The sun., 1890-09-08

the output Of the hermosA mil es Tor the year
will b, larger than that Of either Lake Valley
o. Kingston.
PRoGREss IN THE BLACK HILLS.
DEADwuop, South Dakota. Sept 2.-Neyer
since the Homestake mine and tho other
Gront % comnenced opeiations has The mining
outlook iOr the ilacE Hills been - bright Aa 4
present FOR the f gas ten y, years s Tie ~ Bsse ss
ccpt the Homcstake, hut 1t beRina to look rs II
before the year closes there VIII DO halt
The lhlorination works, eslnbli she'd in Dead-
wood 10 experiment, with tho Bald Mountain
method AT least OF treating those refractory
ores has been discovered. The Deadwood
Chlorlnation " orks CoinrGny was reorGanlzed
the stock OF the Golden Reward Mining Com
panY and the Chorination Company were con-
tolidated. The company is now treating its own
fourteen teams nre constantly engaged haul
ing nrta H w ha NJ az 1 nIssn but ihree
new ones are on tho Way. ana viii Oe put In as
soon as they arrive. The company eApeets 10
fore long. 1t has been demonstreted BY this
process that the refractory ores OF the Hills can
profi' m % able to u work Them ior the gold alone.
But the pyritic smelling process now in onota-
tion here claims TO save both gold and silver.
There is no doubt that the pyntic smeltinR
process will he the one used in this neighbor-
hood owing to its cheapness and the fact that
Il saves all the precious metals The plant
now in ope alton Is soon to Le enlarged. and
there is talk that others Will soon be puilt; In
view ol these Iacts and the further TACT that
three different systems OF narrow gauge rail;
roads are rushing into the ltuby Basin and
wood, the assertion that the outlook for the
Hills ie brighter than II has been at any time
since the R h9mestake mines commenced ooera'
The Homestake Rairoad Company Is sur
ycyinR q narrow-gauge lne via Halena from
Whitehall Gulch I" connect with Its Piedmont
extension. The Gaienu camp Is attracting,
good deal OF attention at present, owing to the
iSet mat nearly al se pyIS nre6 Iron ore or @ Gsea IN
W are Informed hat the smelter DAYS s. SJu,a
ton Tor the ore delivered at their ell plant. IL II
reduced Mt least u haIf when the railroads arc
sSioSu aboat s. in god Ss and 81 in Silver When IS
nice profit for the smelling compnny.
\ party OF prospectors are at work IN the Vi;
cinlty OF Sundance developing some silver and
CONFER locations. The discovery was made
some time ago. and several ns-als OF what
satisfactory returns that Development work
was immeqiately determined upon:
Prof. ". B., Scott Of Princeton College. who
has un expedition of students and professors
engaged in studying the formations OF the bad
lands of south Dakota and Nebraska. recently
a few days looking over the country. conhning
lis inquiries chiefly 10 the subject OF tin.
teTested Ho dtened 10 oxpress any opnon
rs to the merits the tia interests uf the Black
Hills without fuller information than he now
,;nmuei Cushman of Deadwood was recently
eppointed Dean Of the School of Mines &C Rapid
The School OF Mines has mad considerable 10
do with the development of the mines OF the
BLACK llill.. pHrtcnlariy the lin mines; II was
through that institution that the tin interests
were brought to the attention of the public.
hut recently the schoo. has not been in very
uate OF Brown University. K. L. u practical
miner of considerable experience, and Is ie-
garGed as good man for the place.
NEW ENTERPRISES IN IDAHO.
IDAHo CIry. Aug. 20.-There is considerable
tax. both In Idaho and Montana, over tho
seven Devils copper-siIver district II the lat
will be considerable. ne mines are very
srse 3I n For
years the old Idaho prospertors have EEown
that tho Seven Devils country would yield i'm;
mense quantities OF COPPER when developed
and worked. but their stories Of the great rich
ness OF the country and extent OF the district
siders of mines two and three hundred feet
wide was TO have oil they said discredited: yet
that WIS the truth.
for seventy five feet in width. without n harren
streak. me OF tho walls may not be reached
Tor on tue surface It is planly visible for q
width OF over 500 feet It is not at all strange
ed % nnt til verified by actu al Observation OF Gpe-
tent and reliable experts. That the yield " both
copper nmd silver OF this great district will be
smelters is certain. Many think that IL will
surpass either Butte or leadviie as miIing
district.
Another. rich chimney OF gold ore has been
discovered in the Washington mine. and the
mill will crush on 1t until the main shaft
sS Bo1s be Is oss 9E GH rosd
corner Tw Wee we!e discovered. With the d. coyerS Very
Of this metal, which indicates the nearness Of
silver 61s s@ms marx I dps afa sw sn Tse
assRving over 700 ounces per on in silver was
taken out. Several locations have been made,
ana there is no doubt that when little better
developed these mines will create some excite
ment among prosuectors. The belt IS vide.
anG can be easily traced distance Of mile
or two.
A InrRe number of mining experts are in
Boise City with view OF going into the
gold and silver mines for companies they
represent. Since our adm ission as State
1t is now hoped hat q great. deal Of it will be
developed in our mines before travel is i'm
peded IN The mountains by snow.
Golden Era mine on Summit Flat. came to town
this evening. and report that he has reached
that he is now getting H out some ore. m He Visited
last iall, and IL highly pleased with the, pros
to TWO feet In width. that yields fabulously
rich ore. Orc from the same; worked at Ban
ton Curtis & Brown are also developing a
splrndii mina short distance south OF Mr..
Dunn 8. They expect 10 take out orc Tor
shpmcnt In tho course Of foT weeks.
The wonderful tody o ore In the Pioneer
Mins at CuRrtLbGrg sixty feet in width. still
hol IS it, own. his Is undou Utedly the largest
AM lest paying gold mine In Idaho.
TUCspk, Aug, ju.-Southern ArlZonas min
ing industry has Leen growing better during
the last eighteen months. to that time IL
was almost Impossible 10 sell mining claim,
though il might show ever much evidence
OF gichnoss. Some of the large mines OF Arl-
Eona that have IN the past yielded fortunes to
their owners are to-day in u state OF activity,
some OF them apparently haying been striped
of the wealth they p Jssessed: but while this Ia
true steady development has been pushed In
many camps and important sales have been
made dullng this and last year. and Arizona
to-day can show MS many prosperous mining
camps aS ever II could. The mines OF Tomb
stone the Silver King and tho Nulturo. may be
numbered among tho bygone bonanZas Of
the Territory. The Tombstone mines, which
created such q stir in III ming circles ten
yeals ago, have not been abandoned
as worthless. When work was suspended
there was good ore in the shafts. but the water
Lowell having been reached. further work was
impossible in the absence Of pumping machin-
cry Of sufficient capacity. 1t IL the unanimous
opinion "t mining men having knowledge OF
the formation OF Tombstone. that when these
mines are pumped out the camp will again be-