The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-28
WITH. THE MINES
Development of Hills Properties
CAPITAL for Boundary Country.

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The plan at present Is to put up a wet
crushing cyanide, and it Is likely that a
100 stamp mill will be erected. The COM
pany is working dry crushing plant of
sixty-fve tons capacity on Yellow Creek,
and is making a success of 1t, although it
is rather too small, considering the magni
tude of the ore body. The ore Is a pots
dam sandstone. carrying small values but
running exceedingly uniform. The plant
IS getting an extraction Of over S5 per
cent, and Is doing this with coarse crush
Ing
e. M. Barnes, Of the firm Of Drake,
Barnes & Co, Of Cleveland. Ohio, has been
Sn the Hills lately and made payment
OF $4,000 on the property recently pur
chased of Richard Palmer, near Custer,
this being 10 per cent Of the price to be
paid for the ground. Drake, Barnes & Co.
are the principal hackers Of the Sugar
Loaf Copper company, formed for the pur
pose of developing the ground. There is
an excellent showing in copper ore,
opened at q depth Of some 800 feet.
). E. Ainslie, superintendent for the Le
roy Gold Mining company has put a
strong force Of miners at work on his
company's territory, situated four miles
west Of Custer. A shaft has attained
depth Of fifty feet already, following a
good quality Of ore all the way. The plans
OF the company contemplate a shaft $50
feet deep, from the bottom of which
crosscut will be driven on the vein.
Recent developments on the Gold Fish
group of claims belonging tothe Gladiator
Consolidated Mining company are exceed
ingly gratifying. They have demonstrated
that the values are not confined to the
surface, but continue with depth The ore
that Is being taken out Is highly impreg-
mated with cube iron, which carries we'll
In gold, and much free gold Is seen with
the unaided eye.
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company Is continuing operations with a
diamond drill q few miles from Custer
Core tests show decided Improvement in
the ore as depth is attained.
CENTRAL CITY, s. D.-Two new min
Ing companies have recently been incorp-
GRATED on the property in the region of
Garden City, the Arcade and tho Swift
company, the 1nCorporators Of the for
mer being Patrick O'Dwyer, H. G. Hop
kins and others, and Of the latter G. NJ
Dietrich and associates. all local men.
The Arcade company Is the owner of a
group OF claims on Miller gulch. a short
distance from Garden City. and the Swift
company holds several claims lying i'm
mediately east of Garden City
The Imperial Mining company is pre-
pairing to take out gOre on Sheeptail gulch,
from a tunnel that has recently been run
from the south end Of the company's
group Of claims. This ore Is of an ex-
cellent quality and Is splenddly adapted
to the cyanide process. The Imperial
ho1stlng plant on Blacktail gulch is rails
Ing most of the ore for the company's new
cyanide mill at Deadwood. All this ore
Is being hauled to GRANVILLE in wagons,
and is there loaded upon cars.
The Boston South Dakota Mining COM
pany mas closed its forty stamp mill at
the old Minerva in Blacktail gulch and
will take immediate steps to install a cv-
anfde annex. to work in connection with
the stamps FOR saving of the fine val
ues.
The Rossiter group Of claims lying be-
tween Blacktail and Sheeptail gulches is
being developed on a large scale bv the
columbus Consolidated Mining company,
which purchased the property a few
months ago. The claims show a large
quantity Of low grade cyaniding ore that
will yield fair profit by working on
large scale. The company is working
from both ends Of the group. Tunnels
are being run from Blacktail gulch on the
north and from Sheeptail gulch on the
south. In one Of the tunnels a solid BODY
OF ore twelve feet thick has been dis
closed.
RAT PORTAGE, ONT-The directors
OF the Indian Joe Gold Mining company,
or Newark, N. j., are expected to visit
or making arrangements for the installa-
t1on OF mining machinery. Their Ben
held shaft is down forty-five feet with a
dr11t OF eight feet and q crosscut of eight
feet at the bottom. The Frying shaft is
down twenty feet
The mill at the Black Eagle mine was
temporarily closed last week to allow all
the power Of the plant to be used for de-
Velopment work 1t Is the intention of
the managing director to sink two more
levels before doing further drifting or
stopping.
One Of the best mines In the Manitou
district 1s about to be reopened by the
Gold Standard Mining company. Messrs
Bicknell, president Of the company, and
Anton Walsh, Of Morris, Minn., have re-
Gently returned from a visit to the prop
erty, during which they examined the
condition Of the shaft and underground
workings They were we'll satisfied, and
stated 1t was the intention of the com
pany TO install steam boiler and hoist
and vulcan pyritic smeter A large
force OF men will be employed and the
work pushed with all possible speed.
A gentleman representing $50, 200, ,oOC
made by the sale of a diamond mine in
South Africa visited the Lake of the
Woods gold fields and went away sc
we'll satisfied that he has organized a
strong New Jersey company with the OBJ
5ect of exploiting the gold mining pros
poets of this district
WEST SUPERIOR, WlS.-George B
Hudnall Of Superior was nominated yester
day by the republican convention for state
senator from this district The nomfna
tion took place on the 5O1st ballot The
convention held three different sessions
for total OF SIX days. There were three
candidates L. B. Dresser OF st. Croi1
Falls maintained strength of ten votes