Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-12-14
THE HOLY TERROR MINE
Described by the Versatile and Well
Tin Miner.
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Kreese have been sinking shaft sever
al hundred feet south of the old work.
Itngs, and have opened up a rich ore
:. ody on which they expect to make q
mill run in few days.
THE TEA LODE.
Mcclure and Logan have been work.
ing small force regularly on the Tea
with excellent results. A new shaft
has been sunk further down the hill
which has reached a depth of forty feet
and is twenty feet below the water
level. The shaft is entirely in ore and
as no cross cut has been made, the
width Of the ledge is not known. The
ore is of the same character as in the
other shaft; frequent tests are made
from the result of which Nc. is conf
dent they have sufficient ore in sight
to pay the expense of building stamp
mill. A mill will be built in the spring
at the fartherest. The ore in this mine
has been sufficiently high grade to pay
its own development from the start and
the owners believe they have a fortune.
THE HOLY TERROR MINE.
The unprecedently rich body of. free
gold ore recently opened in the Holy
Terror mine at Keystone which has
caused this mine to be brought promi-
nently into notice, has caused the old
criticism to be raised against it which
is SO familiar to southern Hills miners;
that it is simply "pocket" of ore, such
as were worked out in years past on the
surface of the Golden Summit, Grizzly
Bear and other claims in Pennington
county, and which being worked out,
left no trace of ledge behind. The
workings of this mine gave proof not
only that in this instance the ore Is not
a pocket, but that in the case of the
mines mentioned and of others, the
existence of the SO called pocket is
strong evidence of we'll defined ledge
or vein which requires only brains and
capital to produce great wealth to him
who with this combination unlocks the
store house.
Like other rich properties this mine
was discovered almost by accident
The ground had been previously located
and allowed to lapse as worthless, and
surrounded by claims known to be
good, the ground was open to reloca-
tion during the first half of this year
One day during the latter part of June,
VIM. Franklin and his daughter, Mrs.
Frank Stone, happened to stroll up the
gulch and stopping to rest, Mrs. Stone
idly broke in two small piece of rock
which in the break exposed some
particles of gold. A little digging en-
posed more of the rock which on being
panned proved rich. Everybody in
camp having nothing else to do, idly
visited the spot; all were allowed to dig
out some of the rock and pan out the
gold. AS every man in camp was more
or less hard up-most of them more
and without other means to raise the
wherewith to celebrate the coming
Fourth of July, quite an opening was
made, and the proceeds devoted to that
purpose. Persistent prospecting re
vealed no other place where the vein
came to the surface save this one spot
which had been walked over every day
for years. Mr.. Franklin took in T. C
Blair as partner and a shaft was begun
the ore taken out being treated in the
Keystone mill, and returned value
much above expense of sinking. When
the shaft reached the depth of forty
feet, developing a we'll defined weir
which steadily improved in width and
value as depth was gained, the owners
made an arrangement with j. j. Faye
! and Albert Amsbury by which they
agreed to erect stamp mill on the
property in consideration of a hall
interest in the mine. A five stamp mill
with an engine capacity of ten stamps
or more was quickly built at cost Of
Of about 5000 and put into operation
two weeks ago. While the mill was
{ being built men were employed to run
drifts north and south from the shaft
ct q depth of forty feet, while sinking
was pushed in the shaft. Most of the
ore milled has been taken from these
drifts. The vein consists of a streak ol
marvellously rice ore, averaging Il