Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
MINING IN The BLACK HILLS
New Mill at Garden City Will Begin to
Crush Ore in a Few Days.
COMPANY HAS INVESTED A MILLION
owns Large Number of claims and
opos 60 work Them 10 n
Best AdvantaRe-Expect =
Railroad Extension.

All OF the machinery Tor the Dig fenoo-
scot mill at Garden City has been set in
place. the engine having been made ready
10 run on Saturday. The mill will start
up for a trial run by the 10th OF the month,
and after a few adjustments have been
made win continue In constant operation.
The plant was stared only about six
months ago. and although 1t is the largest
wet-crushing cyanide plant in the Black
Hills. II is now practically ready TO run.
The mill at the start will crush and treat
about 200 tons OF ore daily, but this amount
will be increased as soon as conditions
warrant g.. Ore will be delivered to the
mill on Monday. and by the time it is
ready to begin its long run on regular
work the bins will be filled with the best
cyaniding ore in the Hills. State Senator
Maitland OF Michigan is at the head Of the
company. which has invested over $1,000
900 In the Garden City district within the
past year. There are only 0 $1,000 shares
OF stock In the company and II is all owned
by a few people, so that there is none for
sale. The company has recently made a
purchase Of several groups of claims to
the north OF its present holdings. which
gives Il possession OF a very large area Of
ground and the largest owner of claims 10
the district. The men connected with the
management are all practical mining men
and have entered the district with the in
tention Of mining on a strictly legitimate
basis and for the purpose of making their
operations pay them a good profit.
Expect n Railroad.
The Garden City district has always
been considered. to be the richest s~ilicious
ore district in the Hills, its ores possess
ing the quality of being highly susceptible
- the nxoufdIng prorpaa huf until tho
Penobscot company located there it has
been, in as measure, isolated. supplies and
mining implements having to be hauled over
bad roads. These conditions have kept II
from reaching the development which would
otherwise have obtained years ago. But
with the completion of the new mill, 1t
Is said, Will come the extension Of either
the Elkhorn or B.. & NJ. railroad system
into the camp and district. That It is rich
in ore no one doubts who is acquainted
with the development in the district, for
on every claim which has had a hole sunk
upon II or a drift driven ore has been found,
ore much richer than that OF the same
character found In other districts. 1t Is
destined within a year at the outside to
be producing more gold than any other
district in the Hills. II the Homestake belt
is excepted. for the entire district is un-
ny a NuoN .Dlhhhtb VI olilNlpho W.
and this fact has no better demonstration
than in the workings and developments Of
the Penobscot company on different and
widely separated claims On the RealiZa-
tIon group, on the Smoky City group. on
the Penohscot group, the Tacoma group.
ore shoots have been opened up which
vary in thickness from sixteen to FIVE
feet, and which carry values ranging from
s. to $50 a ton gold. II is this way all
through the district, and with better trans
portation facilities It will not be long be-
fore this vast body will be contributing
its share ito the wealth of the world. 1t
Is a district which is just being developed,
one which is on the eve OF becoming ono
Of the greatest producers in the Black
Hills. and one which. with the exception
of the one big company, is owned by in
dividuals and small concerns.
Highland chief MIL mt Work.
The Highland Chief mill in the Spruce
Eulch district. which has been closed down
for a couple OF months. is again at work
after having been completely overhauled
and repaired. 1t is treating fifty tons OF
ore daily, and saving, as high a percentage
Of values az Is any plant in the Hills. Dunn
& Allen, in the same neighborhood. own
good ground which has been explored to
bOnlt bAlthN hpOh nv hlRNA Wv tOhNoNNf
but which has not as yet been developed
on the lower. Bischof and associates also
own some good ground In the district close
by. which is at present being developed.
while other individual owners are work.
ing with good prospects. The district is a
small one, and lies just outside OF the
city limits Of Deadwood, and good roads
connect II with the different plants OF this
city. and 1t is more than probable that a
great deal Of ore will be shipped here from
that district this year.
A meeting OF the executive committee
OF the American Mining congress has been
called to meet In Lead or Deadwood the
coming month. The interest in the session
Of the congress in Lead or Deadwood next
year has not been allowed to die down
and the local committee is doing every
thing in its power to keep things moving.
There will be q great deal of business
for the committee to transact at it's COM
ing meeting for at Il the work Of the con-
Eress at it's next session will be in part
mapped out. 1t was no trouble to raise the
necessary funds for the Entertainment of
the coming congress and to defray the ex-
penses which its meeting would entail, for
mine owners. business men. professional
men and others. all contributed and over
$4,000 is now guaranteed. 1t is the inten-
Atoh VI u " az ~ nut " dliOh
Butte TO exceed them in their hospitality.
viii Do some Developing.
The Magnate Mining company in the
Iron creek district is having its ground
about 200 acres. surveyed for patent. TIL
company this week will begin operations
on a shoot Of ~silicious ore, which assays
where exposed in an open cut. almost al
the surface OF the ground. IS a ton. 4
drift will be started in on this shoot and
its development continued during the win.
ter months. The company has a number Of
openings on ore shoots within the limits
Of it's holdings. but on none OF them has
any extensive developments been made. II
is a new company, and will spend the mex
hve OF six months developing its ground
The district has never been prospected L
any great extent. All OF the work in 81
has been done on the upper contact. OF
which the same shoots OF ore found in IN,
Ragged Top district exist. Even with thi,
small amount OF work good ore bodies hay,
been disclosed. as. for instance, in IN,
Eleventh Hour group, which lately shippe,
about 100 tons to one Of the Deadwoot
plants for treatment and received goo,
returns after making a long haul on wagon
TO the railroad. Tom Johnson and asso
ciates are working on a fouT-foot shoot o
good ore on their ground on Toll Cat