Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-23
TIN IN DAKOTA,
The Finding of Tin i'm the Black Hills
and What II Means.

The Finding of Tin in the Black Hills
and What II Means.
Minneapolis journal: Major a. J.
Simmons, of Rapid City, Dak., president
of the board of trustees of the Dakota
school of mines, when questioned re-
gardiug the tin mines in the Black
Hills, said: 81 am thoroughly imbued
with the Importance of the discovery in
the hills, and consider it the second
largest and greatest mineral discovery
ever made in this country, second only
to the discovery of gold in California in
1S49, because the imports of tin last year
amounted to 500, ,603, ,730.l2, comprising
the plate and block tin. The discovery
of the metal was made in the Black
Hills in 1888, and from survey that L
made shortly after | was sure that the
"Etta Mica Mine, where the discovery
was first made, contained the metal in
considerable quantities. | announced
the fact June 8, 1888, and | sent II box OF
specimens to San Francisco TO a capi-
talist there, who at once sent Prof. w.
p. Blake, a we'll known mining engi-
neer, to examine the find. The results
proved successful in the highest degree.
Tin mining is n new industry in
America, and its development has of ne
Cessity been very slow, but not slower
than the development of the rich silver
mines of early days on the Pacific coast
and in Colorado 1t requires large sums
of money to properly open these mines,
and to build mills for the treatment of
the ore. There are two well known tin
districts in the hills. One occupies
belt about four miles wide, lying around
the northern and western tlanks of Haa-
ney's peak. 1t extends southwark to
point six miles south Of Custer CITY. 1t
will probably be found entirely en-
circling the granitic area OF the hills.
The other section is located about six
teen miles southwest of Spearfsh, where
n small Archaean area has been laid
bare by denudation.
1.-THE mines are located near Rapid
City, on the Fremont ~ Elkhorn road.
Constant additions have been made
since the discovery, but the most val
liable have been made during the last
six months. The tin is found in regular
well-defned tissure veins, varying in
width from one foot to over hundred
feet.
1.-The percentage of tin stone in the
greisen varies, but there are many veins
carrying rock yielding from 2 to 4 per
cent. That this is by no means small
percentage may be seen by the follow
ing: In Altenburg in SaXony, the yield
is from to per cent. In Cornwall the
yield of black tin for the whole county
is less than per cent. In the Pal
berro district in Cornwall, the average
of all the ore crushed in five years was
80 hundredths of l per cent, yet these
mines yielded fair profit.
THE New York and London company,
known as the Harney Peak Tin Mining
company has already invested over
81 100000, and is preparing to erect ma
chinery and furnaces for putting the
product of their mines on the market
this year.
"The Cornwall mines are becoming
exhausted, and are beng worked at
depths of 5000 feet, and under the sea.
The tin mines of the world are so few
that it has enabled the French and Eng
| lish capitalists to corner the supply. In
| the Black Hills district the mines are
| being worked near the surface, and the
! deepest is not more than 200 feet.
SIT is demonstrated that there are
| great quantities Of ore, sufficient to JUS
| tlfy the English experts in stating that
| the United States will not only produce
| its own tin, but will have a sufficient
| surplus to export"
| A car load of 10 concentrates has al
| ready arrived in Chicago, and is being
run into bar. In few days it will be
put upon the Chicago market. This is
the first American tin that has ever
| been placed upon the market. II is the
| beginning of a business that amounts TO
more than $40, 600, 900 per annum.
| Three Gases of Absent dedness.
Pittsburg Dispatch: AT this very mo-
| ment gentleman looking over my
| shoulder tells me that few days ago he
| came to town for the particular purpose
| OF mailing very important letter. He
didn't wish to run the risk of having it
| lie for day in the postoilice of the SUI
| burban borough whore he resides. He
| came to oPittsburg-aboutf fifteen miles
went straight to the postofiice, bought
| six Scent stamps, which he remem-
| bered he was in need of, and returned
to his home with the important letter
| resting securely in his breast pocket.
A story used to bo told many years
| ago OF "a merchant who was peculiarly
| subject to fits of Observation-Disclosures
| One day he was writing letter, and
thought absent-mindedly that he had
forgotten his correspondents first
name. Turning to one of his clerks he
said: Whats John Jackson's first
nameYn
f., The clerk, accustomed TO his employ
er's popularity, replied: "John, SIR"
The merchant wrote the letter, put 1T
in an envelope and was again at loss.
To the same clerk he said: Excuse me,
Charles, I've forgotten John Jackson's
| luSJ name.
But better story than the above is
told OF a gentleman in this city who was
met by friend one morning recently,
hurrying back from the depot toward
his home.
"What's the matter?" his friend
asked.
"Oh, I've left my watch under my
pillow, and I'm going to get it,"
| you'll miss your train"
"Oh, no." was the absent-minded
mans reply. ''See, I've got four min.
utes yet" and he pulled out his watch
TO enforce the statement. And he didn't
realize for several seconds what it was
that made his friend laugh 80 heartily.
Every person is interested in their
own affairs, and If this meets the eye of
any one who is suffering from the effects
OF torpid liver, we will admit that he
is interested in getting we'll. Get a
bottle Of PrickAy Ash Bitters, use it as