The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-01
SOUTH DAKOTA
TITANIC LOOKS UP
Superintendent Coulson Says that
Rich Quartzite Is Only a Short
Distance Down. II,
Shaft Has Been Cleared Of Water
and the Work of Sinking
Resumed.
Special to Tho Journal.

Special to Tho Journal
Deadwood, S. D.. Oct. 1.-The Titanic Gold
Mining company is working two shifts in the
shaft near Carbonate camp. Operations were
resumed BY the company the first Of the pres
ent~ month, and it has taken until this time to
get the water out of the shaft so that sinking
could be resumed The shaft is about 225 feet
Deep and the water had risen nearly to the top.
The task Of unwatering was therefore a diff
hcult one. E. NJ. Coulson is in charge Of the
work. 'E .f'
The company owns something like 300 acres Of
land short distance this side Of Carbonate, and
its energies are being devoted towards the ex-
dications at the bottom Of the shaft, Coulson' is
led to believe that quartzite' Is only short
distance below. AS soon as quartzite is reached
drifting will begin in several directions seeking
the. ore The formation Is highly favorable to
the existence of ore bodies similar to those found
In ehe silicious ore measures of the Bald Noun
tain country which lies Immediately to the
south. One of the strongest of the verticals
that appear on the Titanic property crops out
near the shaft and from this excellent ore has
been obtained. "--- So sssa r.. :.
The company has an excellent plant for sink
Ing the proposed shaft, consisting Of a large
steam hoist, pumps and other machinery.
promising discovery of ore has been made
in the shaft of the Big Four Mining company
along Deadwood gulch. At depth Of 112 feet
the shaft broke into telluride ore, which upon
being assayed gave returns ranging from $50
to $6S per ton. There to be three verti-
Gals OF the ore, one the east side of the
shaft, one about the middle, and on the
west Inc west vertical is the that gives
the best returns. 1t Is Identical with the best.
ore that has been taken from the Pennsylvania
property adjoining, except that it shows some
rusty free gold. It is believed to be an important
disclosure The shaft is going down at the rate
of two feet day, and the ore is to be fully
explored. '~7
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Euby Flat Gold Mining company was held at
DeadWood yesterday. All the old officers and
directors of the company were reelected and
1t was resolved to levy an assessment Of mills
! share, payable Oct. 81, and delinquent Nov. 81
harry Francis of Custer has recently been
organizing new company for operation on
mining property near Garden City. -
W. L. Mason of Manchester N. H., secretary
Of the Echo Gold Mining company, has arrived
In Deadwood and expects to spend some time In
preparations for work. The company will drive
tunnel from Falsebottom gulch under the
apex OF the hill intersecting the free milling
veins OF ore that cross the property. The Echo
possessions Join the ground Of the Gold Eagle
company near Garden City. t
ROCKFORD, s. p.-The mining outlook in the
vicinity of Rockford is much better than it was
rev months ago.. A new mill is being built
by the Ohio-Deadwood company along Little
Rapid, one mile above the town of Rockford
| Inc foundation is being laid for a mill build
Ing 3ox7O feet. The crushing will be done with
three Huntington mills. The electric roa sting
process Will be adopted by which the ore before
being crushed will be subjected to heat and
| made soft. - - =
The Golden West Mining company of Pen.
nlngton county has deposited another bar OF
| DoA."Ah tAe Oulleu states assay ONCE at
! DeadWood, the result of the last cleanup. There
Is In the bar something over 81 900, obtained
from a run in the little five ton Chilli mill This
| Is the best cleanup the company has made and
| SO hatter1ng Is the prospect that mill of 1OC
| tons capacity Is assured. for the property the
coming winter. This will be obtained by adding
| more Chill mills of pattern similar tn that
I now In use on the ground. - s-.e :,
I Inc aGolden2 West, has AN almost. unlimited
! water supply; available for milling and othe,
purposes - = '"'S - -
The Ohio Deadwood company owns ATS acre.
or land beginning on Little Rapid creek and ex
tending southerly across the hill more thar
beginning at a point near the Burlington rail
road on the HILLSIDE facing Little Rapid creek
the company has exposed q vein from which til,
supply for the new mill Is to be obtained Tn,
first work on the property was performed yea
ago last winter, consisting of a direct TUNE
following the vein for some distance Afte
II the tunnel had been started, excavations wer
made near the entrance for a power house. - 4
these excavations the ore Is revealed In larg
quantities. .-t .
Subsequently a series Of open cuts and tes
pits were put down along the course of the vel
south from the entrance of the tunnel and 1
nearly every one of these good ore is discovered
The hill rises rapidly from the creek and it
=: believed that large supply of ore Is availabl
= and SO situated that 1t may be shot into tn
! mill top by it's own weight. Permission ha
been obtained from the Burlington company
build tramway across the railroad tract Of sui
fcient height not to interfere with the railroa
business. ]. I. B. Murphy, late OF Ohio, one 9
the, heaviest owners in the property lis |
/. charge OF the work. The company underwent
reorganization several months ago and new me
have become interested to the extent of SUPPL,
ing means for the proposed new mill.
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