Show RICHEST IN THE WORLD district abandoned as worthless NOW turning out millions the mines or of colorado and montana now yielding ore that Is leakins men rich ksen some or of the f loo mong flatts history is repeating itself in deadwood w od as it has done in colorado and montana Xion tana the life of a mining camp from birth to maturity is at least a qu s tiou aiono of f a century in the winter of ia 74 many a miner plodded his bis weary way a y from gulch to gulch and from in mountain oun tain to mountain amid the breaks of ear L ar peak on the limestone ranges weary hungry and footsore but butr never r discouraged for gold was there in the e blossom rock the float and in the gulches not N ot it is true in big paying quantities luan as it was later found in the northern nort heru hills at lead city and in the gulches of that vicinity but enough to lure men on there h ere is a fascination about prospecting pro int that is irresistible once a prospector sets his Is eye on a bit of float which is gold bearing rock that may hae bae ha e been washed away from its source for or many miles he cannot rest until he be las haz traced aitto it to the ledge of which it was originally a part some favored by fortune find it quickly others grow tay ray in the purs tiit many prospectors in the black hills 25 years ago declared ais region ahe richest gold raining country in the world many years baj lait IL r larvin arvin expressed the sayee opinion that he spoke prophetically attested by the output oi of poli gold lesi IRS ear this was upwards upward of ind and it is estimated that the output will wili 1 be e almost double t that list amount this year ard and yet the country is scarcely prospected the great rush of 1876 only skinned and r d crat clied the surface bat did not mot ik or develop it served abe of leaving the country demoralized and jublle opinion was unfavorable to the respect ro claims that had bad been ta ken located abandoned and relocated are now proving bonanzas it is development that counts in any mining venture many men in this vicinity worked until their last pound of bacon was exhausted but they worked by the day for small pay clung to the situation and have won WOD an illustration of the reward of confidence confide tice in the deadwood district is to be found in boli bob Mc Shene who discovered the yellow vv creel creek district the golden belt of the black hills according to eminent geologists extends from garden city cita in the northern hills bills to hanneys harneys Har peak in the southern a distance of about 50 miles the auriferous ous formation forro atio comes to t the lie surface and dips clips at intervals on the holy terror at the base of hanneys harneys Har peak it cropped out at the grass roots and on the home stake properties at ai lead city the whole mountain is a mass of ore which con lenues as they sink on the foot level has been found feet of solid s filid ore and a shift shaft is now being sunk which vich v will be pushed by day and night shifts to a depth of feet fee t this property I 1 is conceded to be the best mine in the world up to date it has paid almost in dividends divid eads and its stock not for sale is priced at 34 a share it was purchased in 1377 by senator george eorge hearst of california cai li fornia who was the best judge of a mine m i ne in the world it is located at lead city in the heart of the gold belt i this belt is about 2000 feet wide the veins veins art are vertical and true fissures outside of these are the flat or blanket formation of siliceous ore which is is I 1 ucher icher than the free milling ing ores aber of the belt this ore is reduced by the smelt ing process more extensive than the free milling process and runs from ten dollars to the hundreds per ton the flat formations are found in and outside r of the belt bald mountain ruby basin head of blacktail squaw creek ruby plats flats elk mountain yellow creek garden city and carbonate camp ar arc th tho localities in which they are roost most successfully worked wor lied I 1 mining in the black hills has long since ceased to be speculative it is now a stupendous industry chicago capital has been invested here to good i purpose A local paper recently gave the f following lowing ol account of a purchase by chicagoans C ca agoan i development work will sorn on be inaugurated on an elk mountain i by 8 gen green B haum and associates I 1 who have recently secured about acres of mineral land extending from elk mountain toward spearfish sh As soon as preliminaries can be arranged which will be N within a week or ten days a shaft will bs be started and sunk to the lower lor er ore contact that will develop a portion of the ibi ground secured from froin thi chiy shaft drifts will be driven across the formation fori nation that the atwil will I 1 open up numerous ore shoots that pass through the ground yesterday a deed was filed for record transferring to gen raum from froin ily ellington lington EI the gold belt group of clai claims consisting of 14 locations embracing m about acres in the same camp the expressed consideration being in one dollar elk blk mountain and vi cimity is the coming camp and will when finally developed prove to be among the richest in the country the german american minica company is largely owned by chicago capital it is situated on the gold belt at the head of blacktail and adjoins oae bric of samuel All ertons properties chicago times herald |