Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-14

be done before its stamps will begin drop
ping.
TeIIurium strike In TiEervilIc.
Another strike Of teilurium ore has been
made in the Tigerville district, on the En-
terprise claim, owned by William Hen
bricks. 1t Is a new vein recently uncov-
cred by Mr.. Hendricks, on the mine. and
occurs between slate walls, being about
eight feet In width. The tellurium occurs
only In spots. however, but where met with
is very rich; the balance Of the vein. how
ever carries good values. but as It has not
been opened for any considerable distance.
Pan tests OF the ore after It has been roast
ed in a blacksmith's forge gives long strings
OF gold. and after the application OF heat
to the ore great blisters OF gold appear on
It's surface. The tellurium ore is being
sorted from the other vein matter and being
sacked for shipment: in the meantime the
work of opening up the new find Is going
steadily on. This is the hrst find Of tel
lurlum ore that has been made In the dis
trict, and it's discovery has caused no little
excitement in the neighborhood OF the En-
t~erprise,
Shamrock Makes Good shipment.
DEADwooD, S. D., July 1s.-Cspecial.)-
The Shamrock mine made anotehr ship
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day Of twenty-eight tons. The last ship
ment from this mine before the last Melted
the owners. Messrs, Christian, Brosnahan
& Cunningham, about $4S a ton. It Is q
silver-lead ore, which carries forty-eight
ounces of silver to the ton and runs about
29& per cent lead, besides carrying some
gold values.
The ore occurs in the fiat formations on
top Of the ouartzite, and the seam of ore
which is being worked is from eighteen
inches TO two feet thick, but coming up
through the quartzite are number Of pipes
OF ore which when followed down carry
gold values In Increasing richness. No ef-
fort has been made to follow down any Of
these pipes, for when a little depth has
been attained the water has come In so
fast that II cannot be handled without put
ting In an expensive pumping plant, and
this the owners at the present time are un-
able to do. so they have contented them
selves with working a small force on the
fiat ore measures and shipping the ore to
Omaha for treatment. The mine is located
on the Strawberry divide, about four and a
half miles south of Deadwood, in a district
which is producing at the present time
some very rich gold ore.
s~pearhsh il Good
o. NJ. Brown, superintendent of the
SpearHsh company, came to Deadwood Fri
day and with him brought a large brick.
the result Of a two weeks run OF the com
pany's S00-ton cyanide plant, which he de-
posted with the United States assay office
In this city, and received a check for
something like 2 5000.
The Spearhish mill has become one Of the
steady producers of the Black Hills and al
though It Shas been running but a short
time at its full capacity is making a rec
ord. The gold from this mine is almost
pure, a number Of cleanup going 1896 fine.
4, The company has a mountain of ore from
which to draw, and recent development
work has uncovered shoots which promise
TO be as extensive as any in the property.
= The company employs a large number OF
men in Its mine and mill, and is one of the
factors which are making the Black Hills
! the richest 100 miles square in the United
! States, or for that matter the world, as
/ General Buchanan of the Elkhorn asserts.
, Allen Bros. & Grouse have started up
! their summer plant for the treatment OF
tailings from the old silver mill that at
! one time worked the ore from the Iron Hill
mine. This plant can be run only in warm
A weather, as 1t is entirely on the outside
and the cyanide process is used.
a Good Extraction from TaiIings.
Last year Messrs. Allen Bros. & Grouse
ran the plant for a part of the summer on
4 the tailings, and were SO successful tina.
this year when they started 1t up 1t was
a with a capacity for treating sixty tons of
. ~tailings daily, in the little plant the aver
. age of extraction being 65 per cent. as high
as is made by any plant in the world work.
q ing silver ores and ~tailings by the cyanide
process. This is the first and only plant
that has ever attempted to treat exclusive
silver-bearing material by the process and
. its success has Induced others to expert
\ ment.
The Penobscot Mining company has
moved its offices from Deadwood to Garden
City, its new ONCE building at that camp
having been completed. The company's wet
= crushing cyanide plant will be ready ia
n begin operations on September
and in the meantime work on the Realiza-
" ton and Penobscot groups Is progressing
n and with the very best of results. The all
n compressor plant and the new hoist are In
N operation on the Realization, and the
n miners are taking out a large amount Of
good ore, which is being stored anent the
starting Of the mill.
~ Garden City Is lively Camp.
n Garden City as a mining camp is at tn,
present time one OF the ~liveliest placer
m In the Black Hills. for besides the mel
employed by the Penobscot, other propert!
owners are working their ground. Tn
n Titanic, which is situated a short distanc,
from the camp, is employing a big force o
men, Mueller and associates are doing de
y velopment work. while every piece o
y ground in the district has something do
Ing on II.
n Richard Clarke, superintendent Of tn
Castle Creek Gold Mining company, wa
in the city Friday and says that the vel
OF free milling gold which was struck 4
the new tunnel Of the property, is show
m ing up well and that the free gold specimen
continue to be found in the vein matter.
m GALENA, 8. d., July 1s.-(spectal.l-Tw
hundred tons OF ore from the Sunday mine 1
m Strawberry gulch were shipped last wee
to the Imperial cyanide mill in Deadwoo
" for treatment. The ore will average abou
a 50 a ton, and is especially susceptible (
treatment by the cyanide process. Th
- shipment was made over the new line {
m the b. & NJ, which has Just been complete
m TO within a short distance OF the mine.
Make Shipments from Dumps.
Bart Harris and others are making shiI
y ments Of ore, some to Deadwood and Other
to Omaha. Most Of these shipments al
- being made from the dumps OF mines whsl
the ore has lain for years exposed to Il