Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-05-21
Mining Items.

The oil interest of Newcastle has re-
ceive1 new impetus this week. The
drill at the Fitzpatrick well at the
depth Of about |, 900 feet, has entered a
strata of sand rock where the driller
will be able to shoot off the water and
make good progress There is slight
increase in the flow of oil.--Newcastle
News.
The richest find ever made in this
country was opened recently in the
Cora mine at Galena. II is grey iron
rock, filled with sulphurets, and an as
say on the best OF it gives s17,OOO ton
Bart Harris. who has seen the mine,
states that there are from 60 to 100 tons
of ore in sight that will run $4,000 ton
easily. The stock took jump last night
from 10 to Is cents asked, and will
probably go much higher to day. 1t is
very probable that the ore body is ex-
tensiye and the mine will become a
famous producer.-Pioneer
NINA
In full reply to recent queries made
Of US touching the existence Of this min
eral in the country, its annual supply
and the uses to which it is put, We have
to answer hereunder: From Engene
Munsell we learn that the market price
OF mica ranges from 10 cents to 81 per
pound, according to condition, size,
color, etc. AS to the principal source
of supply in America they are, namely
North Carolina, Virginia and New
Hampshire; also Canada, more recent
ly. The deposits are found in granite
formations of a coarsely crystalline ma
ture, being mixed with quartz and field
spar. One of the main sources of for
eign supply is 1ndia-but, however, of
no better quality than the domestic
product. By the Mckinley tariff law
duty of 35 per cent is enforced. Under
the previous law mica was on the free
list. Mica is used for lubricants, de-
corating wall paper, electrical insulation,
and in paneling stove and furnace
doors. Eight standard grades of ground
mica are made, the sizes of which range
from ike inches to Sxl0 inches. Dur
ing the past few years it has grown
greatly in favor with manufactures of
electrical appliances, owing to its al
most perfect non-conducting properties.
During 1891 the production in the Unit
ed States was roughly estimated $4,000
pounds, valued at about $4,000. The
imports for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1891, we're valued at Sl32, ,000.-Fin-
ancial and Mining Record.
AMERICAN TIN PLATE.
To the Star & Bullock Hardware com.
pany belongs the honor Of bringing the
first carload of this product to Dead
wood, which arrived yesterday from the
Omaha agency Of the Guarantee Tin
mills of Pittsburg, Penn. The article is
fully equal if not superior to the English
product. Franklin & Baer will be the
first to use it in this section, they hay
ing contracted to cover the roof of their
Main street building with it. Give
American ingenuity half a chance and it
will not only shut out foreign manufac-
turers but supply them in short time
with any of their manufacturers at such
prices that they cannot compete with.
In regard to American tin, the Times
firmly believes that within the next
year the Niger Hill or Bear Gulch Sec
tion of the Black Hills will be producing
more metal than any other district Of
similar size. Plans and specifications
are now being drawn up by w. II II.
Bowers, NJ. f., local representative Of
the Colorado Iron works, for plant Of
250 tons daily capacity, which from
present outlook will be erected in Bear
gulch before many months 60 by. There
is sufficient ore in sight and on the
various dumps to keep such q plant in
constant operation for years to come