Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

shaft to the quartzite. which will be struck
In another 100 feet. Besides the parties
and the companies mentioned there are
Others working In the district. doing for
the most part their annual assessments,
and all Of them have a showing OF ore. 30
Il Is seen that the ore bodies are not cons
fined to any particular part Of the district.
A good many men will winter in the dis,
trict. and when spring opens next year
the country will have received a pretty
good prospecting. and the result Of the
work done may be the establishment OF
several cyanide plants on properties making
a good showing Of ore.
storing Ore for shipment.
oREVILLE. s. D.. Nov. 2.-(Special)-
Harrington g. Gregg have obtained a depth
Of 240 feet on the vein in the Fairview
mine. and are taking out a splendid quality
OF smelling ore. which they are storing
for shipment. The ore is being taken from
a six-foot streak in the main ledge and
the shaft is in ore all the way down. This
streak in which the work Is being done
will assay from 500 to $50 a ton, and IT is
the intention Of the owners to ship Il
either to Omaha or Rapid City for treat
ment. Al the present time but one shift
is being worked in the mine, but when
arrangements are made for shipping the
ore additional miners will be placed on
the work.
The electro-cyanide plant at this place
has been running on ores from the southern
Hills for a part Of the time and is said to
lie getting a very high extraction, saving
about all the gold values there are in the
ores. 1t is said that the plant will be
steadily engaged from now on and that
enough ore has been contracted for to keep
It running.
working Copper and Tin.
CUSTER CITY, s. D.. Nov. ~2.-(special)
The Central Black Hills Copper company.
which recently purchased the Dick Palmer
group of claims eighteen miles northwest
OF this city, has begun work in earnest on
the ground and is preparing for extensive
developments. Buildings for the accom-
mediation of the miners have been erected,
blacksmith and machine shops built and
all OF the usual conveniences OF a camp
established. The company at the present
time is employing a large force Of miners
getting out ore and opening UP the vein.
The vein at the point where work is being
done on 1t is about forty feet in width and
carries from 2 to 4 per cent copper, al
though some Of the ore is much richer. The
company has begun work on a leeching
plant. which it expects to soon have in
operation. In this plant the ore taken
from the vein will be treated with a dilute
solution OF sulphuric acid and the copper
precipitated by the use OF scrap iron. W
F. Barnes. the chemist and architect in
charge, says that 1t will take one ton oil
scrap iron to precipitate 1000 pounds OF
copper, and thai the process is a very eco
nomical one and that the ore taken from
the property treated in this manner will
pay we'll. There are several groups OF
claims included in the property, and 1t is
said tina ore Is found on all Of them.
william Tarrant, who is doing assess
ment work on a tin claim about two miles
east of Custer, is getting out some very
good ore and has a large body Of it ex-
posed in the workings. Since the recent
developments in the northern Hills in this
metal quite an interest is being aroused In
tin claims in this section and several out
fits are engaged in the development Of
good mines of that metal.