Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

mas kept the ola FlorenCe. 2O-stamp mlll run
ming for months, prodln< its high value by
the most thorough -tesss possible. While
the writer was at the Hoodoo the workmen
removed the tramwaya ranning into the open
cut, and in doing so uncovered still another
vertical vein with well defined slate walls
which averaged over ten feet in width
and INDICATED from pan tests values Of
SIS to $50 per ton In free gold, some of
1t as coarse as pin heads,
In the belt of Territory reaching from
Union Hill to Galena, town series OF par
allel veins occur as on the Hoodoo, which
are traceable from surface indications the
entire distance to Bare Butte creek, where
dip under the formation takes place.
Among this company's properties on which
these veins are opened up in different
places are, beside the, Hoodoo the Calumet
Nos. L. and 3, the Gold Bug and the
Anderson. 9IN
In addition to the Hoodoos equipment Of
modern minhng machinery workmen were
engaged In putting in position four large
Soilers, one double drum hoisting engine OF
the Lidgerwood make-the capacity OF
each drum being $50 feet-one large air
compressor Qngersoll-S -SergeanO with ca
pacity to operate ten drills and o.e pump.
large rock crushing plant consisting OF
200 horsepower engine and two No.
Gates styled crushers and large fan for
blowing ore in the workings of the mines
where air drills will not be in use The
ore when taken from the mines will be
Dumped into the large crushers, then drop
down into large storage bins then
drawn from the bins through chutes into the
railroad cars and taken to the mills at
Galena.
There are six claims in the Union Hill
group and seven In Pyritic group all well
explored, free-millng propositions, which
will provide for the continuous operation OF
the stamp mill indefinitely and assure the
future business prosperity OF Galena. Great
pains and good judgment has also been ex-
ercsed in making provision for the large
smelter being built by this company at
Edgemont. Although the representatives on
the ground have purchased lavishly during
the past fifteen months, there is not a claim
in their long list but has been thoroughly
tested and classified for future work. '.-''
The big Coletta group of thirty-four
claims furnishes inexhaustibe bodies OF
lead carbonates and iron ores with values
all the way from $40 to $50 and carrying
sufficient fux to fux itself The ores In
this district are said to closely resemble
the famous Yellow Creek district.
| The Black Prince group lies three miles
southeast of Galena near the Colletta group.
Here 4-foot vein of ore has been uncov-
cred in four different opening1 A small
streak of high grade ore here gave as high
as s442 to the ton, and the
average sample s32. This ore car
are also large bodies Of iron ore in the
Black Prince group, showing as much as go
per cent iron in places Work in the branch
mint and Florence mines on Floroice noun
/ tain, a few yards back from the stamp MILL
has progressed steadily. The branch mint
| is a we'll developed mine with 400 feet of
| tunnel, and is on the same vein and contact
as the Richmond. 1t has recently produced
ore yielding as hight $14S to the ton. The
! Florence mine has $50 feet of tunnel and
| plenty of ore in sight, some Of which has
! run 1868 in gold and silver. From these mines
all the fuxing materials needed at the
smelter will be supplied. The Old Sitting
| Bull richmond mine is prominent among the
! big company's possessions and is in better
shape for profitable working today than ever
! before in it's history. The mile or more of
| its splendid tunnels" are IN perfect order,
a force of miners having been steadily en-
! ployed during the past year taking out ore
and making needfu preparations for exten-
sve future work. Some of the ore has been
smelted at the old smelter the ground
and some of it shipped atta profit, but more
of it has been stored awaiting the completion
! of the company's smelter at Edgemont.
All Black Hills readers are familiar with
the history of this property and remem-
Der that during the Davy regime it fur
| nished dividends not far short of 81 900 900,
before the extravagance Of dissipated man.
ayers and the expenses of protracted Htiga-
tion compelled a suspension of operations.
| There is in the neighborhood of 300 900 tons
of ore on the old waste dump that will be
smelted at a profit of from $1.50 to 50 per
lOu Nueu lEduspUTlutlOn ldClillleS are COLL
pleted and the Edgemont smelter in opera
| tion. .jra.
1t is claimed by disihterested people. who
are in position to accurately estimate the
financial strength of the Union Hill COM
| pany that its stockholders could combine
| their wealth and buy and operate all the
| mines in the Black Hills and that the list
embraces the cream of the financial world"
The organization of the company was eff
fected by Francis c. Cradle in February,
| y,ffh fha hSfE Epf nanIf ali ictu oc
| officers and directors: President, r. e. Pat
tison, president Security Trust company Of
| Philadelphia, and for eight years governor of
Pennsylvania; vice president, Hon. Benjamin
Butterworth of Washington, d. c., lawyer
and capitalist and for over thirteen years
congressman from Ohio; treasurer, Thomas
Bradley of Philadelphia, a prominent
financer and successful mining oper-
ator; secretary, w. X. Kurtz. Directors
Hon. Robert e. Pattison, Philadelphia; Hon.
Benjamin Butterworth, Washington, d. c.;
Hon. Thomas Bradley, Philadelphia; William
X. KurtZ, Investments, New York; Fran
els c. Cradle president State bank of Craw-
ford; Russell L. Hall, president First Ma
tional bank, New Canaan, Conn: William
Archer, contractor and builder, New York
City. Among the stockholders at that time
and the many who have since become inter
ested are the names Of such men as ]. E.
Andrews, manufacturer and investor, New
York City; Joseph f. Crater, Easton, Pa.
John Dawson, contractor and builder, New
York City; Philip S. Hortzt with Southwark
National bank of Philadelphia; David Jones
iron manufacturer, Philadelphia; ]. Edward
Martin, banker, New York City; c. S. Mid
dleton, NJ. D.. Philadelphia General Ben
jamin F. Tracy, ex-secretary of the United
States navy, New York City; John E. Searles
of the American Sugar refinery, with indi-
vidual capital of 100000; ]. Wesley Supp
lee of the Corn Exchange bank of Philadel-
phia-and others of equal financial strength
and acute business foresight.
CORPORATIONS AMALGAMATE.
The Stockholders in the many extensive
Industrial enterprises which have drawn at
tention toward the beautiful new city o
Edgemont during the past few years, being
many of them equally interested in thu
gigantic mining operations inaugurated b!
Francis C. Cradle, a consolidation of inter
ests has for some time been deemed desir
able especially since the building Of thu
smelter at the id-Republic city was decided
upon. Such an amalgamation was effecte
at Philadelphia on August II, under th
new name of the Edgemunt Smelling ant
Union Hill company. The capital stock o
the new company is $6,OOO,OOO, and the pan
for future operations corresponding.
enlarged. Already half million dollars hav
been expended in the vicinity of Edgemon
in public improvements, and 1t is hardly pos
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