The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
SOUTH DAKOTA
IT IS GETTING BUSY
General Resumption of Work Is In
dicated on the Horseshoe Com
pany's Properties. i,
Construction of the Big Cyanide Mill
Pushed by Foreman and
Full Crew.

Special to Tho Journal, ,'s-.
Deadwood, S. D., April 16.-There is
every promise that a few weeks more
will witness the complete resumption OF
properties. Beginning April 1, mining was
resumed in the Lucille mine, and ship
ments of the ore were commenced to a
Denver smelter. Since then work has
been taken up where it was left off at
the new cyanide mill, near the Mogul
mine. A. Guinneau, foreman of the con-
struction, returned from Denver, whittier
he went at the time Of the general shut
down, and all the old carpenters have re-
turned to their work. The Ben Hur mine
is now preparing to resume.
The Penobscot Mining company lost a
few days recently at the Garden City
cyanide plant owing to an accident to the
elevator from the ore crusher. Repairs
have been made and the plant is running
again, with all forty stamps dropping
Good clean-ups are made and the company
has reduced everything to a satisfactory
working system. A large ore bin has
recently been built at the main Realiza-
tton shaft, for use in loading the high
grade ore Of the mine, which contains toe
much gold for cyanidation. This ore was
discovered a few weeks ago in a, westerly
crosscut from the shaft, being an en-.
tirely new shoot. It is being hauled tc
wagons, and is there loaded on cars.
carload Of this ore is being shipped daily
and it is asserted that it averages close
to $50 the ton.
ROCKFORD, S. D.-The Columbia
Gid Mining and Milling company has
completed the installation Of a new
$1,000 plant at the mine near Rockford
| and sinking has been resumed In the
-1@fk -.
hoist, 100 horse power boiler, air com.
pressor, drills and plant for electric
lighting.
Developments at the Golden West con
tinue with the greatest encouragement
The main shaft is being continued be-
low the 1oo-foot level, and another sta
| tion is soon to be cut, and a crosscu
driven to the vein, which shows up will
| so much strength and regularity as vel
as richness at the depth of 100 feet.
| George Grady and associates are nego
tiating for machinery to be used in sink
! ing on their property in Eornblend,
Camp, a few miles southwesterly from
| Rockford.
| The new officers and directors of tn,
Ohio-Deadwood Gold Mining company ar,
| arranging to start work half a mile abov,
Rockford on Little Rapid creek the lat
ter part of the month.
/
F. w. Book, S. J. zerga and others for tn,
| purchase Of the Old Montezuma mine AM
mill at Rockford.
Placer mining is beginning along tn
various streams of the central Black Hills
and miners have started out with ever
| assurance OF a good season. Much place
gold still exists along the water courses
| TERRY, S. D.-John Lundberg, J. V. n
] Dorr and A. D. Wilson have purchase
| the we'll known Buxton and Big Bonanz
| mines in the vicinity Of Terry. They ar
| buying the claims of Fl. w. Seaman Q
| Clinton, Iowa, who purchased them sew
eral years ago Of the Buxton Mining com
pany. Besides the Buxton and Bi
Bonanza lodes, there are the Cheetol
Chlorinda, Chorlinda extension Firs
Dividend and Pluto. The ground ad
joins the Golden Reward property. Th
purchasers purpose to erect cyanid
plant of seventy-fve tons capacity dali
for the treatment of the ore.
The property has been worked undo
lease by John Lundberg for ten years G
more. These mines have been worke
almost continuously for fifteen years, br
they are known to: contain still a vas
quantity Of ore that will yield a fair maj
gin of profit if treated economically.
is the plan to establish a cable tramwa
for the conveyance OF ore from mine
MILL Mr.. Dorr, one Of the purchasers,
an experienced mill man.
Lundberg & Dorr will continue the
lease on the Rosister plant at Deadwoo
for the present. This was the first in til
Hills to be built for the cyanide metho
of gold extraction.