The Forrest City times., 1900-02-02
DEVELOPMENT OF MINES
Some Curious Things Happen to the Prospectors in Their Search
 for Gold.

Many curious things happen ill the development of gold mines. It ire quently occurs that mine which one day promises to make its owners rich in short time, may on the next day dash their expectations to the ground by the sudden and unexpected pinch. ing out" of the "vein." A case in point is what is known as the Carr striIe' in the Black hills.
 When the Carr brothers made their rich find" near Custer last May, it was heralded far and near as one of the most wonderful strikes ever made in the Black hills. Some Custer men formed a syndicate and made an offer to the Carrs, which was rsfused; the owners of the famous Holy Terror mine which is the greatest small gold mine in the United States-offered to put uI a mill, develop the property, and work it on shares. This proposition, too, was refused. Within a few weeks after the discovery Mr. Sidney, of Custer, secured bond on it for something like $100,0 900 and, with sackful of specimens likely to turn the head of an experienced min ing man, started east to raise the money for properly developing the mine.
 While he was gone the spot where the rich specimens had been taken out was filled up with dirt and country rock and Le Compte, one of the owners camped in a tent at the foot of the aI ha night. At that time the vein had been traced a distance of about 400 feet along the side of the hill and had an average width of between three and four feet Tn one place small open cut had been made, and there the vein widened from few inches at the top until the whol, bottom of the shaft was in rich ore There was, every indication that the vein extended down and held it's val ues. For some one of the many req. sons familiar to promoters, Sidney failed to secure money in the east and forfeited his bond.
 Then a bond was given to some oi the stockholders in the Glover Leaf Min. ing company, and under the supervi sion of Nick Trewick a tunnel was run in from the base of the hill to catcl the vein. The tunnel was run a dis tance of 50 feet, which took it a con, siderable distance past the point wher, it should have caught the vein, but caught nothing. There was a great deal of speculation concerning it among mining men. It might have 'faulted,' it might have 'pinched out."i might have done almost anything. The af. fairs of the Clover Leaf claimed MT Trewick's attention and the bond wat thrown up.
 But Mir. Trewicll did not by any means feel satisfied that the May Tod, had been proved worthless. He wa, more inclined to feel that it was sec. ond Holy Terror, and that when people would take hold of it who had plenty of money and time to develop it prop erly they would find it just such an. other bonanza as the Holy Terror. Min ing men are aware that the Holy Ter. TOT Head" has been lost more time. than those interested care to remem Der. yet it invariably has been found again, and has never been worked out" The owners of the Carr "strike' are now working the property them | selves, and have encountered another | small but rich vein of ore. and are coh fident of again striking the vein which led to the discovery of the mine.-Chi cago Inter Ocean.