Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-28
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Big FSrcs Of Men at Work Opening Up the
PspObScOt Company Mine.
LINCOLN PARTIES DEVELOPING A CLAIM
Sunday Mine at GalenR Proving "A
Bonanza for Man who Hns the
Lease New Placer
Scheme.
LINCOLN PARTIES DEVELOPING A cLAI

3. DE- July Z6.-(Special.D-
One hundred and twenty-five men are en-
ployed on the mill OF the Penobscot COM
pany at Garden City and expect to have 1t
in running order by the list Of September.
The company, which is a close corporation,
Is aiming to have one Of the best cyaniding
mills in the country, and so far has been
sparing no expense to make 1t so. Devel-
opment work on the Penobscot and Reali-
ration groups Of the company has reached
such a stage that it has opened up the
ore shoots in both In such a manner that
not the least trouble will be experienced
In getting out ore enough to keep the mill
going, and should the company conclude
to add an additional 200 tons to it's ca
pacity It can easily be supplied. The new
hoist and air compressor plant has been
installed and both are working smoothly,
SO the mines are prepared for the actual
work OF getting out ore, which will be
started In a very few weeks.
The Dakota Mining company Thursday
deposited the results OF the semI-monthly
cleanup Of it's mill in the First ward Of
this city with the United States assay Of
hce. AS the mill had not been running
to its full capacity all Of the time, the
cleanup was not so large as usual, amount
ing to a little over IS, 1000. The company
will soon begin the work Of enlarging its
plant in this city. doubling its present ca
pacity Of $50 tons a day.
Work on the Hidden Fortunes big mill,
Just below the city, is being pushed and
will be completed In contract time. The
contract calls for its completion within
four months. The stone work for the
foundations has been completed, and as
soon as the spur to the mill site, which is
now under construction by the Elkhorn
railroad, is completed, the delivery of ma
chinery will begin. The company has
within the last month shipped a great deal
Of ore to the National smelter at Rapid
City for treatment. Work on the company's
mines near Central City continues and at
present some very rich ore is being taken
from the workings.
lincoln Men Buy Property.
The Hidden Treasure Mining and Milling
company is the name Of a new organization
recently formed in this city. The company
owns a number Of claims on Deadwood
creek, about four miles above this city,
which It proposes to develop and build a
mill on. There are a number OF ore bodies
Of considerable magnitude exposed by the
workings already on the ground, and the
ore, q rcyaniding proposition, is said Ia
carry very good values. The officers elected
at the meeting of the stockholders this
week are: s. T., Cochran of Lincoln, presi-
dent: Nathan Hart of Lead, secretary
treasurer. The company's stock Is mostly
owned by Lincoln, Neb, people. and VIII.
liam Lawler Of Lincoln. one Of the direc.
tors. is to have charge of the work, which
will be started on the property at once
The company own 243 acres OF ground OF
the phonolite belt on Deadwood creek.
The Puma Mining company on Frida,
started ten stamps Of its mill at PLUMB
station, two miles above Deadwood, on or,
from its property near Lead. The grounC
of the company adjoins the townsite o
Lead on the east and has been worket
extensively in former years. the compan!
having allowed It to remain idle unit
recently. when a reorganization wal
effected. The ore carries values ranging
from $3.50 TO $40 a ton, free milling, bU
its concentrates also carry very goo
values. so It is more than likely that
cyanide annex to the present plant will
be built should the test run OF ore whicl
Is now being made prove satisfactory.
The Horseshoe Mining company THU
week began adding tanks for 100 toni
more a day to the plant IL is now running
at Puma. The company a few months agI
installed as an experiment a 100-ton eva
hide plant in its chlorination mill a
Puma, and It has proven to be such
success that the additional 100 tons 4
being put in. The company has the groun'
broken for a plant 10 have a daily ca
pacity OF 1900 tons. and the plans ar
about ready.
The Jupiter Mining company has starte'
work on its ground in Blacktail guleh will
a large force OF men, the new work beinl
done on Resumption Nos. l and 2. two o
the claims included in the Gustin groul
recently purchased by the company. o.
these two claims there has not been yer!
much work done, but what work has beef
} lone has exposed several good ore bodie
3 and II is for the purpose Of opening thes
up to furnish ore for the milling plant tina
! the present operations are being conducted
The cyanide annex which the Homestak
Y company is building at Gayville to trea
the ~taiIings from the Caledonia and Dead
/ wood Terra mills at Terraville. and tn
9 Desmet mill at Central city. Is almos
1 ready TO start up. The new plant will hav
. a capacity for treating 900 tons Of failing
. a day.
sunday PrOving a
GALENA, July 2~9.-CspeeisI.) = Tn
Sunday mine Is proving to be a bonAnzs