River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-06-10
ALARGE MINING TRANSACTION.
Seventeen Claims on Game Ridge, Ro-
sta. Purchased by Eastern Capital
lists Mill Runs from the Property.

seyenteen Claims ON Game Ridge, no
| sta. Purchased by Eastern Capital
| ists--Mfil Runs from the Property.
The Silver Cliff Prospect, of May 2lst,
reports the sale of seventeen mining
claims at Rosita, to combination of
eastern capitalists, represented by Mr..
George w Rust The sale is the most
important transfer of mining property
in the history of Rosita. The property
/ is located on Game Ridge and covers
nearly the whole of the mountain, and
is said to be one of the most valuable
and promising i'll this section of cOun-
try. The Prospect says:
The value of the Game Ridge proper
ties, and the existence of side mineral
deposits in the body of that mountain,
has been for years known to the Custer
County miners The richest float found
| in this whole region has come from that
ridge, and on its sides, to-day, can be
| found innumerable pieces of float rock
that will assay from few ounces up
into the hundreds, and occasionally in
to the thousands of ounces per ton. It's
| development would have been secured
| years ago, but that the ridge is covered
| by considerable cap or slide of barren
rock, rendering it difficult and expen-
| siye to reach the ore from surface work
| ings, while the fact of the properties
| being in the hands of various owners
engaged in litigation as to their respec-
tive interests, and none of them pos
sesses much capital, prevented the de-
posts from being opened up by means
of tunnels from the base of the hill
Some time ago Carl Wulsten, mining
| engineer, who has made the peculiar
geological formation and mineral de-
posts of this section special study ever
since the earliest discovery of mineral
here, conceived the idea of combining
| these several properties into one grand
mining scheme, settling the litigation
between the various parties, bringing
the whole under the management of
one company, and opening the mineral
deposits of the mountain in thorough
systematic manner, by means of tunnels
and shafts. Last witer he called Mr..
Rllst's attention to the matter, and after
examining the property and satisfying
himself of its great value, he undertook
to place it, and the result of the sale to
Il party of capitalists among whom are
some of the strongest men III New York,
Boston, Montreal and Quebec. While
several of these properties could have
been profitably developed and operated
singly, bringing them all under one
management makes Il combination
which as soon us the properties are fair
" opened out, will be entitled to rank
with the strongest i'll the state. 1t is
gratifying TO know that both Mr.. Wul-
stem and Mr. Rust retain substantial in
terests i'll the property, and will be
actively identified with the manage
ment.
Game Ridge is an immense mass of
trachyte, similar to the Racine Boy,
Plata Verde and other mines at Silver
Cliff and the value in the ore occurs III
the form of horn silver, and it can CON
sequently be worked by the simple and
inexpensive process of raw amalgama-
ton so successfully applied to the ores
of this camp. 1t would be difficult to
conceive of ores more perfectly free
milling than these. One of the claims
has been opened up by shaft to n
depth of 104 feet, and has improved all
the way down, and is in rich ore at the
bottom The water level is probably
over 600 feet below the bottom of the
Sldll, anu II cttilI6 ltdSOIlttDlC w tADCCb
that the same character of ore (improv-
ing in quality with depth, if we are to
judge from the history of other mines
on this beltl will be found until the
water level is reached. The distinction
between what is barren rock is
very sharply defined ON Game Ridge,
which will be a great advantage in
working the property.
Mill runs of assorted ore from Game
Ridge, made mt the Silver Cliff Samp-
ling works, under the direction of DIR.
George c. Munson, superintendent of
the Plata Verde mine, gave 10Y and
253 ounces per ton. DR.. Munson's
samples from the shaft and drifts, gave
an average of 1888; and Mr.. j. NJ.
Harper, who examined the property at
the request of Colonel William Nj. Lent,
of New York, also sampled the same
ground with an average of 152 ounces.
Mill tests ranging from 800 to over 5000
pounds have been made of the refuse
ore remaining after everything of value
visible to the eve had been sorted out,
some of them running as high as 30
ounces, and the poorest exceeding the
estimated cost of mining and milling.
From an open cut still III the slide OF
the surface debris, near the east end of
the property, assays have been secured
ranging from 800 to 1000 ounces per
ton, and sackful picked out for Dir.
Munson, milled at the sampling works,
112 ounces. 1t is very rare to see any
more than occasional specimens or
pieces of float among the broken sur
face rock, but here more than enough
high grade ore can be taken out to pay
for development, indicating deposit of
extraordinary extent and value. The
gentlemen who have secured this proper
ty are certainly to be congrn tulated on
their good fortune and we predict for it
position among the best properties of
this state