St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-12
BLACK HILLS WEALTH
The New Processes for Re-
ducing Gre Works Great
Results.
Visions Of Wealth Greater
Than of Old Rise Up and
Dazzle.
From $4,000 to $4,000 Per
Day Added to Circulating
Medium.
A C%n ~ Now II VHoy,
A Stampede to New and Won
derfully Rich Diggings
Reported.
Special Letter to the Globe.

Special Letter to the Globe.
DEADwooD, May 10.-In previous
letter your correspondent dwelt at
some length on the then approaching
arrival of Prof. r, d. Clark, and the
momentous events to Immediately fol-
low his advent inbDeadwood. The date
then fixed was anticipated. Mr.. Clark
arrived earlier. The directors of the
reduction company held meeting at
once. at which were finally settled the
few preliminaries not already attended
to, and when orders to begin construc-
ton of the plant will be made.
Immediately on the announcement that
the professor would reach Deadwood,
stocks of Bald Mountain and Ruby
BASIN mines began displaying a ten
dency to advance securities that were
begging and readily marketable at fig
ureS apprOXimating their value. Others
that were considered good buy at any
time have already appreciated from 30
to 100 per cent. A feeling of eXultatlon
almost approaching hilarity holds sway.
Every other man you meet inquiries,
"Have YOU heard the. news? Clark's
here" Everything else is apparently
forgotten, the approaching municipal
election, the squabble at the recent
meeting of the Republican central
committee, the storm in the ranks Of
the Democracy all are forgotten. The
sole topic of conversation, and that on
which local bulls and bears alike de-
light to dwell, is the era of great pros
perity suddenly bursting on the coun-
try.
VISIONS OF WEALTH
greater than that possessed by Cr9sus,
or coveted by Midas, fit by the fascin-
are such visions altogether visionary.
Such eminent authorities as Riotte,
Blake, Carpenter, White and Clark
himself, each of them men of wide rep
utatiOn, extending beyond the confines
of one continent, who have examined
and reported upon the districts to be di-
rectly benefited, have unhesitatingly
pronounced that the discovery of an
economical method 10 treat their ores
would make the Black Hills one of the
greatest producers of precious metals
known to the world. The ore is here in
vast. virtually ineXhaustible quantities.
Mining it is cheap, the formation in
which it occurs enabling it in many in
stances to be quarried like limestone,
granite or marble. The districts can
now furnish 800 to 1000
TONS A DAY,
which will average $50 per ton. The
enthusiasm of the people is hereby eX-
planned. From $4,000 to $685. 900 per
day added to the circulating wealth of
the country, and all of it produced by
properties owned principally by home
people, is thing calculated to excite
self graduation, mutual graduation and
universal good humOr.
IRON CITY.
A company composed principally of
Pittsburg capitalists has for two years
or more been steadily operating the
Iron City mine, situated on the head of
False Bottom creek, about half way be-
tween Carbonate camp and Bald noun
tain. Several thousand dollars were
expended, numerous shafts sunk. drifts
and cross cuts run in vain effort to
find ore. The company, however, is
composed of men of determination and
courage-eSsential requisites to success
in mining enterprises. Some three
months since number of the directory
visited the hills, bringing with him a
diamond drill. Prospecting has since
been done with it. Last week the drill
penetrated thirteen feet through body
three ounces silver and $40 gold per
ton. The direction of the drill was
turned and the ore prOSpected as
thoroughly as possible with it. The
find is now known to be. of considerable
magnitude, and drift from the bottom
of the main shaft will be at once started
to tap it. This drift will, however, be
$50 feet long, and will take at least two
months to drive. When completed the
mine will be one of the most
valuable silver locations in the Hills.
The corporation is close one, none of
the stock being upon the market, and,
issued. AS usual, when such discoveries
are made, stampede has set in toward
the place, and already the country is
Staked and located for miles around.
SILVER BULLION.
Judge Thomas has rendered an inter
locutory decision in the Bachman-Huy-
EFT suit, dissolving the injunction by
which Huyett was restrained from
working the Silver Bullion claim,
in Strawberry gulch. The ore
from this mine is phenomenally rich
eight tons shipped the Iron Hill Smelter
having Melted Huyett 81, 100. At present
he has about twenty tons on the dump,
and as active operations will be resumed
tomorrow, will henceforth, most prob
ably make regular shipments to the Ga
lena smelter, several miles nearer the
mine than is the Iron Hill. The ground
is the private property of Alexander
Huyett, an, old time prospector, and G.
C. Fargo, prominent Deadwood mer-
chant. who are perfectly content to rest
theF fortunes upon its production.
CENTRE UGAL AMALGAMAToR.
The centrifugal amalgamator, for
which Maj. R. l.. Hopkins, of New York,
and C9ur d'Alene is general agent,
and which was tested in the Star mill,
Lead City, failed in giving the satisfac-
ton expected of it, and has therefore
been removed. This is disappointing,
not only to those interested in the pat
ent but to local parties owning quartz
mines in WhitewOod district. 1t is con-
coded that from ST. 800 to $4,000 per day
in tailings is carried off by Whitewood
creek. Hopkins claimed and certainly
believed that use of his amalgamator
would result in net saving of this
large amount. Practical tests, however,
proved to the contrary, and hopes built
on its success are necessarily abandoned
for the present. The principle is GER
tainly good, and as the machine is sus-
ceptible of improvement, it may at
some future day be able to accomplish
its owners claims.