Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-09-19
Mining Items.

thursday train OF twenty cars Will
leave the Hills over the Elkhorn road
for Omaha loaded with ore to be treat
ed at the smeter at that place. And
there are persons who say that the Hills
contain no mineral in paying quantities.
1t is reported that the shipment will
continue each week during the winter.
Rapid Journal.
A silver and lead bearing rock has
been discovered in the vicinity of Hot
Springs. The find was made by Jay
Crane Of that city, who will have the
ore assayed, and il results warrant it,
will take and develop claims
The latest in the line oftin discoveries
Is the opening of mine near Hot
Springs, Arkansas. Experts report the
metal TO be of an excellent quality, and
existing in such quantities that the
value of the property is placed at $780,
100000.
THE LEEDE PROCESS.
The following item commenting on
the Leede process, appeared in the Min
neapolis Journal of recent date. 1t will
be of especial interest to Chronicle
readers, because Of the fact that this is
the process by which the ores of the
Four Mile mines are TO be treated:
julius Leede, the Minneapolis in
hao NJ Inc har G.xt,
been granted a patent on his process of
reducing refractory ores. This is the
process he has been experimenting on
in the old Pray building and described
in the Journal. Mr.. Leede declares
that this will make his fortune and will
make Minneapolis the greatest ore re-
ducing centre of the world. Said he:
We can take the tailings Of some OF
the richest mines Of the country and get
from $50 to $40 ton out Of them. We
will do the work in Minneapolis, or we
will manufacture the plants in Minneap-
oils and set them up at the various
mines. We will proceed within fort
night with the work of building an i'm
mense plant. We intend TO handle $50
tons Of refractory ore daily. II does
not make any difference how refractory
the ore may be, we will get every grain
and penn weight out Of it.
THE SOUTH DAKOTA MINING COMPANY.
In our issue of the 22nd ultimo, there
appeared an illustrated notice relative to
the property and operations ofthe min
ing venture Of this corporation, touch
ing which our respected exchange, the
Deadwood Pioneer, much to our sur
prise, while republishing what had been
printed in this journal except the
illustrations, in effect asserted its in
ability to elicit any local information re-
garding the venture thus described
justifying the publication publication
made, we must say, on the faith of the
reputable and substantial gentlemen who
have invested their solid means in this
mining enterprise, as we were satisfied.
But while the Pioneer has thus reported
prejudically OF the South Dakota Com
pany's enterprise, we note with pleasure
that its immediate contemporary, the
Black Hills Daily Times, of August, Goth,
characterizes the property in question
as valuable one being developed by
general manager r. r. Moss who re-
sides thereon with his family overlook
ing its development which has already
been accomplished to such extent as to
show that it contains extensive and
valuable ore bodies similar to those of
Ruby Basin and Bald Mountain dis
tricts," ore being found, however,
"in vertical veins running from to 200
feet in width" creover, adds the
Times "The Q, Us of the new
Leede process are Low at work putting
in the necessary machinery is an ad-
diton to the company's mill, for the
reduction Of ores by their method.
Should it prove successful, it will result
in the creation of large and valuable
industry to the southern Hills and
especially tributary to Custer City,
Financial and Mining Record.