Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-19
MINING IN The BLACK HILLS
Baby Boom Develops in the Bare Butte
District.
RICH ORES IN THE FLAT FORMATION
TweIve-Foot Vein Found at the Port
land Mine which Creates n Sem
sation-BiE Mining Deal
Under way.

GALENA, S. D., Jan. ~1s.-Cspecial )-since
the first OF the year there has been quite
q boom in the Bare Butte mining district
and several properties are being worked on
which II had only been intended to do the
annual assessment. The Cooper ground on
Ruby gulch, in the lower end Of this camp.
is now taking out ore for shipment, a rich
shoot OF ~silicious ore having been struck
in the fiat formation. The work hereto
fore done on this group OF claims has been
on the ore vertlcals, of which there are
three in the group. All Of these vertlcals
have been prospected for depths ranging
from 125 to seventy feet and in former days
quite an amount Of rich gold ore has been
shipped from them. The ore in the fiat
formation, while known to exist, had not
been worked. all the work having been put
In on the verticals, but the prospecting
which was done before the first Of the year
showed this ore to be as rich as that taken
from the verticals, so after the assessment
had been done development Of the shoot
was continued and the ore is being sacked
for shipment. The property is owned by
Mrs. Ludlow OF Galena and James Calvin
of Sturgis.
POrtInnd's Rich strike.
The sensation Of the hour In the camp is
~ ilCh NElht WHICH mas Detn Hdub III the
Portland mine, a short distance above the
Cooper ground in Ruby gulch, and owned by
the Ruby Mining and Milling company. The
strike was made in a drift which had been
started from what is known as the south
tunnel and which was following along the
course OF a vertical cut by the tun-
mel. The drift had been driven In about
sixty feet on the vertical when the rich ore
was struck. 1t fills the face Of the work
ing and appears to all carry free gold. The
vein at this point has been crosscut and is
about twelve feet wide. Besides this erti-
cal a number OF other ore bodies have been
exposed and developed on the Portland, all
OF which are free-milling and carry good
commercial values. The company has ar
ranged for the erection OF a mill in the
spring for the treatment Of It's ores. The
company is a close corporation, the stock
being held by a few people and none OF It
Is for sale.
Shipments OF ore are being made dolly
from the Crown Point mine, on Strawberry,
and arrangements are being made to in
crease the output Of the mine. The ore is
a porphyry and the work is being done in
an open cut on the side Of a steep hill.
The deposit is an immense one. but the
rich ore is confined to a narrow streak
about fifteen feet in width and this carries
high values. The entire hill prospects and
with a big plant operating on It almost all
OF the material would pay to treat. TIT
ore is an ideal one to treat by cyanidation
and Il is said that the owners Of the
ground are considering a proposition to
erect a plant in the spring. AT present the
ore is being shipped to the Rossiter cyanide
plant in Deadwood for treatment.
May start It's Plant.
The Union Hill company is running a
tunnel on the Emma mine, situated in the
heart Of Galena. and is getting out some
very good ore. This is one of the mines
from which. when the company was OPP
Grating several years ago on an extensive
scale in the district, 1t produced its rich,
est ore, and which would have paid hand
somely. The company OWN a stamp mill
and a smelter In Galena, and It is rumored
that, should developments on the Emma
warrant, II will make some necessary
changes In the plants and again start them
up.
Shipments Of rich silver-lead ore are
being regularly made to the smelter In
Deadwood from the Monarch mine, which
is holding its own in the matter Of pro-
duction, although but a small force OF
miners is employed getting out ore.
The Golden Crest soventy-fve-ton cya-
hide plant is running regularly on ore from
the property and will make Its first cleanup
in a few days. Work in the mines OF the
company has exposed several new ore
shoots. all OF which carry fair commercial
values. and the ore supply now on hand and
In reserve is sufficient to keep the present
plant running for years.
other Prosperous Companies.
The Redwater Mining company, on Two
Bit, has had a large force Of men employed
doing the necessary work on its ground,
preparing the different claims of the COM
pany for patent. The company will shortly
begin active development work on some of
its mines.
Work will be resumed on the Sandy and
Rattlesnake mines next week. These mines
last spring and summer shipped a great
deal of high-grade ore TO the Deadwood
treatment plants, they being at that time
worked under lease by Bart Harris, who
has again taken them and who will again
get out ore for shipment.
The Dakota Maid aud the Gilt Edge, the
two most famous mines in the district,
which have been idle since last fall, are
again being prepared to start up. Both
were clCsed Town on account OF legal dim
c%ulties, which have new been settled.
Tn Anaconda Mining company, on the
divide between Bare Butte creek and Elk
creek. has received a hoist capable Of lift
ing material from a depth OF 1000 feet, ana
II is being moved over to the property and
will be In running order In about a week.
The company is going down on a strons
vertical OF ore. which carries values rang
ing from SIS to S25 a ton gold. The ore
is free milling and similar to that found
in the Glover Leaf. GToshong Bros, in the
same neighborhood, are doing assessment
and development work on their property
and the results are very encouraging. They
are slnkins on a twelve-foot vein Of free
milling ore,
BiE Deal Under Way.
DEADWOOD, S. d.. Jan. lS.-(specialD-
T. W. Bradley, president OF the Bunker
Hill-sullivan mine, the most extensive min
ing corporation in the Occur d'Alene coun-
try. has been in the Hills for the last week
and II is rumored that his purpose here is
TO purchase the control OF the Dakota Min
Ing and Milling company, together with the
interests OF the Portland Mining company.
The deal, should II go through, will be one
Of the biggest that has ever been con
summated in the Black Hills, tor 1t will
not only take in the extensive treatment
plants OF the Dakota company in Dead
wood. but will include several hundred
acres OF the most valuable mining ground
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