Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-01
MINING IN The BLACK HILLS
0utput Of 60 d for Month Of May Reaches q
Big Total
HIDDEN FORTUNE PLANT At WORK
over Three Hundred Tons of Ore Daily
Are Being Treated at white
wood Creek-New strike
on the PenobscOt.

wood Creek-New strike
on the Penobscot.
DEADwOOD, s. D., May S1.--(Special) y
The shipments Of gold from the United
States assay office for the month Of May
VIII aggregate something over 500 900,
which, when the fact is taken into consid-
Grafton that several of the largest produc-
ing plants in the Hills have been idle for
the greater part OF the month, is a very
good record The spearfsh company on
Tuesday asst sent down to the Office the
largest gold brick II ever turned out for a
ffteen-day run. The brick weighed Lis
ounces and was valued at something over
$1,000. The mill treated on an average 23O
tons of ore daily. The Deadwood- Standard,
working part Of the capacity of its 15-ton
plant, sent down for the last half OF May
brick valued at 5000. The Penobscot
company also sent a large brick to the
ofice the latter part of this week, valued
at something like $4,000 Wasp and the
other Yellow creek producers will swell the
list before the week is out.
After many vexatious delays. the big
plant of the Hidden Fortune company on
Whtewood creek below Deadwood is run
ming stendily and has been since the first
This ore is being shipped from the St.
Patrick and Grantz mines Of the company,
located on the divide between Central City
and Lead. The company will by the end
OF this week have its claims on the north
end of its ground connected with the rail-
road and ore shipments from them will
also be made. The Colorado Iron Works
company. which built the mill under a con-
tract to turn II over to the Hidden Fortune
In perfect running order, is operating the
mill and will continue to do so until the
thirty days test which It agreed to make
shall be completed. The big plant is run
ming smoothly at the present time and the
Indications are that Il will continue in op-
Grafton indefinitely. The company has
large reserve of ore from which to draw
and the probabilities are that its product
will be added to the gold production Of the
Hills for many years to come
PenObscOts New strike.
Another new strike has been made in the
Penobscot, the second within a very short
time. The new strike is an ore body ten
feet in thickness and OF unknown length
and breadth, carrying average values Of
SIG a ton The new shoot lies to the east
of the main workings and has north
westerly and southwesterly course, and is
a good cyaniding proposition.
The shaft of the Big Four Mining COM
pany is now down to the 1OO-foot level, and
II is getting too deep to hoist the material
from the bottom by hand with profit so
the company has decided to install a hoist
ing plant and an air compressor The ma
chinery has been ordered and when Il
arrives and Is installed sinking will be re-
sumed and the shaft lowered to the 5OO-foot
level. The property of the company is To-
Gated on Desdwood gulch. along the phono-
lite belt and at the present depth of the
shaft great deal of prosecuting has been
done. revealing an excellent quality Of ora,
The Big Four is regarded as a good propo-
sltion by mining men. for with its present
development It is showing up almost as
we'll as some of the adjacent properties en-
which great deal more work has been
done. --. r.
James D. Hardin who is the local man.
ager Of the company which recently pur-
chased the, ground of the Union EIill Min
Ing company at Galena,5 has been in the
city making arrangements to resume work
at various places on the property. He
says that he will have a large force OF
men doing development and exploration
work on the ground by the 10th of June.
and expects to accomplish results Mr.
Hardin is we'll acquainted with the ground
not be thrown away
Horseshoe Is In Better shape.
The affairs OF the Horseshoe Mining com
pany are getting in a much better shape
than they were a month or so ago, and
the chances for the company to again take
Its place among the good things of the Hills
are very promising. Work in the mines of
the company has been resumed and daily
shipments OF rich ore to eastern smelters
are being made. IT is given out that the
smelter of the company at Rapid City
will blow in again by July /, and that there
Will be sufficient ore of a value high enough
TO warrant the assertion that its next run
will be profitable Edward Manion, one
of the best mining men in the west. and
former mine superintendent OF the Penob-
scot company has been appointed general
superintendent OF the Horseshoe and will
enter upon the discharge OF the duties in
cumbent on the position by June l. This
fact alone has given the people of the
Hills more confidence in the future of the
company than they have had for many
months.
In the Columbus property the miners have
now driven the west drift the big vein
which was encountered last month on the
2OO-foot level for a distance of 80 feet. and
ltt WEST wall NthdAh WiiSA IL 10 RSlhb run
has not been struck. The ore which is
being taken from the workings is carefully
tested and assayed every day and shows
an average richness OF $3.50 ton, which is
rich for a freemiIling proposition when the
vast extent OF the vein is considered II
Is said that the company will begin build
ing operations this summer and put one
OF the largest stamp mills in the Hills
upon the property.
The plant OF the Dakota Mining company
which has been idle for several months
will II is said. be again started, the in
ternai dificuties which hampered opera
tions having been amicably adjusted.
From Bear Lodge Mountains.
LEAD, S. D., May S.-(special.) )-Patrici
McHugh and Charles Deane Of this city
have returned from a prospecting trip into
the Bear Lodge mountains OF Wyoming
The gentlemen spent thu ee weeks on OgdeT
creek. twelve miles north OF Sundance, and
during that time prospected as well as th'
ao.p snow. which still covered the ground
would permit. They brought back with
them numerous samples of ore which the,
pieked up on the ground and broke from
croppings The ore Is silicious, and closel!
resembles that taken from the mines on tn
silieious belt OF the Black Hills, and on,
or Two assays made of II shows that 1
carries fair values. The gentlemen, whil