Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-17
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
81. Louis Hopes to Secure Big Exhibit from
Deadwood.
NEW ENTERPRISE IN SOUTH LAWRENCE
Iswa Capital Invested Heavily !"
Lucky strike-strong Vein Oh
Free-MiIIiBE Quarts on
Old Sc. Elmo.

pEApwooD. S. D., March l6.-tspecial)
william s. Ward Of Denver, held commlS-
rioner Of the st. Louis exposition VINO nas
charge OF the western division OF the ue-
nartment OF mines and metallurgy LOT 'ne
exposition, is In Deadwood for the puIpoSe
Of comforting with the Black Hllis mn
men relative to an exhibit at the eApoSi
tion.
r-,eoting OF the mining men is called
for Deadwood, and the matter OF a mineral
evh,bit will be fully considered. Mr.. Waro
has had wide experience in work OF TINS
nature He was a representative OF Colo-
vado at the Chicago worlds fair, ana nan
charge OF the United States mineral ex-
hIbit at the Paris exposition. He Is OF
,he onin,on that the Black Hills region can
exhibit a collection Of minerals ana eie-
nents. Industrial materials and prooucus
that will surprise the world.
new mining company has been organ
,yed to operate In the southern part OF
lawrence county, the Lucky Strike COLO
Mining q Milling company, recently or
1an,zed by c. A. Allen, o. w. Matson and
others of Deadwood, and In which promi-
nept eastern South Dakota and nortnwest-
ern Iowa people have become interested
The company has bought the BRO ana
Funston groups of claims, on BOX Elder
crsek both of which are well developed.
The company Is prepared to build a mll
10 treat the ore exposed on the property,
hut Il will be necessary to make a series
of tests on the ore in the first place, to
determine by what process 1t can be
treated most satisfactorily.
seek Process of Saving.
The ore is quartz, mixed with a great
deal OF tale. Samples taken out at most
any point show good colors In the pan,
but much Of the gold is not amenable to
INFLAMMATION and 1t will be necessary 20
adopt some process by which 1t can be
saved. 1t is likely that the company Will
resort to stamps and amalgamation, with
chemical solution after treatment.
one-stamp mill was built on the prop
erty twenty-five years ago by Hattenbach
brothers OF Deadwood and was operated
several months, being finally abandoned
On account OF the refractory nature OF
much Of the gold. The lodges on the
ground are strong, and the company has a
good supply Of ore.
A strong vein Of free milling quartz has
been discovered on the old st. Elmo prop
erty, which now belongs to the Grantz
Gold Mining company. II is taken to be
an extension Of the main ledge, and was
uncovered by the workmen while going over
the surface, preparatory to starting the
new shaft.
Ruby Opens Good Body.
The Ruby Mining company is opening
UP a good looking body of ore on the Port
land ground, in Bear Butte district. The
ore is Of a porphyritic nature and some
of Il carries we'll In free gold. Twenty
feet OF II shows an average value of $50
to the ton, the great part Of the values
being refractory.
The Portland is where the intersection
Of the Dakota Maid and Gilt Edge lodges
occurs, and II Is one Of the most promising
properties in the district The company
was recently organized. James Conzett. Nor
man 7. Mason and o. U. Pryce of Dead
wood being the incorporators. The capital
isation is $500, 900, but none of the stock
has been sold.
Another cyanide plant is in contempla-
tion for Deadwood gulch. II will be BULL
this spring by the Pennsylvania Gold Min
ing company on its property, two miles
northwest Of Lead. The company has q
solid body Of ore eight feet thick that
averages $50. a ton. Some Of the ore shows
free gold and runs up into the hundreds o.
dollars to the ton. 1t has been pronounced
q cyaniding proposition by those who hav,
amiped 1t, and recent tests have salts.
fed the company that a EGGPLANT is FULL
warranted.
Eighteen Claims on the GuIch.
The Pennsylvania company owns eight
cen claims on Deadwood gulch and It's trib
utaries, taking In $50 acres of ground. TIL,
development work consists Of a tunnel 30
feet long. a shaft seventy-nve feet dee
and a crosscut from the bottom OF tn
shaft forty feet long. The ore is expose'
In the tunnel and the crosscut and show
continuity. w. 8. Koker is superintendent
Of the company and makes his headquarter
at Lead. The ofices Of the company ar
held by Pennsylvania men.
Ten new stamps have been added I
the crushing department OF the Dakot
Mining company's cyanide plant in Dead
wood. This gives the company thirt
stamps for crushing ore, and will enabl
the plant to put through 115 tons OF or
q day. There was considerable delay In tn
arrival Of the stamps. They should hav
been here the first OF the year, but thI
was impossible on account OF the press {
orders in the factories. The Dakota CON
pany and the Portland company crush Wit
stamps in a solution Of cyanide.
The Imperial cyanide plant. Just startei
"a a few rods from the Dakota plant, an
the two plants running side by side wi
furnish an excellent example OF the reid
tive merits Of the wet and dry erushir
process. The Imperial brushes dry.