New-York tribune., 1885-01-30
TIN IN THE BLACK HILLS.
VAST QUANTITIES OF VALUABLE ORE.
IMPORTANT BEARING OF THE DISCOVERY UPON
SOME AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
ru ,.sor,, -, QQ9 of tin ore in the BLACK


The discovery in 1888 OF tin ore In tne pl.oh
Hills of Dakota has led to the development oi iion
g, that REGION the control OF which was obtained las.
wo, ny comuany of New-York capitalists. Since iast
.nr,o these mines have been 30 far de'eiopoa
,ha, a. is now asserted that there Is eho"sn
lin there TO revolutionze the uh In. -
and TO supply Amcrican markets in great he"'u.o
mt the costly importations from Corh"a'' as, do
unon which this country has hitherto oeen 'is ,,tod
peudent The total value of tin plate useu - ,eptv
s,ota. has reached 224.0s3,o65 in the i"s' wn,os
o'"'o' ,,,'' o,- 100 Arms In England and wares
ad a., tho production Of tin pIa'es' , .,
oror a5 600 men. over threeio'.' ,,oa
pngiand,s product in tin Pia'o' .ho voIue
., the limited States. Last '.',. rno,+ sec.
90 tho lamentations was S1sle2'oS. oo,,or esti-
VI '"o 20 ,,o American Timed Plate Assoc''iV"
retary OF tnc NJ this amount Of tin plates IN
, n'"'es 80. could employ 60OO0 men anu '"" ~
s, sn,' n,ort of over 100000 OF our popuia''on 49,
,horcforc the promise of an abundant yieiu io', Wv
nioes in Dakota is fully borne out the'r uo''-Of
,ill have a bearing upon American huus'il'i 70 Ple g.;
A. far.reaching importance. Or the uii""
VI M - oa ncr cent is ordinary shee'
,m, ,,a onIv 4 per cent tin with which the iron 10
coated The total production of pure OAR 'iu ~ " ,,
oountrics of the world is 36O0O tohs yc'i " -
10 600 tons are brought to the United states i a."
serted that the tin mines in the Black iii's WI" '0'
On n condition to furnish 1900 tons per year -,
prafe
,, osi,ion as Geologist and Mining Engineer OF "So
ming Territory In order to investigate tho th oepoSs
in Dakota yesterday TRIBUNE reporter MS views
as hsf history of the discovery Of tin in the Black
ls Of Dakota is this In the fall of 1883 persons cr
gagged In mining mica came actoS' nnmber of
%,n1 points and the results returned t meial tng
effect that it contained gold or silver, Dn. reached
ch mist who recognized the presence Oh , IL a 70 New
in Rapd CITY sent svsps ARTICLES had appeared in
scientific papers mentioning the discoye nda 9tscov
to be in this city in WIN last and was visited
NV exJudge s. W Fullerton to examine so1g Nm, iooEnS
70 W ~ W .i % y be properties from which the ores came
Thcy proved TO unusually yal1aoi&e & anI Nm and diped
eHJadge Fullerton partner Charles RusamSre aa s
tosstSsT wamnSS Sver i9o e8aminaans sasni @
were we're sacient warrant the wcrc ramnp rspEEt
cUrped both in veins in pacers and that the
situated around and on tnf The hell horse
sboe in shape about thirteen miles In length ana ro
two to three in width lying n a0ns rrSni,esgeo oY
logical logical conditions similar to those Of the TIN
regions q England Fsns se Hsnes Peak regions are
remarkable their width and the purity OF er @ ftv
s ary from three or four feet about three hun
dred feet in width. All the odes are ..ristics Of
polished walls showing clay between IDor ne anrs Tg'
and the wall. and all cutting the slate az S such
a. 20 leave no doubt as 10 their characteristics ana
have no hesitation in saying that they can DC "
scores OF years TO come ,..,o, ,ho r,,a lode
This is over 800 feet wide by actual snrvsy. ino o
crop forms what l. locally known as lin houh.an'
Ing go feet above the creek that nows az lts pSo. ~
has deem developed TO depth OF 10 iett 9g, ~
600 feet of tunnelling. shafts. cuts etc, III uVI
dIrerfiops Over 1000 tons OF ore nave Dcen ehtlc"
I'm The com sc OF development and are now on the dumps
The present Developments are sufficient 10 supply hM
o0O tens per day 20 MILL and this daily supply can uc
largely Increased by proper development WINE lhe I'M
aeterstics OF the vein such that mining can DC
on at this rate TO as great "a u'P'u
~ has been reached IN Cornwall ana other place.
Ctber ledgcs have been sufficiently developed 10 ylSu
Also n supply Of 100 tons Of ore per day 10 h lhe
ore will average In the mills three per cent OF me
tailc lin while the Cornwall mines average less tnah
two per cent and results from large lots nave gwen
higher percentages than this These results hans % . e
obtained not from assays OF small qnsntlues V,
large shipments Of 10 the New-lork Me'aiAu'A'"
Besides the lodes there large tracts OF Iace5
rround containing quantities of stream ilh snu 80
which will well pay for extraction. Inc placer urIosls
are from 90 "a 100 feet In depth ami there - h ~
water for working. The stream TN averages hu"ut
per cent of white tin. The entire region Is covtin
Valuable nine timber and ~ self-siisaining @
while contracts have been let which assure rar" %
nrrtson within months. There are hoN .,t a, vi
New.York Meiailurgical works IN this CITY aE. pu"% ~
ties Of ore and strpam tin which shipped ltOn uo
mines In order 10 test the best method si WotAlhs