Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-15

fer a permanent working 80 the manage
ment, when 10 established the continuity OF
the vein. went some distance down the hill
side and started a tunnel, which, from a
rough survey, will tap the vein at a depth
Of about 200 feet. It will be necessary to
drive This unnel in for a distance Of 22j
feet before the vein is reached. This tun-
rcl is now IN about fifty feet and the ma
terial which is coming into It at the pres
eut time Is highly mineralizod. showing
proximity 10 an ore body. Should this be
the case. Il will mean a blind lead. the
existence OF which has been unknown here
tofore. The company owns a good mill
site on Deadwood creek, and should It's
developments open up good ore bodies It
will probably build a mill the coming
spring.
The old Esmeralda mill on Blacktail Ia
being repaired preparatory to starting up
on ore from that mine. The property. which
is owned by Emil Faust OF Central City, has
been idle for some time. but recent work
In It has opened up a good shoot Of free
milling ore, which will pay we'll 10 mine
and treat. The mill will probably have
several cyanide tanks added to II for the
treatment OF the ~tailings, The Jupiter
company on the same gulch Is going ahead
with its 100-ton cyanide plant, and hopes
to have It in operation before the FIRST
month OF next year has passed. The COM
pany owns some valuable ground on the
gulch, and It has a vast amount Of ore ex-
posed in the different workings, which will
go better than s. to the ton, and is a
splendid cyaniding proposition.
The Montezuma Iron mine, situated
within the city limits OF Deadwood and
owned by J. T. Gilmore and associates, is
making daily shipments OF sixty tons a day
TO the Golden Reward smelter. The ore, a
pyritlc. carries gold values ranging from
S1.40 TO 81 a ton, and is a most excellent
ore for 1uxing purposes, It's shippers clear
Ing about 50 a ton on It,
high Grade siIver-LeAd Ore.
The Bare Butte district. especially that
part OF IL in the vicinity OF Galena, is
shipping considerable ore at the present
time, some OF It high grade silver-lead ore,
but the most Of It carrying gold values Of
n good commercial grade. The Hayes is
shipping about a car a week, the Crown
Point three, the Sunday two cars, the Rat
tlesnake three, the ST. Anthony from two
to four car loads, and, II is said, the Gilt
Edge, the bonanza Of Strawberry gulch,
will soon be shipping several car loads a
week, a switch from the p. E. NJ. narrow
gauge system having been completed this
week to its dump. The Union Hill people
are doing work on several Of their prop
critics in the district and getting out a
good quality Of shipping ore, but whether
they will send any OF It TO a treatment
plant Is unknown, as they are !ust doing
the annual assessment work on several OF
their unpatented claims. This company
owns a large acreage OF valuable mining
ground in the Galena district, which poor
management has kept in a state Of unpro-
ductiveness for years, and recently has
leased some Of its ground. and individual
miners are making profit from ore which
the company could not make pay when II
was testing II in plants OF its own. The
Golden Crest will soon be milling ore in
its own mill, and there are other mines in
the district which, within a month or 80.
will be adding to the gold product Of the
Hills. Altogether. the district is in a
most prosperous condition. with a future
which is assured, and the beauty OF its
prosperity is the fact that it Is not con-
fined to one or two big companies, but is
enjoyed by numerous individual owners of
ground.
KEYSTONE, S. D., Dec. H-(Special.)-
The Ivanhoe Gold Mining and Milling COM
pany is pushing development work on its
property in the Chilkook camp. Recently
a rich shoot Of ore has been found, which
free mills s12 per ton and assays $40. The
ledge is Ave feet wide and the shaft is
down twelve feet, and the ledge Is improv-
ing rapidly. The company expects to take
out a car load of this ore to ship in the
near future. The geological formation and
character OF ore of the camp resembles
that OF the Cripple Creek district.