The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-22
A FREE GOLD FIND
Ore Is So Rich that Guards Are De-
tailed on the Uncle Sam
Mine,
Glover Leaf Mining Company Is in
the Richest Of Glover at
Roubaix. r
Special to The Journal.

in any mining region is reported from the
Uncle Sam mine of the Clover Leaf Min
ing company at Roubaix. The strikeWas
made last week and since that time many
thousand dollars worth of the rich ore
have been removed. On account Of the
great, quantity of metallic gold exposed in
much of the rock the company has deemed
it wise to place guards over the ore, both
on the level where it is mined and on the
top. This is to prevent the carrying away
of the rich pieces.
The ore was found on the 00foot level.
Fragments Of the ore as large as a mans
hand have been taken out in which there
seemed more gold than quartz. 1t is not
uncommon, SO it is said, to see pieces OF
ore in which bars of the pure gold as large
as a mans finger protrude. .s,.. .-
/, Thes&report of the discovery has. pro-
duced something of a sensation. Men VINO
have seem the selected specimens taken
out during the last few days announce
that it surpasses in richness anything they
have ever seen. 1t cannot be determined
at this time how much ore there is, any
more than it CAN be determined how much
ore the Homestake has ahead. 1t is suf-
fcient to know that the Glover Leaf COM
pany is at last in a fair way to gain some
return for the large amount of money 1t
has invested in the development and i'm
provement of this property.
The Uncle Sam mine has for many years
been renowned for the richness of its
ore. Many of the most beautiful specl-
nents of free gold quartz taken from the
Hills have been found in this mine, and
have been scattered far and wide as .testt-
monials to the richness OF the Hills gold
resources 1t is conceded by everyone VINO
has seen ore from the new strike that 1t
| is of surprising richness and. beauty.
The Dakota Gold Mining and Milling
company will begin the removal OF its cy-
anide plant from Deadwood to the mine
near Portland immediately The mill
building at Deadwood will be torn down
and new. building erected on the new
site, into which the present material VIII
be taken as soon as possible. :
| The site decided upon for the plant Is
on the Lucy ground between the spurs
of the Burlington and North estern rail-
| roads that cross the Dakota territory.
Water for the plant will be obtained from
| two sources, SquaW creek and Annie
creek. H. -: - , :.
| The Dakota company will also begin
shaft for the purpose of sinking to quartz
| tie at once This shaft will be started
| at point near the proposed new null site
| and is designed as the principal source
| from which ore will be taken for the
mill. Heretofore all ore mined by the
(company has been taken from the upper
| measures On or near the surface ana no
| uuartzite exploration has been carried on.
/ 1t is estimated that quartzlte has q depth
in that locality Of approximately 4oo 1eet
John tBlatchford mine superintendent fo1
! the Golden Reward and possibly more IA
i miliar with the quartZite measures o.
l Bald mountain than any other lndl"lauai
has advised the Dakota company TO Slnh
and gives it as his opinion that good podles
Of ore will be found. 80;
TERRY, S. D.-The first carload Of ma,
i cliinery for the new cyanide plant OF
:
i and stands on the track. waiting to be u1i.
loaded. The mill building is completcc
and all machinery has been purchased
i AS soon as it arrives it will only be
! matter of putting it in place and the plan
! will be ready for commission
i The plant is designed to treat the ores
of the Big Bonanza and Buxton mines
! owned by John. Lundbe1g, J. ". N. Door
and A. D. Wilson: The plant Is going W
on the hillside short distance below
! the Buxton, and ore from that mine viii
be trammed directly into the top OF th'
MILL The owners expect to begin lmHe
diately upon excavations for the receiving
bin. Ore from the Big Bonanza will b.
conveyed to the mill by an aerial tram
way about 1000 feet, long, across tn
; gulch The tralnway will be built will
only one span, and will be about 100 fee
/ high over the wagon road where 1t crosses
. the gulch. The mill bin will be about ~
feet above the bottom, Of the gulch Ih
cable will be: operated by power, as ther'
. is only fifteen feet difference in elevation
between the mine and mill bins
The plant is planned to. be operated
! on a very economical system. From thu
time the ore is delivered it should no
be touched until it is carried to the tail
ings dump. Power for the plant will b.
supplied by the Belt Electric Light {
!, Power company Of Lead by electrical
; transmission. Ill.,. r. 80 ,sr- =
GALENA, S. D.-There is an encour
( aging outlook for mining in the Baa
: Butte district, and owners Of property Il
= this section are confident that their long
e deferred hopes are about to be realized.
In a few months the Ruby Gold Mimi
! & Milling company will be running
f new mill sin Ruby gulch, a short distanc
f from Galena, and the Branch Mint Mimi
n company will have a cyanide plant |
K operation in the same vicinity. 1t is ais
: asserted that the Gilt Edge Maid compan
n has under way plans looking to the com
pletion of a mill in Strawberry gulch fo
the treatment of it's ORE .. o.,
f The Ruby company will install the anal
:: gamation process. The building Is stu
/, ated on a hillside where excavations hav
t been made for four benches. The genera
: manager is in the southwest for the pur
S pose Of looking into the merits of variou
a mills 1t has been decided to put in Chi
s mills, but which. type is not yet known
r The Gilt Edge Maid is owner Of sth
8 well-known Dakota Maid and Gilt Eds
mines ~. ~