Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-11-04
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Grautx Discovery Proves the Richest STRIKE
Essr Made la the BLACK AiiiA-


Eser Made la shs Black hiiiA.
The interest In the rich Grantz
strike OF gold ore Ia the North Lead
mining district, near i'eadwood, has
assumed proportions equal To STAN
pesle. The remarkable assays which
have been obtained from the ore ia the
last few days has set the country Wild.
says the Chicago Records correspond.
ent. Nothing like IL has ever tssen dis
covered in the Black Hills. Rich strikes
have been made which We're at the
time pale when compared with III.
Otto t;rnntz discovery on his Hidden
Fortune claim. located about three
miles southwest or beadwood,
OTTO l.. III. Grant, is u German and
practical miner. lie IL about ~ years
old aud has spent a greater portion of
his life In the mines OF the West. For
eighteen years he has worked the ore
veins OF his four claims la the North
Lead district aud he has at last dlseoy.
erred the mother vein for which he has
been searching up aud down his
ground for the past years, lie has
made his fortune In one find ani his
fortune IL way up Ia the thousands Al.
ready. lie has taken from his min.
about s;D.,ss and he estimates that
there t. still siUtesD ia sight which
can h, Iakea out ia two ur three more
days. This il the ore that he has
stripped on the grass and surface
earth. The vein can he traced ycfg
. distinctly for several hundred feet in
each direction from his discovery aud
there Is $50 doubt bur that bis rich ore
has only ts-sn tapped IN a small place
The ore il very common booking
stun. Il has b.en passed over thou,
sands Ut times by miners and common
people, but II vas left for the old Ger.
man 10 make the discovery The milne
Is not hun,lred yards from the bass,
ball park. " hnrr t.sud and other uiusss
have crossed bats. sone II ,he com
monesi looking ore. ia which no gold
appears at all. shows, upon bs,ing as-
sHye,i 20 h. worth any where frun
yJ,Eb la Sttisn a t0u gold aud the
richest ore - tDo rich to assay Fsfir
mates have hseu made on SONS Of sh.
best anal the most reliable report was
made by the as@aycr. Who has tsSaouis
familiar with the character % the orr.
who states that there are numerous
places 10 the mine that will run siOl-
I go AMI over to the tom. To satisfy
himself, Nlr ,iruntz had piece ~ ore
as-hyed which WIS taken from what
he calls hts ''SsCouticla.s" ore, and the
Lead assayer gave a return VI Sc. I'D
I 20 the tOu gold. The gold button Left
I after the assay was worth $40 - This
, Is the richest assay syev made la tn,
I Hlaek ittlls, The l. It Of II Il. there
Il large amount Ut this high zrasls
I ore iu the mine Mr. iruntz has had 10
erect orr shess and do other prsIimi
nary work. 40 that he hns not really
commenced to mius the ugr lie hnz
/ opened the vein far enough 10 e.su What
he has for future work.
I Ono day this wssk two meu sacked
about s21tS worth Of ore SOME of
the chunks wsrr half gold aud uttSsrs
were literally strung together with
( wire gold The orr vein has IA.sa
traced To the apex Of the mountain.
which i several hundred feet higher
/ up on the mountain from che dl4eov
I cry.
I The milne WIS visited today bg the
I Colorado capitalists who are here for
the purpose Of investigating into the
i merits 1T the phoHolite district wsst Of
I Deadwoph Among the men we're
/ John Hnrrnn. vicv president Of The.
/ Portland Mining COMPANY. Thomas
( Burns, With the same t-impauy. and
/ Spencer Peurose. an owner In the Colo
RADIO Phtladelphia reduction plant
I These gentlemen we're astonlshsI AT
what they found and Expressed their
I surprise freely. The ore wns com.
| pared with the Cripple Greek ore ansl
II WIS stated that one kind of ~,
trantz ore, which is gruy In color. r..
sefnhles the same class Of ore In th..
/ Portland mise. Tie values In both tho
tiFnntz aud In the Portland. in this
Kind Of ore. run Hhnut the same Willis
The values that ar, being found i'm the
( Grnntz mine do not quite astuaI M.
richest Cripple Greek mines. the fnct
must be considered Tint the Grantz liz
/ coFery Il Just under the grass roots
/ IN assay Of $1,000 was obtained
FROM a weatherstained boulder which
was plowed out from the surface.
Ar Grantz viii probably erect n ten.
stamp mill himself, with n cvanidc IA
tachment. aud will trent his own orr.
lie mas n number of other ore veins an
ms ground which contain both free
milling aud refractory ore and he now
mas enough capital to erect plant a.
hhhdle these other ores.
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