Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-07-19
Mica Mines.

hS oUc tah on'y J"uKc VI tuc value vi
pr p 'rty by what il has and is producing
with All estimate of the length of time it
will continue SO 10 do, taking as a
basis of such estimate the mineral in
sigh, we are necessarily compelled.
whenspeakirg Of this class Of mining,
| 10 first mention
LOST BONANZA, wHIIH
stands at the head of the mines of Gus
ter county or even the United States, as
it has produced more n,erchantable
mica ut less cos, than any other in the
Hills, and there is every indication of
its continuing TO produce for years TO
come at good profit to the operators.
On Wednesday we visited the mine,
and were kindly shown over the work
invs by the Supt. ii. II. Tamlyn. At
present eight men are employed as fol-
lows: Two in the shop cutting and
sorting, and six in the mine, two Of
which are engaged in timbering and
getting the tunnel, which taps the ledge,
in good working shape, and while this
labor ut present comes under the head
of dead work, it will, when flushed, add
much to the economical working Of the
mine. Four men are now at work in
the floor of the open cut extracting the
mineral and have no trouble in keeping
the two in the shop busy. At the mo-
AT 4 -, n
that threw out over two 300 pounds of
mica, blocks less then six inches square
being the exception, and the floor of the
cut which exposes the ledge for 60 feet
is studded with large blocks of the
transparent commodity.
The utput is now in the ncighbor.
hood of $50 pounds per week of an aver.
age value Of 81 per pound and the quail
ty Of the product is not cxccl!ed by any
mine in the United States, being fully
equal TO that produced in North Carolina
Wi h the tunnel in WORKING order
which will be not later than this week
Snpt. Tamlyn expects 10 add at least 100
pounds to the present weekly output,
bringing the total up to 2jO pounds.
TIE NEW YORK
mica mine is showing Il visible improve
mcnt in the quality Of the product as
depth is attained aid keeps one cutting
machine busy with every indication of
its being necessary to Increase the num-
Der Of men in ;he shop in order to keep
even with the mines output.
THE CLIMAX
with fourteen men keeps on in the
even tenor Of her ways and shows no
signs Of letting N on the amount or
quality of her yield.
TIE McMAXEN
will, if no sale is made by Judge Often
bacher, at once have a force Of men mt
work tapping her bowels which have
always proved full.
TIE HARVEY.
Work on the above mica mine is pro-
crossing finely and developments indi.
cate that it will soon be numbered
among the producers of the county.
When the tunnel which will tap the
lead at depth Of Is feet, was in 80 feet,
work was suspended by the manage.
mpnt. but the miners who were at work
on it, Messrs. Currier Mc'iuire, Mckay,
and Hauk, and who have had three
years experience i'll mica mining, had
80 much faith in the tunnel developing
II body of mica, thar they took a contract
to continue the work and if they did:not
strike body fmerchantable mica they
we're to receive no pay, but if successful
to receive SIS per foot, twice the usual
price. Last evening it was reported that
they had reached the hanging wall and
by this time may have uncovered the
mineral they are after.
OTHERS.
Aside from those mentioned above
and within radius Of miles of Custer
there are in the neighborhoOd Of lC0
mica locations, in the hands Of individ-
ual miners who have not the means to
place them on a paying basis and ma
jority of that number offer splendid OPP
portunities for the capitalist. such as
will not exist year from to-day, as an
English syndicate is now on the ground
that will secure at least third Of the
above number.
Spearfsh Register: Fourth of July
exercises in Deadwood commenced on
Friday aud furmin al ON Cnndau aunn