The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-08

| business men do not seem TO Drlng 10 In
vestments of this character the same pru-
dence they show in other business matters.
They grow fascinated with the idea of
owning gold mine, and they forget the
axiom prevalent in mining country that
it takes one gold mine to work another"
GLOW about the tin of the Black Hills?'
"Our5tin is foundHin the south, central
, and northern hills. The mines in the south
are in the Harvey peak country, and they
are being extensively developed, and are
reported as showing up large deposits of
rich tin ore. 1t is asserted now by some of
the experts who are managing these prop
critics that tin enough can. be produced in
that camp to supply the entire United
States. / don't undertake TO give accurate
estimates or statements, but understand
that the tin and tin plate imported into
this country amount to $50, 100000 year
If the Black Hills tin supply is not over
estimated, and 1 don't think it is, enough
tin can be there produced TO make all the
tin plate used in the United States"
''THE NORTHERN TIN DISTRICTS"
ernor Cornell, of New York, and his asso-
ciates are interested, are not as much de-
veloped as the properties in the Harvey
| Peak districts, but the indications are that
its mines are very rich. This country is
noted for it's supply Of what is known as
stream tin. This bears the same relation
to tin lodges or to tin-bearing rock that
placer gold bears to gold veins or gold
| bearing rock. 1t is the metallic tin that
has been let loose from the rock by disin-
tegration and has been carried down into
the gulches, where it is found mixed with
sand and debris. 1t is mined in the same
way as placer gold"
'Is there no danger of English capital
tying up the tin mines!' 1 asked.
L, 9n,, :
ter Moody, but over 80 vast an extent of
country as that in which these lodes of tin
are found, it would seem to be almost be-
yond the reach of any organization that
could be effected. understand that Eng
fish capital is being invested quite largely
in the tin mine properties that are being
developed, but not as yet so as to create
any apprehension of a monopoly or trust.n
"You spoke, Senator, of the Black Hills
producing uranium. What sort of metal is
this?'
ut is one of the rarest and most costly
minerals in the world; it is said to retail
at the rate of eight hundred dollars per
pound. 1t has, heretofore, been very hard
to produce, and am not sure as to the de-
pounds of it would stock the market. In
its native condition it looks like the oxide
of copper. 1t is used for the coloring of
porcelain and glass, and other purposes"
Referring again, Senator, to the arte-
sian basis underlying your state, can you
tell me anything more concerning it!''
''oUR STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
is of course very largely an agricultural
one. The mineral region in the western
part, while wonderfully rich and important
in itself, still may be said to be only an ad
iunct or aid to the development of the agri-
cultural resources. Experiments already
made by sinking wells have demonstrated
the fact that underlying large portion of
the state is an immense artesian basis, that |
is known to extend from about the north |
ern line of the state of South Dakota, in |
fact from nearly the north line of the state |
of North Dakota, south through the entire |
width of the state of South Dakota to the
Missouri river, its southGrnmost boundary. |
On and near the bank Of the Missouri river |
there are now flowing several large arte-
sian wells, one of them being situated not |
more than fifty feet from the river bank |
situate in the northern part of |
South Dakota is wonderful, run
ming as high, in some instances, as
200 pounds to the square inch. The depth
of these wells which attain high pressure
runs from about thirteen hundred feet
down to about six hundred feet, and from
two hundred pounds pressure down to
mense flow of water can be obtained from
small wells by such strong pressure. This
basis known thus to extend from the
northern to the southern boundary of |
South Dakota is, so far as at present de-
veloped, found to be more than one hun
bred miles in width, and no limit to the
west has yet been reached. On the eastern
line of the state there seems to have been
an upheaval of quartzite rock which cuts
off the basin upon that side. We hope and |
expect to find that great basin extending to |
the west as far as the Black Hills region,
there it is probably cut off again by the up
heaval in the Black Hills country In |
some parts Of
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
there seems to be an OVERLAPPING basin
where flowing water can be reached at
depth of from sixty to three hundred feet,
but this second or upper basin does not
possess the pressure which comes from be-
meath from the lower basin. The soil
throughout South Dakota is universally
very fertile. Occasional years, as in the
entire western country, the rainfall is in
sufficient to cause the soils to produce the
best results, and the crops are sometimes
light 1t is practicable to so develop this
artesian basin as to bring to the surface all
the water which will be needed in that
state for the purposes Of irrigation. The
lands throughout large portion of the
country so lie that they can be easily and
readily irrigated. have some practical
of the effect of irrigation, be-
cause in the western portion of our
state, in the region of country
where reside, very large extent is now,
and has been for some years, under water
that is, there are great many farms :
that have upon them irrigating bitches,
though the farmers do Lot necessarily use
this water for irrigating every year, be-
cause the rainfall is frequently sufficient !
and timely, but experience in that country, {
Is in all other countries where irrigation is
pursued, has demonstrated that much ]
anger results in the way of crops can be {
Produced by irrigation than by depending
Upon the rainfall.
THE GROUND CAN BE Mo1sTENED