Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-08
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Latest News of Interest from South
Dakota's Rich Mineral
Regions.

DEADWOOD, S. D, Sept. -(Special)-
The Yellow Creek mining district is about
five miles south of Deadwood. II is not a
large camp, but it ranks we'll with the
other districts in the amount OF ore mined.
The Little Blue and the Wasp No made
the camp famous several years ago and the
record of these two mines is being kept up
| by the Little Blue Fraction and the Wasp
No. ?. In the latter there are about $500
| feet OF workings. The ore appears in a
vertical about seven feet wide and ten feet
| thick, About four feet OF the quartzite is
| mined, which carries god value An
| other vertical of ore is t-.ng worked in
| the east slope, which has the same size
and value The ore will average $50 a ton
| gold. 1t is hauled to Kirk, two miles, to
! the b. & NJ, where it is shipped. About
| fifteen tons Of ore are being shipped per
! day. The same company has a tunnel in
! 1870 feet on the Flat Iron claim southeast
Of the Wasp 10. .. Sandrock has been
passed through and stringers Of ore are
| appearing
The McShane Bros. are working the
Pittsburg claim. The shaft is down ninety
feet and two drifts have been run, one
north 125 feet and the other south eighty
ave feet. 4 crossCut has also been run
seventy feet west. Some ore has been taken
out of fair grade In the north drift il is
| thought the shoot OF ore leads into the
Little Blue Fraction.
Last year the owners of the Little Blue
mine took out, il is said $50 600 worth OF
ore This mine has been pretty well worked
out Another company owns the Little Blue
Fraction, which Is being worked through
the main tunnel of the Little Blue. Three
vcrticals are being worked which are large
and carry an average value Of $40 ton
gold. A shaft is to be sunk from the sur
face TO strike quartZite About fifteen tons
Of ore are being shipped per day. Numer-
Gus leases are being made in the camp
Work has been resumed again at the Dead,
broke stamp mill in Blacktail gulch, owneC
| by Godfrey Nelson. This is one of The
Oldest mines in the Hills. There are si'
claims in the group and the presen
owners have been working the ore fyt
| years The mill has ten stamps
/ with a capacity OF forty tons per day
The main body OF ore is 200 feet wide an,
twelve feet thick and carries a value of 81
free milling.
Garden City is a mining camp about nv
: miles northwest of Desdwood. There ar
a few mines in the district that yield OF
OF high grade, but the majority OF th
, properties are low grade, which would nc
, pay the expense Of shipping. Work
h progressing rapidly on the cyanide plaT
T which is being made over from the ol
, chlorlnation works in this camp. There
b little doubt OF the success OF the enterpris
The Mcdonald brothers have taken
K lease on a portion OF the Blunderbus clai
S in Blacktail gulch, owned by the Rossit'
u brothers OF Deadwood. They are follow!r
L a rich vertical OF ore above an old tunn
8 which assays $40 a ton. They will SOC
, commence taking ore out from an old dri
i which has a body Of ore eight feet wide ar
!, six feet high in the face.
u A remarkably rich strike OF ore has be-
- made on the Ben Hur property in NevaC
y gulch, which is in the Bald Mounta
district Assays run from $50 TO 500 al
-" there seems 10 be a large body OF the orc.
y. Work is still in progress in most Of Il
II mines In Two Bit. The DeadwooG al
;, Detroit has been sunk l20 feet in the la
y month and quartzite will be reached
y about sixty days. The shaft in the Gold
- Crest is down 225 feet, where a drift h
been run and sand rock has been G
= countered which is considered a good indie
= tlon. From the indications ore is expect
every day in the Great Northern sha
~. which is down 2S0 feet in hard shue. 7
. shaft Of the Chicago and Two Bit has be
= sunk 800 feet and il is probable that
-, will be necessary TO go fifty TO 100 r.
h, farther 10 strike quartzite.
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