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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-08-28
REX MINING COMPANY.

Several weeks ago the Rex Mining
company, whose ground is located
over mile south of Lead, began work
on q shaft, which was started on a
small cropping of ore. This small
streak was followed down for a depth
of twenty-five feet, at which depth 1t
widened out and filled the shaft, which
is a double compartment. At this
depth samples taken from the sides and
bottom Of the shaft showed ulat the
ore, which then was white quartz
mixed with tale slate, carried values
Of about 81 ton. This showing In
duced the company to continue sinking
and a few days ago the character OF
the ore began to change. there being
less slate In 1t than formerly, any yes
treday after a few shots had been set
of the bottom of the shaft was shown
to be in large body Of ore. free from
slate, and carrying little galena. The
ore Is similar to that found in the
Clover Leaf, and on firts inspection one
Ia led to believe that 1t comes from
that mine or from one OF the proper
ties in that district, for so close does 1t
resemble 1t that it is difficult to tell 1t
from that ore. Just before this ore
was struck samples were taken from
the shaft and assayed and gave re-
turns of So ton. Assays from the
new ore have been made, the vein
where exposed IN the shaft being very
carefully sampled, and returns which
give values Of over $50 per ton have
been received
The ledge now fills the bottom of the
shaft, dipping little to the south. and
after the shaft has been sunk few
feet deeper prosecuting to determine
its extent will be commenced. The
company has been working three eight
hour shifts daily in the shaft, and will
continue to do SO now that it has made
therich find, and just 80 soon as the
arrangements can be made will erect
q hoist upon the ground, and should
the ledge prove to be as extensive as its
management now has every reason to
believe, treatment plant will be con.
tracted for at once. for the ore Ia rich
enough to warrant the expense Of
building one.
This is not the only showing OF ore
which the company has upon it's
ground, for In the workings which have
been started in other places ON the
property good ore bodies have been un-
covered, ore bodies which carry q.
cellent values Work of developing
the new find, however. will be pushed
might and day, and the company hopes
to have 1t In such shape within few
weeks 80 that measures can be take1
to make the extensive Improvement,
in the way OF treatment plants that Il
now has in contemplation.
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THE HoMEsTAKE.

The Hon stake Mining company has
added another to its long line OF
continuous dividends since the stamps
first began to drop in the old Eighty
in 1878. The total dividends paid by
the company for 1903 amounts to
$382,5O0 while the total dividends to
date has been $12,094,350. For low
grade proposition this is very good, SO
much better than some of the big COM
panies operating on high grade ores
that the wonder Is how so much money
can be made from ore which returns
so small a per centage Of profit to the
ton. Under its present management
the Homestake company has developed
from the biggest mining proposition in
the Black Hills into the largest gold
mining proposition in the world, and
the greatest part of its success Is due to
the careful. skillful and conservative
direction OF it's present general man
ager and superintendent. The Home
stake company will be paying divi-
dends for years to come long after the
baby Of yesterday shall have paid the
debt Of nature.
Another mining company which has
entered upon an era of dividend paying
is the Spearfish, and it promises, also,
to keep in the list for years to come
and to increase the payments of profits
to its stockholders with every passing
year. Although the Spearfish has not
been in the dividend class for a great
while, it has paid during 1908, $44, LOO.
and to date $61,74O in dividends. This
is splendid showing, when it is con-
sidered that the company at the begin
ming of It's milling operations had the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-08-28
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to lose it's first treatment

plant by fire, involving loss of many
thousands of dollars. But its manage
ment was not discouraged, 1t had the
ore, and knew that 1t could win out.
so started work before the embers of
the old mill had cooled off upon a
larger and more complete plant, which
is now in operation and turning out
gold at the rate Of 100000 month.
In the same neighborhood with the
Spearfish is another property which
will probably, by the end of this month
be placed on the dividend list, and that
is the Deadwood- Standard, which for
the past six or seven mt this has been
meeting with gratifying success in Its
developments, and in the operations OF
it's 125-ton treatment plant in johnson
gulch. The last fifteen days ruin of the
plant resulted in a much bigger clean
up than formerly, and it Is rumored
that the company was about to pay Its
first dividend. The company, after
many vexatious delays, caused by no
fault Of the property, or its manage
ment, is about ready to begin work on
the enlargement Of its treatment plant,
which will be increased to one having
daily capacity Of 300 TONS Develop
ments on the ground have insured an
ore supply for such plant.
So successful has been the operations
of the Jupiter mill on Blacktail since
its stamps began to drop the last time.
and so greatly has the value of it's ore
increased, that it is within the bounds
Of reason to prophesy that with few
months this company, too, will be a
dividend payer.
The Penobscot and the Golden Crest
while close corporations, are known to
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-08-28

resent the department. The Mining and
Scientific Press has repeatedly pointed
out the desirability OF having a De-
partment Of Mines created, but thus far
no positive steps have been taken by
congress In this direction. 1t Is to be
hoped that the American Mining Con-
gress may eventually WELD sufficient
influence at Washington to bring about
the desired end. In the meantime.
however. the Mining Congress- win take
up and discuss variuos mining and
metallursical topics, and the meeting
will afford an excellent opportunity for
leading mining men from widely separ-
ated regions to form personal ac-
|quaintances with an interchange OF
ideas which will prove, individually
and collectively. valuable to those at
tending the Congress, and to the min
ing world at large.-Mining and Scien-
tito Press fs $50 800 f9s
Not SO very long ago a gentleman Of
our acquaintance had a mining deal ON,
and was expecting an investor from
the east who intended to examine the
property. The local man had not come
AA CJAtd%I WALL SA0 UeaiI1CultA DR0SlS6
described above, and thought
It the proper thing to tell some Of has
friends about the arrival The FIRST
man he met took him to one side and
impresstveiy breathed these words in
his ear: s fssi;sa
'.Son. said he,."you hold your tom
que about that eastern party coming
here. II you want : to get the deal
through, Take the advice OF philos-
opher. and do as tell you. When you
learn that your party ia to arrive. meet
him at the depot, and don't let him out
Of your sight until he leaves. Eat with
him. sleep with him. IT, necessary:
don't let any one else talk to him, I'M
Less you are certain you can trust tho
man he talks to.
There are men who pruwl around
seeking Just such fellows as your
friend. the investor. II they can get
next to him they'll blast your reputa-
ton. and, after sowing seeds Of dis
trust, they Will seek to Lead the man
to look into their schemea. Take my
advice and be wary, g - -s~s'3s
This IL not q dream. but q true
4 story. The, home promoter" b dam
esroW; character. He turks tn Ollr
nidst and Is very poisonous. But II
che public. rs made acquainted with
eome of hts characteristics those In
danger. from his poison can guard
themselves.--Leadville Herald. Demo
eratss .;.; s...s, f,lg;35zl Il
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-08-28

ganized another company, known as
the Queen OF the Hills" to operate on
this ground.
A local stockholder, In speaking Of
the affair to a representative OF the
Register, said: II feel quite indignant
over the matter; not 80 much on &C.
count Of the money have lost,
though of course don't like to lose it,
but for other reasons. In the first
place. don't like to be played for, a
sucker; but the most important rea-
son is. that it is just such deals as this
that make investors wary Of putting
their money into mining propositions
One such job as this Will keep more
money out of the Hills than ten prop
erly managed and financed companies
can bring In. We need eastern money
to develop the wonderful mineral re-
sources OF this country. and in order
to get it we must treat the eastern in
weston fairly and give him something
to show for his money, even though It
be nothing but an unproductive hole in
the ground. The people who put their
money into Golden Treasure" must be
content without even tho hole, for that
now belongs to Mr.. Fish,"
There is some talk of bringing the
matter up before the next grand jury
for investigation, some of the stock
holders insisting that indictments can
and should be returned against the
officers and directors.
A representative of the Register
called upon Mr.. Farnham Monday to
hear what, he had to say about the
transaction, and was informed by the
promoter that If he had anything to
say he would have it published In an
other paper. So be it.
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GOLDEN TREASURER.

The Central City Register OF yester-
day contained the following, that will
be read with interest:
Where do we come in?" 81
That is question the local stock
holders in the Golden Treasure Min
ing company" have been asking each
other since the 9Th Of August. And
they may we'll make the query, for at
present their stock is apparently not
worth the paper upon which it is
printed.
The Golden Treasure" IL q semi
local company, the promoter and or
ganizer being Postmaster Eli p. Farm
ham. Last fall Mr.. Farnham secured
an option on group OF claims belong
ing to Giles M. Fish and located in
the vicinity OF the Portland mine. In
the Bald Mountain district. He then
made visit to his old home, at Edger-
ton, O., and succeeded In interesting a
number of his relatives and friends In
the property, with the result that a
company was formed for the purpose
OF developing theEclaims.S The officers
elected were w, II. Brooks, Omaha,
president; @. M. Harris, Edgerton, O..
vice-presid ent and general manager:
J. F. Mast. Edgerton, o.. treasurer:
e. p. Farnham, superintendent of
mines. Titus e. Corkhill Of this city
was designated as consulting engineer.
Several months after the company
was organized Mr.. Farnham announced
that the original officers had been
ousted for cause, and the following
named gentlemen elected in their
stead: President, DIR. c. Hathaway,
Edgerton, o.; yice-p president and gem
eral manager, F. L. Hendricks. Dead
wood. s. D.; secretary. O. M. Burns.
Montpelier. o.; assistant secretary. 3.
G. Kanauer, Toledo, o.; treasurer,
Jacob Zeeb, Edgerton. o. e. P. Farm
ham and Titus Corkhill were retained
as superintendent OF mines and con-
sulting engineer. respectively. The
name OF the former also appears on the
prospectus as q member OF the board
Of directors. sss " s.3S
The price to be paid Mr.. Fish for
the mining ground was s., 600. OF which
$500 was paid down. A handsome
prospectus was at once gotten out end
Mr.. Farnham began to dispose OF
stock. He succeeded In selling quite a
number OF shares In Central and other
Black Hills towns, and In three months
made a second payment Of 81, 900 to
Mr.. Fish. The third and Anal payment
Of 81, 100 was due ON August {. last, al
which time Farnham was In the cant
The deed to the ground had been placed
In escrow in tDeadwood and Mr.. Fish
waited until the 7th bsfore withdraw.
| ing 1t. Mr.. Farnham returned home on
the eth. but said nothing TO the owner
Of the ground about making tho ina
payment on the same He telegraphet
him from the east, however, askins
II he would take 81. 800 for the deed. u
which query he received 9 negative
answer.
The local stockholders ere rather Ga
tclinsd TO say harsh things shout ths
promoter and OFFICERS OF tina colder
Treasure for the anticipated streas
ure" has been dissipated into thin Mi
and worthless paper. One gentleman
| In Lead purchased 6,500 shares ..s ths
stock. giving as part payment an inter.
est In q group Of mining claims neal
] Lead. Farnham he's since then or
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have been so successful that both
have a handsome surplus in their
treasures; and the Golden Reward
has always paid, so these three cor
porations can also be included with
those which are now paying dividends
The list, while not long one, Is a
good one. and will be added to before
the year ia out.
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IailiiIlQS.

hQlllaaY0n
Secretary Mahon of the American
Mining Congress Is daily in receipt Of !
messages and letters from the gov
ernors and prominent mining men OF
the western states assuring him Of a
large attendance of delegates and visi-
tors from their states in Lead and
Deadwood during the continuance OF
the congress. Et4 90 9t#Ett
Pennington county is making great
effort to have one Of the best displays
of minerals OF any OF the counties of
the Black Hills in the mineral palace
during the session OF the American
Mining Congress, and to accomplish
this the committee from that county
having the gathering Of it's display In
charge ie working hard and faithfully.
Deadweod creek has hot yet been
dispoiled OF its deposits Of placer gold
and many old placer miners are today
making living from them. Between
Central City and Deadwood. along the
creek are q number of strings OF sluiee
boxes, and several parties are engaged.
in washing out the gravel. Much of
the work is being done on virgin
ground, spots which were passed BY
when the gulch was being worked by
hundreds of claim owners and was pro-
ducins thousands OF dollars daily from
Its plaeers; little places which have es-
4caped the invasion Of the food OF tail
ings from the quartz mills, and those
working them report that they are
taking out better than wages.
: ~ $500:
i Placer copper haasabeen found in
Alaska, at the head OF thu White river.
THAT considerable Of It has been found
is evident because the natives used
nuggets Of copper In the making of ar
row heads, bullets, etc. These placer
"copper" deposits are contained in stream
benches, which owe their existence to
rocky barriers through which the
gets OF copper weighing as high as ten
pounds have been found. butt these
wore rare. the copper running gravel
ilihe In size as pannad. OccMrreneesto OF
Istream OF placer copper are rare, and
There hns been no ind OF the metal
wherein IL was ia quantities sufficient
to pay cost Of mining It.
/ CyanAde poisoning has q most ef-
iessasG 2. a1meuy "a toloAlue oI nyuiu ,s
seh - csA " uuiinls, . lnLal naaly
" VII ny pue.l ic sylinse. SoM Tslos',
snouiu 70 pulu upn .ne '>ue,an ollu
naaeau paS.eis ~ Jug ieet neip GU ~
s.u.lay.- py eyay means Keep .ie
paeisit aWaAes = paluAlue " nyuav-
Il gen - not 10 % na1 use permahgana1e
4 = p. 49, w. ~ inuo mai. sn1silu
Ae1p 9 SUPPLY - s5 slsas' eo'u
Cold ts found IN about every county
IN the gtate Of California and the state
length The main gold-preducine
Ieounties are Fresno, Mariposa Tuol.
i umne. Caiayeras, Ell Dorado, Placer
4 Nevada, Yuba, Sierra. Butte. Paunns
Shasta, Mojaye and DA Norta
--- - = 8.
Il For q year or more there has ragged
lA IRE In the United Verde mines Jer-
Tome, Arizona. It was some time age
d presumed to have been extinguiRhed
through the use OF vast quantities o,
jcarbonic acid gas. but recently tho ffre
broke out with renewed yigOr and II
i hottest ct the 600-foot level and eating
its way down. The remarkable feature
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mentS. With che matter OF genera
ting smelling heat undergoing the
most exhaustive experiments, and bet
ter application OF the same when gem
Grated, it Ia reasonable to expect econ
omies In reduction believed impossible
now. The most unyielding item In
operations between extraction of ore
and production Of bullion is tranapor-
patton. This feature remains quite in
exorable in It's demand Of energy. es-
peeially for long hauls, and districts
looking to great success would do well
to shape Its affairs 30 that as little
transportation as may be possible lies
between the mine and smeiter.--
Mountain; American,
Many OF the prospectors who q few
months ago invaded the Bare Lodge
district and located ground. are now
on their way into that country again,
going for the purpose of doing the nee
essary work upon their locations. and
protecting their interests in the
ground. "A number have already left
from Lead, while several will leave
Deadwood on the beginning Of the
with them tools and provisions. and
some will 60 with the purpose of win
tering there. Reports from the district
are very favorable, but Ill reports
agree that deep work will be necessary
before what there really is in the dis
trict can be exposed. Quite a town has
been started at the base of Warren e
peak, and 1t will soon reach such pro-
portions that mail service between
1t and the railroad will have to be es-
tablished.
To the brave and ragged prospectOr
with cheap outfit for mining and hope
fu1 heart is due the rapid development
of the west. At the tap OF his pick the
doors OF natures treasure vaults open;
but their wealth is not for him. The
stock sharks .rhe spectators and the
promoters rob him OF his interest, and
the snow Is no sooner sinking from the
slopes of the foothills than the pooa
fellow Is vending his course into new
territory. He appears in the rocky fast
nesses Of the mountains. and, with nc
companion but his pick and frying par
Is lost to memory. Suddenly comes
the news OF another discovery and 4
city rises like a pillar OF flame in thu
wilderness. Lucky Bill has struck d
rich" gambled away, his pile ant
rushed on. The bones of hundreds b,
this advance eoiri@s OF civi1izatsot
blaze the path OF progress IN the ives,
OF moufder In forgotten graves, whils
In their wake are teeuhng cities the,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-08-28

Gold Is found In about every county
in the state Of California and the state
Is upwards OF . thousand miles in
length. The main gold-preducing
counties are Fresno, Mariposa, Tuol-
umne. Caiayeras, Ell Dorado, Placer,
Nevada, Yuba, Sierra. Butte. PlunaAs,
Shasta, Mojaye and Dea Norta
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-08-28

Cyanhde poisoning has q most ef-
fective remedy In peroxide Of hydro
gen. It can be administered internally
or with hypodermic syringe. Cold water
should be poured upon the head and
mustard plasters, to the feet help con-
siderably.s BY every means keep the
patient awake. II peroxide OF hydro
gen Is not to be had use permanganate
Of potash. Every cyanide mill snOtld
keep a supply ofthese compounds.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1903-02-26

zarzadzonych W roku 1895, tycza-
cych sic ruchu gwiazd ,stalych,
caly nasz system sioneczny poru-
sza sic z chyzoscia I2a mil ma
sekunde w kierunku ku konstela-
cyl Liry, Ale przy tych oblicze-
mach ME uwzgledniano gwiazd
nieba poludniowego, przeto ME
sa- one dose dokiadne. Pan D. O.
Mills New Yorku dostarczyi
srodkow do urzadzenia ekspedy-
cyl.
New York, 26go lutego. : De-
legaci $4,000 krawcow ca}ego
kraju zebrali sic tn ma konwencya
celem uchwalenia rezolucyj prze-
civ systemowi kontraktowemu.
Wyznaczono komitet wykonaw-
czy celem wprowadzenia rezolu-
cyl W zycie. Oprocz zniesienia sy-
stemu kontraktowego organiza-
cya domaga sig staiych p}ac 60
DIN piracy, jakotez zaprowadze-
MIA motorow elektrycznych lub
parowych do poruszania maszyn
do szycia.
Cleveland, o., 26go lutego. =
Konferencya pomiedzy urzedni-
kami kolei Nickel Plate a repre-
zentantami konduktor6w, zwro-
tniczych i innych kolejowych pra-
cownikow, doprowadzila do pod
niesienia piac o 7 procent przecie-
tnie. Okolo 700 ludzi tego sko-
rzysta.
iPittsburg, Pa, 26go lutego. =
WiaSciciele oSwiadczaja, re obe-
cny brak wagonow kolejowych
jest najgorszym, jaki kiedykol-
wick sic wydarzyl sta} sic powo-
dem zamkniecia wielu kopalh. O.
procz kopaln rzecznych i kopalh
mad koleja Pittsburgh and Lake
Erie jakotez mad galezia Monoga-
hela kolei Pennsylvania, okolo 70
procent kopalh wcale ME jest W
ruchu! Z IS kopalh "Pittsburg
Coal Co." mad koleja Panhandle,
wczoraj IS zamknieto, reszta
ME rozporzadza dostateczna ilo-
scia wagonow kolejowych.
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Wzieli ma odwage.

ze nasi bandyci ME zawsze So
tax ,,wszechmocni'', ,jak i'm sie
zdaje, tego dowodem nastepujace
zdarzenie: Do szynku L. Smitha
pm. 731 Fulton ST., gdzie znajdo-
wal sic gospodarz trzema zwy-
klyrm .go$Gni, wesz1o wczoraj
dwoch drab6w. Zazadali ma razie
epiwa, a nastepnie wezwali obe-
cnych, azeby wydali i'm pienia-
DE kosztownosoi. w odpowie-
dzi jeden. goSc schwycii "a stolek
hukna} MIN jednego napastni-
kow tax SLIME w leb, re tenluz
przypomniala sic prababka. Sym
karz dopadl rewolweru, a dwaj
inni goscie zaczeli energicznie
wymachiwac laskami. Bandytow
zbito ma kwasne jabiko. Opuscili
loka1 pokrwawieni okryci sinia-
kami, w dodatku sledzi ich poll
cya, kt6ra jest pewna, ze osadzi
ich "a kratami.
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Telegrar11y.

New York, 26go lutego. =
Evening Telegram donosi, re
anarchisci ze wszystkich czesci
swiata gromadza sic ma tajny
Eongres w Paryzu, azeby u1ozyc
plany tyczace sic wszystkich ko-
ronowanych glow W Europe. Pc
wien miody tutejszy anarchista
swa gadatliwoscia zdradzil tie pla-
ny. Byl to W}och, zwany "Ange-
10" lub Rudolph, kt0ry W So
bote porzucil swe miejsce i opo-
wiadal, IL jedzie do Paryza. Poll
cya aresztowala tego cz]owieka /
podal on nazwisko swe jake
Frank Hertzel. Doda], re sam ME
Jest delegation, ale zna czterech
delegatow. Nazwiska ich jednak
podac ME chce.
Londyn, 26 lutego,- Wszyst-
kie gazety poranne rozpisuja sic o
niebywalym fakcie, IL W czasie
debat w izbie nizszei W sprawie