The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-25
BLACK HILLS MINES
Chicago Men Organize New Company
With $4,000 900 Capital.

Chicago Men Organize New Company
With $4,000, 900 Capital.
ROCKFORD, S. sD.-The purchasers of
the Benedict and y GLOW Bird groups of,
claims in Hornblende camp have organ
lied the Golden West Mining company,
with capital of So, 0OO.O 900. The company
is composed almost entirely Of Chicago
men, and the officers are: J. H. Fisher.
PRESIDENT; Charles E. Curtis, vice presi
dent; E. J. Kennedy, secretary, and j. I.
Caldwell, treasurer.
The company has purchased 300 acres
of mining ground including the Benedict
group, the Yellow Bird group, and several
other claims. intervening and adjacent.
There is a Chilean mill on the Benedict
group. A shaft was being put down on
incline, and ore taken from the shaft
more than paid for the development OF
the ground. The Golden West company
| intends to keep the quartz mill running
and will start an~extensive system Of de-
| velopment, using the mill as a means Of
! ascertaining the relative value Of the ore
from the different veins in process of de-
velopment, thereby keeping check on what
| it is doing.
The Benedict ground shows one of the
strongest lodges of free milling and con-
centrating ore in Pennington county. De-
velopment work Of the past has not been
Of an effective nature and the1edges have
not been opened up to any depth. The yell
| low Bird was at one time under bond to
eastern men. Among those interested was
James K. Hackett, the actor and matinee
idol. The work they did was of desul-
| tory character and nothing of Importance
was accomplished. Percy Train, formerly
| Of Butte, Mont, will be in charge of the
| operations Of the Golden West company.
A discovery of quartzite ore has been
made. in the shaft of the Gold Hill Mining
in, Sro rfch "a NV a a
Of 2SO feet. 1t is not known yet how ex-
tensve the chute is, but it assays well.
and is apparently strong body. This Is
| the first ore to be discovered on quartz1te
in the Spearfish canyon, and it is re-
garded as an important development.
DEApWooD, s.<D.-The Eclipse Min
| ing company has a shaft down ITO feet on
its property, and is preparing to install
pumping machinery, as the water has
driven the miners out. Heretofore it has
been handled with; a pail. Since stopping
work it has come inn and filled the. shaft
to within seventy5sfe etg Of the. top. The
influx of waterSis believed to-, indicate the
proximity of quartzite, for which. the com
pany has been driving. The Eclipse com
pany is composed of Nebraska and eastern
men,,
| Work has been started by the Arcade
Mining company, owner OF a large grou1
|
; been started, and is going down as rap
idly as two shifts can push it.
The Elkhorn railroad company is build
ing a spur to the lower side Of the Nat
ional smelter of the Horseshoe Mining
company at Rapid City, to be used lr
handling the Stag from the plant The
Stag is graduated for track ballast.
? Much development work is under way
along several small gulches immediately
/ north and west of Deadwood, and goot
prospects are revealed in several places
This work is being done by individual
property holders, the most active being
Treber Brothers, Willoth and Davis, ane
J. M. Ready.
; PtERRE S. D-The report of the stat
auditor will go into details of county at
fairs. A large part of the liabilities l
many Of the counties consist Of loans fror
the permanent school fund, which are Sc
| cured to the counties; turner count
shows the highest liabilities of any county
with but $3.50. Of which $500 is schoe
fund loan, leaving but $3.50 Indebtedness
, Lincoln county has no debt whatever out
side of it's school fund loans. while Nc
Pherson has only $40; Kingsbury, $3.50
Aurora. ss7.75; sully, 500; Sphinx, sl7t
and Turner $3.50. The counties with II
bonded indebtedness are Aurora; Brook
ings Brown, Brule, Charles Mix. CLARK
Clay, Gregory, Hanlin, Hand. Hutchin
: son, Jerauld, Kingsbury Lincoln, Lyman
I Mcpherson, Miner, Moody, Potter, San
born, Sphinx. 4Sully, Turner: and tUnior
:. Articles of incorporation have been file
for the Henry Grocery company at Rapi
City, with capital of $10,OO0-The Iowa
i Adirondack Gold Mining company a
I Pierre, with a capital OF $1,000 900; tn
< Great Western Home Buyerss' associa
S ton, at Huron, with a capital. of $4,000
the Chicago Live Stock company. of Chi
:, cago, at Huron, with capital of 81, 900, O0t
4 CENTRAL CITY, S. D.-Fred w Gin
:. deli. who resigned a deputyship unde
I Sheriff Doten last spring to return t
r South Africa. writes from JoFannesbilr
4 that he.is.sworking in the battery depart
= ment of one Of the big mills. The countr
;. is overrun with cheap white labor, but
S is impossible to get skilled labor enoug
!, to operate the mines and mills at their flu
: capa city. Wages are the same as befor
:. the war Charles Price. formerly of Cen
Il trail City. is superintendent of the Grow
Deep mine, and Jay f. Pyles, who was a