Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-09
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Az Season Advances Signs Of Activity Are
Manifest in Many Fields.
SOME PAST DISADVANTAGES OVERCOME
Shipping Facilities Increased and New
Reduction Plants Enable Prop
critics TO he Worked to
Advantage.

for the last two months has been drifting
from the bottom OF its 500-foot shaft to
strike the vein which 1t has been working
nearer the surface, ran into the ore last
Sunday and has already cut the vein for
a distance Of thirty-hve feet without strik-
ing the wall. The vein at this depth Is
much stronger than at the point where
work had been suspended on It two or
three hundred feet nearer the surface, while
the mill was being repaired and added to.
The gold values carried by the vein are
as high az ever, and as much rich quartz
is found as occurs higher up. The com
pany has been working steadily on other
deposits Of ore than the one which It has
been driving the present crosscut to find,
and keeping up its reputation as a pro-
Queer. The additional forty stamps which
have been added to the mill are now about
ready to drop, and when they begin to fall
the capacity OF the mill will be doubled.
With the opening up of the vein above
mentioned at a depth Of 500 feet. the mill
lie assured a supply Of ore sufficient to
keep It's increased capacity constantly sup
piled, for the ore body is a very large
one and there will be no difficulty in get
ting out ore.
The Penobscot Mining company has
opened its new Offices and assay ofaces in
Deadwood, having fitted them up in a style
In keeping with the business of the com
pany. General Manager Byrns Of the com
pany went east Monday for the purpose
OF submitting plans for new machinery for
the company's mines in Garden City, which
will be installed in addition to that al
ready ordered, the first installment Of
which reached the city last week. The
company is preparing for a very busy
season. and making arrangements accord
ingly. The company is fast getting it's
ground In condition to begin taking out
ore for milling.
Begin on New shaft.
LEAD, s. D., June ~s.-(Speclal. THE Orc
Monde Mining company, which owns 700
acres Of land south Of this city, adjoining
the properties of the Belt Development
company and the Homestake, Tuesday last
began work on a three-colpartment shaft,
which will be sunk to a depth Of 1000 feet.
4he first sixty feet will be sunk by hand
and then drills and air compressors will
be put on the work. The company has al
ready begun making arrangements to put
up a hosting works capable of raising ma
'terial from a depth OF 400 feet. The new
shaft will be sunk as rapidly as men and
money can sink 1t, and is for the double
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opportunity for working existing ore bodies.
The new shaft is being sunk on the south
side Of wildwood creek, and not far from
the southern boundary line OF the Home
stake ground.
MYSTIC, 8. D., June 8.-(Special) -Har-
rington q Gregg, owners OF the Fairview
mine, have put a force of men at work
getting out ore for shipment to the Ma
uonal smelter at Rapid City, and to the
electro-cyanide plant at this camp. There
Us a lot Of good smelling ore In the Fair
view, but II has been idle for several years.
the opportunity for treating the ore for a
reasonable figure not having been present,
but now that good rates can be obtained at
Rapid City daily shipments will be made
TO that place. A few days ago a couple Of
men we're put at work on a small stringer
of ore which showed on the surface, and
last Wednesday 1t had been followed in
Tor a distance of eleven feet, when It sud
denly widened out into a vertical five feet
In width. 1t was good looking stuff. so
Messrs. Harrington and Gregg had the vein
sampled. each taking three samples, which
they had Essayed. and the average from all
six gave a return of $780, 20 gold per ton.
Increasing Force of Miners.
GALENA, June s.-(special.)-The Golden
Crest Mining company held its annual meet
ing on Thursday last and elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Robert L.
'Bailie Of Detroit, Mich. vice president and
secretary. Edwin Henderson of Detroit.
Mich; treasurer, John H.. Monroe Of De-
troit, Mich; superintendent and general
manager, Frank Weber of Deadwood. The
board OF directors, the officers and several
OF the stockholders OF the company have
been visiting at the mines Of the company
on the strawberry and Two Bits divide. and
have decided to continue the work that is
now in progress on the property, with an
increased force OF miners. The workings
In which men are now employed. four In
number, show a large amount of ore, the
most OF which. in fact all OF It, will pay
TO ship. The four shoots OF ore that are
being worked have been encountered in
tunnels run from the bottom OF. In three
instances. shallow shafts. II carries high
values, Is susceptible to treatment by the
cyanide process or the smelling process.
In the deep shaft, which Is down about
800 feet, the company has a large vertical
on which at the present time 1t is putting
the most OF Its work. On this shaft is one
OF the most complete hosting plants in the
Hills, equipped with air compressors and
drllls, and from it has been shipped under
Ms former owners some OF the richest ore
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In the neighborhood Of the Dakota Maid.
Gilt Edge and other producing mines. and
is considered one OF the very best proper
ties in this section Of the Hills. AS soon
as the Burlington system extends its tracks
to the mines the company will resume
shipments of ore.
Developing Custer Property.
CUsTER CITY, S. D., June s,-(special)
Prospecting work with the diamond drill
still continues on the Saginaw property,
and some OF the cores are very rich, the
drill having penetrated the vein at a con-
siderable depth. The location for the main
working shaft having been decided on, work
upon It will at once begin. The men are
still at work on the incline, which 1. fol-
lowing down on the vein. and the ore that
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