The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-08-14
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Mr.. Charles P. Doney, who departed
for his home in Indiana the latter part
of last week, is one of the largest
stockholders in the Ivanhoe Gold Min
ing and Milling company, which, as we
understand, is consolidation of the
Ivanhoe and Chilcoot group Of mines.
We learn from DR.. Rate, who has
been the chief promoter of this deal,
that the company is preparing to in
stall a steam hosting plant, with air
compressor and machine drills, when
the development of the ground will be
pushed with all speed. The mines are
situated about nine miles northeast
from Custer.
James Demereau went down to the
Southern Queen copper mine where he
will remain long enough to perform
the annual assessment on the property.
The Southern Queen is known as the
richest copper nine in the Black Hills.
having shipped several car loads of ore
to smelter, the average return from
which was SO per cent metallic copper.
This is the record and we opine that it
will be long time before that record
will be broken. The property is stu
ated near the mouth of French creek
canyon in the limestone formation.
seven miles west from Fairburn.
DR.. Rate accidentally discovered a
new ledge on the Detroit claim at the
Ivanhoe that assays $11. The doctor is
quite jubilant over the new find.
The Mainstay Gold Mining and Mill
ing company have let contract to
Harry Davis and Herb Atcheson to
drift and cross-cut 200 feet on the 300
foot level of the Ida Florence shaft
The contractors are required to push
the work with all possible speed
| E. ]. Fluckinger, VIM. Smith and W.
E. Clancy of the Tykoon company, ar
/ rived Monday from Cedar Rapids.
Iowa They have transferred the work
! from the Ranger shaft to the shaft
back of the MILL These gentlement in
| company with Mr.. Faulkes have been
making thorough investigation of
the work donein the mine.-Recorder.
Frank M. Nye, headed by party
OF Minneapolis people, arrived here
yesterday for the purpose of looking
over the property of the Reliance COM
pany and sother Black Hills properties
Mr.. Nye is one of the prominent at
torneys of Minneapolis, having prose
cuted Hayward for murder at Minneap-
oils some years since, Hayward having
been convicted and executed; and he
recently defended ex-Mayor Ames and
his brother, who were tried for bribery
while in office. Mr.. Nye is said to BIZ
in line for congress from his district
and will try conclusions next year with
the gentleman who now represents thu
district for the nomination. The part.
will likely remain here for seyera
days.
Workmen are now engaged in rear
ranging the tanks in the Dakota mil
4 at Deadwood and adding to the capac
ity of the plant. Under the new al
4 arrangements the pulp will be allowed t
remain in the tanks twetny-four hour
longer than formerly, which will in
a sure a greater per cent of extraction
1t is said that the company has SUI
a ceeded in disposing of the bond i!
Il sue which it made, with the exceptio
B of few thousand dollars, but tn:
a these have been spoken for and wi
q be taken within a few days by stoe
d holders in the company. With the il
q provements and additions made at Il
81 mill the Dakota company will be
IA shape to resume the treatment of o
s. and with a greater degree of succe
81 than has ever before accompanied
"a efforts in this direction. Work in Il
n mines at Bald Mountain continues, al
"a large bodies Of ore of good col
: mercial value have been opened up,
81 that the company will have lots of m