Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-09-12
Mining Items

Mining Items
From superintendent Farley Of the
New York mica mine, who was in town
Wednesday we learn that seven men
are now employed on the property.
The 100 foot level was reached sometime
ago, and the force is now at work drift
ing with the lead which is now in 10
feet and Is showing up good quality
and large sized mica. The hosting
works and shaft have had a building
erected over them and everything Is
now in shape for continuous operations,
let the weather be what il may.
At the Four Mile mine and mill a full
force Is at work with the most favorable
results.
A visit to the Mclaughlin tin mine,
located about two miles from town on
the Deadwood road, and owned by
Messrs. Butterfield and Mclaughlin,
showed us four men at work on a ledge
that is destined to prove a bonanza for
the owners, if future developments show
up as much mineral as the present. A
shaft, now about 10 feet deep, was start
ed on the hanging wall, and this will be
carried down vertically till it passes
through the lead, which has the regula
ton dip Of about 40 degrees. Every
shot pnt in SO far throws out rock that
prospects well and shows up plenty Of
tin crystals, while the surface for rs feet
around the present working, show float
rich in tin.
Developments so far made in tin prop.
critics show Custer City to be complete
ly encircled by a TIN belt, the mines Of
Warren's gulch on the west, the
Mclaughlin and others on the north,
the Halifax and others on the east and
the Last Find on the south. Those on
the west are six miles from Custer, on
the north 2 miles, on the east nd south
IL miles, and taking into cons deration
the mines of gold, silver, nickel, Upper
and mica we challenge the world to
show a town having more or a greater
variety of mineral resources than Custer
City.
Frank Hebert has struck rich placer
gold and tin diggings in Bear Gulch,
just below the st. Elmo mine. The
ground yields about rs cents to the pan
la gold, and the finest tin crystals we
have ever see are also taken out in
large quantities. Frank has located the
ledge from which it is supposed the
stream tin has been washed and is con-
fdent that it will show up big when
developed.
1t will probably not be many weeks
before the White Spar mica mine will
be in operation with a full force.
Pioneer: The Buxton mine got it's
Wiswell pulverizer TO work Yesterday,
and the parties who had their four
claims bonded there, Messrs. Chaplin
and Wilson, received their money.
lDEADwooD TIMES.
The treasure coach left for Chadron
AT 7 a. N. yesterday with the most valu.
able shipment Of bullion etc. since 1875
when the Northwestern, then running
to Bismarck, took out over 100000 in
one haul. Yesterdays shipment was
understated in u last issue, the Home
stake cleanup alone amounting to up
wards of $500 coo. and the Caledonia's
S2l 600 and other consignments bring
Ing the grand total very close to $780,
900.
Journal: An important tin mine sale
was effected in Rapid City on Tuesday
Of this week, the purchaser being A. J.
Van Cleft, of Scranton, Pennsylvania,
for the company of which he is lresi-
dent, and the seller being j. II. Schenck
of Sheridan. The property sold in
cludes the tin mining locations known
as the Jolly No. l, jolly No. 2 and Jolly
No. 3, Snawbird, Sunrise, an undivided
two-thirds interest in the Eddy No. |
and Eddy No. 2, together with the Jolly
group water right and so acres Of placer
ground, all located a short distance from
Sheridan. The consideration was $ll,
600, which amount Mr.. Schenck receiv-
ed upon signing and delivering the
deed.
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