Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-29
NIyIyS IN The BLACK HILLS
Hidden Fouuas Locates In Plant u Dead
vood Greek EsE- City LtmitA
DEVELOPING RUBY sUleH PROPERTIES
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Caster city ID sad Ready for
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There has been for some tine past much
conjecture Bs 70 where ths Hidden Fortune
Mining company would locate the L.n00-to7
treatment plant Which IL is The tntsruon Of
thai company 20 erect 70 treat the ores from
its mines. which are located On Dea1Eood
creek. extending over 10 TIE cry limits CT
Lead and aouttinE On the ground Of the
HouestHks company OF that side q
the divide The question was settled
late F-d1y night. when q commit
tee o. TIE board Of directors o. TIE com
pany fixed the location Of he ste on white
wood creek tuo miles below tbs city. Sew
e-Hl towns have been e1dszvorinE 70 Sc
cure the location q tie plant some q then
oGsring Big bonuses IL land and privileges
but The COMMITTEES q the direc-u-. ar.sr
considering the claims O every o1e q The
candidates. has chosen he Dss1woo5 site
Es being the most couve1isr- 20 is Ulnes.
The best adapted for the economical hand
ing % rs ores aad the most desirable by
reason Of lie accessibility ~ two trunk
Ines C railroad
Tie site selected was the properly o,
Thomas WsIdron CT he First ward OF this
city, and had been worked BY him for years
Is q placer mine. Il has 3 large acreage
Of lsvsl ground. which ls backed BY = gently
ascending hIL, making az ideal site for a
plant Of The magnitude Of the one which Il
Is proposed 10 erect bv the coupauv. OF
The ground is q good water right which viii
be suhcient in itself 70 supply water for
almost al the needs Of the plant. The cor
sidsrEron named In tie transfer calls for
the payment Of 5000.
New Life In Ruby GuIeh.
In the early history Of the Black HIS
Ruby Gulch. situated IN the Bear Butte
mining district vas noted for irs rich
plscers, from some q the claims located
OF TIE gulch Z number Of small fortunes
having been taken. The Eulch is q short
one, and was soon worked ever. although
today fair pay Is found il its g-svels and
sCme parts Of IL are worked whenever
there Is water enough 10 give q sluice
head Many years ago il was abandoned
by men who are looking for something better
than wages" and il Is only occasionally
that q person is net within the gulch who
e willing 70 spend his tine in hunting
for placer gold, the rich quartz lodges
which run into the Eulch from ravberry
and Two BIT claiming the attention OF the
miner today. Some strong and rich lodes
are being opened ID il the gulch. which
for the most part are owned BY individuals,
who within the last few years have shipped
large Quantities Of hiEh-grsde ore from II.
The location Of the Eulch, its difficulty Of
access, and The long haul that has 10 be
made BY wagon 10 get the product Of the
mines 70 a treatment plant has in the past
initiated against its development, but with
the completion Of 5 line Of railroad TO
GslenA within the last year, below which
camp the gulch comes into Bear Butte
creek, has in part removed this obstacle
to DEVELOPMENT. and the district is taking
on q new lease Of life and beginning 10
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On the 3. 4 M group Of claims. owned by
BaEEaley 4 McBratney Of this city, a tun-
mel has been run which has uncovered a
t0ur-toot vertical in the porphyrys. This
vein has not been prospected sufficiently
as yet 10 determine its extent. but this
much IL known, II carries very high values
IN gold and the ore is easily rysnidsd.
Hangs Onto Claim
Probably The best developed group Of
claims on the Eulch is that owned ~ James
ConZsrte Of this city, who located the
ground shortly after the placer diEEines had
played out, and who has hung onto them
ever since, doing work whenever he could
and putting his money into the ground.
This group Of claims is known as the Port
land, and has several openings on Il, in all
OF which ore has been struck, some Of Il
very rich, the rich shoot having been struck
only this last winter. The principal work
has been confined 10 a tunnel, which Is
following along g large vertical coming Up
through the porphyrys. This vein, which
N really the northern extension Of The
famous vein which cuts through the Dakota
Maid and Gilt Edge mines Of Two Bit, has
been cross-eut for a distance Of twenty feet
and the wallis have moi yet been struck
This vein has been sampled for its sntirs
distance where exposed by the tunnel and
the average OF the samples taken give ASSAY
returns Of better than as per ton gold.
From this tunnel at 4 distance Of 10 feet
from its mouth, an upraise bAs been started
and il this uprise. which Is rapidly ap-
preaching the surface, free gold specimens
have been found. they coming into the last
few feet Of the working with great ire
qusncy-
The Cooper ground 20 the southeast OF
the Portland u another group On which
much development work has been done IN
the past, but which has been idle al o.
the winter. Prom this group there has
been more ore shipped than from al Of
the other mines in the district combined.
On the Cooper ground the most Of the
work has been put IN on 3 hve-foot vertical
which occurs in the p~orphyry. From this
vein many tons Of ore have been shipped
20 Colorado for treatment after having
been hauled sixteen miles by wagon over
4 hard trAl 70 the ears, and the returns
from II have been big. in fact two tons
o. ore from this vein we're sacked and
shipped BY express, and II vas 50 rich
that IL paid well after the eost Of this sx-
pensivs mode Of shipment had been de-
Quoted and added 20 the treatment charges.
Negotiations are nov pending for lis sale
10 eastern parties. and Il u expected that
the deal VII soou 20 through The prop
srty IL owned ~ Edward Calvin Of srurEis
and Mrs.. Calvin q GElsnR-
To the east Of the Cooper ground is a
group Of claims owned by David CALVIN 4
Sons Of GAlsnA- who have worked n for
years, and which Y looked upon By mining