The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-23
SOUTH DAKOTA
MINES or THE HILLS
Returns on Mica shipments-What the
| Saginaw Company Is Doing.


d Saginaw Company Is Doing.
CUSTER. s.. D.-The Saginaw Gold
Mining company elected the following di
Charles Noble, Brown City, Mich; Wes-
ley schlichter, Saginaw, Mich; R. l..
Boyers, Chicago: Leroy G. Hoyt, Custer.
The company has lately completed large
and fully equipped shaft house on its
property. Steam hoists, boilers, air COM
pressors and drills have been set up and
sinking has been resumed in the shaft.
Several parallel veins of free milling ore
are found on the property. dipping to the
eastward and within a few yards of each
other. Within the last six months sew
eral holes have been put down with dia-
mond drill, beginning a short distance
back from the outcrop. Owing to the
strong dip each succeeding hole is a lit
tie deeper than the others, the last reach
ing the ore at about 500 feet At that
point it is evident that the three veins
have united.
The Black Hills Porcelain Clay and
Marble company is getting out on an av-
erage ton and a half of mica daily and
shipping once in thirty days to Cleveland.
The mica Is Of good quality and the COM
pany is getting SIS a ton on board the
cars in Custer, which gives a liberal mar
gin of profit, considering the ease with
which it Is quarried. The concern to
which the company is shipping Is indepen-
dent Of the trust.
A new shaft has been started on the
property, on the west side of the noun
tain, which is thirty-five feet deep. The
mica for shipment is taken from this
shaft and from a tunnel that has been
driven through the hill. Several drifts
have been run from the tunnel. There Is
a good supply blocked out Sixteen men
are employed on the mica and marble
properties, and ten men are taking out
Autograph stone.
ROUBAIX, S. DAN unusual amount
Of development work is being performed
by the owners of mining property In the
southern part Of Lawrence county. The
marked success of the Uncle Sam mine,
owned by the Glover Leaf Mining COM
pany, has proven a stimulus, and already
results are being obtained that more than
justify the stir. Several new ore bodies
have been discovered.
The Glover Leaf Mining company is
running thirty stamps at the mill, and will
soon be dropping thirty more, In order
to supply the additional stamps with
water, a ditch and f1ume have been put
III, to bring water from Elk creek. The
ore is being mined on the lower level, over
500 feet deep, where the vein has been
developed by crosscut within the last few
The Manila mine is idle temporarily,
while steam hosting plant is being in
stalled. Work heretofore has been done
with g horse whin, and the increasing
depth and large volume Of water made 1t
impracticable to continue. High grade
free milling ore has been revealed in pay
ing quantities.. =. 49,.
Peter Mcguire has a shaft Sc feet deep,
the bottom in solid ore. Several tunnels
and open cuts have been run, and ore is
disclosed in all Of them, ranging from
81 to $40 ton. Adjoining the Mcguire
ground James KEENAN, is at work on the
ledge that crosses the Mcguire group.
Morrow Brothers have opened a good
body Of smelling ore, and they are con-
ternnlating a shipment. to determine
whether or not it will yield a profit after
paying mining and transportation
charges. It carries both gold and silver.
The Anaconda Mining company is in ex-
cellent condition. A syndicate of Chi
cago and Ohio men recently bought a
large amount Of the stock, and agrees to
thoroughly develop the company's mining
property, on the divide between Bare
Butte and Elk creeks. A seam hoist and
pump. with air compressor and drills, are
to be installed.