Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1882-09-16
MlnipR Items.

The New York Mica mlnl!ig company
has ten men at work with Mr.. j. w.
Moore as foreman.
The old reliable Penobscot is still pro-
ducing with no signs of any iet-up for
years to come.
The Florence silver mill, Galena. shut
down last Tuesday, all milling ore hav-
ing been exhausted. The smclter, ii is
expected, will start up in about Il week.
The Battle Creek Gold Mining com
pany, which has been hydraulicing on
Mamaluke hill, near Hayward, have
suspended work for the season, owing
to scarcity of water.
J.. II. Broadly, formerly Of Custer, who
is how interested in mines at Galcna,
was in Dcadwood Monday. He reports
that Il rich strike has been made in the
Sitting Bull, and that the General Merritt
extension is looking well.
Bill ODDS will at once IN sink
ing 4 80 foot shaft on The Old Mike mica
io'lt. " ing mum " zig IJbSl DOlldllL.t.
The miae is owned by an Omaha com
pany, who propose to put the mine in
working order.
Messrs. Kennedy, Sharp, Apologize,
McSlasters, and Doe Faust are still at
the Dansby dry dig-iEg5 and are max
ing from - 10 SO per day, with only
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week. jim Burke has the contract for
hauling he dirt.
Mr.. Mcdonald, mining superintendent
OF the Grand Junction, returned from a
trip to Deadwood after men The first Of
this week and on Thursday work was
renewed on that valuable property. We
understand it is the intention Of the
superintendent to prospect the mine the
coming winter to Il depth Of between
200 and 800 feet.
Chas. Holmes, foreman for the Gold
Sar company, was in town Yesterday
and informs IS that the hosting works
are completed and the erection of an
ore bin capable Of holding 60 tons Is
no" in progress. This is being erected
at the mouth of the tunnel on the west
side of the mine and will be connected
with the hosting works at the surface Of
the SO foot shaft by IL tramway. About
% men are now employed by the COM
pany and ten stamps of the mill are
being run. Our Custer readers will be
pleased to know that Il force Of at least
l. men will be run all winter.
The Portland mill, Bald Mountain, is
steadily at work pounding outeold from
the mountain of ore belonging to the
company. Owing to the scarcity of
water the mill only runs sixteen hours
every day, commencing at 8 in the
morning and stopping at 10 at night.
Under the Biotte process the mill is
doing splendid work, and the company
viii o . rank among the foremost in
tie Hills. The pump ordered will ar
rive in Il short time afe r which the mill
will III night and day, as plenty of
water will then be had, it benz The in
t%eution of the superintendent to pump
water from Squaw creek.
ar. Underwood, superintendent OF
the Garfield Mining company, is doing
good work. \ test run of forty-eight
tons from the Jackson mine, one cr he
locations belonging to the company,
yielded Sl33 per ton. The ore milied
was obtained from a depth Of eighteen
feet from The surface, and OF course was
not rs good as it will be as the workings
grow deeper. Tine vein is Gaccn feet
vile, with well defined slate walls. A
tunnel has been run into the Queen OF
the Valley, also belonging to the same
company, Il distance of %ffty-nine feet,
disclosing a twenty-seven foot vein OF
good paying ore. "A shaft thirty feet
deep and $50 feet south shows the same
orc body.-Times, 18th.