Show south dakotas lost lode i finding of the lost lode in the black hills of south dakota recalls the way in which trace of this tremendously rich fissure of gold was lost more than 30 years ago frank welsh a cattleman was hunting deer near where gold first was discovered in 1874 ile he sat down on a rock to rest and idly began breaking a piece of white quartz suddenly the quartz split revealing a nugget of coarse golf gold ile he hurried back to custer and was grubstaked grub staked by matt and jack daly to work the claim welsh knew nothing about mining but lie he found the quartz vein rigged up a primitive crusher and washed out about 50 a day but he cut across the vein instead of following it so finnely lie had to quit while lie be ha had been getting gold out of it he had turned down GO for the claim |