Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-22
IN The BLACK HILLS
Rich Old salmsn Nine 10 Now the Still
Richer Gold Fish.
NEW OWNERS FIND GREAT WEALTH
Gladiator f. working on nm Eight
Foot Streak which Carries FIorine
in Paying Qunntities-Ship-
ments TO Philadelphia.

CUSTER CITY. S. D.. Sept. 2~I-(specisl.)
"A mine which is attracting considerable
attention at the present time in this dis
trict is the Gold Fish, situated below this
city on Laughing Water creek. The mine
when owned by its original ~locators was
considered one Of the best specimen mines
in the Black Hills, and paid them many
thousand dollars for pounding the quartz up
In a mortar and then p~anning it out. 1t was
known then as the Salmon mine, and so
rich were some Of the specimens taken
from II that they really contained more
gold than quartz. After working IL for a
number Of years in this manner, gophering
along the vein, taking only the rich ore
and leaving the ore which did not carry
free gold, its owners ran out of the rich
streak and then sold it to a company of
eastern people, who have, since they came
into possession Of It, performed a great
deal Of work on it, with the result that they
have opened 1t up richer than it ever was,
and some Of the ore which is being taken
from It today lie richer than anything that
has ever been found in the Black Hills.
The ore is a telluride bismuth, carrying
free gold, and it would be hard to tell how
much a ton OF 1t would run. The new COM
pany has a shaft down seventy feet and from
this shaft a crosscut has been run for sixty
feet, and in its course has cut three veins,
ranging from three feet to seven and a half
feet in width. All of the veins which have
been cut by the drift carry free gold, but
all OF them do not carry the telluride ores
which are so very rich, there being about
three feet OF this kind Of ore. Work is 60
ing on in the crosscut, and the ore which
is being taken out is being sacked
for shipment, precautions being taken
to see that none Of the rich ore is
lost. Since the strike was made on the
ground about a month ago enough Of this
rich ore has been taken out to pay for the
work which has been done on the property,
and for the machinery to install a concen-
trating plant, which it is expected will be
put in operation within a short time. 1t is
a difficult proposition to treat the ore, and
the company has not as yet decided what
kim Of a plant, aside from the concentra>
tors, It will place on the ground. There Is
a good millsite on the property and the
new owners Of the ground will not have any
trouble about water, for a good sized body
of 1t flows in Laughing Water creek.
New Machinery Arrives.
The large invoice Of machinery recently
purchased In Chicago for the Saginaw Min
lnB CbLlpdhgr a. bVSH
station on the B. & NJ. and part Of it has
been taken to the mine, where it is being
placed in position. II consists Of an air
compressor plant, hoists and power drills.
The development work on the property is
progressing in a satisfactory manner, and
It's management expects to have 1t on a
producing basis within a short time.
Last Wednesday was pay day at the lie
Roy mine, and several thousand dollars
were distributed in wages. The company
is employing a large force Of men on its
development work. and is making a great
many other improvements on the property,
such as the erection Of buildings and build
ing roads. Development work can be said
to have just begun on this property, but
what has been done is showing the ground
up in splendid shape. The working shaft
which is being sunk has now reached a
depth Of fifty feet and in it is exposed a vein
of seven feet Of good ore, but running
through 1t a streak Of about two feet which
carries exceptionally high values, the ore
being plentifully besprinkled with free gold.
The shaft has now reached a depth which
makes 1t slow work to hoist out the mate
rial by hand, so the company has started
to grade for a hosting plant, which II
will erect as soon as the order can be filled
in the east. Beginning with next week a
night shift will be added to the force of
miners employed and the work Of sinking
will proceed at a more rapid rate. The lie
Roy is a good property and one which will
in all probability, be a winner in the end.
The vein is not a large one, but 1t carries
good values, and the ore will free mill veryt
readily, and with cyanide to treat the tall
ings from the stamp mill very near all the
values which 1t contains can be saved.
Large Vein of FIOrine.
DEADwooD, s. D., Sept. 21.-(special)
The Gladiator Consolidated Mining COM
pany, which owns two groups of claims on
Deadwood gulch, will soon make arrange
ments for the erection of a treatment plant
on its property and hopes to have the
plant running on ore from the Gladiator
group and the Red Cloud within a few
months. The company has a large body Of
low grade ore in the Gladiator which has
been opened up by a tunnel $50 feet in
length and by about 300 feet Of cross
cuts. The tunnel opens the vein at a
depth OF about 200 feet and the cross-cuts
} expose Il for a width of seventy. The ore
is a low grade proposition and will av-
erage better than IS a ton. bu: there is
an eight-foot streak running through it
which carries horine and gives values Of
s25 a ton and better. This is the same
vein that is being worked on the Penn
sylvania, across the gulch, and which has
produced so very much rich ore. In the
Gladiator, however, the vein is much lar
ger, and while II does not average so high
as in the Pennsylvania, there is eight feet