The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-20
MINES AND MINING
Black Hills Gold and Lake Superior
Copper.

Copper.
Il LEAD, S. D.-The Belt DEVELOPMENT COM
pany is inaugurating an extensive system OF
operations on it's property adjoining the
Homestake, in South Lead. The company is
at present drifting to the northwest on the
Homestake ledge, and crosscut has been
started to the westward from this drift The
main drift starts from the bottom of the 700
foot shaft, and is nearly 1000 feet long. The
ore at the face bears close resemblance to
the ore that is ts,ing taken out on that level
of the Homestake mine. The Belt company
is getting ready to sink 500 feet further on
the ore. The sinking will be in winze,
starting near the face of the main drift. The
shaft is about half way up the side of the
hill, and the face of the main drift is now
about under the summit. The company s
ground lies south of the Homestake, and as
the ore body dips heavily to the south on the
Homestake, the Belt company is going to
gain considerably on 1T by sinking from the
face of the drift instead of in the shaft. It
is estimated that the 1900 feet in depth at
tanned in this way will be equivalent to 1900
feet in the main shaft.
The excavations are nearly completed for the
and is being built on the side hill south
of WhiteWood creek. Work is progressing
satisfactorily at the mine, situated on North
Lead hill. Siliceous ore is being shipped from
the property to the National smelter in Rapid
City. There is one pile pf this ore on the
uul1p CQdC Is eSClulhtSQ LO COuldlu lsIVu Io1lo,
and careful sampling proves that it will aver
age S25 to the ton.
The Holy Terror Mining company is having
all it can do to keep its lower workings clear
Of water. Half a dozen pumps are needed
and it is stated that the expense of keeping
them in motion is eating away the profits
Of the mine. The Holy Terror shaft is the
decpst one in the entire Black Hills now,
and it has drained a number of other mines
Notwths standing the expense of mining ore,
it is expected by Keystone people that the
mine will soon be paying dividends again.
Experiments are still being made on the
tailings from the Holy Terror ore with the
cyanide process but owing to the large per
centage of arsenic, it is proving to be Diff
fcut problem to settle. The Keystone dis
trict IS considered by mining men to be the
southern end Of the Homestake belt. =
The owners OF the mining ground around
Silver City, Pactola and Mystic are greatly
in hopes that somebody will see fit to build
or complete the railroad between Rapid City
and Mystic, strip of country that is rich in
gold, silver, lead and copper, but too far
from railway facilities to make it profitable
mining. Rapid river flows through the dis
the Black Hills Now that the National smell
ter at Rapid City is successfully treating ore,
a railroad connection with these camps would
make short haulage for ore. At Mystic the
electro-cyanide plant Of F. H. Long and as
sociates is ready for 100 to 200 tons of ore.
railroad far as Pactola even would
make it possible to get the entire capacity of
have been frequent rumors that the Bur-
lington Railway company intended to buy the
right of way of the old DUSTY & Windy
Railway company and complete the line.
There are several mines containing antimony
in paying quantities along the proposed route.