The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-02-02
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One day during The i.ssss pass sS
last June william psunAim HDA hk
daughter, Mira Fysnk BtnA. hsppensd
20 stroll mp guloh In bennington couD-
ty, and stopping 30 rest, hrA Stone
idly broke in two n ANAL pieoe OF rock.
which In the break, upon examination,
showed some particles of gold. A lit
tie digging, says a Chamberlain Is. d.
correspondent OF the St. Paul Pioneer
Press, exposed more OF the rock, which,
upon being PANIED. proved very rich
Everybody In the vicinity, having
nothing 70 do, visited the spot, and for
pastime were allowed TO dig out some
of the rock and pan out the gold AS
every man in that vicinity was In bad
condition financially and without other
means of raising the money for tho
proper celebration of the approaching
Fourth of July, quite an opening waA
made and the proceeds were devoted 10
that purpose.
From this little incident dates tho
discovery of gold In the Holy Terror
mine, which from day DO day causes
greater excitement In mining circles.
With Ave stamps the owner recently
pounded out $500 In gold In ten
hours Much of the ore runs $500 10
the ton. Persistent prospecting re-
vealed no other place where the vein
came 10 the surface save this one spot,
which has been walked over every day
for years. Mr.. Franklin took In L. G.
Blair as partner and shaft was begun,
the orc taken out being treated In the
Keystone mill and returned value much
above the expense Of sinking the shaft.
When the shaft reached the depth OF
forty feet, developing a well-dehned
vein, which steadily improved with
width and value 40 depth was
gained, the owners made IN arrange
ment with J. J. Fsyel and Albert Anna
bury by which they agreed 20 sroct .
stamp mill on the property In eonsid-
Grafton Of half interest In tho nino.
A fvs-stamp mill with an engine csp&s-
ity of ten stamps or moro wps quickly
built at cost OF about 5000 and put
In operation three weeks ago. While
the mill was being built nsn wsps en-
pioysd 10 ran drifts north and sostA
from the shaft ~ Adspth Of forty fcsA,
while sinking Wa puahed In ths shAft.
Most Of the ore milled his been taken
from these dr1fts. The vein CONSISTS Of
msrvolously 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 DO seen 10 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 20 light, while large
pieces OF quartz are so bound with gold
that the parts hang together when
broken with hammer.
The first cleanup was made in the
new mill after IA run OF 80 hours The
result was retozt weighing little over
500 ounces, from 30 tons of ore as taken
from the mine. The second run OF "a
hours gave n retort weighing 170 ounces,
and the third run of 20 hours gave POS
ounces These three retorts are worth
$4,000, and were all produced by n five.
stamp mill and taken 20 the Harvey
Peak bank ut Hill City for shipment in
side 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 il
is probably the richest ever discovered
In the Black Hills