Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-10-24

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If We were asked the question, in
what part of the Black Hills and in
what district have you found the great
est number of mines, yielding the larg.
est prospects in gold in the pan, land
therefore yielding to the free milling
process We should say, Spruce gulch,
two miles east Of Deadwood. If we
were asked, in what part Of the Hills
were to be found the widest veins and
the broadest belt of veins Of low grade
gold ore. We should say, Castle creek.
From Ruperts Canyon to the mouth of
Castle And it 10 here that the creek
cuts the formation lower and deeper
than is found in any other place in the
Hills And across this belt all the way
the slate mingled with the gneiss. is
nineralized and threaded with quartz,
and try it almost anywhere you will
find little gold. We look to see this
section the theatre Of Of mining on a
grand scale some future day They are
not mines for poor men, and by such
they should not be touched. A thou
sand stamp mill with stamps weighing
thousand pounds each, is the kind of
plant to make money out of this class
of mines.
Again, if / were asked to point out
the district where the future rich silver
camp of the Hills will be found, we
should point to the Carbonate camp,
about 10 miles west from Deadwood.
We say this basing our opinion on indi-
cations and present developments.
There are other sections almost un.
touched to-day, that may rival that
camp at some future time. One Of these
is on the zone that passes through
Galena, where it runs through the lime
stone, north-easterly from Deadwood
and west of Boulder Park. And the
other lies in the Southern Hills in the
limstone region east from Custer. But
if again We were asked to point out the
| region where true fissure veins abound
carrying the highest grade gold ore, and
withal the greatest variety Of minerals,
we should unhesitatingly point to the
mines around Custer. BY this we mean
ali that section of country that is drain
ed by French creek OH the south and
Spring creek on the north, lying partly
in Pennington but the greatest part In
Custer county.
All of the foregoing is given in a
general sense, and intended to apply as
general rule. But there are some ex-
ceptions. For instance there are here
and there in the different districts some
mines lying north Of the boundary line
here laid down, that carry high-grade
gold ore. Notably the Bengal Tiger, on
Newtons Fork Of Spring creek, some
also iE the Queen Bee, and some in
what goes by the name Of the unknown
district. But we mean to say as you
pass north Of Spring creek, the forma-
ton changes, the veins are larger as a
general rule, and proportionally lower
grade. As we have said before in an
other place, it is still question, which
will eventually pay the best, The high
grade ore Or low grade mines. With us
it seems to be simply question of re-
ducing capacity or size Of plant. That
is. providing the facilities are alike good
with reference to wood, water, dump,
etc, and the character of the ore the
same, with reference TO it's free milling
quality
1t was our purpose in this ar
ticle to treat somewhat on vein filling
begore closing, but the subject requires
more space than we have at our comand
at this time, and as the amount of copy
on hook admonishers us that we have
only space for short article in this is.
sue, we will reserve that for our next.
ITO be continued in our next.l