The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-08-21

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good quality of silver-lead ore from
Galena, which he is sacking for ship
ment.
i Bob McShane and several other Lead
parties are at work on property which
a few years ago they did not believe
was hardly worth the assessment
work.
Briggs e Burton last Thursday
lclosed contract with the Branch Mint
company to furnish it with 1000 cords
of firewood, the delivery to begin i'm
mediately. This would indicate that
the Branch Mint is expecting to be
ready to start it's mill and hoists with
in short time.
Fred Zipp and associates, who are
at work on some ground near the
Golden Crest property, are taking out
some excellent ore, and the long tun-
rel which they have been running is
now in under the hill for long dis
lance They are getting the same
character of ore met with in the work
ings of the Golden Crest, and are san
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they will open up large body.
Mr.. Frank Mclaughlin, who has
charge at present of the work at the
Roosevelt group of mines, is pushing
development at present on the Aspen
with very gratifying results. The COM
pany has six men employed, and they
have already stripped the vein from
Cto oh
disclosing the vein of high grade tell
uride ore for the whole distance. The
vein is between three and four feet in
width between well defined walls, and
the stripping will be continued Mr..
Otto Grant, arrived on Tuesday last
and is still at the mine.
At the Golden Crest the work on the
big hotel has been finished and other
building operations we'll under way
The addition to the milling plant is
nearly finished, the tanks being in the
course of erection, a large supply Of
material consisting of hoops and
slaves, having been delivered on the
ground Friday The rich ore find
which was made on the property q
week or two ago continues to hold out
and the ore keeps up in quality. The
richest of this ore is being sacked, but
| that of an average grade is being put
through the mill, which has been kept
in operation during the time that it is
being added to.
| Groshong Brothers and associates
are sinking on their prospect on the di-
vide between Elk and Bare Butte
creeks, the shaft being down about
forty-five feet. At the surface the
ledge on which the shaft is being sunk
is twelve feet wide, but appears to be
growing stronger with depth Good
assays have been received from the ore
(which is being taken from the work
ings, samples taken from the bottom
and sides of the shaft to the present
depth going on an average $3.50 ton
gold. Some very high assays have
been had from ore taken from the
shaft, and several nice specimens OF
free gold ore has been found. On this
divide, besides the Groshong Brothers
several other parties are at work on
prospects, and report that the result Of
their wok has so far been very en-
| couraging.
On the. Portland mine of the RUBY
company in Ruby gulch, Superintend
ent Conzett has force of twenty me1
working. The big boarding hous
has been completed, the mill building
. enclosed and ready for the machinery
and the development on the mine pro
crossing favorably and with the yer.
best of results, for the showing is on
Iof the very best that has ever beel
made in the district Delay has oc
lcurred in the delivery of the mill ma
chinery, which should have been on tn
Iground several weeks ago, but whicl
has not yet begun to arrive. The mil
, when completed will have a daily ca
Ipacity Of about 125 tons; the stampin
land amalgamation system of treat
lment of ores will be employed, re-en
forced by cyanide treatment of tn
; tailings.
Changes in the mills on the Branc
Mint company's ground at Galena ar
Igoing ahead night and day under tn
direction of James D. Hardin, who ha
lin his employ large force of carpeI
tiers and other mechanics A slight dc
IAoy III LILO WoAh Ado pCOA SSSc~olOAC
lowing to the non-arrival of the batter
. |timbers, which were ordered from Ore
gon several weeks ago, and whic
were expected last week. So nearl
completed is the work of change thu
when the tombers do arrive it will M
take long to finish the job. Develop
ments in the Hoodo, Union Hill
Branch Mint and other mines OF til
company continue, and much good Oh
is being blocked out anent the tin
when the 200-ton plant of the compar
will be ready to begin operations.
Since work has been resumed on tt
Union Hill and other groups in Il
Bare Butte district, individual owne
|of ground who, for the past sever
years have been content to allow the
D. property to go without attention, sa