Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-03

a~llurgist at the school. It contains ninety
pages, and consists of q treatise on the
cyanide process as applied in the Black
Hills and giving a technical description
Of each of the twenty-five cyanide plants
in the Black Hills, seven OF which are in
active operation, and five of which are
about ready to start up. The bulletin
treats on the character OF ore that is
being handled at each plant, the cost of
treatment and the percentage of extrac-
ton as far as 1t Is possible to obtain that
information. Particular attention is paid
to the methods Of precipitation in vogue In
the Black Hills, and the results of mum
erous experiments are given. It is the
most complete work of its kind issued in
the Black Hills. The school OF mines is
sues these bulletins regularly. and another
Is no7 in the hands of the printer, ex-
pected to be out in a few weeks On the
minerals Of economic value found in the
Black Hills.
Basil Receives Payment.
Tbs Basil mine near Mystic, twenty
i've miles south Of Lead, has been sold
to eastern men, and Thomas Tracy,
the original owner, has received a
payment OF $1,000 b purchasers Of
| the property have obtained a lease on the
Cuttysark mill. q mile and a half from the
Basil property, and in end to treat the
ore there. Mr.. Tracy will receive a roy
atty on all ore milled until the property
is fully paid for.
The old J. r. mine is to be worked again
this year. after a long period of idleness.
The ]. r. Mining company has been
formed during the last year, and funds
have been raised for deep work on the
ground. The ]. r. has for years been one
OF the most important gold properties
OF the southern Black Hills. The ledge
was q strong vertical that paid well from
the outcrop, but Il developed the char
acteristic peculiar 10 so many of the fs~
sures Of that. region, and became base
after a certain depth had been reached,
although continuing strong and well de-
fined. 1t has been the experience will
other well known instances OF this kind
in the same region that the values are
found in the ore Of the ledge after the
barren zohe has been passed. This zone
was pronounced in the Holy Terror and
Keystone. but the companies went through
It and found the ore as rich as ever. The
J. r. company will proceed upon this the
ory, and It is the opinion Of mining men
that the mine will resume the important
place 1t occupied a few years ago. The
vein medouTob IOrty-ou6 EeeI ITcm wall
to wall. and a stamp mill was run for
several years upon the ore The company
has purchased hosting machinery for the
shaft, and work will be commenced as
soon as 1t arrives.
The Deer Lick Gold Mining company
has a solid breast OF ore in the face OF
a tunnel that assays Sic a ton on the aver
age. It is q shaIe ore, and does not diff
fer materially from that being cyanided
on the east side Of the spearish canyon
by the D~eadwood- Standard and spearnsh
companies. The Deer Lick group lies
on the west side OF the spearish, and q
new tunnel was recently started. The
company is composed almost entirely Of
Black Hills men,
There is unusual activity among the
claim owners around Bear gulch, a short
distance west Of whore the Deer Lack Il
situated. Andrew J. Johnston, tho Bear
Gulch Mining company. Edgar St Johr
Mark Heitlin. J. T.. l. Henry and the I'm
perial Mining company are among ths
heaviest developers on Bear Guleh proper
and it's principal tributaries. and OF
Sand Creek. just over the line in Wyom.
ing. the Inter Ocean company IL prepar-
ing TO start its min and mill.