Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
Rich Returns from Properties Lying West
Of Central City,
REGION AROUND DEADwOoD GULcH
Three Companies working within n
stones Throw Developing High
Grade ore BodIes-MRy-
nower Group sold.

who have placed their money and labor in
the district. one company is making reg
ular shipments Of ore to various shelters
for treatment, while another IL preparing to
erect a plant Of it's own on its ground.
This region lies along Deadwood gulch and
Is cut by several enormous dykes Of por-
phyry, trychite and phonolite. and every
where the igneous action has left it's i'm
print in vast ore bodies, som Of them OF
exceptional richness.
Three companies are working in the dis
trict, their principal workings being within
q stones throw of one another, they being
the Gladiator, the Big Four and the Penn
sylvania. These three companies are de-
v~eloping ore bodies OF the same general
characteristic and Of about the same grade.
The Pennsylvania was the first company
20 make a shipment from this district,
q phonolite ore. Several shipments have
been made to different shelters and the
returns have proved more than satisfactory.
The ore is a phonolite, carrying white iron
and some sylvanite with deep hourine
stains. The Pennsylvania has developed a
vein Of this ore TO a depth Of 300 feet, sink
ing from near the apex and intercepting
1t with a tunnel from the bottom Of the
gulch. At the greatest depth the COM
pany has attained the vein is fourteen feet
wide and all Of It will pay well to ship.
shaft in Solid Ore.
The Big Four company is working in
Deedwood gulch, below the mouth of Ruta-
baga, just across the creek from where the
Gladiator and the Pennsylvania companies
are working. A shaft has been started at
the foot of one Of the large igneous intru-
sions, and at the present time is in solid
ore Of fair value. After a sufficient depth
has been attained 1t is the intention to
crosscut both ways on the formation.
Lumber is being delivered at the Glad
iator company's ground and boarding
houses and an assay office are being. built
thereon. After the completion Of these
buildings, II sufficient lumber has been de-
livered, work on a mill having a daily ca
pacity Of 200 tons will be commenced, in
which the wet crushing cyanide process will
be employed. The mill will be located on
Deadwood gulch. there being enough water
In the creek, and with what the mine can
supply, to keep a forty-stamp mill going. a
few feet from the site selected for the
mill a strong vein Of gold and copper
bearing ore crops out. With the exception
OF a small shaft, no work has been done
or this vein, but assays OF the ore show
returns averaging $32 a ton in gold and
from s to 8 per cent in copper A shaft Is
being put down up the hill from the mill
site, which, at a depth Of 200 feet, will cut
the vein, when It will be explored in both
directions. There are numerous tunnels
and drifts on the Gladiator, one OF the
tunnels having a length of over 1000 feet,
every opening showing a high state Of
liberalization, and II is evident that In
the ground there Is a series OF parallel
veins Of great extent. l .
Veins Parallel to HOmestake's
These mines are less than a mile west
OF the Homestake, and the principal veins
running parallel with the veins in that
property, but the ore which they carry
differing in it's characteristics. These are
the principal properties being worked in
the district, and on which the most devel-
opment work has been done. But there are
other properties being developed here
which disclose Just as good surface indica,
lions Of richness as those mentioned, but
on which the development has not been
proceeded with far enough to give a line
on their real merit. Some OF the ore taken
from these properties is exceedingly rich,
and when roasted in a blacksmith forge
the free gold sticks out on it In chunks, or
rather big blisters. The district is being
developed to a greater extent than ever
pNASANf NAA w q mn vi a NItalutHl
plant OF the right kind located handy will
prove to be as rich as any in the Hills.
CUSTER CITY, s. D., Nov. 8~O.-(speciaI)
Articles Of incorporation have been filed
with the secretary Of state for the Ruberta
Mining and Milling company of Custer
City. The incorporators are l.. N. Lewis,
W. ". olds and Frank r. Olds. The COM
pany has a capital Of $3.50, 900, which is very
modest, when the capitalization Of some Of
the recently organized companies of this
district is taken into consideration. The
company will develop some ground about
six miles northwest Of Custer City and il is
said that 1t has a very fair prospect. The
incorporators are all Custer City men, and
most Of the stock will be taken in the city.
Wisconsin Men Buy MaynOwer.
The deal for the M~ayhower group OF
mines. situated four miles west of Custer
City, which has been pending for several
weeks with a party Of Wisconsin capital
lists. was consummated on Wednesday last.
The new owners will take immediate DOS
session and at once inaugurate a system OF
development with a view to placing the
property in condition for taking out ore. To
this end the water which now fills the main
shaft on the property will be pumped out
and the shaft itself. which is in a bad con.
ditton, retimbered and Strengthened, a hoist
put In and the vein explored along its
strike. When these improvements have
been completed a station will be estab-
lished and the work OF hosting out ore
begun. The new owners viii erect a small
mill on the ground and treat about twenty
tons of ore a day. This plant will be used
merely for the purpose Of keeping a check
on the development, so that they can have
a good idea OF what the vein will do In the
way Of producing paying orc and the proper
treatment to use in it's reduction. The
Maynower has produced some very good
ore and Il is believed that what will b,
taken from the workings in the process o.
development will pay the costs OF opera.
lions.
The miners In the Keystone this weel
broke into the vein which the management
OF the Holy Terror company has been run.
ming a drift from the 9OO-foot level OF tn,
Holy Terror 70 catch. The distance from
the Holy Terror workings to the vein Jus
encountered is 800 feet. and distant abou
1000 feet from the Holy Terror shaft. Abou
twenty-five feet has been driven into tn,
ore body. and the vein lie not yet cut. II Il
the intention Of the management to put
force OF men At work on the ledge. drifting
from the eross-cut along its course. TIT
Keystone ledge at the surface is one OF tn.
largest In the high-grade gold districts o
the southern Hills. and at it's present depth
something like $50 feet, Il appears TO b.