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Show - I BLACK HILLS VETERAN PAYS VISIT TO SALT LAKE ' Richard Blackstone, a veteran of the Black Hills country In South Dakota, and assistant superintendent of the great Homestake mine at Lead, is In the city and is much gratified with the splendid showing In the mines of this i state. The principal object of Mr. Blackstone's visit at this time is to In-: In-: ' . vestigate mining power appliances ss utilised by some of the big operators of this State. An abundance of water for all purposes pur-poses Is furnished the Homestake mine from Spear Fish creek, some distance from the property, and the manner In which the company gets the water was explained by Mr. Blackstone yesterday. First, the water Is piped nine miles and then pumped 370 feet tover the divide into the adjoining valley and then turned Into an open channel, from whence it Is carried to the mill. This scheme is not satisfactory, as In the winter the water freezes and In the spring the water is muddy. As it is quite necessary to pipe the water to keep it clean, the company has thought it advisable to convey the stream into n pressure pipe and . thus generate some 500 to 600 horsepower to operate the mammoth crushing plant at the mine. It Is for this purpose that Mr. Blackstone Black-stone has made a visit to this section - ol the country, and last night he departed de-parted for Provo to inspect the Tellurlde plant. |