Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-02-08
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Richest Hsaad h sAs Daask Aills.
One day. during tho latter part Of last
june, Milliam Ffanklin and his dseShter,
Mrs; Frank Stone, haRpeaedt to stroll up .
gulch in Pennington County, and stopping
to s9,, ssst n,s Mrs. Stone son idly S, broke q Ell in s swos
upoA examination showed some particles
Of gold. A little digging exposed more Of
the rock, which, upon being PANIED,
proved very rich. Everybody In the Vi
cinity, having nothing to do. visited tho
spot y, md fcT pastlme were allowed 70 dig
As every man in that vicinity was In . nd
condition financially, and Without other
means for raising the money for the proper
celebration of the approaching Fourth Of
July, quite An opening was made and the
proceeds devoted to that purpose.
From this little incident dates the dis
covery OF gold in the Holy Terror mine,
which from day to day causes greater ex-
element in mining circles. With five
stamps, the owners recently pounded out
$3.50 in gold in ten hours: Much of the
!pecting revealed no other place where the
vein came to the surface save this n spot,
which has been walked over every day for
years. Mr.. Franklin took in I. g. Blair
as. partner, and q shaft was begun, the ore
taken out being treated in the Keystone
lAAAAAAS 0AAO ACN0AAAV ValU0 luz 00OVC IAo
expense Of sinking the shaft. When the
shaft reached 9 depth of forty feet, deyel-
Oping a we'll defined vein, which steadily
improved with width and value as depth
was gained, the owners made an arrange
ment with j: j. Fayel and Albert ANS
stamp mill on the property reconsideration
of a half interest in the mine. A five stamp
mill with III engine capacity of ten stamps
or more was quickly built at q cost Of
about 5000, and put in operation three
weeks ago. While the mil! was being
north and south from the shaft at 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 marvelously rich ore, averaging sixteen
inches on one wall, with about two feet Of
vein. The richness Of this ore streak must
be seen to be believed. Nuggets of solid
gold from one to two pennyweights to five
ounces in weight are found snugly tucked
away waiting to be brought to light, while
large pieces of quartz are so bound with
gold that the parts hang together when
broken with a hammer.
The first cleanup was made in the new
mill after a run of t~hirty-six hours. The
result was 9 retort weighing q little over
166 ounces. from thirty tons Of ore taken
from the mine: The second run q twenty w
ounces and the third run Of t%enty-six
hours gave POS ounces. These three re-
torts are worth $4,000, and were all pro-
duced by a. five stamp mill inside of one
week from the start. The shaft has now
reached a depth of sixty feet, and shows a
larger and richer body of ore than ever.
Parties who have recently visited the mine
report that it is probably the richest ever
discovered in the Black Hills.-From the
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Take the NORTHWESTERN LINE,
F.. L. & NJ. V. II. r. to Hermosa, South
Dakota. thence stage to the mines. Stage
fare $1.50.