The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-07-19
MINING MATTERS.
FROM coLoRADo,s CAMPS.

FROM coLoRADo,s CAMPS.
Nso Clear Crock Counsy.
IS is considerable rivalry existing
= ci1 zen the ore buyers in this camn,
NSHhe miners find that they can Obtain
be prices for their output right at
hc N'Ehe sampling works have the lat
est machinery for automatic sampling.
and full values for the ore is assured
The three ore buyers. Dewey brothers.
State Ore, and w. ]. Chamberlain &
Co., are shipping ninety per cent. of
the high grade ores, and every one seems
well pleased with their sampling. Each
Dne IS equipped with an ~assaying depart
ment, while the miner can also have an
assay made at the offices of either J.
j. Elliott or j. III. Moreland.
another encouraging sign of activity
Tor the camp is in the building of the
SVEN tramway for both freight and
passengers. Contracts have. been made
for bringing the ores fron.She head of
Virginia Canon to the mills in Idaho
Springs, and Mr.. Sven informs me that
ne has perfected arrangements with the
Gllpln county tram for the two lines to
meet near Russell Gulch, and that Il
very cheap rate will be given on con
centrating ores coming to the mills on
his side. He reports that work is pro-
crossing very rapidly, but on account of
delay in getting material it will not be
completed by the 10th of July; but at
h present time the outlook is most ia
vorable for it being in running shape be-
fore the end Of July. It is being built
in a strong and substantial manner, and
when completed will be perfectly safe.
A cross-cut tunnel to reach the shaft Of
the Anglo-American is being driven on
a cross lode. 1t is now in 100 feet, and
the cross is showing a good body of ore
in the breast. 1t has been scattering for
some time, but is now showing four
feet of mineral, in iron, lead, gray cop
per, silver and traces of gold. The shaft
Of the Anglo is now down 2S3 feet, and
Is a silver proposition. Some 400 or 500
feet of drifting has been carried on and
the gold indications have improved with
depth. The adit will furnish a good
drainage, but it will be some time before
the shaft is reached, for the distance is
600 feet. The old dump has just been
sorted, and several tons of cobbings We're
shipped which ran 81 in gold and $2S
In silver to the ton.
Another big strike in the Newton is re-
ported. This time in the first level,
where smelling ore is running ten
ounces gold and forty ounces silver.
The mineral streak is from eighteen
to thirty-six inches. and carries a high
grade of mill dirt with the smelling. In
the second level the smelling streak is
six inches wide and will average about
V100 q ron FThn low r1a1n ic from
twelve to eighteen inches wide. The
mine has a new superintendent.
Work is being carried on in new
ground at the fourth and fifth levels Of
the Freeland mine. The values are high
and there is an immense body of ore
going to the Humphrey mill for con-
centration. This mill is putting in adj
ditional machinery, and as the system
is different from other mills in the
treatment Of concentrating ores l will
give a description of the plant in a fu-
ture issue.-Cor. Mining Review.
Lake .ounty.
The group Of city mines, now in full
operation, have assumed a most i'm
portant position as factors in the min
ing situation. People are coming to re-
alize now that beneath this great min
ing camp, where Professor Emmons
told us ten years ago that no mineral
existed, are immense ore chutes rival
ing in extent and richness the famous
ores Of Fryer and Carbonate hills. The
Significance of this fact is beginning to
dawn on property owners, and is
shown in the discussions already crop
ping up in the city council with refer
ence to the rights of the municipality
in the matter Of the ore under the
streets and alleys. In the meanwhile
work continues to progress and the
shafts to go down. The Bon Air, the
most southerly Of the city group, is
shipping from twenty to twenty-five
tons a day of the finest kind OF ore.
Another streak of extremely rich chic
ride ore has been encountered, a specl-
ymen of which is on exhibition at the
|. Yendome and at NoWland's book store.
1Ghe piece in Nowland's is very large,
IND one of the finest ever exhibited in
city.
IN order to operate the extensive
mining enterprise recently inaugurated
the Bohn Mining company is putting
up a very fine plant Of machinery,
which is now nearly completed. The
ore body thus far developed has In
creased wonderf ally in size, and when
the new hosting plant and cage are in
position, the mine cal easily ship fifty
tons per day. -,
Having constructed a substantial
surface plant the new Starr shaft in
the rear of the carbonate hill school
house will be pushed downward. The
contract which was recently let calls
for o don+h IF I 600 feet. AS the Pen