Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-15
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Experimental Crushing Of Tin Ore from
Forest City, Wyoming.
PLAN FOR EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS
syndicate Controls Large Acreage nnd
Expects to he Able to Produce
Tin on n Large Scale
Notes Of the Mines.

The hrst car load Of tin ore from Forest
City. Wyo, was run through the crushers
at the Rosslter mill I'm this city the first
Of the week. The ore comes from the tin
mines Of the Bear gulch district, part Of
which is just across the line in Wyoming,
which have been bonded by a syndicate Of
English and eastern capitalists. The in
tention OF those interested In the PROPOSE
tion is 10 make an experimental run Of
300 tons Of the ore in order to determine
fits value and the proper method OF treat
'ment, and should this experiment be sue
cessful, tin mining on a large scale will
be commenced at once. The ore is being
hauled from the mines on Bear gulch to
spearhsh, where II Is loaded on the cars
and brought to Deadwood. The ore is be-
ing crushed under contract by the lessees
Of the Bossiter mill, and then delivered 70
n series Of jlgs and concentrators, located
in the basement Of the mill. The syndicate,
which is represented I'm this city by
Charles Waite and at the mines by Moses
Lyon, a prominent mining man OF the Hills,
has taken options on a large acreage OF
land in the Bear gulch district, and should
this experiment which is now going on In
Deadwood prove to be the success which
they expect II TO, a large force OF miners
will be placed at work developing and
opening up the ground.
hundred Tons n Day.
The Deadwood- Standard company has
brought down another gold brick from its
mill on johnson gulch, the result Of a If
teen days run Of the plant. Ever since
the plant has been In operation, something
over seven months, experiments have been
made in the proper treatment OF the ores,
with the result that its production has not
been very regular, but this stage has
passed, as the last two cleanups Of the
mill would prove, and as good an extrac-
tion is being taken from the ores as those
Of mines in the district. The mines are
IN good shape for winter work, and a good
supply Of ore is blocked out in the under
ground workings to keep the mill well
supplied during the winter months. One
hundred tons a day Is being run through
the mill, most Of which is taken from
open cuts during good weather, but when
II is too cold to work in the open there
are underground workings from which the
supply can be had.
Elects Officers.
The annual melting Of the Columbia Gold
Mining company was held in this city last
Monday and the following officers elected:
President, L. b. Schneider; vice president.
II. Ellerman; treasurer, John Mundt; sec
rotary, T.. A. Kicker. The company's prop
erty is situated in the Hornblende mining
district, near Rockford, and consists OF
about $50 acres Of mining ground, on som
OF the claims OF which a great deal OF de-
Velopment work has been done, and at the
meeting Of the directors OF the company
held here II was decided to continue this
work with an increased force OF men. At
the present time the company is sinking a
double compartment shaft on the ground
and has It down forty feet. This shaft
will be sunk until the SO0-foot level is
reached, when a station will be established
and drifts started along the course OF the
vein in both directions. This shaft, which
has been started a short distance away
from where the vein crops out on the
surface, is expected to cut the ore body at
a depth OF 100 feet. The company has re-
Gently completed a fine hoist at the shaft
and as soon as possible will install an air
compressor plant and put in power drills.
A boarding house for the men, Offices and
machine shops have recently been COM
pleted at the mine and everything has
ben arranged with the view OF continuing
the work during the winter months. The
main ore body on which the company is
working is a vertical about forty feet wide
and, 1t is said, the ore in some instances
has assayed up into the hundreds of COL
lars, but these have been exceptional cases.
as the ore will not average higher than $40
a ton. II is amenable T. the cyaniding
process and should the winters develop
ment work bring the results which are ex-
pected It is possible that a wet. crushing
cyanide plant will be erected on the ground
in the spring. The company is said to be
q strong one and will spend money to make
its mine pay.
Omaha Company with Rich Claims.
The Victoria Gold Mining company neld
its annual meeting in Deadwood Wednes-
day evening and elected the following on
GERS: President, Allan 3. ninth OF Omaha;
vice president. Henry Schoonick OF Chi
'cago; treasurer, A. j. Maltner OF D~eadwood
secretary, w. NJ. Glass OF Omaha. The
company is composed for the greater part
OF Omaha men, and a part Of the stock is
held in Chicago and Deadwood. The loca-
ton Of the company's ground is in the
Ragged Top district, and the ground on
which work is now being done embraces
some OF the very best claims located In
that district, At the meeting OF the board
OF directors II was decided to enter upon
the work OF development on a large scale
anu 10 tease a treatment plant IN which q
treat some OF the ore which Is now be!ng
taken from the workings, or to build one Of
its own as soon as the weather next sprinl
will permit Of outside operations.
Superintendent Mason OF the Magnat,
Mining company was in from Iron creel
last week and says that the surveyors hav,
finished the work OF surveying the com
pany's ground, and II will be patented JUS
as soon as Il is possible to do so. worl
Is being prosecuted on three different or
shoots on the property, an1 although it ma,
be said that work has Just begun on tn,
ground, all the three workings have mad
great Roadway. The miners are working
Just on the rim OF the ore bodies in tn
three tunnels, but stin the ore that is beln.
taken out ia OF very good grade and prom
Uses to develop into something better, Tn
company owns a large area Of mimi
ground on this section Of Iron creek. whic.
sdjoins the Ragged Top district. and tn
ore which exists in It is similar IN all O
its characteristics to the Iron creek ore
There Is quite a colony OF miners in IN
district besides those employed by The Mag
nate people. and this winter the settlement
will be a large one, as all OF them ar
prepared to stay throughout the col
weather.
Golden Treasures Treasures.