Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-01-25
nl4noyEREn BY 4 WONAN.

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Qnr day during til fa,er l-tl
lsst June William Franklin and his
daughter, MIR, Frank Stone, hap
pered to stroll upa eulchln Pen
ninpton county aud stopping TO
rest, Mrs. Stone IDLY broke in two
q small piece Of rock, which IN the
break upon examlnailou, showed
some Particles of gold. A little
digging exposed plore Of the rock,
which upon being panned, proved
very itch. Every body in the vicin-
I ity having nothing to do visited
the spot, and for pastime were al
lowed TO dig out some of the rock
aud pan out the gold. AS every
man N that vicinity was in bad
condition financially, and without
other means for raising money for
the proper celebration of the APP
preaching Fourth of July, quite an
opening was made and the proceeds
devoted to tnat purpose.
From this little incident dates
the discovery of gold in the Holy
Terror mine, which from day to
day causes greater excitement in
mining circles. With five stamps,
the owners recently pounded out
SO, 500 in gold in ten hours. Much
Of the ore runs $500 to the ton,
Persistent projecting revealed no
other place where the vein came
to the surface save this one spot,
which has been walked over every
day for years. Mr.. Franklin took
in L. q. Blair as partner, and a
sheft was begun, the ore taken out
being treated in the keystone mill,
and returned value much above
the expense OF sinking the shaft.
When the shaft reached q depth Of
forty feet, developing a well defn-
ed vein which steadily improved
with width and value as depth was
gained, the owner made an arrange
meut with j. j. Fayel and Albert
Amsbury by which they agreed to
erect a stamp mill on the property
in consideration of half interest
in the nine. A five stamp mill
with an engine capacity of ten
stamps or more was quickly built,
at cost of about $4,000 Bnd put in
operation three weeks ago, While
the mill was being built men were
employed to run drifts north and
south from the shaft at a depth of
forty feet, while sinking " IS pushed
IN the shaft Most Of the ore
milied has been taken from these
drifts. The vein consists Of mar
veIlously rich ore, averaging sixteen
inches on one wall, with about two
feet Of low grade ore filing the re-
mainder OF the vein. The richness
of this ore streak must be seen to
/ be Believed. Nuggets OF solid gold
from one to two pennywelghts 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 o ham mer.
The first clean up was made in
the new mill after n run Of thirty
/ six hours. Tie result was a retort
weighing little over l66 ounces,
from thirty tons of ore as taken
from the mine. The second run of
twenty-four hours gave a retort
weighing 179 ounces, and the third
run OF twenty six hours gave 203
ounces
These three retorts are worth
! $4,000 and were produced by a
FIVE stamp mill and taken to The
Harvey Peak Bank at Hill City
for shipment, inside of one week
from the start. The shaft has now
reached a depth of sixty feet, and
shows 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.
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