Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-19

were found. Work is now being pushed
as fast as possible TO further demonstrate
the fact that this is one Of the bonanza
silver mines Of the Southern Hills. At
present the actual value Of the discov.
cry canpot be determined, but some Of
the galena already assayed shows S3I2
per ton in silver and 40 per CT. lead.
About 100, 900 shares OF the stock are held
in Hermosa, and the great part of the
balance is at Hayward and Eta Mine.
BY this it will DE seen that all Of the
profits will accrue to our citizens and
will benefit Hermoa, besides Helping
business generally by the employment
OF miners. And it will encourage poor
er miners who are afiaid to risk their
all and have their labor for their pains,
and we may expect TO hear Of many
more mines starting up work. No
transfers Of Hayward stock are reported
simply for the reason that there are no
sellers. Pilot.
The rumor is again renewed that the
Homestake and associate companies are
about to sell and transfer their entire
plant in this city to foreign syndicate
il is said that Messrs. Moody and Grier
who left for New York few days ago
took with them large number of alb
stracts, maps, etc. Of tho various mines
belonging TO the company These facts
are perhaps responsible for the rumor
tha. a sale is pending.-Tribune.
The Consolidated Mica Company,
whose principal Office is in this place.
with mines near Pringle, twelve miles
north Of Hot Springs, is now getting
into shape to do some extensive work.
Mark Thomas, superintendent of the
mine, was in the city Tuesday and made
the Star most agreeable call. He states
that he is now working four men steadi-
ly upon the mine, and with the excel
lent facilities that they have Just added
for properly mining mica they will
rapidly open mp one Of the richest pay
ing mining properties in the Hills. The
mica is Of a superior quality and is Just
such as is now in great demand. The
company has machine here for trim
ming aud preparing the mica for mar
ket, and that part Of the enterprise will
be carried on here. They received
ton from the mine few days ago,
| which is being cut, and if doubling
Thomases want to he convinced that the
Black Hills produces the very finest
quality Of mica they ever saw let them
drop in at Fargo's Store and see some
beautiful, large sheets Of mica, clear as
crystal. The price Of mica is now quite
high, and We see nothing to prevent the
company from making mint Of money
Star.
THE MACARTHUR FORREST PROCESS.
Probably short description of the Nc
Arthur-Forrest process for the reduction
iafsiliaians nras, al p"~s~"t L~;"s ;utro-
duced into this section by Col. Jerome
b. Frank and Richard Darling. of Den.
yer, will not be out of place at the pres
ent time These gentlemen are making
the tests of their process at the Golden
Reward Chlorination works on Black
Hills ore with very gratifying success.
The process consists of pulyerizing The
ore to the fineHess Of sea sand, after
which it is mixed with solution of
cyanide OF potassium, containing on an
average o. per cent Of cyanogen. The
ore and solution is then stirred to-
gether for six hours, this being the aver
age time to dissolve the gold. When
the gold is known to have been dis
solved, the pulp is discharged into an
ordinary titering tank, where the filter
ation may, if necessary, be assisted by
suction, and where the ore is washed by
water or the waste cyanide solution
from a previous operation. The orr,
after treatment with the cyanide solu-
ton, is unchanged to the eye as almost
nothing bat the imperceptable proper
tions of gold contained, have been re-
moved. The gold now being in solu-
ton the next object is to precipitate it.
This is done by allowing the cyanide of
gold solution to trickle through guam
tity Of zine in form like sawdust, not
unlike a chemical filter. After the solu-
ton has been precipi,a,ed it is separated
from the mass Of zine by simply taking
the mass and shaking it vigorously in
water when the gold falls of and the
fiberous particles of zine may be col
iected in a sieve, after which the gold,
which has been settled, is collected and
pressed directly into bullion ready for