. Of Sioux Falls, this -aerri,o,v
one.sixth. From the date OF location d.
veloping work commenced. and 1t still con.
tioues, with constantly improving rros.
poets. The ore bodies are OF immense eY.
tent, one of the crOes-cuts running ff,v
'eet in solid ore-rich. millahle ore. eyr,,,
inch of the distance. 1t is now in 90 ,hol.
nugh a state OF development that any In.
'elligent mining engineer can easily es,i.
mate the extent of millable ore expoted
and predict with reasonable certainty wbh1
future developing operations will result in.
The mine has been opened about the cen.
tire Of its longitudinal extent with a shaf
forty feet in depth. which liz $50 feet higher
than Baronetr's gulch, a deep gorge which
cuts the vein in a n%ortherly and sou,herIv
direction at its western extremity. From
the bottom Of this shaft some very rich ore
has been taken. the rock all prospecting
fairly from top to bottom; and this nav
streak can be followed an indefinite distance
north and south. From the bottom of The !
shaft a cross cut was atar'ed running wes,er.
ty, and t%hroughcu, its fifty feet extent-all
he way in paving ore-no wall has been
found. The ore bodies seem 10 extend
hundreds of feet in all directions. Nine,y
'eet south Of the shaft a tunnel was started.
shich is now in one hundred feet, or Ten
'eet beyond the croas-cut on the north. An
Spen cut was run twenty feet before the
unnel proper was commenced, so the actual
developments in ore at this time aggregate
ia linear measurement one hundred and
ninety feet, as follows: Main shaft. 40
feet; open cut and tunnel, 100 feet and
cross cut so feet.
Besides these main developments there
has been considerable work done Of n more
.nper6cial character, all Of which tends TO
how that the Cross ia a great, rue-fssure
vein Of Practically inexhaustible extent.
The Warren and Thompson mine,
aanking the Cross on the eaet and west, 4
shown in the diagram. are owned BY The
owners of the Cross mine, and the three
properties are considered "a one in devell
pment work, and will be transferred az cns
u case Of a sale or lease. The vast extent
If the ore bodies made these two additions
SntsOu nVVSSeoiy dlu UCIuk Helu uEuM
negotiated together there will never be ls1
Der.
A fire mill site is owned BY the COMPANY
the initial point of their water right being
short distance northwest of the discovery.
.haft Of the Gross mine: on Baronne,t]
Gulch creek. A suficiency of water Apvl
he year round in this gulch to supply a
mill ofthe largest dimensions, and by TAX
ing the water from bedrock the volum,
would be very considerably increased. Thu
natural facilities for chuting the ore frou
the mine down to the mill site could not b
better, the discovery.shaft being $50 feet high
er than the latter. As soon az a ton of ore
raised to the surface it is practically at III
mill-it has only to be thrown into tI
chute, and the Law Of gravitation delivers
at the batteries. All that section ls cover
with q growth Of excellent timber-the fua
supply being right at hand, and almost 4
exhaustible.
The CtOss mine is about seven miles d.
east Of Hill Cny, by an air line; hut ,hea
'sblished road. which desceDds Bsronelt
eulch to it's mouth, aud then bears DoriA
westerly, following the depressions IN y
mountains. makes the distance twelve mid
Rockerville lies. In 40 sir line, about td
miles to the northeast, hut the establish
road, which goes up Bsr0ne,t's eulch
shOr. distance. end then bears east by soul
around the western ends of the Little Gnd
and Crow Chief lodes. makes the di>trnd
six miles. There is no difficulty In ge,'lF
II and out with loaded teams from eiibd
Hill City or Rockeryllle.
The foregoing 10 q reliable and de'aaf