Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Strikes on Elk Greek Start Stampede "a
that Section.
OMAHA COMPANY PREPARES TO ENLARGE
Garden city District is Taking on Life
Owing to Success of First Run
nt the PenObrcOt
Mine.

DEADWooD. S. D., Feb, Feb. 15.-(Spe-
'cial.)-A small stampede has been started
ever toward Elk creek by another rich
strike which has been made in that dis
,trict. Ever since the "Finlander' strike
Of a month or 20 ago, the Sherman boys,
who own a group Of claims adjoining the
one on which the rich ore was found, have
been hunting for the vein in their ground.
They started in to crosscut one Of their
S5aims and had dug a trench four feet deep
almost 300 feet long, and last Saturday
they uncovered the apex of the vein. The
1qhartz is even richer than that found in
the Finlander ground. and has the same
general characteristics. II is a milky white
quartz, porous, carrying carbonate OF irop
and rich In gold. some Of the samples car
rying free gold in quantities, the specimens
being very pretty. A shaft has been started
on the vein where IL has been uncovered
and is now down about twenty feet. and the
ere appears TO be just as rich as It was
when the vein was first uncovered. Nu-
merous assays have been made Of the
quartz taken from the shaft, the lowest
being So 10 the ton gold. while many have
gone as high as 5000, the average Of the
assays being something over $50 a ton. The
vein now fills the bottom of the shaft, and,
like that in the Finlander group, appears
10 grow large as It is being sunk on. The
Sherman boys have had numerous offers
TO assist in developing the ground. but they
propose to do the work themselves, and
they can sell out at any time to a good
advantage.
The strike had as stated. caused small
stampede into the district. and men who
have not felt the feven before in years
have hiked over the hills to the strike, so
that all the vacant ground in the neighbor-
hood, and some that was not vacant, has
been stsked. These two rich strikes COM
ing close together in the same district,
have attracted a great deal OF attention
TO the district, and the owners Of property
there ere getting busy, and II need not be
surprising should other rich finds be re-
corded, as the district for many years has
been noted as a producer of rich quartz.
one Old Producer.
In this district, on the same stream, Elk
creek the famous old Uncle Sam-now the
Glover Leaf-is located, only four niles
distant to the west. and on the same ledge,
so It is claimed by old miners The Glover
Leaf has been a steady producer for years,
and when its original owners were crush
made all kinds OF money. It's ore then was
very rich. and some Of the specimens from
II still adorn and form a part Of the best
mineral collections OF the country. The
Peterson claims, the Lucky Strike and sew
eral other we'll known mines are on the
same lode or mother vein, which is claimed
by that veteran mining authority, Major A.
]. Simmons, to be but an extension to the
south OF the great Homestake lode. How
ever that may be. the district at this time
is pretty we'll staked over and the excite
ment which has been caused by the recent
strikes in Il will accelerate its development
and may be the means of doubling the pro-
duction OF gold now coming from It, The
Glover Leaf company last Saturday sent in
the result OF it's clean up for the last fifteen
days run OF its mill, and II weighed about
$4,000, so that has also added to the de-
sire to become possessed of property In the
district, although the mine has been doing
this same thing for many months past
The Spaarfsh company the frst Of the
week brought, down $11 900 as the result Of
ten days run of it's cyanide plant or
johnson gulch, in the Ragged Top district
and the Deadwood- standard has followed
suit. Things are now beginning to move
In this district. and should all OF the worl
plhuheus lot ine coming spring De carried
out It will be the largest producing dis.
trict in the Hills before the end of the
year.
Superintendent Jackson of the Victoris
Mining company has returned from Omaha
where he had been in consultation with the
ofheers OF the company, and last Monday
he doubled the force of miners working OF
the development OF the big ore shoot OF
the eompany's ground. II is said that ar,
rangements have been made for the cree
tion OF a big plant to treat the ores b.
scyanidation, a plant having a daily capacit!
of $50 tons, and that the work will begiI
Just so soon as weather conditions will
permit. The Victoria is looked upon in tn
district as an undeveloped bonanza, for /
certainly has exposed an enormous shoe
OF high grade eyaniding ore. The Potsdan
is another company which has been doin
a great deal Of work in the district, an
upon which there has been exposed enor
nous shoots OF Gre. similar TO those ex
posed and being worked in the Spearfsh
Deadwood- Standard and Victoria. and is re
garded as Just as good as any OF them
This company, too is preparing to bull
a large mill in the spring. and all OF tn
work being done on Its ore shoots has thi
end in view.
The Eleventh Hour is yet getting out goo
ore, but has not made any shipments 10
some time. The work of development goe
on. however. and the mine is looking hne
The Gold Hill will resume operations tn
first OF next week. This company has bee
sinking to Quartzite. and has a doubl
compartment shaft now down TO a depth q
235 feet. and Il is estimated that It vii
have to be sunk thirty-ive feet furthe
before the formation 1t is after will b
reached.
Garden City District.
In the Garden City district the success
Of the Penobscot mill on its hrst run ha
encouraged many property owners to en-
gage In greater development work on thei
mines and the district is at the preseu
time a very lively one Adjoining this dis
trict. and really part of II. is the Black
tail district, IN which are located som
very promising properties. The Jupite
Mining company has all but completed Il
hne sixty-ton cyanide plant and will hav
Il ready to run on ore within the mex
week or So
The Phoenix is new company, whic
was organized last week in this distric
Its property adioins that OF the Jupits
and in some of Ats claims has the SAN
ore body, a conglomerate. The compan
is composed OF Deadwood and Chicag
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