Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-12-06
Mining Items.
d, 4 ID. SHELTER.

maSohS .Uegah yesterday iayIug tue
foundations fol. the mammoth D.. & ID.
smelter. 1t is the intention of this
company to in-time, put ina 500 ton
plant beneath one roof at the present
site, and if the development ofthe coun-
try warrants it, to build another 500 ton
plant along side of the first one. This
will make the largest. reducing plant in
the world.-Deadwoo Pioneer, 2.
THE CALEDONIA.
A special correspondent Of the n. Y.
Engineering and Mining Journal in
recent communication to that paper,
relating TO the condition Of the Caledon-
ia mine" says: Your correspondent,
on entering the. mine, found that the
chamber on the 500 foot level had been
entirely closed by ore from the pillars,
in all about 1900 tons. The workings
out side of this chamber did not appear
to show the slightest effect from the
mammoth shot. Ascending to the 400
foot level, we found the chamber, which
had averaged 80 feet in width, filled
with surface waste. sDuring the period
from 1879 to 1885 this mine was operat-
ed by the system oftimbering, at an ex-
penditure of $4,000 in assessments,
and attended by loss of Is men, who
died from injuries received from falling
timbers and rock. In March, 1856,
Sperintendent Skinner on taking charge,
mountaineering system was inaugural
ed and for period of five years not a
single miner has been injured or killed
by falling Of rock or caving ofchambers,
while the mining operations have paid
profit Of over 100000. The mine has
really been worked from the commence
ment of it's present system with the
view Of filling in the slopes with surface
waste. The mine and mill will be shut
down after the first of next month
in order to allow the waste which fol-
lowed the shot from the surface to set
tie. How long this will take cannot be
foretold, nor when the workings will be
perfectly safe. The superintendent also
informs us that il is possible a large
amount of dead work will have to be
done, and considerable.time elapsed be-
fore the pay ore can be again worked in
an economical manner"
DANsBy DAISIES.
Notwithstanding the fact of the frosts
of winter having long since came down,
upon us. "Dansby daisies" are still in
bloom in the banks Of this city. The
gold nuggets found at the Dansby dig
gings. near this city. are peculiarly at
tractive. They are exceptionally bright
and lustrous, novel in form and desir-
sirable in character, They have been,
not inappropriately designated "Dansby
daisies" and the sight Of one never fails
to create desire to become its possessor,
hence 1t is not strange that choice speci-
mems frequently sell for double the
amount of their intrinsic value. Will
liam Poe, one Of the most successful
miners of that district, came in Satur-
day morning with about four ounces of
heavy dust, and several choice nuggets
representing value of about one hund-
red dollars, the product of Ave days
labor, q result, which, had it been
achieved in some remote locality, where
the presence Of gold had not been pre-
viously determined. would be sufficient
grounds for q stampede. There has
been many thousands Of dollars taken
from these placers during the past ten
years, by the crudest methods known to
mining The pay gravel. after being
stripped ofthe surface loan, il thrown
out, and afterward hauled to water, and
there sluiced, Or rocked in case Of there
being insufficient water for sluicing pur
poses These placers are located high
up in the mountains, the altitude being
over 6s)0o feet, and bordering closely up
on the eastern edge Of the limestone
range. The source Of the deposlts has
been standing querry in the minds Of
the prospectors ofthat region for many
years. hut Mr.. Poe seems well satisfied
TO accept the situation a. he finds it,
and continues to dig out the gold galore
with out reference to its probable or
possible source,