The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-28

. .....s. ds.slanell az now, for Sa5, 900.
~ sfhis s,,,nn ta southeast oil the village q
Roct.ford. and distant about mile. 4 AZ - ~
rssnhed by following up narrow anu
~ her efean cafsop between two mountains,
and Is near the TOP Of one OF them D..
TIE LEDGE OF QUARTZ
s., an which It il situated crops out on the Top
AZ the ridge, aud can be traced TOT l9ns
distance TO the south OF Standby properly:
THE developments oil the mine consist ~ "
twf, tunnels driven across the Yeln: Ine
MINER one is In sixty feet. all theWay ~ Org,
which consists of q red quartz very hhe ssas
found ia the vicinity OF DeadWoou, ny
feet below the upper tunnel saaotheI nss
been driven I'm, also across tne YsIns 1870 n,
ty.tbree feet, ali OF the way In quartz e4ss sp
thronpt q band OF slate about SIX Iees mius.
Itis supposed that the foot-wali mas pesn
reached at the face OF this tunnel. az lne
mouth Of the lower tunnel 2 shait mas Deen
snnk tbirty-hve feet, all In ore. The amount
Of quartz already taken out anu aWatn nne
the erection OF a mill IS ADouS oyt
tons, Frsm this brief DESCRIPTION -as
Ell, sifI' he seen that the Standby mine
S % uncovered q lurge body OF ore;
h hrS heI,eye tine assays that have been made
show n To be OF lower grade than the ave
rooa NJ that taken from the mines on Enc
great belt. The future OF the Standby
seems 70 me to depend on the ability OF the
owners 10 mine and mill their ores VIII
economy. see no reason why the expense
n mining should be greater here than at
DeadWooti. The body Of ore may mol De az
iaroe. but still 1t appears to be enormous,
and 4 can be delivered at the mill at very,
little expense per tom. In milling It's ores
the Standby will have an. advantage wnlch
no other. company in the. Black Hllts en-
ioys-fbe possession Of good Water-poWer
nv which to runtfts machinery. One OF tlie
large items. of expense in crushing ore Is
the cost OF fuel--an expense when Is likely
10 increase from year to year. The Sky
stamp mill OF this company VIII PROBABLY
he ready to start about the first OF the year.
The development OF other mines IN the
Rockford district will probably depend
mon the success OF the Standby: Several
other mines have been located on the same
lode. all OF which look promising.
About nine miles east Of Deadwood Is Va
lena, -......,s .......,ss.. ..,.... -.....
THE CENTRE OF THE BEAR-BUTTE SILVER
Ef DISTRICT. = - 49,
have visited that also, spending, q day al
the FLORENCE mine, the only one on which
much work Is being done. 10 reach Gaie.
m passed through Strawberry Gulch, on
the sides OF which great number OF golo
mines have been discovered-some OF them
| am told. very promising ones. L had no
time 70 visit any of them. Galena IS on
Rear-Butte creek, and is a town OF "a. lew
hundred .people. Silver was. discovered
there soon after the Black Hills were open
I'd and small quantities OF ore have from
time to time been taken to Denver, Omaha,
and other points In the East for reductlon,
and have Welded remarkably well. Inc eX,
nense of transporting ore to the raliroao
ffs40 toni has been too great to allow tnls
| TO be done on any large scale. There IS al
Galena one small smelter, but its methoas
are of q very primitive character, ana II:
charges enormous-$f5 ton last winter.
The Florence mine, which was LOCATED
about two and half years ago, was pur
chased last fall by some St. Paul capital
lists, and during the past few months thcy
nave done O. great deal OF work and spen
mucb money, both in development and II
preparation for reducing the ore. The mar
tunneI has been driven into the mountain
about 600 feet, all the way in reddish
quartz ore. The top and sides OF this lun
mel, in many places, contain cavities, LETT II
the crystaiZation OF the ore, the sldes
which are sometimes incrusted with crys
tails, At a distance OF 375 feet from tn
month of the tunnel q cross-cut has beef
made for 40 feet, and this also is entirely II
ORE No well.defined walls have been fount
in this mine, although the ground on III
/ Ieft-hand side OF the tunnel is generally bar
rem. and it has not, therefore, been proYet
that the lode IS true assure vein, althong
the owners believe it to be such. IL ma
turn out to be s.-- -. -t.'.'
,..i. + A CAyERNoUs OR POCKET NINE; .'.
but even in that event it has q large body Q
ore in sight. The country rock in the vi
cjnity of the Florence mine is porpbyry
The ores are chiefly sulphurets and chic
rides mixed with quartz, oxide OF iron am
manganese, anthony and arsenic. Their
are some rich :carbonates, but they do no
appear in very large quantities; and say
i specimens OF horn silver and little ire
silver. The ores average from 30 TO l5
ounces OF silver to ton, the loW-grade ore
being more abundant.
Tie Florence Company are erecting
very fine twenty-stamp mill for the reduc
ton of their ores, and expect to start it il
October. This is the pioneer silver-mil il
the Black Hills, and the rock will be treated
bv the dry process. The ore rs it come
!, from the mines will first be dried and thel
reduced to fine powder under the stamps
Next it is to be roasted and chlorodized II
: two enormous revolving cylinders, ant
= finally amalgamated in revolving pans. Th
, silver is then to be separated from tie mer
| curry in a retort, and afterward cast int
} bricks. The mill will probably reduce from
twenty to thirty tons OF ore day. r..
There are many other small mining camp
, in the Black, Hills besides those which
have mentioned in these letters, but th
I.most OF them are so remote from De2dwoo,
!, that have not thought it worth while t,
) spend the time necessary to visit them.
:. a&. -t q. l.. W.
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