The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08
SOUTH DAKOTA
new Man AT HEAD.
7. M. Goddard Of sully County Eleo-
ted Commandment Of the Sol
dier's Home.
Captain Lucas, Who Was First Re.
elected, Declined on Account
of Poor Health.

Special to The Journal
Hot Springs, S. D., April S.-The board
of managers of the state soldiers home
at their meeting last evening unanimous
commandment of the home. He thanked
the board, but declined to accept owing to
impaired health. 4ss,
The board then elected r. NJ Goddard
of Sully county as Captain Lucas sue
cessor, his term to begin July l. He is a
member OF, the lower house of the legis-
lature. -. q, s5<s5s
lvanhoe Mining Deal Closed.
DR.. Rattle, Of Keystone, has received a
telegram from c. J. Sine informing him
that. the Ivanhoe deal has been closed with
the Indianapolis men,. The following we'll
known claims are in the deal: Chilcoot,
Ivanhoe, Detroit and Bell Wether groups,
the property lies south of Keystone and
is considered one Of the largest bodies of
ore in the southern hills. New hoist and
air compressor will be purchased fnime-
diately and placed on the Detroit and 500
feet sunk as soon as 1t can be done. There
is on the dump fifty tons of ore that goes
$25, 900 a ton in gold. Several persons in
Keystone retain an interest in the prop
erty and will help develop it.
The Oriole, the richest strike below Hill
City, is about to ship carload of ore to
the smelter for treatment 1t is esti-
mated that the carload will contain $4,000
in gold.
Work on the Bullion is going steadily
on in good ore. Mr.. Dressinger, com
is here and is fitting up an assay office,
and will now soon be ready to begin
testing. tr,=+!E .4a~
The Sunbeam is getting the new ma
chinery in place and will soon be ready to
start for a continuous run on rich ore.
John Collins is preparing to sink deeper
in the shaft on the Ringold, which is one
Of the claims Of the White Cloud Group,
situated on Laughing Water.
-.-... Shaft to, Be Continued.
The Index Mining company, operating
upon a group of claims near the head of
Susan Gulch, has just completed con-
tract for shaft There is an excellent
belt Of quartz veins running through this
group Of claims. some Of which show ore
of excellent grade, and some samples have
been obtained Of phenomenal richness. A
meeting will be held this week to let a
contract to continue the shaft down to the
100-foot level. j *: -
The shaft of the Old Bill mine is now
down eighty -four feet. The vein is seven
feet in width andTthe ore is reported to
be of excellent grade from the top to the
bottom. This is the second shaft which
are quite distance apart, yet the same
quality Of excellent pay ore has been
found in both openings. -
James Cochran is expecting to begin
work on his Alti Lodi property, aban-
doned a year ago to Chicago men, who
formed the Cochran Gold Mining com
pany, by which the bond was afterward
allowed to expire. Mr.. Cochran has
worked the mine a few months each sum
ner for sixyears with a thirty-ton Hunt
ington quartz mill. taking out from IS, 0O(
to 100000 a season. The ore is of free
milling gold.
y Another Cave In the Hills.
The Jewel cave, situated about sixteer
miles west from Custer, has proven, und.s.
| the investigation Of its discoverers, to be
one Of the most wonderful and beautiful
Of all the grand subterranean vaults which
have as yet been explored. It is rumoret
that the government is about to appropri