The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10

This years meeting Of the B. Fl.
Soldiers and Sailors will be held at
Piedmont Aug. 26 and q.
a rich vein OF free gold and tellu-
RIDE has been struck in the North
Star company S ground near Custer,
Revlew:-A}l the civil engineers
and U. S, deputy mineral surveyors
in the Hills report a very brisk
business. More acres OF ground are
being surveyed for patent in thi;
section than ever before and the
engineers are kept hustling.
Several newly opened veins in the
Custer Peak mining district have
shown up so we'll that considerable
activity is reported from there. The
good old sound Of the olast is heard
again and all in the section feel con-
fident of u bright future for the dis
trict.
Review: The Holy Terror Mining
company is proceeding with devel-
opment work of Its property and
running the keystone mill. Mr.. r.
B. Hughes, president of the com
pany, was in the Northern Hills last
week, and says that everything is
going nicely with them.
Review:-Among the names pro-
posed for admission to membership
in the American Institute of Mining
Engineers are Galen H, Clevenger
and Chas. FL. Falton, Of Rapid City
Mr.. Clevenger is a graduate of the
state School of Mines and Prof. Full
ton holds the chair Of metallurgy at
that institution.
Review:-Mr. Fritz Mella, of the
firm of Morris q Mela, assayers,
left Wednesday evening for P actola,
where he will start the cyanide
plant belonging to Mr.. L. A. Rich
ards and associates. The plant is
located a short distance frorc Pacto-
la on Rapid creek, in the district
made famous years ago for its placer
deposits.
Review:--The Golden West Min
ing company has started the Chillian
mill, two miles west of Rockford. A
large amount of free-milling ore,
running from four to six dollars,
has been taken out of the Yellow
Bird and Benedict mines. which is
to be run through. The company is
making an excellent saving in its
ore.
David Bennett, the man charged
with the killing Of Edward Wilson
at Spearfish several weeks ago, was
discharged at his preliminary eX-
animation. There was no evidence
to warrant holding him, as it can
not be sh )wn that he entered the
house where Wilson was found
during the time they were quarrel
ing.
The old Standby mill at Rockford
will, in a few weeks, start crushing
the Ajax company's ores. The
Z Standby property was worked some
ten years ago quite successfully, but
some values escaped in the tailings,
the proposition being similar to
that of the Homestake. 1t is the in
tention of the company to install
cyanide yats and follow as closely as
possible the Homestake system.
The News Record is pleased to
correct misconception in its article
Of last week regarding the unioniz-
ing Of the young men employed
about the Horseshoe cyanide plant.
The boys it appears we're perfectly
i willing to join Terry Peak Miners
Union and would have presented
themselves for initiation had they
not been led TO believe that they
should join the carpenters union.
The cause Of the trouble lay in the
fact that some members in the last
i mentioned union tried to extend that
body beyond It's jurisdictional limits
Miner: The Holy Terror company
made another cleanup at the mill q
few days ago which produced gooc
sized gold-brick, the same being
shipped to the U. S. assay office II
DeadWood This clean up was Q
sufficient magnitude to make the
& officers OF the company feel greatly
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