St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-06

duction of tin. They brought with
them Prof. NJ. g. Vincent, a gentleman
whose repution as a mining engineer
and mineralogist extends to two hemis-
pheres; and it is by his advice, given
after thorough investigation of the
properties of the company, that the
English members ofsthe company
PROVIDED THE MEANS
for the operations now commenced.
From the late issue of the Engineering
and Mining Journal Of New York city,
it is learned that aCharles D. Deshler,
of New York, secretary of the Harvey
Peak Tin Mining and Milling company,
has made to that journal an extended
statement of the company's intentions.
From that it appears that S1,5OO,O00
have been secured for preliminary work.
Mr.. Deshler says the number of mines
owned by the company aggregates
300. Work, he states, will COM
A mill of 500 tons daily capacity will be
Gated about twenty miles west of this
city, where the most valued properties
of the company are believed to exist.
The intention is to increase the daily
capacity to 1000 tons as soon as produc-
ton will warrant. The Eta mill, of 200
tons daily capacity, is being renovated,
and will be started up on the ores of
the Eta mine and Sarah group this
week. Mr.. Deshler also states that a
proposition to construct a system of
NARROW-GAUGE RAILROADS,
encircling the tin belt, has been enter
tanned by the company, and that the
work of construction will be commenced
this year. This line OF narrow gauges
has already been surveyed from Rapid
City to Hill City, and thence to the Eta
mine and to Custer, The survey was
conducted under the supervision Of the
Harvey company, and is owned by it.
Two expert tin inspectors, Capt. John
Mitchell and James Carnow, of Corfu
wall, England, arrived in the city about
ten days ago, and are now engaged in
testing the ores Of the Eta and Tender
foot mines. Capt. Mitchell is one of the
most successful practical tin miners in
England, and fully competent to judge
of the value Of the Black Hills product.
He is reported as being much surprised
at the magnitude and richness of the
ores of this section, and pronounces
the tin to exist in the rock here as
''thick as figs packed in a box" About
200 men are now at work for the COM
pany, and the machinery of a mill at
Hill City and the railroad iron for the
narrow gauge are reported as being
already shipped to this point. The con-
tract for the transportation Of the mill
machinery has already been let to a
freighter of this city.
1t does not need to be said that these
operations for the production of tin in
the Black Hills are among the most i'm
portant that have been at any time COM
menced in the United States. Never
before has tin been found in the West
ern hemisphere in paying quantities,
and the entire product to supply the
worlds demand has hitherto been OBJ
tanned solely from Cornwall, in England,
and from the Straits Of Malacca, in
Asia. One of the most remarkable
features of the situation of this city is
that ii stands at the door Of the tin
county and virtually has monopoly of
the product on this side of the globe.
lpaSmuch as ccal can be obtained near
by and the city is surrounded by hills
which arc full OF high grade blue-black
iron ore, ii is believed that the three,
tin, iron and coal, will form trinity
which will he very powerful in the
commercial world. From thence is ex-
pected to grow up the industry of tin
plate manufactures and the creation,
from the natural resources, Of all those
various articles Of commerce which are
derived from tin plate.