The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-14
BLACK HILLS MINES
Important Purchase Of Mining
Ground by HorseshOe Company.

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Ground by Horseshoe Company.
LEAD, s. D.-The Horseshoe Mining COM
pany has lately come into possession of a
large tract of mining ground in the vicinity
of Bald mountain. The tract includes the
Ben Hur. Baltimore, Richmond and McDon-
| aid claims, which belonged to Fawcett & Dele
hant and several other persons residing in
| Lead; the Black Moon, adjoining the Balti
| more and Richmond on the west, Sunnyside
and Cygnet, lying between the Baltimore and
Richmond and Ben Hur groups, and the In
termountain company's group lying next to
! and partly between the Sunnyside and .Cyg-
net. NThe Baltimore and Richmond and Ben
Hur are well-developed mines, having been
producers for several years. On the former
| there is frst-elass steam hosting plant
The Ben Hur is developed by tunnels prin-
cipally, the previous work having been done
on the upper ore horizon. All the claims
are reached by both the Burlington and Elk
lhorn railroads: BY purchasing this ground
! the Horseshoe company is closing up large
gap in It's possessions, and secures solid
block. as it previously held ground on all
ides of the new possessions: -
| The Horseshoe company has decided to en-
| large still further the cyanide plant at
Pluma, and the contract has been awarded
to C. M. Hampson% of the Colorado Iron
Works. It was originally the intention to
make the plant of 200 tons capacity, but 1T
! is now to be given a capacity OF 800 TONS
The building was formerly used as a chlor-
ination mill, and the old roasters are being
taken out to make room afor the cyanide
| tanks. 49,. ~,
The Anaconda Mining company. which is
operating on 400 acres of ground between Bear
| Butte and Elk creeks, has encountered a new
:, ledge of ore in the bottom OF the shaft, at
the depth of 100 feet. 1t is quartz, inter-
stratiied with green tale, and a pyrtes OF
/ ,~I,
was first encountered In the west side OF
the shaft, and is found to be dipping strong
ly into the shaft. 1t is identical with the
free milling ore found along the Homestake
belt and at the mine of the Glover Leaf ocm-
pany. The latter Is only mile and half
from the Anaconda.
| DEADWOOD, S. D.-rhe Montezuma flux
mine in the upper part of Deadwood Is net
ting its owners 5000 month. J. T. Gilmore.
c. W. Carpenter and Robert Giltner are the
principal owners OF the property. It is pro-
ducing 120 tons Of ore daily, which Is loaded
at the mine and shipped to the Golden Re-
ward smelter in the lower part OF Dead.
wood. The ore is found In an enormous YER
tical ledge, and is easily mined It carries
IS per cent iron, As per cent sulphur. from
l to 3 per cent copper and a trace in gold
1t is much in demand at the smelter, since
the Homestake has ceased to ship Its con
centrates to the plant, and owing to the cop
per it carries, does away with the necessit.
, of shipping in copper ore from Montana fo
flux, as was done at the smelter a grea
many years.
The Sunday mine near Galena has mad
, its sixth shipment within the last two months
, The latest consisted Of three cars OF ore
which were delivered at the Imperial eva
: nide plant at Deadwood. Most OF this Or
| has been obtained by working over the oil
dump. The property is under lease to c
B. Hariis. who, in addition to working tn
> old dump, is employing small force o
miners in the old openings, and Is exposing
some high grade shipping ore.
, The Ell Refugio mine, in the same region
is being worked by j. B. Sheehan unde
,, lease. He is mining a silver-lead ore, whic
! assays well, and is sacking it at the mine
preparatory to shipping. Much of the or
S carries as high as 60 per cent lead and run
D from Is to 80 ounces of silver to the ton.
The Ohio group Of claims, between Bea
= = Butte and Elk creeks on the divide, is bein
developed by the Groshong brothers, VIII
own the control A shaft has been starte
in a vein of free milling ore. and will be pu
, down 100 feet. Most of the work on tn
y property in the past has been on the surface
, Assays run in the neighborhood OF 80 tn
= ton,