The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-31
DISCOVERED BY A WOMAN.
"A Mine That IS Said to BE One of tho
KiChest Found In tie Black Hiu

"A Mine That Is Said to BE One OF tho
Riches Found In the Black Hill..
One day during the latter part of last
June, William Franklin and his daughter,
Mrs. FRANK Stone, happened to stroll up a
Suich III remington County. and StOpplug
to rest, Mrs. Stone idly broke in Two 4
SmaI piece OF rock. Which in the break
upon examination showed some particles
OF gold. a little digging exposed more of
proved very rich. Everybody in the vi
clnlty, having nothing to do. visited the
spot, ana Tor paStime We're allowed to dig
out some of the rock and pan out the go!d.
AS every man in that vicinity was in a bad
condition financially, and without other
means Tor 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 TINS little incident dates the dis
cover of gold IN the Holy Terror mine.
which from day to day causes greater ey-
element III mining circles. With five
stamps, the owners recently pounded out
-, QUO IN old in ten hours. Mucn of the
ore runs 5000 to the ton. Persistent pros
pectlng revealed no other place where the
VEN came to the surface save this one spot,
which ha been walked over every day Tor
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 the
expense OF sinking the shaft. When the
Silalt reached a depth of forty feet, devel-
oping a well 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
bury, by which they agreed to erect "a
stamp mill on the property in reconsideration
OF a nall interest in the mine. a five stamp
mil with an nnui,,n n,,a 4 If e., a.
or more was quickly built at a cost of
about $1,000, and 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 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
low grade ore filling the remainder of the
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.
Inc 1lrSt cleanup was made in the new
mill after a run of thirty-six hours. The
result was a retOrt weighing a little over
l66 ounces, from thirty tons of ore taken
from the mine. The second run of twenty
four hours gave a rctort weighing 179
ounces and the third run of twenty-six
hours gave 203 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 NORTH WESTERN LINE.
F., +. d NJ. V. II. X. to HermOsa, South
Dakota. thence stage to the mines. Stage
fare 81 80.