Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11
New Owners VIII open Up the Prop
erty and Put In Machinery
Biggest Deal in District
for Years.

II ore from the Nevada, Union Hill, HOO
doc. Eureka and other claims owned by
the company has been treated and proven to
carry In many instances high values, while
the average ore has more than exceeded
the richness of that found in many Of the
mines OF the district. The Union Hill COM
pany has been cursed by poor manage
ment when It was In operation. and none
Of its efforts 70 make it's ground profitable
had been successful, and TO many In the
district II looked as though more of an
effort was made to sell stock than to
make the company a paying proposition.
On the Union Hill claim, especially, there
Is an immense deposit of high grade ore.
end TO miners It has always seemed that 1t
would be an easy thing TO make Its work.
ing profitable, in fact leases have been
Given to mon since the company closed
down operations, not only on the Union
Inn, but on several other claims, and the
men leasing have shipped the ore and made
a good profit, 1t being identical with the
ore which the company could not make
ray in its own mill close to the mines.
There is a better feeling in the camp now
that the bond has been taken on the
rround. for It is said that the gentlemen
interested in II are men who know the
uslness, and who wiz make an EFFORT to
ret money out of the ground instead Of
stock. The people whit have bonded the
property are New York and Chicago men,
and have already made arrangements to
CO an extensive work on It. Besides the
fee milling veins and silicious ore shoots
on the property, on many OF the claims
large silver-lead ore bodies have been
opened up, and some Of the richest silver
one mined In the Hills has been taken
from them.
VIII Open UP h Mine.
The new company. It is said, will de-
velop and open up the known ore bodies
on the ground, put the mill in shape to
treat ore and make additions to 1t in the
: lape OF a cyanide annex. All the citizens
N1f the camp han the change in ownership
18th delight, for Il will mean the making
Productive of a large tract of country which
has for years remained idle, and give en-
p.oymcnt to a large force of men, be-
sides enhancing the value of property which
udjoins the holdings OF the Union Hill.
Should the sale go through 1t will be the
Liggest deal that has taken place In the
Lare Butte district in years and Will
lenent every property holder in 1t.
Preparations are under way for again
y orking the large silver-lead deposits In
the old Richmond mine. The Richmond
,as, before the price of silver declined,
he largest producer of the white metal In
tie Black Hills, but since that time 1t has
Lcen worked only occasionally, and then
for the rich ore which 1t contained. the
o.e OF average grade being allowed TO re-
Lain In the mine. The ore, which occurs
In the fiat formations, is as good a smelt-
i..E proposition as can be found anywhere,
ind will carry from Is to 400 ounces OF sill
vr to the ton. The big tunnel from
which the mine In former years had been
..-i..a L. hog,. ,loanad ont aud rannIrad
md as soon as this work is done a force
of men will be put at work getting out the
ore. for IL is there in the mine ready for
mining and there will be no need Of pros
pacting. .
Bad weather and worse roads have de-
layed the work of charging the cyanide
liant OF the Golden Crest company. but It
III begin Just as soon as possible. The
tompany is making a success OF It's little
Rant now in operation and its management
| elieves that the mine can be worked TO a
greater profit by a large plant.
r. Il. ByrnE Resigns.
DEADwooD. S. D.. May lO-(Special,)-A
change has taken place In the management
OF the Penobscot Mining company. F. r.
lyrns. the man who put the big mill at
Maitland in operation. and who conducted
the deals which resulted in the company
gaming POSSESSION q over l,uu acres OF
the most valuable land IN the Garden City
district. resignlng, and his place being
filled temporarily by f, r. Baldwin. assist
mt manager. Mr.. Byrns is a large stock
holder of the company and one OF its di-
~rectors, and his resignation was according
TO the agreement made by him with the
company when he first took charge. The
company Is now In successful operation and
lr. Byrns, having fulfilled his contract.
viii engage In mining in the Hills. being
interested with eastern parties in a large
tract OF ground in the Ragged Top district,
which will be opened up this year and a
TIant erected on it, The Penobscot COM
pany on Wednesday last sent a brick to
the assay office I'm this city which weighed
1.o6O ounces. The gold in the Penobscot
carries a little silver. so it's bricks arc
worth about $3.50 an ounce, which would
place the value Of the last seml-monthly
cleanup OF the mill at SlS,55O.
The Glover Leaf company. operating the
Uncle Sam and associate properties, on
Tuesday last removed it's former superin-
tendent, T. @, Binney, and placed o. b.
Amsden In charge Of the work. Under the
management OF Binney the mine has never
NquAled the product OF former years. and
the heavy expenses OF operation and devel-
opment more than eat up the profits of the
~Cleanups. The property Is one Of the best
trembling propositions In the Hills and
has upon Il one OF the most complete hoist
ing and milling plants In the west outside
OF the Homestake company. II has been
a wonderful producer in the past and under
the direction OF the new superintendent
should prove TO he as productive as Il has
over been. The big sixty-stamp mill on the
property will not be started up again until
The errors OF former superintendent have
heen corrected and the mine placed I'm
Shrpe 10 take out ore economically and I'm
Suficient quantities to keep II running con-
atantly. On the 60O-foot level of the mine
there recently was made one OF the richest
strikes Of free milling ore ever found in
the Hills. some of Il running up into the
thousands OF dollars and just as rich as
hat taken from the Holy Terror I'm IT'S
hest days. but Il is said very little Of this
ore found its way to the mill. Under the
new superintendent a new and more careful
system of wording viii he inaugurated
VIII Enlarge Its Plant.
The MISUNDERSTANDING company last
Thursday sent down from It's mill IN the
Ragged Top district another cleanup. the
result of a ten-day run. which was valued
at about 1900. The company Is making
arrangements TO enlarge It's present loO-ton
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