The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-19
ACTIVITY IN MINES.
SOUTHERN HILLS PROPERTIES
LOOKING FINE.
HISTORY OF OLD LUCKY BALDWIN
This Year Promises to be Ban
ner Season With Our
Mines.
OF OLD LUCKY BALDWIN


entering on season of prosperity.
The coming summer promises to
be one of the prosperous among
mines of that locality for many
years past. The camp that was
once famous throughout the world
for its deposit Of tin, and from which
but little has been heard in that line
for long while, promises to again
call attention to itself.
Tin, though, is not the only val
liable mineral resource Of the Hill
City district, but aside from the
gold and silver, there are a dozen
metals and minerals of deposits Of
commercial value.
Wolframite. lately exploited and
a most valuable product Of the mine,
has been developed on several pro-
perties. Spodumene, the lithia
mineral produced in such large
guam titles in other parts of Penn
ington county, has been found close
to Hill City. Feldspar, kaolin, mica
and a number of other lesser min
erals promise to one day add con-
siderable revenue to the miners Of
this section.
Gold, copper and tin, however,
hold the center of attraction to the
miners, and the developments now
under way on properties containing
these ores will undoubtedly result
in something OF value being opened
within the coming six months.
At the half dozen or so proper
ties working in the vicinity of Hill
City there are probably more men
employed today than at any time
since the Harvey Peak company had
its batallions on its payrolls. The
search for the precious metals is
being conducted in all cases in
workmanlike manner, nearly every
property being equipped with first
class machinery for economical dew
elopment. Following is brief
summary of a portion of the mines
being worked this season:
GERTIE.
E. c. Johnson Of Hill City, owner
of the Gertie tin mine, a short dis
lance from town, has enlisted the
services of number OF men in his
enterprise A small experimental
mill for the reduction of the:ore has
been practically completed, and at
tention is now being directed to
pumping the water out of the mine
A very little work remains to com
plete the mill, and this will probably
be finished by the time the water is
cleared out OF the mine.
! The Gertie as it is being operated
today 10 a sort of a cooperative
affair. All the workmen employed
are accepting as full pay for their
labor, stock in the corporation; some
of the merchants who are furnishing
supplies are taking stock in lieu of
cash for goods sold to the concern.
The product of the Gertie will be
pig tin, and as such will command
the best market price. A smelter
will be erected right on the ground
for the purpose Of reducing the con.
centrates. The Tin will be sold to a
tin plate mill now being erected IN
Colorado, where it will command a
price four cents per pound in OK.
cess of New York quotations.
CANTON.
AT the Canton mine sinking is
under way with the aid of the mach
inery recently installed. Good pro
gress is reported. The compan,
e has decided not to install the Hunt
!, ington mill at first intended. It wa.
discovered that the machinery wa.
too heavy and large, aud for tn,
small amount of experimental work
for which it was to be used, woull
, entail heavy expense 10 hauling t