Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-21
a RICH PROSPECT.
The Gladiator Gold Mining And
Milling Company.

Milling Company.
A new mining company organized
by Iowa and Deadwood, IS. ID. business
men in the Phonolite ore belt of the
Black Hills that bids far to rival the
great mines of that rich country.
There is something fascinating
about mining for the precious metals
One reason why this is true of gold
mining is because gold is the measure
of values of the commercial world.
Mining is yet in its infancy and the
millions and millions of gold that Is
vet in the bowels of the earth is en-
listing the attention of men of ability
and business sagacity. The Black Hills
of South Dakota has been one of the
most prolific gold producing regions
of the world. Its resources have not
vet fully been tested and its possible
ities discovered. Much of the success
of this mining company is due to the
personal work of the general manager,
Mr.. C. III. Crabtree, of Dows, Iowa.
Success is written on his face. He
was schooled in the fields ofeXperience
i'm blocking out his fortune on the
Iowa prairies. starting life as the son
of an Iowa preacher of the United
Brethren church, with no capital but
AN honesty of purpose, fidelity of deal
ipgs. regard for the rights of his fellow
men and Il determination to succeed.
He is yet in the prime of life, having
been born in 1896 He received his
early education in the public schools
of the time and his business educa-
tion from contact with the world. His
early life he spent in farming, where
he made "a fine success, accommodating
many broad acres of the finest of
Iowa land which he still retains. From
farming he went into the farm I'M
plement business on an extensive
scale and then added to his stock
line of general merchandise. In all
of these undertakings he was emi-
nently successful. a few years ago he
acquired property interests in the
Black Hills of South Dakota and his
interests required his personal atten-
tion. During the greater part of the
last two wears he studied the situation
there, investigating the mining indust-
ries. the successful mines and the
causes of failures, there there were
any. and with excellent judgmen
purchased eight mining claims in the
best location in the Hills. This was
done only after the most careful and
thorough investigation.
At first the mountains received but
very little attention. The early seek
ersafter gold took the easy way of
acquiring it. They took the soft dirt
found in the gulch and washed out
the dirt and left the gold. 1t was
called "placer mining" and the process
of separating the gold and dirt is called
s'panning" That method could be
employed with such material at great
profit and with no capital except {
shovel, a pan and some water. The
early gold hunters took what nature
put within ttheir reach without eNer
ton. skill to acquire or energy to &C
cumulate. Deadwood gulch was soo1
overrun with prospectors desirous O
acquiring claim from the government
and not only the lowlands but thu
mountains as we'll 1t was left to Cal
ifornia to see where the real fortune!
we're to be had in the Black Hills terri
tory and the great Homestake corpora
4 nd Co foyx h,rr 1r0r
dollars a claim the territory that ha
paid over nine millions in dividend
besides putting over sin millions il
machinery was acquired from the orig
inal claim holders. Mining ore is 6
permanent and substantial undertak
ing. 1t is not hazardous. The ore
veins, like coal veins, are located b!
engineers. They are measured. The
extent of the vein is ascertained. Sam
pies are assayed and their value de
termined. You have then the amoun
of ore on your property, the cost o
mining and treating it, the amount
that it will produce per ton and thel
it resolves itself into a proposition
like any other manufacturing industry
You take advantage of the work to b.
done, crowd your output and bring il
larger returns. While in ascertaininl
the value of the ledges it is only est
mated from an average of the paying
ore there are many rich pockets tina
greatly increase the output. These
however, are irregular and are no
taken into account when estimating
the out put from the ore.
The Homestake mine, which join
the Gladiator on three sides has pro
duced s65,OOO,OOO in gold in twent
three years, and has s9s,OOo,0o0 in sigh
is worthy of consideration, even