Black Hills mining activity around Castle Creek and Castleton
Merchants take French Spring and Castle Creek gold at twenty dollars an ounce while Deadwood holds sixteen. Claims in Lawrence district advance with wagon road work and bridged creek crossings. H C Smith & Co. sink bedrock on claim 50 aided by two steam pumps and expect a pay streak soon. Stafford & Sullivan from Colorado work a Castle tributary, five ounces found in days. Thompson, Nye Palmer agent, oversees machinery installation at Castleton. Claim 82, bought by Ralston & McDonald for five thousand, shows pay dirt 80 to 65 cents per pan at two feet depth. Phelan company expects daily machinery and dividends after cleanups. Castle Creek opens as saw mill site for coming season and vast lumber needs for fluming and sluicing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring
Castle Creek
Lawrence
H. C. Smith & Co
Stafford & Sullivan
Colorado
Castle
Mr. Thompson
Nye & Palmer
Chicago
Castleton
Ralston & McDonald
Phelan’ Company
Black Hills
Clark
Rancho
Chaffee and Co
Palmer’s Gulch
J. D. Huntington
Harlow & Burch
Anthony Young
B. H. Herald
Rich float silver quarries found near Rapid Creek in Black Hills
Reports describe abundant float silver along Rapid Creek with a new smelter rising in Bear Butte district, capital stock $350,000. On Battle Creek near Discovery No. 14 a solid-earth find yielded silver spectacles and a thigh bone. a stampede followed to rich dry diggings nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid Creek
Bear Butte
No. 14
Discovery
Battle Creek
Gold and silver mining booms near Camp Crook and Deadwood
The Deadwood Times reports a mining rush across multiple districts near Golden and Box Elder with 1000 plus workers, vast diggings, and new infrastructure. Placer mining, hydraulic work, and quartz lodes such as Highbridge War Eagle near Camp Crook show strong yields and new mills. Claims on Rapid, Elk Horn, Palmer’s gulch, and Whitewood promise substantial early paybacks and ongoing development.
Deadwood Dust and Court Doings in June 4
Deadwood notes bustle and weather swings while bears Creek tin discovery sparks chatter. District Court reports show Gardner vs Freeman dismissed at plaintiff’s costs, venue change denied in Cory case, testimony allowed in Chiniquy vs O'Brien, UPRR garnishee says Shields owed nothing, and Roth & Ballou vs Shil and Love argued.
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District Court
Cnd
C. A. Gardner
David Freeman
U. S
BR. R. Cory
Luther Fillmore
Sweetwater County
Permelia Chiniquy
N. J. O’brien
J. R. Bowman
M. A. Gervais
W. H. Shields
Shields
Roth & Ballou
Shiland & Love
Edward Bain
Her
Territorial court docket and grand jury actions concluded
The court sustained the plaintiff Haas demurrer and allowed an amendment. Trials scheduled for D. C. Tracy versus G. W. Snell and A Michaels versus L Mc Ginn. Grand jury was sworn with 16 members. Several Territory and U.S. indictments were handed, including grand larceny cases against Case Stickney Carson Moran Hall Leavy and others. Trial dates set through June 12 and 8. A corn war narrative notes large purchases and price cuts in the local grain market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Haas
D. C. Tracy
G. W. Snell
W. P. Carroll
W. R. Steele
Mr. Steele
W. H. Conley
Wm. Gutterman
J. M. Monash
D. D. Dare
R. B. Horrie
Geo. O’brien
J. BE. Schooler
A. Underwood
Geo. Cassels
R. H. Dawson
R. Durbin
W. R. Bryant
J. Ringolsky
W. D. Pease
P. McCormick
J. J. Lewis
A. Michaels
L. McGinn
Territory
Richard Lewey
Carbon County
B. Reno
Peter McDermott
John Nagin
James .Carmichael
Benjamin
W. Carson
Charles Stickney
Roth & Ballou
Shiland & Love
J. W. Dear
Tracy & Hoshier
United States
John Ackerman
W. BP. Carroll
J. J. McGinnis
M.angoria
C. N. Potter
Charles Mumaugh
Andrew Myers
E. W. Mann
Severa Baca
Narcisa D. Flares
J. R. Bowman
Gervais & Shields
U.S
Benj
Chas. Stickney
J. M. Irwin
Frank Moran
Chas, Thompson
Daniel Perry
Carroll & Mann
John Hall
James Hardy
Carroll
Jas. Leavy
Corn Prices Fall Amid War Turmoil and Reckless Talk
The article notes further price reductions with corn quoted at $1 per 100, causing losses to both firms. One owner controls a large bank account, the other a valuable Black Hills placer mine yielding dust. A drunken boast about branding oxen with a hell and a hoe is recorded as a quip from a visitor, highlighting wartime anxieties and market expectations.
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Magic
Nebraska
No. 1
No. 2
and. F. No
F. No
Black Hills
Classified Ad: Buy Sell Drafts and Gold Dust in US Cities
Advertises buying and selling drafts in principal US cities, paying top prices for gold dust, offering shipping for owners, and making collections nationwide with emphasis on Black Hills collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Black Hills
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the Weekly Leader
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Temple Bar
Baby
St. Nicholas
Sirine Butt
Yankton
Fort Pierre
Golden
Spring Creek
Box Elder
Highbridge
War Eagle
Camp Crook
Morrill, Johnson & Cole
Stillwell & Co
Elkhorn Bar
Camp Croek
D. B. Miller
John McKeever
Jenney Gulch
Elkhorn
Deadwood Times
Virginia City
Martin
Ruby Gulch
Marr
Worksmin
Troy
Deadwood
Lyons & Moore
Whitewood
Elizabethtown
FEI Refugio Mining Company
Galena City
Lardner
Pat
Smith
el Refugio
Deadwood Dust
Bear Creek
Daniel F Beatry
Washington
H. Hallett , CO
Portland
Maine
Seltzer Ay
Agenta
P. O
Vickery
Augusta
True & CO
Aine
JL. N. Maguire
Orient Post Pall
Donnelley, Lovg & Co
L. Jones &Co
Nassau
N.Y
Scuo- Verling & Daly
New York
Washington City
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Baltimore
Richmond
Nesburg
Norfolk
Bathdelphia
Boston
Baltimore& Ohio Railroad
Ticlkeet
Dorsey
Ll. M
Cole
J. K. Moore
Camp Brown, Wyo
Lander City
The
Big Horn
Camp Brown
Big Horn Country
Miners’ & Mechanics
Deadwood City
Jas, H. Woods
the Black Hills
Dstaw&wom
Stephen Bon
Nixteenth Street
Ferguson
Eddy
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ter
Hat Creek Ranch
Hat Creek Stage Station
Telegraph & Post Offices
Bremery
Jack Bowman
Cheyenne and
Custer City
Uri Gillett
LW. Luff
Denver
Colo
Cc A I
Custer
Gayville
Hills
J.T. Gilmer
M. T. Patrick
M. Salisbury
L. Voorhees
Green River
South Pass
Atlantic City
Red Canyon
Huntly & Co
A. E. Bradbury
Sup’t
Maylo
D&wtf
Brownell & Kielmeier Mfg. Co
Grand Central Hotel
Black Hide
C. H. Wagner
Prop
Walker House
Salt Lake City
Beda Gil
Talegraph
Readeae Pos
Simmons
17Th St., Near
Thames
Raymann
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