Show SOUTH DAKOTA deadwood mining review superintendent faust says the mill at the esmeralda is running smoothly and that a few more weeks of pleasant weather will enable him to develop the mine to supply ore continuously during the winter at present about fifteen tons a day are being treated the mill being operated but one shift amalgamation and are employed in the recovery of the values which vary from 4 to 10 per ton averaging close to 6 deadwood mining review in order to expose the lower quartzite the dakota company has resumed work with the diamond drill from the bottom of the shaft at a depth of feet the drill hole was put down feet last spring it is believed that quartzite will be encountered in less than feet and work will be pushed rapidly in order to complete it at an early date john brown an expert diamond drill operator from colerado Col rado has taken charge of the work deadwood mining review president little of the minnesota company says that everything is moving smoothly at the property the company some little time ago started work on the foundations for a large cyanide plant and since that time a good force of men has been kept busy under the supervision of ed majors all of the foundation walls are of heavy concrete and are being put in in a manner that insures durability and a substantial construction the company has a large part of the lumber cut and ready for use having operated a sawmill for some time and from the present time forward work will be pushed with the idea in view of having the plant running early in the summer lead daily tribune the western coal and chemical company in which paul danckwardt former superintendent of the golden reward smelter but now of denver is the leading light and in which some local pen men are interested will very shortly commence operations near here this information is conveyed in a letter from mr danckwardt he speaks most jubilantly of the prospects of himself and his company for the future he has just sold a large block of stock in the company to a denver bank which believes that his scheme is feasible and is ready to finance it at once the company is working upon an invention of mr banck hardts in which he discovered a secret process for manufacture of cyanide with a certain chemical and operations will be made at either sundance or spearfish the exact location not having been definitely fixed yet it is the plan of the company to erect a small smelter near there and treat ores from this vicinity mr danckwardt has purchased the controlling interest in the denver laboratories at 1755 arapahoe street where assaying and chemical tests are made and is doing quite well |