The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-05
SOUTH DAKOTA
GOOD ORE
Prospectors and Explorers in the
Garden City, $. D., District
Are Being Rewarded.
Columbia Company to Resume Oper-
Il atoms Near Rockford the
First Of the Month.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. ffs
Deadwood S. d., Koy. 5.T-James Con-
zette, president Of the Ruby Gold Mining
& Milling company, has returned from
a trip southwest and west. He purchased
in San Francisco two batteries Of the
Merrill stamps. These he found extensive
" used in California, and they have many
points to commend them. A battery con-
sistss of six instead Of five stamps, each
stamp weighing 1000 pounds, and by rea-
son of it's working in a compartment by
itself, developing much higher efficiency
than the ordinary stamp. Mr. Conzette
purchased concentrating tables and other
machinery for the mill at Denver. His
plant will have an initial capacity OF forty
tons day, amalgamation being the pro-
cess in use. The mill building near Ga
lena has been completed several weeks.
Mining and prospecting are being active
~ Carried this fall In the Garden City
neighborhood. No less than "a dozen COM
panies and individuals are doing substan-
tial work and. in nearly every instance are
being rewarded by the disclosures Of good
ore. ~,
The Penobscot company is shipping ore
to Denver and Rapid City and is working
day and night keeping its 4O-stamp wet
crushing cyanide mill busy at its greatest
capacity It is asserted that new chute
of ore,was discovered, in the mine only a
few weeks ago.
The Goldstake company operating. on
Elkhorn gulch, a short distance west OF
the Penobscot,2 has recently encountered
vertical vein of free gold ore. The COM
pany has been driving a. tunnel for several
months, this work being under the direc-
ton of George E. Wilkins. The company
was organized only a few months ago and
has met remarkable success in enlisting
capital for development purposes.
The Gold Eagle Mining company; which
was also organized last summer, is work
inO in "A 81 M
down twenty two feet so far without
getting thru the quartzite and assays have
been obtained as high as $40 and SCI q. ton
| gold The company is preparing itself
for steady work during the coming winter.
| 1t owns 185 acres between the Penobscot
and Goldstake properties.
I The Glover Leaf Cold Mining company
is still obtaining rich ore on it's, 900 foot
level. The strike made there three weeks
age has been holding out and the COM
pany is reaping the reward Of Its patience
and sacrifices. The water in the mine Is
under better control and has recently been
pumped outR Of the seventh level so that
work may resume at that point. 1T was
reported yesterday that the rich vein is
known to extend from the 600 to the 700
foot. level. .<-- ~
ROCKFORD, s. D.-The Columbia Gold
mining and Milling, company will resume
Operations Dec. 1st. At the special meet
ing of stockholders held at Sioux: Falls,
plans We're formulated for overcoming all
the difficulties that the company has
been experiencing and for carrying on the
work where it was left off lastssummer
Tae@co company owns two tracts Of mining
Hand III. Penn1ng county, one on Silver
j Creek and running to within a short dis
i tanoe of the. townsite of Rockford ant
tthe' other along Castle creek south o.
! Rockford near the famous Cochran mine
4 The principal work has been performed OF
1.-The Silver Creek property. A large shat
. was started on a vein Of free gold ore ant
Preached a depth Of about 1876 feet. It wa
the intention to- continue to a depth o
1900 feet when a crosscut would be driver
to the vein which had dipped away from
1.-THE sliaft. The company purchased q new
tplant Of excellent machinery, CONSISTING
of steam hoist, air compressor, drills ant
electric lighting facilities and is finel.
. equipped for its work. aE
; The Golden West Mining company
which purchased the Benedict and yellow
Bird groups a year and half ago. i
running a 5-ton Chilli mill steadily Wit
: this mill it has been demonstrated tina
$ the ore on the Yellow: Bird and Benedtc
, properties is Of a paying quality, and de
velopment work Of the last year has show
enough ore to supply a mill Of 100.ton
: capacity for a period Of eight years. It /
consequently the plan Of the company t
begin Immediately the construction of,
large mill in which the Chill pulyerizer
will be used. One cleanup a month is be
ing made at the mill, and only last, wee
f E. J. Kennedy, the superintendent
f brought to Deadwood four gold bars. tn
8 result Of the last run.
al Mr.. Fischer, the Pennsylvania railroa
man, who has a bond and lease on tn
Black Eagle group of claims adjoining tn
a Yellow Bird and Benedict, has gone easl
V Work is continuing on the PROPERTY an
5 the outlook is very encouraging. A ties
run was recently made on ore from tn
property in the little mill Of the Code
f West company by which it was show
that the ore is of a workable quality
WEBSTER, S. D.--Ludvig Hasse, tfreshel
was, robbed Of $500 last night one mile frol
town by three hoboes.. Hasse5 had been maxim
= threshing .collect TONS One suspect was nrreste
r at zWaubay to day
]. : DETERMINED SUICIDE
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