The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-05
SOUTH DAKOTA
THE LIMESTONE BELT
Four Companies Are Operating With
Great Success in This Black
Hills Region.
Monthly Output Of $4,000 Will in
in a Year Be Increased
to 100000.
Special to The Journal.

DeadW0Od, 5. d., Feb. 5.--Ille success
of mining in the limestone belt Of Law
renee county Is regarded as almost .phe
nonlenal. Four mining companies are
actively operating in the region, the
Spearfish, Deadwood- Standard; Potsdam
and Victoria, the former Of which are
regular producers Of bullion. and one, the
Spearfish, dividend payer ,.s~.,4<
|. The monthly output of the region ex-
ceeds $4,000, which is yielded by the
Spearfish and Deadwood- STANDARD cyanide
mills, operating on ore that assays be-
tween 81 and 81 ton and does not take
into consideration the small shipments Of
ore made from time to time by the own
ers Of small tracts. ri * 49,.
Before another year has. elapsed it is
expected the region will be contributing
500, 900 monthly to- the gold output of
the Hills. - g. ~
The Deadwood- Standard, property joins
the Spearfish, and the ore occurrence and
geological formation are the same. The
ore lies near or on the surface, in hori-,
zontal shoots of such regularity and prox-,
unity and with the Intervening material
so highly mineralized as to present vir-
.tually a solid body. of commercial ore.
CUSTER, S. D.-The employees Of the
Black Hills Porcelain Clay and Marble
company, thirty In number have returned
to work after a short tle-up, over some
boarding house trouble. The employees
demanded better Accommodations and the
demand has been complied with.
J. N. Wright has returned from an east
| ern trip where he succeeded in organizing
| the Extreme Mining and Milling company
| for opera lions in Custer county: The new
! company has assumed possession of three
| of his most important groups, the Cold
| en- Mortar, Provo and London, comprls-
ing about 500 acres, on which there.is an
| excellent showing in gold. It is the In
| RI h11ilH. a r1anf the London
group. =. -. - -, !:
Recent work in the Cold Miner property
belonging to William Wood, A. T.. Feay
and Ernest Smith, disclosed "a fine body of
ore in the bottom of the shaft. Five as
saws give values from $50 to $3.50 a ton.
The incline shaft of the Gertie. Mining
company at Hill City is 500 feet deep and
| a drift has been started towards the vein,
| which dipped out of the shaft: E.. c.
johnson is superintendent. -
CENTRAL CITY, S. D.-The Big Four
Mining company is oss.cutting ION the
| 12O-foot level, and expects to reach ore
within fifty feet The company is work
ing in the phonolite region. and at a aeptn
Of eighty feet in the shaft drove a short
cross cut to the vein, where an excellent
i quality of ore was revealed. Hoist1ng is
accomplished with a whim, and gaso-
lene pump has been installed to, handle
the water.
| The University Gold Mining and Milling
company has discovered a new body of ore
on Annie creek. 1t is shaly in character
The company now has a vast supply
opened and every calculation is being
tmade to have a mill built early in spring
The Ak sar-ben Gold Mining company
has lately increased it's holdings on Annie
creek by the purchase of the Gault group
from F.. A. Haines and N. W.. Chapman
Inv. ar ora IN
creek, besides thirty two acres on Sheep
tail gulch. Immediately north Of the Home:
stake. vhe company will build a, mil
Jointly with the University company.
HOT SPRINGS, s. DID. b. Webster
reports that the Minnie May: mine, one o.
the Oldest prospects in Custer. county. has
been purchased by eastern men for SIS.
900 in cash. The ore is refractory, Will
!. rich .streaks of tellurium. ore running
through the body. which assay values rul
into the thousands of dollars.
Reports from Keystone are to the Seffec
that Ed Flynn has struck. rich ore in hi
claim which is near the Holy Terror, ane
Z that he5will soon reap the reward of: lont
{ years OF. working q md waiting.
r There has been a consolidation of tn,
properties of the Central Black Hills. Cop
! per company:an the Copper Butte Mtnin,
t company.
81 The: three compartment shaft OH tn
!. Lucky Boy property has been finished t
], a depth of $50 feet--100 feet below: TIN
: tunnel level. The stump was finished Fri
t day; and preparation for tting: the sta
Il ton for the first level below the TUNE
!: was imnl ediately commenced. From thi
. point "a drift will be run to. ,intersect tn
rich ore body disclosed by the surfac
. workings. A good flow of water has BEEF
: struck in the shaft-enough, it is thought
s to run a five-stamp MILL but the Noun
$ Aetna company does not intend to begi
milling ore from their mine with a mill o
that small capacity, and the main shat
e will be sunk deeper.
), A f1ve-foot vein has been opened on tn
e Sunbeam property, which increases i
Y width as depth is attained. The entir
vein shows good values.
Ore has been encountered on the lowe
;. quartzite' at the Cleopatra mine on Squa1
:, creek, and, if the reports are proven it wi
that creek.
Operations will begin this week in get
: ting out mica for shipment from til
d Crown Mica mine. In the past this min
i. has produced some high grade mica, and
is said a deposit has been opened whic
!. exceeds anything heretofore taken from i
$ Stamps wills again begin dropping ne,
h week at the North Star mill. The shut
down is understood to have been cause
Iby the difficulty experienced in saviu