The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-30
WONDERFUL GOLD END.
Deadwood Set Wild by the Rich
Grantz Discovery.

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IChicago Records Deadwood Correspond
The interest in the rich Grant, strike of
gold ore in the North Lead mining district
has assumed proportions equal TO a STAN
pede. The remarkable assays which have
been obtained frim the ore in the last few
days has set the country wild. Nothing
like it has ever been discovered in the
Black hills Rich strikes have been made
which were at the time pale when COM
pared with the Otto GFantz discovery
about three miles southwest Of this city.
Otto p. TIL. Grantz is a German and
old and has spent a greater portion of his
life in the mines Of the west For eigh-
of his four claims in the North Lead dis
trict and he has at last discovered the
mother vein for which he has been
searching up and down his ground for
the past years He has made his fortune
the thousands already. He has taken
from ms mine about S?03O90 ana ne es[l-
more davs This is the ore that he has
stripped of the grass and surface earth
The vein can be traced very distinctly,
for several hundred feet in each direc-
ton from his discovery and there is
doubt that his rich ore has only been
THOUSANDS HAVE PASSED IT BY.
The ore IS very common looking stun:
times by miners and common people. but
it was left for the old German to make
yards from the baseball park. where
Lead and other mines have crossed bats.
Some of the, 'commOnest looking ore in
which gold appears at all. shows, upon
being aSsayed to be worth anywhere from
5000 to $4,000 a ton gold and the richest
ore is too rich to assay. Estimates have
been made on some of the besta and the most
reliable report was made by the assayer
who has become familiar with the char
aCter of the ore, who states that there
are numerous places in the mine that
satisfy himself. Mr.. Grantz had a piece
what he calls his ''second-class'' ore, and
the Lead assayer gave a return of S59,2S0
after the assay was worth $500 This
assay was made on eleven ounces of ore
This is the richest assay ever made in
the Black hills. The best of it is. there is
a large amount Of this high-grade of ore
IN the mine Mr. Grantz has had to erect
ore sheds and do other preliminary work,
mine the ore he mas opened the vein far
enough to see what he has for future
One day this week, two men sacked
about $4,000 worth of ore. Some of the
Shunks were half gold and others were
literally strung together with wire gold
The ore vein has been traced to the apex
of the mountain. which is several hun
dred feet higher up on the mountain from
COLORADO MEN INTERESTED.
The mine was visited today by the Col
oradO capitalists, who are here for the
purpose of investigating into the merits
of the phonolite district west of Dead
wood. Among the men were John Har-
nan. vice president of the Portland Min
ing company of Cripple Creek; Thomas
Burns with the same company and Spen-
Philadelphia reduction plant. These gen
tleu1en were astOnished at what they
found and expressed their surprise freely.
The ore was compared with the Cripple
Creek ore and it was stated that one kind
of the Grantz ore which is gray in color
resembles the same class of ore in the
Portland mine. The values in both the
Grant, and the Portland in this kind of
ore, run about the same. While the val
ues that are being found in the Grant,
pie Greek mines, the fact must be con
r7nrs he n a -ezavr Of
was obtained from a weather stained
boulder which was plowed out from the
Mr.. Grantz win probably erect a ten
sP nun IN 5i Tlf9I t Win bi cyanide at
has number of other ore veins on his
ground which contain both free milljner
and refractory ore and he now has enough
capital to erect a plant to handle these
ores.
Mr.. Grantz has a family in Deadwood.
where he. owns several houses. His wife
mas apouI aS nuch 70 say IN the working
mine and waiting until spring for further
too old to work such rich strike and
that it is working on his mind. He has
lated how for seventeen months her hus-
band had walked back and forth between
his home in Deadwood and the mine
never missing a day in that time. His
his three daughters, who live at home in
this city. He often promised them each
Pected some day to find on his ground.
When the first sacks of rich ore were
brought down to the Grantz house to be
stored away the youngest girl, Nellie.
asked her mother if she could have the
ring that has been promised so long
Her mother said yes. so the little girl
went to the sacks and taking out a chunk
of the rich ore, took a penknife and dug
out the larger pieces of gold which show
ed plainly on the outside and she soon
had enough on sheet of paper which
she had spread to receive the small gold
particles to make her a gold ring
LIBERAL WITH THEIR WEALTH
The Grantz people have given away a
great many valuable specimens of free
gold ore from their mine. which would
be worth. several hundred dollars. They
have $4,000 worth of ore sacked up a the
the mine. With the 800. 600 worth of ore
in sight in the mine. the German father
feels that he can leave his family in good
circumstances when he dies