St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-05
BRIGHTER FOR DEADWOOD.
The Erection of Extensive Works for
Reduction Of Ore Assured.
BALD MOUNTAINS RICHNESS.
Eastern Capital Coming in Rapidly, and
an Era of Great Prosperity Open
ing Up.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
DEADwooD, May 3.-That subject
absorbing almost all local interest at
present is the proposed erection here
OF teaching works to treat the refractory
ores of Bald mountain and Ruby dis
tricts, by the Russell or Clark process
OF lixiviation. Several months have
elapsed since the organization of
Deadwood corporation, with an ex-
pressed intention of employing learned
men of practical experience to expert
ment with the ores, in order to discover
key to the difficult problem. Amongst
others with whom correspondence was
opened was Prof. r. d. Clark, of Cortez,
New. Prof. Clark visited the Hills
last September, examined the mines.
tested the ore, and declared his belief
that teaching was the proper method to
| apply in treating them. On his recon-
| mendatlon several tons were shipped to
| san Francisco, where elaborate tests
successfully demonstrated that this
method was beyond question the most
economical and entirely successful that
had ever been resOrted TO. Since the
| date of this conclusion the original CON-
| pany by which these experiments were
made has merged itself into new Or
| ganlZatiOn having the same ends in
| view. Negotiations were successfully
| closed with Mr.. Clark, by which he
agrees to come to DeadWoOd and per-
| sonally Superintend the erection of the
| teaching plant, and subsequently the
| conduct of its operations. Owing, how
! ever, to a previous contract with Mr.
WpWhnrn nf NaUa6o fha INrnfaScnr hoc
| been unable as yet to fulfill his obliga-
| tiOnS to Deadwood. Mr.. Weyburn's
contract has at length expired, and after
| several months SuSpence the announce
ment reached Secretary Kingsley that
the professor has started for San Fran
| cisco, there to purchase certain ma
terial for the plant, and whence he will
leave for Deadwood. The plant will at
first have capacity for treating
FIFTY TONS OF ORE
per day, but will be builtin such man
ner that this can be doubled without diff
ticulty or delay by or beforeJan. l. 1889.
The capital necessary to insure its erec-
ton here, S60,000, was raised by sub
ScriptiOnS of home people entirely. Sew
eral offers of aid were received from
outside sources, but inaSmuch as the
enterprise is one in which our commu-
nifty has taken especial pride, directors
of the corporation deemed it best to per-
nit them, if they so saw fit, to shoulder
the undertaking. The amount was OBJ
tanned within much more reasonable
| time than even the canvaSsing commit
tee had anticipated, the eagerneSS of the
| people to
OBTAIN A FEW SHARES
| insuring the total sum within six days
after the first call was made. 1t is i'm
! possible to estim ate the benefits that
will accrue to the entire Hills from the
| successful launching of the enterprise.
The ores of Bald mountain and Ruby
basin districts average in value S25 per
ton, whilst in some instances they run
way up into the thousands. The for
nation is flat, the mineralized
GSsf opsfyng gndeTy4E qaar7e p0RRhhsry Rhss masn anf
tude of the deposits is such as to
make the supply practically mex
hauStible, and but very little more
development work is necessary to ena-
bic these districts to furnish not so. but
| 500 or even 1000 tons of ore per day.
| A pertinent reason for the large interest
taken in the subject is that most of the
mines are owned by local people. pros
pectOrs and merchants, who, after wait
ing for nearly thirteen years for the day
when the problem of treating the ores
should be solved, are about reaping a
rich return for their labor, their pa
tience and the hard-earned dollars they
have expended in developing and hold
ing their properties. Another enter.
prise, of minor Importance to the coun-
try at large, but which nevertheless is
attracting considerable interest, is the
blowing in Of the galena smelling.
TIE IRON HILL
Mining company has for some time
been contemplating assuming a lease of
the plant, and, at a meeting of directors,
concluded to sign necessary papers bv
which it acquires control of the works
for one year. This was only done after
a thorough investigation of the amount
of ore at present available in the dis
trict This was found to be sufficient to
! keep the plant in operation fully two
months, by the end of which time, owing
to the stimulus explorations will receive
| from the creation of home market
for the lead ores, it is believed
as much more will have been extracted.
Those mines that are expected to fur
nish ore from the start are the Hayes.
| Hester A., Bullion, Silver Queen, Horse
shoe, Comet, Alexander and Ontario, i'll
several of which st. Paul and Minneap-
oils people are more or less interested.
Since the closing down OF these works
last October, mine owners have been
compelled to ship the product of their
properties
TO OMAHA.
Transportation charges were heavy
and returns slow in reaching home
The consequence has been that only the
richest ore could be shipped at a profit,
and therefore operations on many
meritorious claims, the ore of
which would not exceed in value
$50 to $40 per ton, have been virtually
suspended, or at any rate seriously
hampered. Already, however, work has
in many instances been resumed, and
the camp is to-day one of the busiest in
the Hills.
Whilst on the subject of mining, ST.
Paul people will perhaps be interested
to learn that an ore strike has recently
been made i'll the west drift of the 16O
level of the Iron Hill mine. When first
encountered the vein was small. but
two or three days progress in develop
/ ing the find encourages belief that its
extent will prove of great Importance.
The ore is exceedingly rich, and equals
that of even the Home Run shaft on
the same property.
Take it all in all, the outlook for the
Hills, and particularly Deadwood,
WAS NEVER BRIGHTER
than to-day. Business men in all de-
partmentS of mercantile life represented
here are unanimous in saying that trade
has picked up greatly in the last two or
three weeks. and that it is steadily on
the increase. Real estate has likewise
appreciated in value, and though Dead
wood lots at no time in the history of
the city were a drug on the market,
they to-day command better figures than
in any previous year. Eastern, notably
Philadelphia, capital is purchasing
heavily, with view to erecting hand
some brick stores and offices. From
the Quaker City alone, something over
$4,000 has been invested in the last