The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-12-18
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BLACK HILLS MINES,


Hob Terror Drifts on the Keystone
yeln-Redfern Company Organized.
Drifting has been commenced by the
Ucly Terror Mining company on the
Keystone vein. The vein was encoun-
(ered by a cross-cut driven on the 900
lot level, and the company Is now
opening the vein, preparatory to block
lng out ore. An assessment has been
1oyied Of cents share. This Is cal
eolated to cover the expense Of the
yast exploratory work that has been
begun. Besides the development work
slnder way in the Keystone territory,
TIE Holy Terror company is also max
ing repairs to the stamp mills, and is
hitting all its improvements on bet
ker basis.
IA few weeks ago the Mount Aetna
Mining company set up steam hoist
Af the shaft started near Keystone
Ibis has recently been supplemented
~ a sinking pump. The water has
teen coming In faster than 1t could be
hted with an ordinary bucket The
company has undertaken deep explor-
Hons. The working force has been
Increased lately, several new men hav-
Ing been put on.
James A. Clark has closed two deals
on mining claims that he owns near
Keystone, the buyers being Chicago
and New York men. There are two
groups of the claims, and both are be-
Ing surveyed for patent. Negotiations
for the properties have been under
way for nearly year.
Chicago capitalists have taken a
bond or purchase on the Golden Rod
mining lode, near Keystone, III which
seyeral Keystone persons are interest
ed, Further development work Is to
be done and the property fully ex-
pIored before the expiration OF the
bond.
TIE first meeting of stockholders in
the Redfern Gold Mining and Milling
company, at Hill City,resulted in the
election of the following officers:
John Croft, president; o .Mochon, first
vice president; A. G.. Stephens, secre-
tary and manager; j. Mcdonald, treas
urer. These. with r. e. Hawley, H.
Mcclellan, Robert G. Hayes and Sam
mel Pascoe, constitute the directorate.
The company was only recently incor-
porated, with a capitalization of ST.
p00, 900, divided into 100000 shares Of
stock of a par value of 81 per share.
It Is designed to confine the heaviest
stockholding to the employees and Off
Gals of the Burlington railroad sys-
tenn. The promoters are Burlington
men, and they are assured of import
ant financial assistance from other
men of the system.
Burlington men have owned the Red
tern property for several months. A
five-stamp mill was built early in the
fall, and Is being operated for demon
stration purposes. The property con-
STATS of twelve claims mile and half
from Redfern station, on the Burling-
Ton, and eight miles from Hill City.
Water is obtained In various springs
Tor milling purposes, and 1t Is esti-
mated that there is sufficient for forty
xtamps. The developments reveal a
rein fourteen feet In width. carrying
uniformly good values in free gold.
The vein may be traced 1000 feet
ACROSS the company's claim, and pam
ful of dirt and broken rock taken from
any point along the outcrop, yields
good results in free gold. The body of
ore shows q general value of from so
cents to s22.S0 per ton from wall to
wall.
The incline shaft on the Sunbeam
property is 100 feet deep, and the ore
ls richer than before. The ore pos
sesses a singular granular structure,
AID is impregnated with particles Of
metallic gold, varying In size from that
Of a pin-point and barely visible to par
ticles as large as grains of wheat. Dc
casionally wires of pure gold are found
through the ore. The vein Is over fif-
teen feet wide, and shows great regu-
iarity all the way down. 1t shows an
Rverage value of over $50 per ton, and
q sample recently assayed $4,000 per
con. The Sunbeam Mining company
was organized for the development Of
the ground. Friday gulch was one of
the richest placer regions in the Hills
during the early days, but it was not
until few years ago that men turned
their attention towards discovering
the origin Of the placer deposits.