Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-06-06
WEDNESDAY, JUNE Q, 1885.
THE DEADwooD REDUCTION WORKS.

II
The inhabitants of tho Hills have, for
some time past, been congratulating
themselves upon the fact that method
has been discovered whereby the re-
fraetory ores Of Ruby Basin and Bald
Mountain can be treated.
When it was found these ores could
be handled at profit, it was the cause
of general rejoicing throughout the Hills.
Everyone seemed willing and anxious to
do all possible toward the successful
commencement of operations. ALI
seemed glad Of the chance to donate
time or money for the furtherance Of the
enterprise. After operations had been
under way short time slight skirmish
took place between two of the leading
lights of Deadwood, which was squelched
after brief fusilade through the news
papers. This was the first show of OPP
position to the scheme.
Shortly after this Professor Clark
came on from Nevada ready to COM
menee work on the plant. A new
board of directors had to be elected.
The meeting of the stockholders was
held and Seth Bullock, G.. G. Hickok, j..
HI. Adams, Ben Baer, G. W. Carpenter,
J. X. P. Miller and Harris Franklin
were elected as directors for the ensuing
year. Immediately after the election a
great deal of opposition came to the
surface over the election of Messrs.
Bullock and Franklin, and possibly one
other. Several of the mining compa-
MES which had subscribed literally to
the fund for the erection Of the works
withdrew their subscriptions on the
grounds of taxation without represen-
tation," and owing to their lack of conf
dence in the business integrity of the two
or three gentlemen named above. Sen
timents expressed by leading citizens of
Lead City and Deadwood show that the
opposition,issas strong, if not stronger,
numerically, than the supporters Of the
directorate. The Belt Herald, in col
;umn and a half article, takes to task the
company for placing these men in such
responsible positions. It is hardly to be
wondered at that opposition should
spring up against the men who, it is said,
as leading spirits of the Iron Hill COM
pany manipulated its stock in such a
manner as to feather their own nests at
the expense of friends and business asso-
ciates, and who have taken advantage of
the temporary good feeling predominant
ing the real estate market in Deadwood
about by the favorable reports
concerning the ''sure success" the re-
duction works-to unload all their realty
upon confiding. eastern capitalists, al
though these same gentlemen are at
present loud. in expressing their conf
dence in the future Of Deadwood and it's
new enterprise. Tt is a matter sincerely
to be regretted that the present board Of
directors has not the unqualified sup
port and absolute confidence of the bust
ness public at home and abroad, but
from appearances and remarks made by
substantial business men of the Hills,
such seems to be the case.
We anxiously await the settlement Of
all these difficulties and hope, that the
antagonism aroused will soon DO quoted
and everything take up the even. tenor of
its way, proving to the world in the
treatment of this refractory ore by Prof
Clark's process that "there's millions in
it."