The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-06-05
FORTUNE IN A BRICK.
Largest and Most Perfect Bar Re-
eeived at United States Assay Office
In DeadWood.

@ q oh''so otates Assay Office
In DeadWood.
The largest and most perfect gold
brick to be received at the limited
States assay office at Deadwood has
been deposited by the Spearfsh Gold
Mining and Reduction ompany from
the cyanide mine in the limestone belt.
1t weighs LII 5 ounce and is over 600
hne, being worth approximately 500
QUO. 1t is seldom that gold of such
hneness Is brought into this office from
plants in the hills, and while the office
has received bars weighing as much,
they have not possessed the same
value, nor anywhere neal it. The gold
Is usually associated with silver and
copper. The last bar from the Spear
fish weighs over ninety pounds, troy
weight, is well formed, and the gold
is of a particularly bright yellow color.
This brick was the result of a four
teen days run at the 200-ton cyanide
plant Of the Spearfsh company on ore
that assays from S. to 81 a ton. At
this rate the company is able to clean
uD V @ $4,000 a month. The Increase
in the amount of the clean up is at
trIbuteblc to greater richness Of the
ore than formerly, and to the fact that
the company is able with experience
to get a greater efficiency in the mill
ing facilities.
A gold brick that in f~ineness is equal
to that deposited by the Spearfsh
company has just been brought down
by the Observation-Disclosures Gold Min
ing company. 1t is worth between
$4,000 and $4,000, but in it's perfect
proportions and the luster Of the metal
it is the Spearfsh bar reproduced on
a small scale. 1t represents a two
weeks run at the PISTON plant on ore
identical III characted with the Spear
fish ore, the two properties being ad-
joining.
The PenObscOt Mining company has
just made another strike near Matt
land which in its magnitude and I'M
portance is considered greater than
any discovery of ore yet made in that
portion of the Hills. 1t is a body Of
ore ten feet thick, of unknown length
and breadth, and showing q general
value of $16 a ton gold.
This is the second new ore body to
be found on the PenObscOt property
within the last few months, and lies
east of the main workings and the
main shaft.
In view of the splendid showing on
4 the PenObscOt it is amazing that the
] properties laid idle so long. Not until
J about a year ago did capitalists rec
I ogniZe them. Then Alexander Matt
land of Negaunee, Mich, lieutenant
governor of Michigan, and several 9TH
E ers took hold and by purchasing ad-
Joining claims came into possession or
an area of about 1900 acres. Their
mill has been 50 complete a success
I that property all over the district has
I advanced in value at an enormous
rate.
Among other concerns launched for
I business in the district are the Mime
sofa Mines COIN duf, ONASi ~ 'N
acres purchased Of the old Garden
City pan the Columbia CONNER
I cial company, owner of a tract a snort
/ distance northeast of the Penobscot,
and the Dizzy Mining company, own
Z er OF 200 acres a short distance down
g the gulch from the PenObscot.
One of the largest mining deals IN
the Hills was consummated recently
nv lanes d. Hardin of Lawrence coun'
ty. The property is mostly in the vi
cipity of the town Of Galena, and was
owned by the Galena Mining ana
e Smelling company, and has beer lying
g idle for several years. The ground
y consists of the original holdings OF Ihe
7 old company. with all the improve
ments and franchises, including many
groups of promising mining claims, as
e eregating in all about 1000 acres OF
g mineral ground, most OF when mas
I been patented.
= This is the property promoted oy
v Mr.. Grabel years ago. he
, had succeeded in all previous opera
tions and had made a great deal Oh
y money for the capitalists backing hlm'
u vat for some unaccountable reason
. thew became panic-stricken at a cIiti
cal moment, went back Oh him entire
" and he retired in disgust.
, These mines have been reported
. unon by some Of the most cslepIaIeu
erDerts in the United States, ana al
vavs with a favorable decision. IL is
generally believed that the property II
among the best in the Hills ans MT
II harding and his company expsct 10 se'
thoroughly organized and in snaps 70
s+.r+ their mills in the unmer.
Work on the Roosevelt group Q,
m,,es Is being pushed with q sooo
force Of miners.
n nav group of mines has sash 10
f. ,.+od near Custer, which, from assay
1t hids fair to rival the best In the ols.
B. trict The ore from the Marsei iun aa
eAc % while the Nordyke yielded Sl@'
a snd Nerdyke No. l $3.50.
Hundreds of Houses Swept Away.