Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-09
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Edward Hsnsobka and Others Buy the
Hogan & Anderson Group.
THIRTY THOUSAND Is THE PRICE PAID
few Owners VIII Develop the Prop
erty IN Systematic
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DEADwooD. s. D.. Feb. s.-cspeciail-
The Hogan and Anderson Eroup Of claims.
situated on Bare Butte creek. about ten
niles south Of Deadwood. has been sold
o Edward Hanschka and associates. The
hrst payment on the ground was made
yesterday. 5000 In cash being handed over
20 the lucky owners. The price paid for
The property is a big one, $780, 900, when
u Is considered that ,he ground iB prae-
Ideally undeveloped. A lot Of work has
been done on the ground, but & has prac-
tically failed TO develop #. and had the
lsoor which has been put into open cuts,
shallow shafts and tunnels been concen-
trated In places where the best howings Of
ore have been made IL Is doubtful II It
could have been purchased for the price
at which IL was sold. In one OF thee open
cuts they uncovered the apex OF g well
DEFINED quartz vein, fully six feet In width.
with q southerly trend and dipping slightly
20 the east. Upon this vein thez had sunk
a shaft about fifty feet deep, drifting south
fifteen feet and eross-cutting on this level.
showing the ledge to be twelve feet wide
ut that depth. Samples taken from across
the twelve-foot face give an average of
siO.5O. the samples ranging from $40 to
AnfNAH NAANn MbuAa EnOM NuhL the NhlueH
are uniform throughout the vein. The
footwall Of the vein is slate, well defined
and free from the ledge. and a cross-cut
into the hanging wall shows that to be a
slate also. heavily mineralized. II Is be-
heved that with a hoist erected at this
point and work Of sinking continued the
vein would develop into a large one. carry
ing even better values in gold as a greater
depth would be attained upon the ledge.
The property is we'll timbered and is but
q short distance from a branch of the Bur-
1tngton railroad, to which a good wagon
road leads. The property is on the same
belt with the Glover Leaf. the Finlander
mine and other properties which have good
regulations as mines and producers in the
district. The ore is free milling and will
cyanide TO perfection. The new owners
will at once begin the work Of development
IN a systematic manner, and take advRnt-
age Of the SNORING made by the poor work
OF its former owners, who knew little or
nothing about underground work, and had
confined their efforts to surface gophering.
anderson, one Of the former owners, is an
eld-time Missouri river printer. and has
subbed many a weary night on The Bee,
pasted up str4ngs on the olo Republican
and Herald. and knows many of the old
tourists who edged them up in the early
days. He stayed by his property for many
wears. aVd while he may not have been
extra good with the pick and shovel, he
has had an abundance Of patience. and is
about TO be we'll rewarded.
D~eveIOping Lula MInea.
The Lula group Of mines, owned by
George Mullen and Tom O'Brien, situated
on the phonolite belt. half a mile south Of
Garden City. Is undergoing a system Of
development that promises fattering re-
suits. A force Of men has been put to
work on a vertical ledge, which showed
good indications at the surface, and which
as 1t has been surk on has continued to
improve. At a depth OF twenty-five feet
the ledge has grown wider, and now nils
the bottom OF the shaft. Besides the main
shaft, which will constitute the principal
development on the ground, a number Of
other shafts and tunnels have been sunk
and driven. and the work shows a general
naturalization OF the ground. The owners
are very well satisfied with the exposures
CT ore so far made, and will continue &c
velOpments on the ground until II has
been thoroughly opened up.
Superintendent Morrison of the Dead
wood-standard company came TO the city
Thursday evening. bringing with him the
semi-monthly cleanup Of the company's
cyanide plant on Johnson gulch. The clean
~ ~ N4nfbNNs ne EbA-
pany's expenses in mine and mill are about
$1,000 a month, so it will be seen that II
has q good margin Of profit. II is the in
tention OF the company TO double the
capacity OF the mill this summer and 10
treat 800 tons Of ore a day. The company
has one OF the largest shoots OF ore yet
exposed In the fiat formations OF the sallci-
Gus ore belt, which carries values ranging
from Sc to SO a ton gold. The gold from
~hN9 ak-~-g,4 ~. p n " -
pure, an ounce Of IL being worth a trihe
over $40, so a small brick is much more
valuable than a large one from some Of the
other districts, where the ores carry quite
a little silver.
From the MIL.
The first cleanup from the Penobsoot
mill at Garden City was brought into the
city Friday afternoon. Although the mill
had not been run at its full capacity. the
cleanup resulted in a brick which will
weigh over SIC. 900. 1t has always been
claimed that the Garden City district pos
sessed the richest cyaniding ores on the
Ealicious belt. and the cleanup made by the
mill would 60 TO prove that such is the
fact. The Clover Leaf also brought in its
brick from Elk creek. the result OF q
fifteen days run. The brick was Of usual
weight, 5000.
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Greek companies on Yellow creek last
month contributed SIS. 900 TO the gold out
put Of the Black Hills. OF this amount the
Wasp produced about S15. 600 and the Alder
Greek about 10000. The mills are WOrkinl
on Cambrian quartzite and porphyry, with
some shale. The ores are exceedingly Low
In value aud their profits lie In economical
handling and treatment. The two mills
however. have been on a paying basis To-
a l0un ff.a aud arr,fv auf,kIfahad ~
there is ore ahead in the mines on which
they are working to last for years.
New Company at Custer.
CUSTER CITY. s. D.. Feb. S-tspecial)-
The Extreme Mining and Milling compan!
h the name Of a new corporation recentll
organized in Custer City for the purpose o
working and developing mining ground II
this vicinity. The new company has pur
chased the Golden Mortar group OF claim
near this city after having thoroughly pros
pected a.. The group consists Of sevel