The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-02-13
TIME md TILL.
Interesting News Notes
on Development and Op>
Grafton in This Section.

The building for the new shelter
of the Dakota Calumet company at
Sheridan, this county, has been
completed and it is expected that
the plant will be ready for opera
ton by March 10Th.
The Hill City News says that Joe
Gordon has completed his contract
in the Lucky Baldwin shaft, which
has now been sunk to a depth Of s.
feet. The ledge is free milling gold
ore and will average $40 in gold to
the ton of rock. Water has been
encountered at that depth which is
something unusual for the Friday
and Skull gulch district.
E. G. Johnson, general manager
of the Gertie Tin Mining company,
has reached the 500 foot level. in his
sinking operations. Acrosscut will
now be u to tap the ledge which
is believed to be within Is feet of
the shaft. The Gertie is located up
near Hill City, this county, and is
expected to finally prove the paying
value of the tin deposits in the Har-
ney Peak region.
From D. W. Webster we learn
that the Minnie May mine, one of
the oldest gold prospects in Custer
county, has been purchased by east
ern parties for SIS, 900, which sum
was paid in cash to the owners,
Thomas Dixon and Ike Downing.
The deal was engineered by Hawk
Wright while on his visit east and
the money paid through the Custer
County bank. The ore Of the Min
ME May is refractory, with rich
streaks OF tellurium ore running
through the body, which assay val
ues u into the thousands of dol
lars.-Hill City News.
Asmall vein exhibiting an extra
ordinary amount of free gold was
found last week by Mess. Forsythe,
Marsh and Mendenhall. The prop
erty is situated south of the board
ing house of the Golden Slipper
-
mine and east of the Eldorado.
Search for this vein was made after
the breaking up of a boulder which
was specked with gold. The ledge.
is on a side hill. 1t is about a
foot in width but exceedingly rich
and free gold specimens are as com
mon to see there as pebbles on the
beach. Coats, Roland and McNish
have purchased Mr.. M~endenhall's
interest.-Hill City News.
1t is reported upon good author
ity that the Bullion mine at Kew
stone has been turned over to F. H.
Long of Chicago, under working
bond and lease. The Bullion prop
erty lies adjoining the Holy Terror
and keystone mines, and is one Of
the best in the Black Hills. There
is a large amount of. development
done on this ground, and over 3OO,-
600 tons Of ore practically blocked
out that will run a high average of
value. The vein is a true fissure
some twenty feet in width. The
property will be fully developed,
and as soon as practicable facilities
will be established to treat these
ores on a large scale.-Lead Call.
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Maloney Blue Lead
Copper Mining and Smelling COM
pany it was decided to increase the
capitalization from $3.50, 900 to 49,
OOO, 900. A new board of directors
was elected, consisting of r. M.
Maloney, William Lardner, Sol
Rosenthal and Burt Rodgers Of
Dead wood;C r. Wenheim and Allen
Reid Of Chicago. The increase in
the capitalization is for the purpose
Of creating q fund to build a smelter
on the property, which is situated
in Pennington county. The com
pany owns some of the finest copper
propertyin the Black Hills, and has
developed it to the amount OF over
$50, 900.
Dr.. HI. F, Rate reports a fine five
foot ledgeo of pay ore recently up-
covered on the Ivanhoe claim, in
IChilkoot district. VIM. Chalice is
experimenting she work. The
ledge, it seems, is in an open cut
where it is left standing to a height
OF ten feet. and a cut is being made
around one side, leaving the ledge
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