The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-26
SOUTH DAKOTA
ION HOMESTAKE BELT
Another Disclosure of Rich Orc
Made on It's southerly Elk
tension in Lawrence,
Old . Highland Chiefs Properties
and Machinery Included in
Deal Near DeadWood.
Snacial to The Journal.

Lead. s. D.. Feb 2S.-Another disclosure
of rich ore has been made on the south
erly extension OF the Home5take gold belt
in Lawrence county. The United Ruby
Gold Mining company, operating on Bear
BUTTE creek, Is working in free gold-bear-
ing quartz that bears a close Resemblance
to much Of the ore being mined at the
Uncle Sam mine of the Clover Leaf Min
ing company. It has been revealed with
in the last few days, and Is OF Wide ex-
tent, In true assure vein.
Current operations on the gold belt
south of the Homestake tend to convince
iIninins men more and more that the great
ore assures found on the Homestake
proper have enriched the country along
their course for many miles. There is a
large area of undeveloped territory on
their course. .E.zs955ssz
The new plant at the shaft of the Ana
conda Cold Mining company, on the d.
vide between Elk and Bear Butte creeks.
is almost ready to use. It consists OF q
steam hoist. compressor and drills.
DEADWOOD, s, D.-An important min
ing transaction has Just been closed in
Spruce gulch, one and a half miles from
Deadwood, by which the Lexington Hill
cold Mining company has acquired go
acres of the choicest mining property III
the region The purchase takes in the
mines and cyanide mill of the old High
land Chief Mining company, the Lexiny-
ton Hill group, the Belle Eldridge. Annie,
and the Collins mill site on the gulch.
r. The rary was formed by Henry
r. Wells and others Of Boston, r. r. Corn
forth of Denver and Henry Bischn:f 81
Deadwood. It was capitalized at 81, $40,
900 originally.
| The company purposes to enlarge and
| improve the old Highland Chief mill
| which consists of a twenty-starnp crush
4 ing complement and teaching tanks capa.
BILE Of treating from twenty to- forty tom
Of pulp a, day. In addition to this, an
other mill Of 200 tons daily. capacity is tt
be built at a point further down tt,t
4 Eulch and q power plant will be built il
DeadWood, the power to be TRANSMITTED
| by electricity.
CENTRAL CITY, S. D.-A new discoy-
I cry OF gold ore has been made on the
] head of Falsebotton1 creek, along the
/ wagon road between Deadwood and Port.
4 land. and near Deadwbod gulcl, by e. p
Farnham of Central City, who has beer
i working a tract of eishty-seven acres Of
land for several months under bond ant
/ lease
/ The property lies in the phonolite bel
and the ore is phonolitic showing all the
characteristics of the rich ore the Penn
sylvania company Is working near by
and closely resembling much Of the ore o
Cripple Creek
The plonolite belt. so-called. did no
!, receive attention until two or three year
ago. when its similarity to the formatio,
Of the. famous Cripple Creek of ,Colorad
was first noticed. Since then there ha
been much prospecting in the region, an,
i, this is one Of several Important find
made.
HOT SPRINGS, S. D.-There has bee
\ much speculation in the Hills relative 4
! the electric cyanide custom mill at -Mys
). tic, some declaring the gold saving Pre-
:, cess started by f. H. Long of Chicago,
failure, because the mill was occa siona1l
q idle "A little newspaper criticism ha
brought forth statement from Mr.. Lon
relative to his new process, whichathrow
! some light on the subject. He declare
that the plant has proven all claimed II
7, it, and although run periodically, it fa
really been no fault OF the methods. Tt
trouble has been lack of ore for stead
: ! work.
e Several men were put to work at til
q Bullion mine Wednesday morning by tt
company that has bonded the property.
Mr.. Van Syckel, a mining expert frol
New York, arrived Wednesday in the II
e terests of a New York syndicate that II
n tends to combine with the Chicago con
s pany that has bought the Ida F1orenc
:. Mr.. Sisk has a, fine showing of ore whic
u has just been opened.
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