Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-03
MINING In THE BLACK HILLS
Gold Hill Company Plans Hundred Tor
Cyanide Plant.
GLOVER SINKS SHAFT NEARLY 400 FEE
Hidden Fortune Strikes Wide Ledge
Of Solid Ore-OId J. r. Mine Again
Being Worked After Long
Idleness.

LEAD. s. D., March 2.-(Special. 1.-THE
Gold Hill Mining company Is planning to
build a 100-ton cyanide plant on its prop
erty. situated along the Spearfsh canyon.
The company has a large quantity Of low
grade cyaniding ores Upon its property,
lying on top of the hill east of the Spear
ish, and It IL the intention, in the event
Of the building OF the mill, to convey the
ore to the plant by means of an endless
cable system. The ore is similar to that
being treated by the Deadwood Standard
company. and also to that on which the
spearash company made such a success
previous to the destruction Of the mill by
IRE in October. The Gold Hill ground
lies text to the Spearish and Deadwood-
Standard group The company consists Of
Omaha and Milwaukee men, and q shaft is
being put down from the bottom Of the
Spearish canyon to quartzite.
The machinery is arriving for the Tykoon
Mining company's stamp mill at Keystone.
Two Wiley concentrating tables have been
received and are in position. An air COM
pressor is expected soon and the foundation
has been laid for 1t. A new pump has
been purchased for the we'll, where the
company proposes to get its water supply,
and connections are being made with the
mill. These connections are being changed
from what they were originally, a fire plug
being put In. There will be hose and pipe
| connections with both tanks and the pump,
as q safeguard against FIRE. The mill was
purchased a few months ago from C. A.
McEachron and d. B. Ingram, and much
Of the old equipment is being replaced.
The shaft on the Ranger group. which was
purchased by the company, is down 100
feet and will be continued 100 feet. The
top of the shaft is 200 feet above the mill.
situated on the opposite side OF the hill
| After the shaft has been completed a tun-
mel will be driven through the hill to con-
meet with the shaft near the 2Oo-foot level.
This tunnel will be 175 feet long and
through this the ore will be conveyed ia
the mill on a tramway. The company has
lately been driving q tunnel above the shaft
ana has struck a seventeen-foot ledge ol
free gold and concentrating ore The same
vein appears higher up on the hill, lying
parallel with q number OF others fully al
strong.
Good Assays ON Wabash Claim.
The shaft on the Wabash Mining com.
pany's ground, q few miles from Custer
is down 200 feet on q vein OF free milling
ore. and good assays are being obtained
The company has a steam hoist and u wei
equipped for permanent work.
The Glover Gold Mining company has IL
shaft down S5T feet and has begun drifting
to the westward from the bottom. cross
cutting the formation The company's prop
erty is situated a mile and a half ives
OF Lead, on the divide between NevRdl
guIch and Deadwood gulch. the group con
sisting OF sixty-six acres and extending
from the top Of the divide to Nevada gulch
The material taken out in sinking the shaf
was principally p~orphyry and trachyte
much OF It highly mineralized and assayinl
from 81 to SIS q ton. Frequent traces o
ledge matter were revealed. and some o
the ore taken out Of the small seams as
sayed over $500 per ton.
The Pennsylvania Gold Mining company
organized last spring by Rev. N. n
schenck while he was pastor Of the Lea
Methodist church. is getting good ore Il
Rutabaga gulch, one OF the tributaries o
DeadWood guleh. The company's propert,
Is almost due west OF Lead and Is nortl
OF the Glover group. The Pennsylvania
company has been working steadily on tn
ground since the formation Of the com
pany.
The Hidden Fortune Gold Mining compan,
has a ledge OF solid ore over nifty fee
wide IN the west erosscut drift Of tn
Baltic tunnel. This ore Is found on tn
Hoddlebug lode. but is believed to be tn
Marvins ledge. II Is fres milling and As
says from - to 81 q ton. n compan,
continues to drive the Baltic tunnel an
is also keeping up the development worl
on the Spokane claim.
The state school Of mines has issued
bulletin on eysniding In the Black Hills
lprspared ~ Pr0t. CbarleA H. Fulton, met