The Lost Raspberry Mine

Hello Oroblanco

I'll have that coffee

I must admit I have not heard about this treasure legend? l will do a little digging. Is there any date to this alleged legend?

Interesting you mention The homestake Mine.

The Homestake deposit was discovered by Fred and Moses Manuel, Alex Engh and Hank Harney in April 1876, during the Black Hills Gold Rush. A trio of mining entrepreneurs, George Hearst, Lloyd Tevis, and James Ben Ali Haggin, bought it from them for $70,000 the following year.

 George Hearst arrived at the mine in October 1877, and took active control of the property. Hearst had to haul in all the mining equipment by wagons from the nearest railhead in Sidney, Nebraska. Arthur De Wint Foote worked as an engineer. An 80-stamp mill began crushing Homestake ore in July 1878.
 
 Hearst consolidated and enlarged the Homestake property by fair and foul means. He bought out some adjacent claims, and secured others in the courts. A Hearst employee killed a man who refused to sell his claim, but was acquitted in court after all the witnesses disappeared.

Hearst purchased newspapers in Deadwood to influence public opinion, and an opposing newspaper editor was beaten up on a Deadwood street. Hearst himself realized that he might be on the receiving end of violence, and wrote a letter to his partners asking them to provide for his family should he be murdered. In the end, however, Hearst was the one who walked out alive, and very rich.
 
The gold ore mined at Homestake was always low grade (less than one ounce per ton), but the body of ore was very large. The mine operated through to  2001, the mine produced 39.8 million ounces of gold and 9 million ounces of silver. Because of low gold prices in 2001 the mine closed, the mine with current gold prices may be an viable operation again?

Judging on what was happening around the homestake mine he perhaps had a very good reason to keep quiet?

The hills to the north west look interesting. Judging on geological folding in the picture of the Home stake open cut mine. My old prospectors nose would follow the direction  of the strata and I think perhaps look to tops of hills because Redish rock might have orginally yeilded higher gold contents?

I would also look  south facing slopes of hills in areas that have ample supply of water. Raspberries need ample sun and water for optimal development. Raspberries thrive in well-drained soil with a pH of between 6 and 7 with ample organic matter to assist in retaining water. While moisture is essential, wet and heavy soils can kill the plant. So I asume wild plant with thrive in a area with those conditions.

Hardluck

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