246 DAVENPORT, EDWARD L. 



DAVIS, CHARLES H. 



stamps, now in operation. There are, besides 

 this, 9 mills, carrying 155 stamps, in course of 

 construction within this district, and 5 mills 

 with machinery en route to this place, having 

 a capacity of 90 stamps. So it seems probable 

 that by the 1st of January there will be in op- 

 eration in this vicinity upward of 40 stamp- 

 mills, working from 550 to 650 stamps. If the 

 ore that is being taken out at the various 

 mines holds as good as now, it is quite prob- 

 able that by next summer there will be 1,000 

 stamps in operation. Suppose each stamp to 

 crush one ton and a half of $15-ore per day, 

 the yield would be $22,500 per day, or $6,750,- 

 000 per year of 300 working-days. 



In forming an estimate of the gold prod- 

 uct of the Black Hills for 1877, it must be 

 borne in mind that the stamp-mills are almost 

 a new thing in this country, and that this is 

 the first year of quartz or lode mining. It is 

 the opinion of those best informed that the 

 ore reduced and marketed will bring about 

 $1,500,000. As to the placer claims, their yield 

 has been less than last year, and will not prob- 

 ably exceed $1,000,000. This makes the total 

 product of the Black Hills for 1877 about 

 $2,500,000, or one-fourth as much as that of 

 Colorado. 



As an indication of what the best placers 

 are paying, a careful estimate of the best 15 is 

 as follows : 



Allen, Florada & Co... $65.000 



Johnson & Co 70,000 



Pierce & Co 80,000 



Scott & Co 30,000 



Thompson & Co 40,000 



McAleer & Pierce .... T5,000 

 Gilmer, Salisbury & 

 Co 40,000 



Hildebrant & Co $50,000 



Simson & Co 75,000 



Neal&Co 26,000 



Neal&Co 30,000 



Spencer & Morton 25,000 



John Kane 80,000 



J. McAleer 80,000 



George Stokes 80,000 



In October, Deadwood was suffering from 

 the concentration of capital and trade at Cen- 

 tral City, three miles up the gulch. Nearly all 

 the stamp-mills were removing there, most of 

 the miners make it their headquarters, and it 

 seemed likely soon to absorb Gayville, and 

 become the point of supply for the other towns 

 and camps. On the other hand, Deadwood 

 was making efforts to counteract this tendency, 

 and its citizens confidently expected that the 

 stamp-mills would, in time, be returned, and 

 that the works for crushing low-grade ores 

 would be all erected in their town, at the 

 months of Deadwood and Whitewood Creeks. 

 Various railroads are projected to the Black 

 Hills ; the Covington, Columbus & Black 

 Hills line being under construction. The idea 

 of a separate territorial government is prev- 

 alent among the settlers ; and delegates have 

 been sent to Washington to urge the scheme 

 upon Congress. 



DAVENPORT,EDWAKDL.,an American act- 

 or, died in Canton, Pa., September 1, 1877. He 

 was born in Boston, Mass^in 1816. He made 

 his first appearance on the stage in Providence, 

 R. L, in 1836, the play being " A New Way to 

 Pay Old Debts," with the elder Booth as Sir 

 Giles Overreach, a part in which Mr. Daven- 



port afterward became famous. He made his 

 debut in New York City at the Bowery The- 

 atre, under the management of Thomas H. 

 Hamlin, and in 1838 he first played in Phila- 

 delphia, at the Walnut Street Theatre, as Count 

 MontaTban, in " The Honeymoon." He was 

 connected chiefly with the Boston theatres, 

 until 1867, when he visited England, with Mrs. 

 Anna Cora Mo watt, and appeared, on Decem- 

 ber 6th of that year, at the Manchester Theatre, 

 as Claude Helnotte, Mrs. Mowatt acting Pau- 

 line. He supported Macready for two seasons 

 while in England, and was very popular at the 

 Haymarket Theatre, in London, as William in 

 " Black-Eyed Susan." While in England he 

 married Miss Fanny Vining, a member of a 

 well-known English theatrical family, who was 

 afterward associated with him in many of his 

 starring engagements. After his return to 

 America he fulfilled various engagements with 

 Wheatley, Jarrett, Wallack, Mark Smith, and 

 Mrs. Barrow. In 1859 he became manager of 

 the Howard Athenaeum, in Boston, and in 1869 

 was manager of the Chestnut Street Theatre, 

 in Philadelphia. In 1873 he acted at Wood's 

 Museum, in New York, his last appearance in 

 that city being in "Daniel Druce," at Booth's 

 Theatre, where, a short time before, he gave 

 his masterly impersonation of Brutus during 

 the protracted run of " Julius Caesar." Mr. 

 Davenport was one of the most finished actors 

 on the American stage ; his versatility was 

 remarkable, appearing with equal success both 

 in tragedy and comedy. His eldest daughter, 

 Fanny Davenport, has achieved many profes- 

 sional triumphs on the American stage. 



DAVIS, CHARLES HENET, an American naval 

 officer, died in Washington, D. C., February 18, 

 1877. He was born in Boston, Mass., January 

 16, 1807 ; entered the Navy, as midshipman, in 

 1823 ; and from 1844 to 1849 was assistant in 

 the Coast Survey. In 1846-'49 he was engaged 

 in a survey of the waters about Nantucket, 

 in the course of which he discovered the 

 "new south shoal," and several smaller shoals, 

 directly in the track of ships sailing between 

 New York and Europe, and of coasting-vessels 

 from Boston. These discoveries were thought 

 to account for several wrecks and accidents 

 before unexplained, and they called forth the 

 special acknowledgments of insurance com- 

 panies and merchants. During and after his 

 connection with the Coast Survey, he was ap- 

 pointed on several commissions to examine the 

 harbors of Boston, New York, Charleston, etc. 

 These investigations led him to the study of 

 the laws of tidal action, the results of which 

 are given in his " Memoir upon the Geologi- 

 cal Action of the Tidal and other Currents of 

 the Ocean " (" Memoirs of the American Acad- 

 emy," new series, vol. iv.), and the " Law of 

 the Deposit of the Flood-Tide " (" Smithsonian 

 Contributions," vol. iii.). The "American 

 Nautical Almanac" owes its foundation di- 

 rectly to his efforts. He was appointed the 

 first superintendent of the work in 1849, and 



