TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. FERUUAHY 13. 1005.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS
VACANCIES IS SCHOOL BOARD
Terms of Two Members Expire and Another
Has Resigned His Position.
jRMAN AND HESS LIKELY TO BE ELECTED
Sixth Ward U Demanding; the Place
Made Vacant by the Resignation
of Colonel Davenport Only
Election This Year.
The school election, at which time the
elector of the Independent school district of
Council Bluffs will be called upon to name
' three members of the Board of Education,
will be held Monday, March 13, and there Is
already more or less talk of prospective
candidates UnlcM tome flaw la discovered
In the biennial amendment which carried
at tho last general election, the school eb-c-'
tlon will be the only election to be held In
the city this- year. The county officers
whoso terms expire at the end of this
year will hold over for another twelve
months and as the city has already adopted
.biennial elections, there will be no munlcl-
pal election until the spring of 1500.
The resignation of Colonel WS J. Davcn-
the Maple Valley district on the same days
on which the state tournament will be hell
In this city. This was done owing to a
misunderstanding cn the part of the Maple
Valley firemen as to the date the state
meeting was to be hld here. The conflict
of dates has been called to the attention
of Chief Nicholson and he has written O.
W. Walton, president of the Maple Valley
association calling his attention to the fact
and requesting that the Maple Valley peo
ple change the date of their meeting.
t whn.n farm wniM nnt have evnlred
' until 1906, necessitates the election of three
i members of the school board this year. Tho
i two members whose terms expire this year
; are J. P. Hess, president of the board, and
J George W. Oorman. It Is likely that both
: will be renominated by the republicans. Mr.
t Hess, who has served six years on the
i board. Is said not to 'be over desirous of
J serving again, but It Is thought that he will
? not decline the nomination, although he
will In no sense of the word be a candidate.
Mr. Gorman a few months ago stated he
"would not sek re-election as he had an
ticipated leaving this city. He has, how
ever, now changed his plans and It Is) un
derstood he will accept a rtmomtnatlon If
offered him, and It Is likely It will be.
It la understood the people of the Sixth
ard will demand representation on the
imard and It is likely that some resident
f that section of the city will receive the
nomination for the place made vacant by
W. J, Davenport's resignation. Director G.
W. Westerdahl, whose term does not ex
pire until 1907. was elected last year as the
representative of I the western portion of
!. .1... 1. . . . t hi. I I V,. Vab
changed his residence and la now credited
to the First ward.1
County Attorney Hess, who Is chairman
of the republican city central committee,
null J t n I ' i J mm , i t. 'ii i ii ui uuairij
rail the school convention for the latter
jri VL HUB I1HJIIIM UI BUIlld UUJT J II
MR iimiLi'i Alio ..ciiivftic.ua. n in 11 1 1
. derstood, will name a school ticket, but
Chairman Hughes , of the democratic city
central committee, has not yet made any
announcement as to the time of calling the
convention.
For the purposes of the school election
the school district Is divided Into six pre
cincts, the' boundaries of which are sub
stantially the sumo as those of the six
wards. Any person entitled to vote and
who was not registered at the general elec
tion last November, will be required to reg
ister. For this purpose two registrars will
be appointed for each of the six voting pre
cincts, but unlike on other elections, they
wilt onlysit on the day of election, and
then In ths voting place. Two Judges and
two clerks will also be appointed by the
Board of Education for the school election.
, Condition of School Finances.
Secretary Dillon Ross of the Board of
Education stated yesterday that the finan
cial condition of the school district Is, as
a matter fact, far better than the state
ment Issued by the finance committee and
published Sunday would Indicate. In the
I first place, the statement shows the con
I dltlon of the different funds up to and
ending February 15. whereas a large por
tion of the school revenue will not be
avuilable until April. While the contingent
fund shows an overdraft of $1,600 last
year, there was a deficit of nearly $T,000
which has been wiped out, while In the
teachers' fund this year there Is a bal
ance of nearly $1,600 as against an over
draft of $1,000 last year.
A year ago the school house fund was
$5,ono short, and with this deficit to start
on and with $25,000 expended on the Ave
nue B school, the fund this year Is only
$19,000 on the wrong side of the ledger.
This deficit can be easily wiped out before
the close of the year.
Secretary Ross stated further that It
would be possible to do with a smaller
levy for the maintenance of the schools
for the ensuing school yenr. He gave It
ns his opinion that the district, in addition
to being able to pay off $10,000 of Its out
standing bonds, would be able to get along
with $10,000 less revenue.
Conflict of Firemen's nates.
. At the meeting of the Maple Valley Fire
men's association In Carroll last week it
was arranged to hold the tournament of
Monarch
Coal
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Sheridan district is the
hardest Lignite coal mined
no soot, no clinkers, no
sulphur, little smoke, clean
ashes holds fire longer
than any soft coal known
takes the place of An
thracite and is much more
economical. Comes in
lump and egg size. Lump,
$6.50; Nut, $G.OO per ton,
delivered. Try a ton and
be convinced.
I also sell Dry Missouri
Oak Wood ?G.OO per cord
delivered.
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Tel. 128.
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Lady Attendant If Desired.
Woman's C'lnb Calendar.
This Is the Woman's club calendar for
this week:
MONDAY.
Art Department Council Bluffs Woman's
Club Club rooms, 7-.W p. m.
TUESDAY.
Tuesday Club Home of Mrs. Saunders,
2:30 p. m.
Ideal Club Home of Mrs, Southard, 2:30
P. m.
Atlas Club Home of Mrs. Houghton,
2:30 p. m.
WEDNESDAY.
Woman's Club Home of Mrs. Wright,
2:30 p. m.
University Club Home of Mrs. Nelson,
3 p. m.
THURSDAY.
Household Economics Department, Coun
cil Bluffs Woman's Club Club rooms, 2:30
p. m.
Every Thursday Club Home of Mrs.
Wright, 10 a. m.
FRIDAY.
Oakland Avenue Heading Club Home of
Mrs. Miller, 2:30 p. in.
Methodist Conference Meets Here.
Announcement was made In the Metho
dist churches of this city yesterday that
conference would be held here May 6, 7
and 8. Preliminary arrangements are un
der way, but the final details have been
left to Presiding Elder A. E. Griffith. Just
prior to the conference here there will be
a state gathering of Methodists In Lln
coln, Neb., and afterward an Interstate
conference at Sioux City, so It Is thought
that a number of prominent churchmen
who will attend these gatherings can be
secured for addresses at the conference
here. Following the Council Bluffs con
ference there will be subinventions held
In each of the thirty-eight pastoral charges
In the district.
For Rent.
An excellent office location at 10 Pearl
street. Only four doors from corner Broad
way and Pearl street. Centrally located on
ground floor and a nice large show window.
Call at 10 Pearl street. Bee office. Council
Bluffs.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 25t. Night, F667.
Rooms ai'.d cafe. Ogden hotel.
MINOR MENTION.
Davis sells drugs.
LefTert's glasses fit.
fitockert sells carpets.
Don't miss Duncan's discount sale.
Plumbing and Heating. Blxby & Son.
Big discount on shoes at Duncan's.
Drs. Woodbury, dentists, 30 Pearl street
Go to night school. Western Iowa College.
School drawing, pi act ice and music pa
pers. C. E. Alexander, 333 B'way.
The Library board is scheduled to hold
Its regular monthly session this evening.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Kimball, 104 Fourth
street, left yesterday on a visit to relatives
In Roekport, 111.
Mrs. E. Crandell of Cheyenne, Wyo., Is
the guest of her mother, Mrs. W. H. Spies,
1610 Tenth avenue.
Samuel, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Jenkins, 626 Third street, died
Saturday night, aged 8 months.
Alderman Thomas Malonuy is home from
an extended business trip through north
western Nebraska and South Dakota.
Olmrles J. Dobbins is reported to be
critically 111 at his home on Sixth avenue.
He has been seriously sick for several
months. .
The First Precinct, First Ward Improve
ment club, desiring to enlarge Its scope,
has changed Its nume to First Ward Im
provement club.
Mrs. W. 8. Cass of Washington avenue,
who has been seriously 111 with a siege of
the grippe, is now suffering from a severe
attack of rheumatism.
Services at Broadway Methodist church
were held yesterday in the basement par-tors,-It
being found Impossible to properly
heat the large auditorium.
Tho district court grand Jury will re
convene today and County Attorney Hess
states there will be surllolent cases before
it- to keep it In session probably for the
remainder of the week.
Miss Bessie Ward, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. Wurd, who has been quite 111 for
some time. Is reported to be convalescing.
Miss Dorothy Cook. 1215 Falrmount
avenue, has gone to visit relatives in Michi
gan. W. H. Wakefield, formerly of this city,
son-in-law of County Surveyor Thomas
Tostevln, suffered a fractured leg as the
result of a fall on an icy sidewalk In St.
Joseph, Mo., Saturday. His home Is in
Beatrice, Neb.
The farm house of William Price In Har
din township was destroyed by fire Satur
day. The family succeeded In saving most
of the furniture and personal effects, but
the house wa entirely consumed. The loss
is fully covered by insurance.
Blanche, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. K. Romans of Hpringvlllo, la.,
died yesterday at the Council Bluffs gen
eral hospital from heart failure after three
days' Illness. The body was taken to
Springvllle last evening for burial.
Harry Molse of Omaha and Miss Mary
Salmi, an were married Saturday evening
at the home of the bride's uncle, H. Salts
man, corner of Tenth street and Avenue A.
Only the immediate relatives and a few In-tlmste-frlends
of the bride and groom wit
nessed the ceremony.
Miss lva Beekrnan, deaconess of the
Broadway Methodist church, has gone for
a vlsli to her home In Adair, la., to rest
up for a few weeks, having Just recovered
from the effects of the severe burns re.
celved In the explosion of the water heater
In the parsonage, occupied by Rev. James
O'Muy and family.
The appearance of Jessie Bartlett Davis
and her company at the New theater Fri
day night, under the ausplcei of the local
Royal Arcanum lodge, promises to be quite
a society event. The wile of tickets has
been large and there Is every promise that
the noted singer will he given a rousing
welcome in Council Bluffs..
A little girl, whose Identity was not dis
closed. w Htruck, on the head Saturday
by an Icicle which fell from the top of the
tihugart-Beno oulldlng on Pearl street. The
child was knocked to the ground and badly
stunned mid was only saved from severe
Injury hy the thick cap she was wearing.
The child as cared for in a nearby store
and later pluced on a cur and sent home.
Owing to the severity of the weather
causing the truins to be snowtmund Presi
dent lliariea E. Shclton of Hlmpon college
was unalle to make his promised visit to
. Council lilufTd and speak yesterday at the
I Urnadway and Fifth Avenue Methodist
churches. The reception which wss to have
been tendered him Saturday evening at
Broadway church was consequently also
called off. President Shelton, It is ex
pected, will mnke a visit to this city later
when the weather Is more favorable.
The funeral of the late William P. Offi
cer, announced to have been held yester
day afternoon, was postponed on account
of the severity of the weather until this
afternoon. It will be held at I o'clock
from the residence of the mother, Mrs.
Thomas Officer, on South Seventh street,
and will le private. Interment will be In
Walnut Hill cemetery. Rev. W. 8. Barnes,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church,
will conduct the services, and these have
been selected to art as pall bearers: W.
S. Cooper. H. O. McGee. E. B. Morehouse,
William Cokr, Ned Empkle and Frank
Keys. Mr. Officer was 41 years of age and
Is survlded by a son.
V. M. C. A. CAPTIRES MVSCATISE
Largest and Best Convention Ever
Held In State.
MUSCATINE. Ia., Feb. 12. (Special Tele
gram.; The most successful convention of
the Young Men's Christian association ever
held In the state closed here this evening.
The first meeting was a farewell service
held at the First Congregational church.
The afternoon was filled with interesting
events from a Young Men's Christian as
sociation standpoint. It included a boys'
meeting at the local association rooms, a
women's meeting at the First Methodist
church, a men's meeting at the grand
opera house. This was the crowning event
of the afternoon and in point of attend
ance was a record-breaker In this city.
This morning every pulpit In the city was
filled by the visitors. This convention la
the best ever had In the state, according
to the delegates, who are enthusiastic for
the outlook for Young Men's Christian as
sociation work In Iowa In the next bien
nial period.
As a corroboration of the success of the
affair the delegates point to the fact that
13,000 has been pledged by the delegates
themselves toward the $8,000 required for
the organisation this next year. Thla Is
the first time so large an amount has been
pledged at similar conventions.
EYES ARE FR0ZEN SHUT
Wandering Tragedian Haa Harrow
Escape front Deat.h Near
Sioux Falls.
SIOUX FAUA 8. D., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Exposed to the elements until his eyes
were froxen shut and bewildered while out
on the open prairie, with a fierce northwest
wind blowing and the temperature consld
erably below the xero mark, was the ex
perience of a Spanish tragedian who haa
been entertaining the people of some of
tho smaller tons of the state.
The tragedian gave a show in the Eplptv
any opera house, but the proceeds were
not sufficient to pay his way on the cars
to the next town, so he set out on foot,
notwithstanding that the day wa one of
the coldest of the winter.
Tha Spaniard wore a slouch hat with
no protection for his ears, was without an
overcoat, had no covering for his hands
but a very light pair of mittens and car
ried a sutchel. Some hours after his de
parture two farmers, Anton and John
Krempges, while driving home along the
road saw at some distance near a slough
a man who was running around In a circle.
' Attracted by the peculiar actions of the
stranger they went to tha spot, a glance
telling them that the man was freezing
and that he was entirely out of his mind.
The cold wind made the tears run from
the Spaniard's eyes and the Intense cold
caused them to freexe shut. As ha could
not see, he lost the road and was, wander
ing helplessly about when discovered.
The two farmers bundled him Into their
wagon and took him to their home, where
they finally succeeded In thawing him out.
The Spaniard's escape from death was a
narrow one, for had he not been discovered
Just when ho was he would without doubt
have froxen to death.
Olson's Death Accidental. '
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Feb. 12. (Special.)
After making a thorough investigation of
the circumstances surrounding the mys
terious death of Lars Olson, a farmer
whose home was about twelve miles north
of Sioux Falls, and whose body was found
near his wife, who was in a critical con
dition, the coroner's Jury summoned In ths
case has returned a verdict to the effect
that Olson's death was caused by hemorr
hages, induced by asphyxiation by soft coal
gas
Shock Canses Paralysis.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Ole T. Moe of Hills, east of Sioux Falls.
Is In a critical condition as the result of
discovering the dead body of his comrade
In bed beside him. Bernhart O. Hoff, the
comrade in question, who roomed with
Moe, died in the night of heart trouble.
In the morning Moe discovered that his
friend was dead beside him, and the shock
of the discovery was so great that he suf
fered a stroke of paralysis. There Is prac
tically no hope of his recovery.
WRECK ON THE BURLINGTON
Double-Headed Passenger Train Dt
railed Near Preacott, Iowa, and
Engineer Allen la Killed.
CRESTON, la., Feb. 12. (Special Tele
gram.) Burlington passenger train No. 3
was wrecked two miles east of Prescott
this afternoon and both engines were
thrown from the rails and a baggage car
derailed. None of the passengers were In
jured, but one englneman was killed and
three seriously injured. The dead:
E. H. ALLEN, engineer, Lincoln, Neb.
Injured:
Frank Peterson, engineer, Creston, face
and body badly scalded.
E. E. Roesner, fireman, Lincoln, scalded;
Injuries severe. f
R. C. Perry, fireman, Creston, scalded.
All of the enginemen went down with
their locomotives and were rescued from
the mass of twisted Iron except Engineer
Allen, who was instantly killed. The dead
and Injured were brought to Creston. A
relief train and physicians were sent from
Creston to the wreck. .
Three years ago Engineer Allen was on
a locomotive that went through a bridge
at Red Oak, la., and was unconscious from
his Injuries for ten days.
KATY PASSENGER WRECKED
Engine Derailed by lee on Track and
Cars Pile l'n One Engineer
la Killed.
PARSONS, Kan.. Feb. 11 Missouri,
Kansas & Texas passenger No. 21, from
Kansas City to Oklahoma City, was
wrecked at Moran watertank early today.
The train was running as a double-header
on account of the heavy snow, and the
water from the tank had formed a heavy
coat of Ice upon the rails, which derailed
the first engine, causing the second engine,
two baggage cars and mall car to pile up.
Engineer C. W. Phelps of Denlson, Tex.,
who was on the first engine, waa Ttllled,
his body being badly mangled. Engineer
Charles D. WUlard of Parsons, who was
on the second engine, had his leg broken
and was badly bruised. None of the pas
sengers was hurt.
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MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Eeoent Developments Prove Value of Tin
Deposits in Bear Gulch District.
NEW TUNNEL IN DEADW00D GULCH
If you have anything ij trade advertise
It In ths For Excha.ige column of The Bee
want ad page.
Capital Company Preparing; to Make
Extensive Improvements Which
Will Greatly Increase Its
Output of Ore.
LEAD, S. D Eeb. 12.-(Speclal.)-One of
the mining districts of the Black Hills
which In the past has been neglected by the
press, and one which recent developments
demonstrates is destined to become one of
the most important, Is that of Bear Gulch.
It Is true that since the earliest settlement
of the Black Hills this district has been
prolific as a producer of placer gold, and
even at the present time there Is taken from
the gravels of the streams tributary to It
much of the precious metal. Since the early
days of 1876 placer gold has been mined in
the district and It has always been pre
dicted that quarts veins and deposits of
ore of unusual merit would some day be
discovered there. This prediction Is now
receiving ample verification. Besides the
placer gold, hundreds of tons of stream tin
have been washed from the sands and grav
els of the various streams included in the
district. This stream tin will average 70
per cent metallic tin and is worth 10 cents
a pound delevlred on the cars at Iron Cietk,
the nearest railroad station to the district.
The location of the district is within the
Cambrian series and Is similar in char
acter to the exploited ore xones of the
northern Hills. It is one of the best watered
districts in the Black Hills and the most
heavily timbered.
For several years past attention has been
given to the tin-carrying ores of the dis
trict, but It was not until two years ago
that anything like an Intelligent effort was
made to develop the known deposits. At
that time the Tlnton Mining company, com
posed of' Chicago and English capitalists
was formed, which bonded a large acreage
and began the development of the veina
carrying tin, and, Judging from results, the
efforts of the company have been very suc
cessful. About a year ago a short lease
was taken on a milling plant In Deadwood,
which was fitted up for the treatment of
tin ores, and In which was tested a large
quantity of the ores taken from the com
pany's mints. Nearly 100 tons of concen
trates were secured from the test, and these
when treated gave a return of ! per cent
metalllo tin, a very high percentage, as
1V4 per cent Is considered rich. After this
test a small plant of 100 tons daily capacity
was constructed and for several months
successfully treated the product of the com
pany's mines. Its product being sent to
Walen for final treatment. It Is stated that
this company will soon build a large plant
on the property, equipped with the neces
sary machinery and facilities for refining
and treating the concentrates. As yet noth
ing but surface work has been done upon
the property, It being opened up by shallow
shafts and by tunnels nnd drifts. Besides
ths Tlnton company, there are ethers oper
ating In the district, the principal being the
Bear Gulch Mining and Milling company,
which owns an acreage' approximating 50
acres, as well as a number of smaller con
cerns and Individual owners, all of whom
are working their properties. The tin de
posits are found in the granite ledges, snd
are composed of feldspar, mica and quarts.
Wolfram haa also been found In many of
the explored ledges. The Scotland group
of claims, upon which many fine ore bodies
extensive development and haa a very flat
tering future; the Bear Gulch Gold Hill
company la developing a promising group
of claims, upo nwhlch many fine ore bodies
have been opened. East of the Scotland,
the Com mom Bros, of BpearfUh are opening
uj, 600 cres of land on which a number of
large veins of ore have been found, all of
them rich In tin ore. Some of the ledges
which are being prospected are of large ex
tent, and all of them carry a high percent
age of tin.
After leaving the tin district and going
north the tin deposits are capped by the
cement formations, similar to the capping
cn portions of the Homestake properties
near Terraville. Above the cement lies the
sandstone, quartette and shales, Identical
with that of the Bald mountain and Gar
den City districts. Further on comes the
potsdam sandstones, which crops out on
the surface In places, this being capped by
the ehales again, which In turn are enpped
by the limestones. This flat formation Is
being prospected by a number of strong
companies and a great many Individual
owners, and- on almost every piece of
ground worked good showing of gold bear
ing ore are being made. Among the prin
cipal groups being developed are the Custer,
which embraces 600 acres and has upon It
one shaft of 235 feet and another of ninety,
besides a tunnel 125 feet long. AH of these
workings are In good ore. On the State
group, 800 acres, the same conditions pre
vail as to ore and values. On the east Is
the property of the Imperial company, upon
which has been done work In the process of
developing which has cost 29,000, consisting
of shafts, drifts and tunnels. In which ore
carrying values of from $1 to 111 has been
found In quantity. On the Phonollte and
Golden Beauty groups of claims some very
good showings of ore are being made, ths
ore occurring In the limestone, similar to
that found In the Ragged Top district, as
saying from $2 to $6 a ton gold. On the
Nevada and Highland groups of claims
much work Is being done and the prospect
Is very encouraging, as It Is on the Ohio
and Beaver company's ground, where ex
tsnslve operations are being conducted.
Open cuts, shafts and tunnels have opened
up the Sager ground, on which large de
posits of ore, ranging In value from 12 to
2, have been found. The Ohio and Beaver
company Is also opening up some good
ground In the flat formation, besides sink
ing on a number of promising verticals. On
the Omega group and the ground of Tra
then & Harris good showings have been
made. R. N. Calkins, who has Interested
with him several eastern parties, Is opening
up a large acreage of ground, while the
Horseshoe company Is spending thousands
of dollars annually In the development of
Its holdings In the district. The Iron Creek
company is also doing a great deal of work
and getting results. On most of these prop,
ertles are hoisting, pumping and other ma
chinery for mining, while hundreds of In
dividual owners represent their ground each
year.
.New Tunnel In Deadwood Gnlrh.
DEADWOOD, 8. D.. Feb. 12. (Special.)
Preparstlons are being made by the Cap
ital company to start a new tunnel on Its
property on Deadwood gulch, which will
tnp the vein 200 feet lower than where It Is
exposed In the present workings. The
main vein, which shows a width of six
feet, carries values of about $10, and can be
cnslly worked from the proposed new tun
nel, as It would furnish an outlet for the
ore, which could be delivered at a point ad
jacent to the railroad. In tho spring the
company will probably make a few ship
ments of ore to some treatment plant In
order to determine the exact course It must
pursue to treat Its ore successfully, before
building a plant of Its own on Its ground.
Adjoining the Capital la the Hidden Treas
ure, which at the present time Is drifting In
a northwesterly direction from the bottom
of Its shaft, following the vein, which Is
holding Its width and showing up well In
values. This shaft has four compartments
and a main way, well timbered, and Is
equipped with a good hoist. So far this
winter nothing has been done on the Big
Four or the Pennsylvania companies'
(rrnund, but It Is "aid that early In the
spring operations will be resumed on a
larger scale than ever before. It was from
these two mines that some of the richest
ore ever taken out In the district was
shipped, and It Is said that there la much
more of the same character remaining In
them. This Is ths Phonollte district of the
northern Hills, and during the past five
years haa received much development, some
cf the properties proving exceptionally rich
at times.
It Is said that the last cleanup of the
Horseshoe cyanide plant at Terry was the
largest that has ever been made at that
mill and that the half-monthly run will
(mount to over $20,000, and this, too, with
ljut, about half of the capacity of the plant
iielng utilized. The Inst cleanup was de
posited in the United States assay office
in Deadwood on Tuesday last. Everything
about the mill Is running smoothly and the
cleanup Is most gratifying to the company,
which has had much bad luck until the
present general manager, W. L. McLaugh
lin,' took1 charge. The recently installed
zinc dust presses are doing all the work
that has been claimed for them and are
decided successes. Much ore Is being
mined by the company from the old Horse
shoe, near the head of Fantall gulch,
where severnl extensive ore shoots have
recently been uncovered. This ore Is of
better grade than the average cyanldlng
proposition.
To Enlarge Deadwood Cyanide Plant.
Arrangements have about been completed
by the Imperial Mining company to add
to the capacity of its Deadwood cyanide
plant, and when the plans have been Wr
rled out this plant will be then capable of
handling 1,600 tons of ore each month. This
plant is doing excellent work and getting
a higher extraction of values than any
other plunt in the Black Hills. It is said
that as work progresses on the McGoveru
property of the company that additional
oro bodies, are being uncovered, aside from
those known to have existed, and that
this material Is of a much higher grade
thuti tho average found In the mine. Dur
ing the last few weeks a great deal of
new work has been started, which is cal
culated to open the mine In such a manner
that the , new ore can be worked to ad
vantage, among which Is a new tunnel
which Is being driven from the south sldo
of the McGovern group to connect with
the oll workings of the Mark Twain of
the Horseshoe, through which the ore will
be taken.
It is said that the Eleventh Hour com
pany has made arrangements to soon be
gin operations upon Its proposed mill on
Iron creek and that a saw mill will soon
be In operation getting out timbers for
the plant. There is a very good showing
of ore on this property of a good grade,
and it is well backed with money. On the
Deer Lick property, In the sama neighbor
hood, a steam hoist is being installed. This
company has a good showing of quurtzito
ore carrying fair values, and when the
ground has been sufficiently developed It
Is the intention of the company to install
a cyanide mill for its treatment.
Work continues In the shaft of the Ana
conda company, two miles from Roubalx,
and It Is now down 100 feet. At this level a.
station will be cut in the shaft and a drift
run to catch the main ore body, which Is
not far from the shaft and Is the strongest
of a series of veins crossing the company's
property.
Some attention has been given lately to
the deposits of Iron ore lying . west from
Rapid City, and a number of locations have
been made. Tests of these ores made at
the State School of Mines show that they
can be profitably worked by the Bessemer
process. The faculty of the school has
quite a lot of It on hand at the present
time and make use of It in fljxing It with
other ores, and unhesitatingly state that
the ore Is the very best obtainable for such
use,, as It Is as nearly pure Iron as can be
found anywhere In the I'nlted States. Al
though a great muny claims have been
taken up since the first of the year, but lit
tle has been done toward their development,
but It would seem that within a ftw yeats
theae vast deposits of Iron ore will be an
Important factor in the weaith-produulng
Industries of the Black Hills.
As an example of what good management
and a thorough knowledge of mining can do
with low grade ores, the annual report of
Superintendent Gray of Wasp No. 2 can be
quoted. During the year 1901 the company,
besides paying all of Its running expenses,
divided among its shareholders who are
few in number dividends amounting to 16
cents per share. This was done upon ore
which averaged only 13 KH0 per ton.
Xew kUiuy Mill at Custer City,
CUSTER CITV, 8. D.. Feb. l2.-(8pei.ial.)
Work on Uie ten-stump mill of the Hu
bert a Mining and Milling company Is prog"
resstng finely and the plant is almost com
pleted. W. W. Olds, manager of tha com
pany, expects to have the plant in opera
tion within a few weeks. The machinery
for the plant was purchased from ths Oldi
Charlie mine and Is being modernised with
a view to making it a combination amalga
mating and cyanldlng concern. The Ru
berta group is located four miles west of
Custer, and' has always been looked upon,
as a promising proposition, and lnoludea
what Is known as the- Old Charlie mine,
which has been worked at Intervals for
many years with varying degrees of suc
cess. There are a great number of veins
on the company's ground which have been
opened up In many instances by shallow
shafts and open cuts, in which have been
disclosed ore bodies which assay high, but
only. In a few Instances do any of tha
shafts exceed a depth of 100 feet. These
veins are true vertlcnls, but small not
exceeding four feet In width, but the gen
eral character of the ore Is high grade, Tha
ore Is quarts, and while it carries con
siderable free gold Its principal values
are found In the bismuth tellurlde, which
appears In fine black specks scattered
throughout the ore. These veins were
worked in the early days of quarts mining
In the southern hills for tha free gold
which they contained, the same being
reduced and amalgamated In a fifteen
stamp mill. There were times when this
mill ran steadily, making cleanups, but
on the whole the process was not the right
one to save the values contained In tha
rock, so the changes In process have been
forced upon the owners.
C'hanares at Hill City.
HILL CITY. S. D., Feb. 12.-(SpecIal.)
So soon as the weather will permit tha
rive-stamp mill now In the 8unnyslde mine
will be moved to the Gopher property. It
has already been dismantled and tha
machinery and material made ready for
change of location, which will Involve a
haul of about three miles. To these five
stamps the company will add fifteen, aa
the machinery of the old mill Is of suf
ficient horse power to meet the Increased
duty. In a test run made by the com
pany in this mill lust summer on or
taken from the Gopher from the different
levels an average value of $6 a ton was re
turned, about 100 tons being treated. But .
little work Is being done on the property
at the present time, and that of a prepara
tory nature, as the mine has been pretty
well opened up. This property, which Is
situated about Ave miles from Hill City,
was formerly called the Lena, and Ilk
I most of the locations which have been
worked In that vicinity, was prolific of frso
gold In the upper levels of the workings.
In the Gopher, however,' it Is said that on
the lower levels a strike of good free mill
ing ore has been made and will be easily
worked, and that the ore there still
rles free gold.
PIULICITY IS DIVORCE CASES-
Judge Whiting Will Condnrt No Mors
Cases In Chambers.
SIOUX FAUJ), S. D Feb. 12-( Special.)
Judge Whiting of the Ninth Judicial dis
trict when shown a recent dispatch from
Sioux Falls stating It was rumored he wss
seriously considering the discontinuance of
the practice of huuring divorce cases In
chambers, Instead of In open court, con
firms the accuracy of the dispatch.
Judge Whiting states that In future all
divorce cases Instituted In his circuit will
be tried in open court at regular terms
of court In the counties In which they are
commenced. In cases where he Is satis
fied that there are reasons why certain
cases of this kind should be tried In cham
bers the rule may be deviated from.
As the hearings In chambers aids east-,
ern sorlety people who come lo South Da
kota for divorce purposes to keep their
cases from becoming public, which Is their
chief object III establishing residences in
South Dakota for divorce purposes, they
will In future Institute a boycott against
the circuit presided over by Judge Whlt
In.T Needless to say, Judge Whiting will fcot
be one of tne mourners If his action Uaa
a tendency to lessen the number of tairag
of this character In his court.