Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
s~lllcious and good cyaniding propositions.
Developing siIver-Lehd ClSim.

the ores all carry good values. that they are
s%llicious and good cyaniding propositions.
Developing siIver-LeRd Claim.
GALENA. Oct. 26.-Cspecial)-Fred zipp
and Nelse Brown Of Deadwood have started
work on the Parsons, which lies at the
head Of Two-Bit Gulch. The Parsons is a
silver-lead proposition. and as yet is but
a prospect, one. however. which gives
promise Of developing into one Of the best
silver-lead mines in the Bare Butte dis
trlot. The present work consists OF a
tunnel, which is following the course Of a
small vertical Of ore. This vertical where
started on was but about eighteen inches
In width. but has widened out until It is
now about three feet. The ore which is
being taken from the vein Is as rich as
any silver-lead ore that has been mined In
the district. The tunnel which is started
on the vein has not got under cover for
any great distance. and as the ore now
almost file the face Of the workings, every
indication points to the fact that a large
deposit will be encountered before many
more feet shall have been driven. The
ore which is being taken from the tunnel
is being sacked, and Will be shipped TO
the Horseshoe smelter for treatment. The
Monarch. from which so much rich ore is
being shipped, is situated in the same
neighborhood. The owners have been pre-
pairing for work this winter, and have al
ready comfortable quarters erected at the
mines and last Thursday brought out from
Desdwood supplies and tools.
Rod Murray. who has a lease on the FL
Refugio. on Thursday shipped two carloads
OF rich silver-lead ore to the smelter at
Rapid City for treatment. Bart Harris,
who is working the Rattlesnske mine in
Strawberry Gulch, shipped four carloads OF
ore to the Dorr @ Lundberg cyanide mill
at Deadwood. Frank Wagner, who has a
lease on the Orc Belle. is preparing to
make a shipment Of 200 tons of ore from
the mine to the Imperial mill at D~eadwood,
and is building a wagon road from the mine
to the B. & M. railroad company's narrow
guage line in Strawberry Gulch. The Orc
Belle is situated near the Two Bears mine.
which in former days was a rich producer.
and II is believed that the same vein ex-
tends through both properties. The pres
ent supply of ore is being taken from an
open cut, and there is a large body Of 1t In
sight. 1t is said to go from $40 to S22 per
ton gold and is a cyanide proposition.
Good Progress on Shelter.
HILL CITY, s. D., Oct. 26.-(special.)-
The Calumet company. is doing a great deal
OF work at its ground near Sheridan, a few
miles from this camp. The company is
erecting a 100-ton smelter at Sheridan, and
has the excavating and the stone woIk
about completed, while the carpenters and
m%illwrights are we'll along with their
work. The plant will be a copper smelter
and will treat the ores from the Calumet
group of mines. DR.. Baxter, the superin-
tendent of the company, says that the
plant will be ready to blow in by the first
OF the year. The company has a large vein
Of copper ore on its ground which has re.
ceived considerable development, and II II
estimated that there is ore enough in sigh
in the workings to keep the plant which
is now building in operation for a lont
number of years. Some OF the ore is sait
to be very rich. carrying as high as 10 pei
cent copper while the average will go al
good as 3 per cent. This property ends OF
to the famous Maloney Blue Lead one o
the richest copper mines in the Hills, tn
property Of r. M. Maloney of Deadwood
who has spent over $50, 900 of his owl
money in its development, and upon which
1t is believed a smelling plant will ~
erected soon. Several other people in thi
district are doing extensive work on cop
per propositions. all Of which are looking
good.