The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-24
A GOLD CUBE.
Two Cubic Feet of Gold Worth
100000 to Be Exhibited
at Chicago.
This Is What the Black Hills
VIII Exhibit at the Worlds
Fair.


eral display from the Black Hills.
Those familiar with the resources of
TINS region know that it possesses a
larger variety and richer quality of
mineral wealth than any other mart
OF the earth similar in size. Com
paratively few people know, but it is
fact nevertheless, that the greatest
gold mine in the world is located at
DeadWood, or that the only nickel
found on the American continent is
there, Or that gold and silver and
iron and coal and copper and alum
mum and tin and great variety of
other valuable minerals may be here
developed in endless amount and to
spread this knowledge before the peo
pie of the earth, and bring the whole
world to a realizing sense of the
enormous riches reposing beneath
the rugged spurs Of the Hills, the
people of that country are arranging
most impressive and remarkable
exhibit.
Probably the most interesting sin
gle display on the entire grounds will
be the great block of gold shown by
the Homestake Mining company.
This will take the form of three
months output Of their mine. Their
immense stamps grind monthly about
S2oO,O0O worth of gold. For three
months therefore the yield would
reach fully 100000. This amount
will make a cube containing two
cubic feet and this solid block of the
most precious metal highly polished
and suitably mounted will make an
impression unequalled by any other
thing and reminding the spectator of
the tales oriental wealth.
The llomestake is the richest mine
on earth. Not even the famous Com
stock lode in recent years has begun
to equal it in yield. For fifteen
years it has been grinding away and
every year finds the ore in sight more
vast and the deposit showing richer.
The deeper into the earth they go
the wider grows the vein and the
higher the quality. 1t is now more
than 300 feet in width. The great
company, which is composed of Hag-
gin and other California nabobs, owns
this and many adjoining claims and
works continually upwards of 1000
men. This includes not only the
miners, Of whom there are more than
1000, but also the employees in the
great reduction plants in Lead City
and Deadwood, and is the greatest
corporation in the state. But while
this company is more widely known
than any other it by no means mon
opolizes the gold digging of the Hills.
The newly discovered chlorination
processes have caused the organiza-
tlon OF number of new companies
provided with ample capital, which
have done great amount of develop
ment and are now turning out vast
quantities of metal. In the aggre-
gate they produce more than their
big neighbors and the total monthly
output of the Hills will average fully
half a million dollars.
The Harvey Peak TIN Mining COM
pany will also make display of the
greatest interest. 1t has applied for
space ten by twenty in size and will
show there an exact reproduction of
its mines, railroads and the big mill
at Hill City where the first American
tin was produced. The mill is now
running at only part capacity but is
turning out a,00o pounds of pure tin
per day. The Mill itself cost over
half million and the mining claims
and other works at least as much
more. 1t has taken ten years for the
company to get it's plant and posses
sions in readiness for work, but every
thing has been done in the most sub
stantial manner and those familiar
with the premises are confident of
success.
Besides these individual exhibits
there will be an elaborate display OF
the other mineral resources of III e
Hills. The people are exceedingly in
tcrested in the matter and are deter
mined that the world shall know
what they know-that they live in
the greatest wealth producing sec
ton of the country. The vast stock
interests will be shown in good shane
The annual output of fat steers is
fully 100000 head, representing .
value of from four to five millions
and the business is growing year b,
year. The rich grasses Of the range.
, about the Hills are acknowledged Il
be superior to any others.
y Then there will be an exhibit of tn,
wonders of the Wind cave, the larges
and most intricate cavern ever dis
r covered. Altogether the Black Hill
+ will receive this year an advertisin,
!, create han it has ever eniOvan IN,