Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
New Syndicate Begins Operations IL
Search OF Gold and Copper
On the side.

DEADWOOD, S. D., Feb. 2S-(SpeciaE)--
James Lossen general manager Of the De-
troit and Deadwood mining syndicate, has
arrived from Detroit to commence active OPP
erations on the copper mine in Deadwood
This syndicate purchased over 100 acres OF
land, partly within the city limits of Dead
wood, a few weeks ago, the price paid being
$3.50 The syndicate ran prospective
| tunnel several hundred feet into the noun
| tain before buying the ground and ledge
of mineralized matter was cross-cut and
found to be sixty-one feet wide.
The company intends to run another tun-
nel work upon which will be commenced
next week, about 400 feet lower down the
| mountainside, which will have to be run
back about 1000 feet to strike the copper
ledge. This tunnel is run to open up the ore
ledge nearer the water level where it is eX-
pected to be much wider and richer. The
copper ore found in the upper tunnel aver
aged from to 10 per cent copper, which
would make paying investment as it is.
The company intends to determine the ex-
tent of the ore ledge as far as possible be-
fore erecting the proposed smelters.
The plan of the Detroit and Deadwood
syndicate is gigantic and when everything
is carried out as proposed it will be the
largest concern operating in the Black Hills
Copper ore is the principal metal which the
| company is working at, but it is almost GER
tain that rich gold mine will be opened UP
| at the same time with the copper Follow
| ing alongside with the copper ledge is a
| wide ledge of free milling gold ore which
assays from $3.50 to sS ton. The ledge
| follows the copper vertical down and it is
| expected that when the thousand-foot tun-
l., a.. .I..
| found to be much larger and richer.
| The company intends to erect some sor
Of a smelter at the mine as soon as the
| ledge Is sufficiently developed to guarantee
| the outlay of several hundred thousand dol
| lars. Everything needed for the smelling
| OF the ore will be found in the mine. Iror
| is one of the essentials and the sulphide!
| and copper can be mined directly to thu
| smelling works and the gold values cal
| be extracted with very little cost. TIL,
| tunnel is to be run by air drills which
| will cut through to the copper ledge il
about three months. This same Detroit syn
| dicate is operating in the Two Bit district
shaft is being put down to quartzite AM
| there are only a few feet left yet before thu
lower contact is reached. A year OF drifting
| on quartzte will be done If necessary t
| find ore.
! The Gold Edge Mining company has beel
organized in this city with capital stool
of $2,OOO,OO0 The company has purchased
FIVE claims in the Strawberry gulch dis
trlct about 1900 feet north of the Gil
Edge mine. Samples of ore assayed iron
the surface outcroppings of the ore shoots
which have been traced from the Uniol
| Hill properties, give values of $40 and 81
a ton gold.
Money has been paid into the treasur,
| to commence development work as soon a
the snow mets from the ground. Lumbe
is being hauled out to the proposed sit
of the shaft and hosting plant will b
erected The machinery for steam plan