Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-20
Gat Daily grfss aud pskstxtss
vANKroN DAKOTA
Friday Evening, February 20. 1880.
ON DAKOTA
THE GREAT wnsTrRH INDUSTRY.

ssOay esVs"s2s vCON 50 sOOVs
THE GREAT WESTERN INDUSTRY.
ono of the mot valuable requires Of the
west Is its mines. aud the growth Of this in.
dustry during the pas, Eve years has tended
more 'than ahy Other causs to the rapid
spread and increase Of settlement. The
Black Hills of Dakota, and Leadville, Colo
orado, have given employment directly %
more than ons hundred thousand people,
while the indirecs benefit ID stimulating 9th.
er industries has been incalculable. In I'd
dition to the growth Of this industry has
been the growth Of public confidence in the
legitimate and profitable character Of miuins
when. properly pnrrued. For many years
mining had been classed a. . lottery and
eastern capital KEEP. aloof from it, but with
the rich discoveries which followed the
opening Of the Black Hills aud later At
Leadville, the matter received more patient
and considerate investigation, its Legitimate
claim asa valuable and important resources
was recognized and the work of developing
the silver and gold deposits Of the Il cky
mountains was vigorously entered upon,
This work has not bttn confined alto
gcther to the s~ections above named. In
the San Juan silver region of southwestern
Colorado the miner his been at work for
. nuuher Of years. but there were 30 many
naturalSd lsad vAntages to overcome In order
TO bring that region IL the attention Of the
moneyed classes, that the progress of de-
v%elopment has been comparatively slow.
This condition has improved greatly with.
inthe past two yesrs. Railroads have been
extended toward il. the routes of wagon
travel greatly improved. better acccmmo.
dations supplied. and men Of wealth and
experience 10 mining have been Induced to
v'si. and inspect its riches with very graft.
flying results. Prot. Taylor, Of London an
expert Of great celebrity, and Professor
Drake, of New York, who ranks among
hrst m~ineraiogists Of the country, visited
San Juan last season and pronounced It the
richest and most wonderful mineral region
they had ever seen
A number of corporations have
been quietly at work 10
San Juan for the past three years, promi-
nent among them and better known in this
vicinity than many others, is the Mineral
Mountain mining company. an Organization
having it's headquarters at Milwaukee. This
corporation has secured q large amount Of
mining property On Mineral mountain at
the head Of the Animas river, and during
the past year made very successful progress
in developing a portion Of it. The Red
Cloud mine which is becoming somewhat
noted for it's rich mineral veins, belongs to
this company, and the work go far performed
upon it has disclosed a very valuable body
of mineral yielding from 500 to $500 to
the ton in silver and about $40 in gold. On
this mine two shafts have been sunk nearly
400 feet apart. The 6rst had reached .
depth Of 723 feet when last reported; the
second about 100 feet. A tunnel has also
been run to connect the two shafts which is
now nearly completed. This development
has disclosed valuable vein of mineral.
chiefly gray copper and galena, of an average
width Of 81 feet which shows itself in either
shaft and throughout the tunnel in q solid
vein. Work is still progressing in the Red
Cloud and will be continued with three-fold
the number of men now employed, aided
By the best engineering aud mechanical
appliances obtainable. The Denver lode ID
another very promising property belonging
to this company, and the work Of tunnelinr
On THE lode has progressed for moro than
two hundred feet. The company own
twenty-five mineral lodes, sixteen Of which
are patented. They enter upon their. work
the present year with seventy thousand dol.
lars cash on hand which it is designed to
expend in the development of its various
properties, and it is safe 10 conclude that
with the valuable experience of its man..
gers, aided BY the best mining ability to be
employed. the results Of the coming years
labor will be very successful. It's business
affairs are managed chiefly BY Angus Smith
and VIM. Young, both citizens of Milwau
kee, men of rare ability and strict integrity
and prominently connected for many years
the business interests of that solid
city.
What We have written of the Mineral
Mountain company might with truth be
of other associations whose opera.
ions have been confined to other localities.
zach as Engineer Mount.is, Poughkeepsie
snlch, Burns gulch, Eureka, silvsrton and
)uray, oil in that vicinity. N
The present year promises to vitness =
redlcsl change In that entire section. Thel,
'silroad is expected to reach Animas river .
II Silverton only 10 miles below Miuer,l1
Mountain aud the forks of the Auins, Z
This event of itself will settle the ,-uceessl
y San Juan and bring it to the front asas
mining locality. A large suouut Of mini.
ng property has been placed 10 the hands