Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-23
MINING IN The BLACK HILLS
Unique Invitation is Sent to President
Roosevelt
is WRITTEN ON A SLAB OF GOLD
Expenses Are All Provided for and
Meeting of Mining I'm
October Promises 20 BE n
Most Successful one.

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the cyanide treatment to the tailings from
the Homestake quartz mills, read a paper
describing the character and treatment OF
the Homestake ores, with especial refer
ence to the effect and cost Of the cyanide
treatment on the same. The paper has
aroused a great deal of interest among the
mining men OF the Hills. for the success
which Prof. Merrill has made OF thai
process in its application TO the tailings
Of the Homestake ores has made everyone
interested in mines in the Hills anxious
to learn q little more Of his methods than
the fact that they are successful.
The American Mining congress will meet
in Deadwood and Lead on October Z to IL
Of this year, and the Black Hills Mining
Mems association is doing everything In lite
power to make 1t the success which II de-
serves TO be. A special invitation has
been sent by the association to President
Roosevelt to become, for at least one day,
the guest of the association during the
meeting Of the congress, and 1t Is probable
that the president will accept the invita-
tion. The invitation, which was forwarded
to Washington on Saturday last, is in
scribed on a slab Of 1s-carst gold. The gold
was produced and rolled in the Black Hills,
and the engraving upon It is a work Of art.
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from its artistic work, has al intrinsic
value Of several hundreds of dollars.
The association is hard at work prepar-
ing for the coming meeting Of the con
gress, and when the date arrives for its
converting the cities of Lead and Deadwood
will be we'll prepared to handle as large
a crowd as can be brought into the country,
All of the expenses OF the meeting have
been provided for, and there will be moth
ing lacking in the way Of money, hotel &C
commodations, etc.
Doubles It's Force.
Edward Hanschka has doubled the force
Of miners on the Hogan & Anderson
ground on Elk creek. Recent developments
on the ground show that the vein, which
was struck In the shaft at q depth Of fifty
feet. grows with depth. The former owners
Of the ground had run a 235-foot unnel on
the ground. and had been driving It paral-
lei to the vein. never being any further
than twenty-five feet from It. Mr.. Hanschka
when he took possession of the property
abandoned work in the shaft, and entered
the tunnel. He started a drift to the west
from the end of the tunnel, and had not
driven 1t twenty feet before he encountered
the vein. He 10 now In on the vein twenty
feet and has not found the wall. The vein
is struck at this point 176 feet below the
bottom of the hfty-toot shaft. The ore
here carries values which will average from
the numerous assays which have been made
from IL Of $16 a ton, although much richer
specimens have been taken from the work
ings. 1t IL the intention just so soon as
the vein has been crossed to establish a
station and then start drifting both ways
along the course Of the vein, and after
the drifts have been driven far enough to
get out of the way Of the workmen, to be-
gin on a shaft and continue It down for
800 feet. Boarding houses, blacksmith
shops and ofhces have been built on the
ground during the past week, and with the
beginning of the coming week q large force
Of men will be working on the development
of the ground, which Is one Of the best
propositions In one OF the richest free
milling districts of the Black Hills. This
property was sold only q few weeks ago
for $50, 900, and had the owners Of 1t In
clined the tunnel in which they had put
so many years Of labor just q little to the
west, they would never have had any occa-
sion to cell 1t for 30 small . sum. Mr.,
HanschkA, the purchaser Of the property
says that he will at once make arrange
ments for the erection Of Q 100-ton wet
crushing cyanide plant on the property
for by the time the plant In ready to run
the ground will be opened up sufficiently
to guarantee a constant supply Of ore. ThS
Filender strike, which In near this ground
is continuing to show rich ore, and ir
larger quantities with the development
They had been working in a overflow from
the vein, but following the ore a little
ways up the hill they found where II turned
down into the states, and the vein at thii
point Is eighteen feet wide, and carries al
high values as where 1t was struck In tn,
overflow. The other properties in this vi
cinity are showing up we'll.
VIII Erect a Cyanide Mill.
The Gladiator Gold Mining company haI
about completed arrangements for tn,
erection Of a 100-ton wet-erushing cyanid,
mill, which will be located on the com
pany's ground in Deadwood guich, one mil
above Central City, The lumber for tn,
mill has been delivered on the ground an,
the work OF framing the timbers for tn
, mill will begin Just as soon as Il Is pos
sIble TO work on the outside. The Glad
, iator's ground lie located on the phonoiit
belt and has the same vein which run
through the Pennsylvania. The develop
ment of the mine IL being rushed in an
= ticipation OF the completion Of the mil
y anu 10 even NOW IL bhapc To bTOdh W
, ore. The mine will be equipped with
complete hosting and air compressor plan
. and power drills. These have been ordere
! and should be installed and in operatio
within a few weeks. The Red Cloud grou
OF claims, owned by the same company,
being developed and ore will be furnlshe
the mill from both the Gladiator and Re
. Cloud, which are separated only by q fe
hundred feet. The Gladiator company hI
a large acreage OF ground in this violnit
and II Is said has produced some phenom'
nally rich ore.
!, The Jupiter company's mill on Blaekta
" will be ready to stare up on the FIRST
the month, and the company has alreat
began breaking ground in BlAektail guile
= and has It very we'll developed, in fact.
has had more work done upon It than ar
: property in the district, and has a va
amount OF ore exposed in the various worl
ings.' The ore IL a cement, anC while
will free mill to about 40 per cent OF 1
assay values, 1t has proven to be bett
as a cyanide proposition. The new mill
a 15O-ton cyanide plant, wet crushing, al
n has been built along the latest lines,
y shut Down Mine and Keep Mum.
e Work has been temporarily Suspended
the Horseshoe mill at Pluma and its SINE
=. - paoid Cftv The work On the cor