The morning call., 1895-02-05
A WoMAN's DISCOVERY.
1t Is One of the Richest Mines in the
Black Hills District.


One day during the latter part OF last
June William Franklin and his daughter,
Mrs. Franklin Stone, happened to stroll
up gulch in Pennington County, and,
stopping to rest, Mrs. Stone idly broke in
two small piece of rock, which, in the
break, upon examination, showed some
particles of gold. A little digging exposed
more of the rock, which, upon being
PANIED, proved very rich.
Everybody in the vicinity having moth
ing 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 imam
cially and without other means for rails
ing 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
$500 in gold in ten hours. Much of the
ore runs $500 to the ton. Persistent pros
pecting 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 T. G. Blair as part
ner, and shaft was begun, the ore taken
out being treated in the keystone MILL
and returned value much above the ex-
pense of sinking the shaft. When the
Shaft reached depth of forty feet develop
ing a well-defined vein, which steadily i'm
proved with width and value as depth was
gained, the owners made an arrangement
with j. ]. Fayel and Albert Ambury by
which they agreed to erect a stampmil on
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interest in the mine.
five-stamp mill with an engine
capacity of ten stamps or more was quickly
built at a cost of about $4,000, and put in
operation three weeks ago. While the
mill was being built men were employed to
run drills north and south from the shaft
at a depth OF fourteen 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 1 to pennyweights to 5 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 a run of thirty-six hours. The
result was retort weighing little over
1855 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 all produced by 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
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 discov-
cred in the Black Hills.-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.