The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-30
TIME IND r1ILL.
Interesting News Notes
on Development and OPP
Grafton in This Section.

on Development and o.
Grafton in This Section.
Ed, Flynn made a rich gold frd
at keystone last week. He will de-
velop the claim.
1t is reported that Jeff McDermott
has struck it rich in the Klondike
and has had an offer of 5000, 900 for
his holdings.
The machinery for the Dakota
Calumet smelter near the Maloney
Blue Lead is all on the ground and
is being put in position as rapidly
as possible. The plant will be in
operation in the early spring.
1t develops that the ore in the
North Star mine is not free milling
and is not susceptible to treatment
in the ordinary stamp mill. 1t is
refractory in character and by the
proper method of treatment it is
claimed that this ore will average
$40 per ton in gold.
Some of the richest rock ever TAX
en- from the Uncle Sam mine is now
being obtained from the 5OO-foot
level OF that property and proves
the richness and stability OF the
whole Sam proposition. The depth
Of 700 feet has now been attained
and a station cut at this point. An
immense 80, 000-pound pump will be
installed at this level which Super
intendent Bunny asserts ill be ca
pable of handling the water until a
depth of 1900 feet has been reached.
Stock in the Yellow Jacket propo-
sltion is still selling in a very salts
factory manner, insuring a proper
development Of the property and
making Of it a regular producer and
dividend-payer. With this end in
view, 400, 900 shares we're set aside,
the proceeds from the sale of this
amount Of stock Tor so much thereof
as is necessary to be used e~xclus-
lively for this purpose. A goodly
portion of this amount has already
been disposed of. The Yellow jack
ct claims, seven in number, lie in
Lawrence county. On the Yellow
jacket No. / claim is a shaft IS feet
deep, c%rosscut at the bottom, the
pay ore lying in veins of quartz
which vary from n to four feet in
width. A test made at Omaha in
1893 on a half-ton of ore from these
workings gave a value Of $51.H gold
silver and lead per ton; another
test on the same amount at Dead
wood gave $3.50; still another at
Deadwood in 1899 showed a value of
1890 per ton; another assay made
at the State School of Mines here in
Rapid City in October, 1899, showed
q value Of $1,000. Several other as
says made still more r Gently have
demonstrated similar values and
the showing made from these tests
is rendered all the more gratifying
from the factFthat the ore used was
not carefully selected, but vas TAX
en- and tested just as it came from
the mine--a fair test of Yellow
Jacket values. On the other claims
are shafts varying from 10 to 30feet
in depth, aud values averaging up.
to those Of the Yellow Jacket No. l
have been obtained, depth consider
ed. The seven claims all lie adjoin.
ing each other, have plenty Of tim
Der and water, and an excellent
millsite. The property is in the
hands Off company composed al
most entirely of Rapid City peonle.
with Judge Levi MCGEE as presi-
dent and George Hughes, the origi-
nal locator, as general manager.
Active development work will begin
with the opening OF spring Keep
POUR eye on the Yellow Jacket-it's
al right.