The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-29
SOUTH DAKOTA
in n A BRICK.
Largest and Most Perfect Bar Re.
ceived at the US. Assay Office
in Deadwood.
Weighs 1,175 Ounces and Is Worth
$22,Ooo-Two Weeks Run Of
spearfsh Company.
sneeial to The Journal.


Deadwood s. D., May 29.-The largest.
and most perfect gold brick to be
received at the United States assay office
has been depositedSby the Spearfish Gold
Mining and Reduction company from the
cyanide mill in the limestone belt. It
weighs 1,175 ounces and is over 900 fine,
being worth approximately $4,000. 1t lis
seldom that gold of such fineness- is
brought into this office from plants in the
Hills and while the office has received
bars weighing about as much, they have
not possessed the same value Or anywhere
near it,. The gold is usually associated
with silver and copper. The last bar from
the Spearf1sh weighs over ninety pounds.
troy weight, is well formed, and the gold
lis of a particularly bright yellow color
This brick was the result OF a fourteen
days run at the 200-ton cyanide plant of
the Spearhsh company on ore. that assays
from SIS to 81 a tom AT this rate the COM
! pany is able to clean up over $4,000 a
Isnonth.3f The. increase Ia the amount 'ofi
the cleanup is attributable to greater
richness OF the ore than formerly, and to-
the fact that the company is able with ex-
Eperience to get a greater efficiency in the
milling facilities
| "A gold brick that in fneness is equal to
that deposited by the Spearfsh company
has just been brought down by the; Dead
wood Standard Cold Mining company. It
lis worth between $4,000 and $4,000, but in
Its perfect proportions and the luster Of the
metal It is the Spearfsh bar reproduced on
a. small scale. It%represents a two weeks
run at the 125-ton plant, on ore identical
i'm character with the Spearfsh ore, the
two properties being adjoining.
[. MAITLAND, S. D.-The Penobscot Min
ing company has just made another strike,
which in it's magnitude and Importance is
4 considered greater than any discovery of
! Lore yet made in that portion Of the Hills.
It is a body CT ore ten feet thick, or I'M
Fknown length and breadth, and showing a
! general value of SIG a ton gold.
This is the second new ore body to be
found on the Penobscot property within
the last few months. and lies east OF the
main workings and of the main shaft.
In view of the splendid showing on the
Penobscot it is amazing that the proper
= ties laid idle SO long. Not until about a
lyear ago did; capitalists recognize them.
: Then Alexander Maitland of Negaunee,
Mich, lieutenant governor of Michigan,
> . and several others took hold. and by plr-
chasing adjoining claims came into pos
session of an area Of about 1.20O acres
Their mill has been so complete a success
). that property all over the district has adj
I vanced in value at an enormous rate.
I Among other concerns launched for bust
: ness in the district are the Minnesota
:: Mines company, owner of 100 acres pur.
e Echased of the old Garden City company
u IInes COlQnQDla, COInH0ECldl COllpdlly, OWuSl
lof tract a; short distance northeast of the
Penobscot and the Dizzy Mining company
owner of 200 acres a short distance dowr
the gulch from the Penobscot.
HOT SPRINGS, IS. Done Of the lar
|gest mining deals in the Hills was con
= illuminated recently by James D. Hardin Q
d Lawrence county. The property is mostl.
: in the vicinity of the town of Galena, ant
8 was owned by the Ga1enaS Mining am
Smelling company. and has been lying idl
l. for several years. The ground consists o
I, the original holdings of the old company
d with all the Improvements and franchises
d Including many groups of promising min
d ing claims, aggregating in all about 200
a. acres of mineral ground, most of whic
10 has been patented.
This is the property promoted by Nj
s. Cradle years ago. Attic he had sue
ceeded. in all previous operations and, ha
- made a great deal of money for the capi
- talists backing him, yet for some unae
-, ~ countable reason they became panic
-. stricken at a. critical moment went bac
! on him entirely, and he retired In DISCUS
= These mines have been reported upon
! many of the most celebrated experts
= the United States, and always with a ia
ie vorable decision 1t is generally believe
II II that the property is among the best in tt
I. /. Hills and Mr. Harding and his ,compan
= expect to get gthoroly organized and i
shape to start their mills in the sunnrne
u T. Work on the Roosevelt group of mine
-, lis being pushed with a good force OF mil
:. ers.
= A new group Of mines has been locate
linear Custer, which, from the assay, BIZ
a fair to rival the best in the district. II
lore from the Marsel runs s46.20, while Il
IS Nordyke yielded s123 and Nordyke No.
y. y 1854