Deadwood District — Lawrence County

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: lawrence_sd.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Deadwood District. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. In the east central part of the county, including old camps on Deadwood , Two bit, Strawberry, and Elk Creeks produced 284,000 ounces of lode and placer gold. Along Deadwood, Whitewood, Gold Run, Bobtail, and Blacktail Gulches were some very rich placer workings. Along Spearfish Creek, there is rich placer gold. In spring Gulch, is the location of the Hidden Treasure Mine, which was a major producer of lode gold. On the west edge of town on US 14A is the location of the Broken Butte Mine which produced lode gold in pyrite and sphalerite. East of town 3.5 miles is the Mascot Mine, discovered in 1892, earliest records of gold production in the district. Southeast of town by 4 miles in Strawberry Gulch, is the Oro Fino Mine, discovered in 1893, for lode gold. Southeast of town 8 miles, near Roubaix on Elk Creek, is the Cloverleaf Mine. It had a total production of 43,885 when it closed in 1937.