The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-02-20
MORE. D1sNUTA GOLD.
X kcy!sonc Camp Bids Fair TO Rival the
DaadW ooi Mining

Keystone Camp Bids Fair to Rival the
Deadw ooi Mining.
Developments in the rcUpcncd
gold field at Keystone. $. D.. cuiltin
,lc and lead to the belief That the
camp Will again be the rival Of
ncauWOOd, Is it Was in the early
DAYS Of the Black Hills. says Il cores
pendent Of the Chicago Herald.
Many rich strikes have been made.
and when projected stamp mills lave
been completed this vii undoubtcdly
prove Il rich and productive gold
field. Many men have made their
fortunes ly striking good leads.
Miners have ilocKcd here from other
sections and the typical scenes Of
early days have been enacted. Spring
will undoubtedly bring with it a
stampede Of gold hunters, and work
on shafts already opened will be
pushed with vigor.
The history of thi, camp dates back
to 1879, when every prospcctor was
looking for placcrs and few turned
their attention to quartz, the latter
being Of refractory nature. No
process being known here at that
time to treat the ores succc ssfully,
quartz mining to 4 certain degree
was neglected, yet there arc q great
many icdgcs here on which the OWL
crs have done their assessment work
for years, feeling that it was only 4
question Of waiting until they could
get their product successfully treat
cd Placer mining for years has
been carried on fairly successfully on
the stream. and not until two years
did q steam whistle fcfcrDc1tc
through the canyons. a ST Paul
company purchased the the Keystone
mine Ind erected a 2Ostump mill
which has been running successfully
nOtWit t}lstan(}ing a good deal OF bad
management ever since.
On tie 2Sth day OF last june ". y.
Franklin discovered the Holy Terror
mine The find was Of phenomenal
richness, 50 much that he gave per
mission to several men around the
camp to pan out a Fourth Of ]nly
grub stake. Several Of them crushed
some of the ore in an old mortar and
panncd out from SIS to $50 apiece
a half interest in the mine was deed.
ed to 4 couple Of miners for the crcc'
tion Of a fivcstamp mill. On It's
completion a ten hour run cleaned NJ
$4,000. The mill.has been running
al intervals ever since and the orc
has been rmaintaining its richness
Ten more stamps have been ordered
ard there is enough ore in sight t
Justify the outlay The discover,
} shaft has depth Of 100 feet. Tl'
free milling streak Of orc average:
three ".et from he surface to th'
bottom aul docs not vHrT II! value
) One hundred feet north Of the t!s'
) coycry SHAFT there is another SE&T
, IS feet deep. which shows tic sam
> we'll defined vein. and !25 feet so''ti
) Of the discovery the oWIorS hay
found the vein cropping out Of tn
grass roots.
Asa general rule Throughout tn
Black Hills region what IS known ::
rich specimen mines lave had bu
II little ror!nancucy. and mos: iiii'I@i
"a are skcptira, taU;i' t'1diil. bat til
, dcp1h that |tti5 been attained On !h
n HOLY ,ierrul in three different :2i!Aft
T. in a distance on the vvil of "25 fct
N shows beyond q pcrWIycHture that
q i: a true assure and an !i.inl
mining mon. n'hc Holy Terror IS /
r no means the bonnnZa in 1hisc'i5crc
r., as there are several other fairly VIC
developed properties and ore prc1u
~ crs, which are being Developed 81
~ their orc ,yi!l be worked at the ne
: c,i:3to;n mill with cavindcattac!llnci
W that is being constructed.