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Mining Prospects In The Black Hills

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
June
Year
1878
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tke heavy snow and rain storms have done mucli damage to the mines and mining interests throughont the entire camp. The high waters took before them all the bridges, dams and flumes in the several gulches, filling all the shafts, both quartz and placer, with water and debris, which threw many of the miners out of employment for several weeks. Placer digging, as a payirg business, is about played out. It is true there are a few claims that pay working, bnt very few. Much money has been expended, and is still being expended, in digging ditohes and fluming for the purpose of carrjing water to the hydraulic hill of dry diggings. Along the sides of the several gulches these are considered rich, but have yet to be proven so. The quartz mines will ceitainly prove a success when the proper appliances are obtained anü attached to the several milis by which they can divide and save the various kinds of rich minerals, consisting of gold, silver, platánum, etc., but not before. Vhen this is arrived at, which will be accomplished within a year, mines that, under the present prooess of urushing ore, do not pay over $5 to #8 ter ton. will certainlv vield a olear proiit

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Old News
Michigan Argus