Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-10-16

extent OF the vein and the ore has beer
disclosed iii it something over five fee
In width and showing better prospects
than the Old shaft The superintendent
informs Us that the five feet of ore vii
mill all of $50 10 the ton. Nnw- thi,
sounds rather loud and our northern
neighbors will say that this is uttered
by some one who thinks that two ol
three colors TO the pan must mill $50
This is not the case We, as well as Mr.
Feland, are fully aware that big pros
pcct must le got every time to mill $50
but We also happen to know that when
that it i Just as easy for 4 tenderfoot to
Weigh il and calculate the yield per ton
as Tor the most scientific expert Oh
earth Last week shaft was com.
| menced on tn south end Of the Frank
mine, nearly 1000 feet south Of the shaft
on the Lightning, and the prospects ob-
tanned nave nearly set the men
| employed there crazy. Free gold is
! found in abundance and the rock pros
poets way up, SO much so rs To even dis
turb the nerves OF the usually ph!cg-
matte Mr.. Feiand. The Frank mine
being one Of the locations included in
Donavan ana Keys bond, they naturally
feel more than jubilant. There are
negotiations now pending which will
soon be concluded for "A forty-stamp mill
to be erected on tn property. The
holders of the bond have nearly COM
pleted a sale of the property, but now
that such rich discoveries have been
made 1t is mOre than doubtful whether
they will be willing TO part with the
property at the figures at first contem-
plated.
Next, south Of the Frank comes the
Mad H. and Independence, both Of which
have good ore and every indication of
wide vein, at least twenty or thirty feet
Free gold has been found and both rock
and dirt prospect we'll on top. The
shaft on the .ladilI is not down over
fourteen feet, while that on the lnde-
pendence Is about ten feet, SO that moth
ing can be said in their favor more than
that they are on the belt, and thar the
rich find on the south end of the Frank
certainly runs into one or the other OF
them.
Tie Cole and Cora the two next on
the belt, owned by Cyrus Cole, have
mentioned A shaft on the Cora abont
30 feet deep. shows = good body of ore
which prospects we'll The width OF the
vein has not yet been shown, but it l.
undoubtedly the same thing AS the rest
of The belt.
Other locations which extend still
further to the south are probably qui,e
as good, but have not yet been sufficient
ty developed.
An important feature with regard to
this belt, is this there can be water
enough brought on there ut Il moderate
expense 10 run over 100 stamps, this
wiii be enough for four or five mines at
feast AS the ore is hiG.. grade and the
veins narrow. as compared with the
liumcstake and Grand junction, such
immense mills will not be needed and
the plant Will be the minor consiuera-
ton Instead OF being like those proper
ties, much larger than the price of the
mine Bull Springs can be brought in
with a ditch about six miles long, and it
VIII in the very drieot times furnish
thirty inches of water, in addition to
this, there can always be about five
ii.ches got from French creek. When
ever Il larger supply is needed, it will be
here. there is no doubt Of that. Oniy
let us once show that we must have
water and Castle or Beaver creeks will
soon be pouring thousand inches into
this county. One thing is certain and
that is that within six months what is
now known to but few outside of our
miners, will be known to every one and
they will be forced to admi, the correct
ness of the prediction that the North
Fork belt is about To become one of the
best producing spots 10 be found in the
Black Hills, or in any other country.