Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-21
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
New Company Organised to Work the
GuStin Group, Recently Sold.
LAST PAYMENT MADE ON THE COLUMBUS
Development work Being Pushed on
Several Properties which Have
Been Lying Idle for sew
eraI Years.

eral Years.
DEADwooD, s. D., July 2O.-Cspeoial)-
The Jupiter is the name Of q new mining
company which was organized last week
for the purpose Of working the .Gustin
group Of mines, a sale Of which was re-
Gently made to eastern and Deadwood
parties. 1t is the intention Of the new
company to begin operations at once on
the ground. The officers Of the new or
ganization are: Frank T.. Sanders, Colo
RADIO Springs, president; X. G.. Phillips,
Deadwood, vice president; John 7. Wat
son, Colorado Springs, treasurer: Burt
Rogers, Deadwood, secretary. The com
pany will break ground this week for a
mill on the millsite which was purchased
with the ground on Blacktail gulch. The
mill will be a wet crushing c~yanideC with
a daily capacity OF 100 tons, but powered
so that it may be increased at any time
TO 500 tons, which is the purpose OF the
company to do so soon as II has tie ground
in good working shape and producing, In
the three claims which compose the group
owned by the Jupiter company there Is
an immense amount Of ore In sight, in the
present workings 200, 900 tons having al
ready been blocked out, assays of which
runs all the way from $40 to $40 per ton
gold. The district In which the Gustin
group is situated is one Of the producing
districts Of the Black Hills, and ore Is
being shipped from the mines of 1t every
day to the Deadwood reduction works,
the Deadbroke, the Kicking Horse and a
number OF other well known mines con-
tributing to the stream Of ore which Ia
pouring into the treatment plants Of this
city daily. The Elkhorn Railroad COM
pany has a road to the mouth of the
gulch, and has surveys made for it's ex-
tension to the mines here and in Garden
City. Operations on this branch will begin
this summer and as 1t is but a short dis
lance to tap all Of the producing mines
with a spur, 1t will not be long in build
ing.
Addition TO Reduction Plant.
The Horseshoe Mining company Thursday
last awarded a contract to Deadwood people
to build a 1Oo-ton addition TO Its present
cyanide mill. This work will be carried on
without interfering with the operation Of
the present plant. which has a capacity OF
100 tons a day and which has been in sue
cessful operation for the last four months.
The company has started work on a cyanide
plant which will be entirely separate from
the one which it is now operating and which
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daily capacity OF 1900 tons and 1t is in
tended to try and have it in operation be-
fore real cold weather sets in. Besides the
ore which is being mined from the Horse
shoe ground Of a cyanide character, there
is a vast amount Of smelling ore taken out,
the company being one of the heaviest ship
rers to the Omaha smelling works in the
Black Hills, as we'll as to the National
smelter at Rapid City, shipping to the lat
ter works 1875 tons Of ore daily.
Articles of incorporation Of the Columbus
Consolidated Mining company have been
filed with the secretary Of state. The In
corporators are Henry A. Mayham OF Colo
RADIO Springs, Asa Baldwin and Norma T.
Mason of Dendwood. The company recently
made the last payment on the Columbus and
other ground near Central City, two miles
above Deadwood. An account Of the sale OF
this ground was published In The Bee a
month or so ago, and It was one of the most
important that has been made In the North
ern Hills In many years, as It involved the
payment Of nearly $500, 900 and the transfer
OF over 500 acres Of valuable. we'll devel-
oped mining land on the northern extern
sion of the De Smet vein Of the Homestake
Mining company. Work on this ground will
be resumed at once and the ore bodies
opened up for working.
The annual meeting of the Deer Lick Min
ing company has been held and the follow
ing officers elected: President, J. ". Hun;
vice president, G. ". Nash; secretary-treas-
urer, e. F. Roberts. The company Is de-
v~eloping a group Of claims on Iron creek.
west Of Deadwood, and has a pretty fair
prospect, which it hopes to open up into a
mine.
Nahant Picking Up.
NAHANT, s. D., July 20.-(Special.) -
Work on the Montana mine, which was re-
sumed but a month ago, Is progressing
rapidly and the main shaft is now down
1875 feet, and the miners are working in
ore. The ledge at this depth Is twelve feet
wide, and appears to be growing better as
II is being sent down. The Montana is
owned by e. c.. Smith of Connecticut, son
of the late Ex-Governor Smith of that state.
who twelve years ago shut the mine down
after an unsuccessful attempt to save the
values in the ore by crushing and amalga-
nation. The vein on the surface was a free
milling proposition, but as soon as a lit
tie depth was obtained on It the ore be-
came rebellious, and while It gave high
assays its values could not be saved by
the process employed. The ex-governor,
believing that he had bought something
which was not worth having, shut the mine
down, %dismaRtled the mill which had been
erected on It and sold the machinery to
| different parties. Since that time the mine
has been idle, but the successful treatment
Of similar ore by the cyanide process since
then has induced the ex-governor's son,
q. G.. Smith, to resume operations. which
he has with q large force Of miners and
other workmen under al e~f1cient super
intendent.
The camp since operations on the Mon
tana have been resumed is picking up and
many mine owners have begun work on
their properties and everything looks ia
vorable for a prosperous summer There
are a number Of good prospects about the
camp which have been worked only sum
ciently 70 keep up the annual assessment
since the Montana closed down twelve
years ago.
New Prospect on Elk Creek.
GALENA. s. D., July 20.-(spscial.)-
Greshong Brothers and associates are open
ing up a good prospect on Elk creek. just
one-half mile south of the Glover Leaf.
which promises TO develop into a paying
proposition. They have started work on a
group Of eight claims, located, II is claimed
along the strike OF the vein which has made
the Glover Leaf famous as a producer for
many years past. This property. strange