The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-25
SOUTH DAKorws TIN.
Tho Black I'm Deposit Can Soon supply
All tho Country Snsds.


All tho Country Snsds.
Eelv York Pres.
The tin deposits OF South Dakota
continue to attract investigation and
public interest. Colonel Joseph II.
Allen, OF louisville, KY, IN export en-
gineer OF pronounced ability, WIS re-
Gently sent to Rapid City by sy.adi-
cate OF Pennsylvanians to examine hic
mines and make report. To PrtNs
representative yesterday ho gave this
summary OF his Investigations:
1.-THE existence OF tin was discovered
in the Black Hills, Dakota, in 1877, but
the fact attracted but little attention.
The practical discovery dates from the
year 1883, and tho credit Is due TO Major
Al. Simmins, OF Harvey City, $. D.
The area OF tin bearing rocks has since
that time been constantly extended by
discovery and is now known 10 entirely
surround lIarney's Peak and extend in
to the smaller granite areas to tho south
and west of Custer City, MS well rs on.
tircly throughout the small Arclican
area west OF Dcadwood, known as tho
Niger Hill district. Tho first com.
pany to purchase and prepare 10 opor-
alto tin mines in the Black Hills was
the Harvey Peak Company. Five tohs
OF the ore taken from the company's
dumps were assayed by Professor Bailey
and treated by tho New York Metal
lurgical Works, which yielded 80 per
cent block tin. This company has since
passed into tho hands OF al English
company, which has acquired many
valuable claims and which has erected n
large md valuable plant, both at the
old Eta mine, near Harvey City, and
also at Hill City. Tho company Is cap.
italized ut $l6,000,0OC and expects 10
produce tin in 1892.
"In October OF this year." continued
Colonel Allen, ~ was retained by the
Rapid City Land and Improvement
Company 10 examine and report upon
their mines near Rapid City, S. D.
Upon examination found the company
owned sixty-tiyc tin claims located near
Harvey City and adjacent 10 the prop
critics OF the Harvey Peak Company.
The properties OF the Rapid City com
pany commence on Iron Greek and the
northwest, distance of 1850 on tho
side, the greatest width being 5000 feet.
The claims arc each 1900 feet in length,
and 500 in width. The claim, known as
the Brown tin lode, is mountain, esti-
mated to contain 100000 tons OF tin
bearing rocks. The apex OF this lode is
about 200 feet above the watcrcourso
and tho outcrop is nearly 800 feet in
length and So feet in width. The orc
will yield an average OF about twenty
five pounds OF metallic tin to the ton.
This entire outcrop shows above water
level and can bomined readily at IN ex.
pense OF about thirty cents ton.
These and other claims when worked
will produce annually q large quantity
OF tin. Properly opened and equipped
tho Black Hills tin deposits should
supply at tho close OF 1893
all the tin required for use
in the United States. Adjoining
the tin claims is a nickel deposit, which
is ninety feet wide from wall 10 wall,
and in Wow OF the recent development.
in nickel plated armor should attract 4
great deal OF attention. In addition to
the properties which I examined for
the Rapid City company, I examined
other properties in the same belt be-
longing to other parties and l found
the same condition OF things exiating,
and found the average OF these in tin
bearing portions to average about the
same in metallic tin, varying from three
to eight per cent. The section known
rs the Black Hills is an exceedingly in
teres!ing one geologically, and in it are
found gold, copper, nickel, tin, marble,
iron, and, within distance Of sixty
miles, good coliing coal, from which the
smelling works Of Deadwood are now
drawing their supply Of fuel. The eel
cbrated uomestake mine is located in
this district, which is now reached by
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail
road and the Chicago & Northwestern,
and both these lines have under CON
contract short pieces OF roads which
will tap all the valuable properties in
the hills and assure their develop
NJ ent."