Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
DISCOVERED BY A WOMAN.
A Gold Mine that Is One of the Rich
est In the Black Hills.

A Gold Mine that Is One of the Rich
est In the Black Hills.
One day during the latter part Of last
June William Franklin and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Stone, happened to
stroll up gulch in Pennington County,
and, stopping to rest, Mrs. Stone idly
broke in two a small piece OF rock,
which in the break, upon examination.
showed some particles of.gold. A little
digging, says Chamberlain, s. d., cor
respondent of the st. Paul Pioneer
Press, exposed more Of the rock,
which, upon being PANIED, proved very
rich. Everybody in the vicinity, hav-
ing nothing to 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
means of raising the money for the
proper celebration Of the approaching
Fourth of July, quite an opening was
made and the proceeds were devoted
to that 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, 800 in gold in ten hours.
Much Of the ore runs $500 to the ton.
Persistent prospecting 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 II. G. Blair as
partner and shaft was begun, the ore
taken out being treated in the Key
above the expense of sinking the shaft.
When the shaft reached the depth of
forty feet, developing we.l-defned
vein, which steadily improved with
width and value as depth was gained,
the owners made an arrangement with
J. Fayel and Albert Amsbury by
which they agreed to erect q stamp
mill on the property in consideration of
a half interest in the mine. A FIVE
stamp mill with an engine capacity Of
ten stamps or more was quickly built
at cost Of about $1,000, and put in
operation three weeks ago. While the
mill was being built men were en-
ployed to run drifts north and south
from the shaft at 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 hammer.
The first cleanup was made in the
new mill after run Of thirty-six hours.
| The result was q retort weighing q lit
tie over 166 ounces, from thirty tons of
ore as taken from the mine. The Sec
ond run Of twenty-four hours gave a
retort weighing ITO ounces, and the
third run of twenty-six hours gave 2O3
ounces. These three retorts are worth
$4,000, and were all produced by a
five-stamp mill and taken to the Har-
ney Peak Bank at Hill City for ship
ment inside Of one week from the start.
The shaft has now reached depth of
sixty feet and shows larger and richer
body of ore than ever. Parties who
have recently visited the mine report
that 1t Is probably the richest ever dis
covered in the Black Hills.