Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-23

now under way on all Of the ground there
promise great things.
KEYSTONE, S. D., March 22-Cspecial)
The Cuyahoga will soon inaugurate ex-
tensive developments upon its property near
this camp. For a number Of years work
has been continued on the ground by a
small force Of men. but recent develop
ments on the ore body have led the man
agement to continue these developments
on a larger scale, so the work will be
started as soon as possible. The present
shaft will be sunk to a depth OF 500 feet
and at various levels stations will be cut
and drifts run on the vein. There is a
large ore body exposed I'm the workings
and at least so per cent Of it will free mill,
while the other values may be saved either
by concentration or by c~yaniding. The
management is now experimenting with
a view to determine the best method Of
reduction to employ in the treatment Of
tho ore. The company is composed Of Chi
cago and eastern men, and should the ex-
periments on the ore now being conducted
give the management a line on the kind of
plant required for the treatment of the ore
one will be erected this year.
New Machinery ON wheeler Hill.
CUSTER CITY, S. D., March 2%2.--(spe-
cial)-The Castle Creek Mining company
is busy installing the new machinery on
the Wheeler Hill. A month or so ago the
company lost its air compressor plant, It's
engine and boilers and machine and black
smith shops by FIRE, and since that time
has not been doing much work on the
ground. The company has one of the best
free milling propositions in the southern
hills, and has expended many thousands
Of dollars in development. The long work.
ing tunnel which cuts the formation has
penetrated three separate and distinct
veins, one OF them carrying free gold and
very high values, and it is expected that
the tunnel is now but a few feet distant
from the main ledge, Itch in the early
dcys Of stamp milling in the southern hills
made the Wheeler hill famous as a pro-
Queer Of rich ore. The tunnel will tap the
vein at a depth Of at least 500 feet.
II is reported that at a depth Of 1856 feet
another rich ore shoot has been struck in
the Clara Belle mine. The new shoot is
said to be extensive and some of the ore
taken from it is literally alive with free
gold.
Virtue G. Bowles, while doing develop
ment work on their ground east of Custer
City last week, uncovered a small vertical
of ore which carries very high values. This
is believed to be the vein from which AL
Gay several years ago took some very rich
specimens, breaking them from the surface
%outcrop. Gay left the spot, but failed to
take proper bearings, and when some years
later he with others attempted to find 1t
they could not do so. The find was known
to be in the vicinity OF Charles Harbach's
ranch, and, although Gay, with several
others, Put in one whole summer hunting
for it. they were never able to find e
again. The specimens brought in by Virtue
& Bowles are very rich in free gold, and
they claim that the vertical has widened out
considerable with the little work which
they have put in on 1t.
F. H.. Long & Co. have bought the old
Bullion mine at Keystone, and will shin
ore from it to their electro-cyanide plant
at Mystic. The ore from the Bullion is
said to be peculiarly adapted to treatment
by the process adopted in the Mystic plant.
The Bullion is a well-developed mine and
contains a large body of ore carrying good
commercial values.