Show SOUTH DAKOTA lead daily call the station at the foot level of the uncle sam is nearly complete and ready to receive the big pump which is awaiting installment another enormously rich vein has been reported on the foot level thought to be the old lost vein that disappeared in the workings higher up operations will be increased as soon as the new pump is installed so that the water can be more easily taken care of deadwood mining review mr J B taylor superintendent of the burlington mining company owning ground near the sunbeam property east of hill city spent a few days in the northern hills this week he was accompanied here by mr W A logan of des moines iowa who is also interested with the company and will handle its stock in the east cast the company wil soon be ready to continue the shaft on the principal vein lead daily call very flattering reports continue to come from the roosevelt mine near custer this is one of the properties owned by the grantz gold mining company and has for years been known as one of the best properties in that section recently a sluice box was constructed on french creek where it flows across the com banys ground and several wagon loads of dirt striped from the top of the ledge were shoveled into the boxes when the time came to clean up the result was somewhat surprising although the company has not given out the exact amount recovered it is understood that it was more than satisfactory five assays essays recently made on the ledge encountered in the drift from the 90 foot level of the shaft gave an average of 28 per ton in gold |