Salt Lake Herald | 1900-08-02 | Page 6 | Back from the Black Hills

BACK PROM FROM THE TUE BLACK RILLS HILLS 1 J James W Neill Says the Country Around Deadwood Is Lively J After a week spent in the immediate neighborhood of the great Homestake 1 i and other gold mines in the Black Blacki i I I Hills Bills James W Neill was again at athis athis his desk yesterday h haIng ving made the ther r turn trip by way of Butte Of the fi business which took Mr Neill tc the 1 section he was not prepared d to say i Jj anything but he said the amount of 1 j activity there manifested was refresh LI 1 InS ing to behold The great Homestake I 11 he sa says s has the largest and most cIa elo cIar r equipped hoisting works he heI I 11 ever vor saw The vein vem which the company jq is operating upon is no less than 9 f wide and produces ore averaging I I 4 something like 4 per ton in gold goldt goldi i A mOnster new mill calculated to t work on tailings is no now n nearing aring corn com t and when It goes goe Into commis commission slon sion it is expected t add acid a year I I to the treasury Something 2000 men are on the payroll and the immense amount of 1 flow naw worl planned will undoubtedly r f adO add materially to that number The chances for investment there are not of the best n a property Is IsI t I held at very fanc fancy prices t