The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-26
SOUTH DAKOTA
BLACK HILLS MINES
Ridden Fortune Company to Make Its
First Run In February. 5

Hidden Fortune Company to Make Its
First Run In February.
DEADWOOD, S. D.-The work Of will
ming gold from the ore will soon be cont
menced by the Hidden Fortune Gold Mhs-
ing company. The building for the new
mill near Deadwood is enclosed and the
heaviest Of the machinery. Is on the
ground, much of it in place. The initial
run will probably be made some time in
February. The first section of crushing
machinery consisting of two Gates crush-
ers and sixty stamps, each weighing l,l5O
pounds and geared to drop ninety times q
minute, Is nearly set, and the large steel
watts in which the ore, after being crushed
to the necessary hneness. will be: subject ted
to the cyanide treatment. are being r1y-
eted together.
The Dakota Mining and Milling COM
pany has made satisfactory arrangements
with the railroads, and having been
granted concessions in freight rates has
started it's 10O-ton cyanide plant at Dead
wood, after a short period Of suspension.
Heretofore the mining company has been
shipping all its ore over the Elkhorn
road, from the mine to the mill, a dis
lance Of about ten miles, paying IS cents
ton. AS the ore only: averages about
81 a ton this was considered excessive.
Under the new agreement the railroad will
be paid according to the value of the ore,
with maximum and minimum schedule,
taking the mining companys assay as its
guide. Under the concession the mining
company will save IS cents ton haulage
charges on the general run of its ore. This
! will amount to about $500 a month.
CENTRAL CITY, S. D.-New tanks are
to be added to the cyanide mill Of the
Columbus Gold Mining company in the
lower part Of Central City. While they
are being built the plant will be closed.
Its present capacity Is about fifty tons a
day. In the spring the Columbus com
pany will erect new plant, probably
near Deadwood on Whitewood creek
capacity Of 500 tons. This is one Of the
strongest of the new companies. -
1 President II. J. Mayham Of Denver.
| while here recently. presented: a 5000
share block Of Columbus stock to a miner
formerly employed on the property, }. r.
Forester, as partial recompense for the
loss of an arm and an eye and the injury
of the, other eye so as to make the sight
imperfect. Mr.. Forester was injured. by q
blast ten years ago. :,
The excavations have been finished for
the new cyanide annex to the forty staml
mill of the Jupiter Gold Mining compan!
In Blacktail gulch. and timbers are being
framed for the superstructure
|
| the Spearhsh Gold Mining and Reduction
company produced s23, 900 in bullion To-
November. The last cleanup of <th'
| month, for two weeks run, was 81, AS
The mill is treating 260 tons of ore a day
| and the grade Of the ore is improving.
The Gold Hill Mining company has pur
chased one Of the large boilers that wa
used in sinking the American shaft il
Spearfish canyon and has installed it a
| the Gold Hill shaft. 1t became necessar,
| to increase the power to handle the In
creased volume OF water and to meet thu
requirements of the added lift as the shat
| is being deepened rapidly.
A gold brick valued at little owe
$4,000 has just been deposited in thu
| United States assay office at Deadwood b.
the Deadwood- Standard Gold Mining com
pany, representing fourteen days run.
! A good property is being developed b!
the Potsdam Gold Mining company, or
eanized a few months ago by several 0
the best known mining men In Deadwood
| The property lies next to both the Spear
| fish and Deadwood- Standard, and con
| sists Of over 500 acres. {. -, IT,. 49,