Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-11
A HIGH ENGLISH OPINION.
The London Sunday Times Tells of the
Black Hills Tin Mines and their
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The London Sunday Times Tells of the
Black Hills Tin Mines and their
Enemies.
The Sunday times Of London, Of date
Of September 2, has the following re-
garding the property OF the Earney
Peak Tin Mining company:
Whatever may have been the effect
produced on the public mind by the un-
favorable comments which followed the
introduction to this country of the Har-
ney Peak tin mining enterprise, it is use
less any longer to deny the great value
of the Dakota tin deposits; and the quiet
way in which the proprietors have ac-
cepted certain hostile criticism is no
doubt due to the conciousness Of their
own honesty OF purpose and an implicit
belief in the vast extent and great value
of the mineral resources of their proper
ty.
CAPTAIN aILBERT's REPORT.
The Times then proceeds to speak of
the report of Captain Gilbert, made to
John Tayler & Sons, as highly satisfacto-
ry, saying:
Nor is this report surprising, consid-
ering that the certificates of assay of
thirteen samples made in Cornwall show
the rock to contain from fifty lone to 1858
pounds of metallic tin to the ton, and
only four of the samples contained less
than 112 pounds Of tin to the ton, and
the block tin was SO near chemical purity
that 69.31 per cent was the lowest and
1884 per cent the highest figures OBJ
tanned, nine Of the thirteen samples Civ
ing over seventy -four per cent. It
should be understood that about seventy
eight per cent represents chemical purity.
PROFESSOR vINcENT's REPORT.
In 1887 it was decided to obtain an
other Independent report, and commits
sion, of which Professor Vincent was the
head, was dispatched TO Dakota to ex-
anime and ascertain the extent and value
of the Harney Peak company's proper
ties. Owing to the vast extent of these
properties and the necessity for careful
and accurate investigation and report
this commission has taken nearly year
to make the result of its mission known.
The elaborate report Of Professor Vincent
is most full and comprehensive, and
bears evident marks of having been writ
ten with the utmost care, after patient
and full personal investigation. and we
most strongly commend it to the perrsal
of all who are at all interested in this i'm
portant question OF the ssTin Deposits
Of Dakota Around about Harney Peak"
as our contemporary, the Mining Jour
nal, headed its very excellent article on
this subject in its issue of August 25.
We would also advise those who are in
the least interested in this subject to Wis
it and inspect, as we have done, some
forty tons OF samples of ore, some of it
in large masses, weighing upwards of
two tons in single mass, shipped to this
country by direction Of Professor Vim
cent, assays from which have been made
by Mr.. Fred Claudet, assayer for the
Bank Of England, and which are attached
to Professor Vincent's report.
CONSUL sADLER's REPORT.
We will conclude by quoting what
must be admitted by all to be unques-
tionable authority, and which brings us
down to the date of January of this year.
Consul Hayes Sadler, in his report to
Her Majesty's government on the trade
of Chicago for 1887, writes: "The discoy-
cry Of tin in the Black Hills must be re-
garded as the highest Importance, as
there is now little doubt that the mines
are Of enormous extent and value"
Reference is here made to Professor
Carpenters report, and the article con-
cludes as follows:
After reading Professor Vincent's elab-
crate report and the convincing evidence
we have quoted above, it seems no long
er possible for any clear headed business
man to doubt the existence Of payable
tin lodes on the Harney Peak company's
property.