Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-12-09

lhc ilItl plates Will tllSu Dc DIOuRnb
over and put through the smelter fur
naces, to save $3.50 apiece, which re-
mains upon them. DR.. Carpenter says
there are about l50 men employed in
the mills and mines, who will be thrown
out Of employment"
some two or three weeks ago. a car.
load Of ore from the Gold Hill property
located seven miles northwest Of Custer
City, and owned by Wm. Rosenbaum,
was shipped TO the School Of Mines, at
Rapid City, for treatment. 1t was done
at the instance Of Ohio parties who were
negotiating for the purchase of the
mines. and who had an expert on the
ground TO examine the mines, test the
ore and make a report. The test was
completed last week, and if current re-
ports are correct, the ore received any
thing but fair treatmont, and fraudu-
lent measures were resorted to, TO pre-
vent a proper return. The details Of
the affair are in our possession at the
present time, but uhtil the parties chief
ly interested see fit TO make a public
statement, and the ones accused Of fraud
are given an opportunity to tell their
side or the story, we will not give the
matter further publicity. suffice it TO
say, that the complaint is hct made by
disappointed mine owner, but by the
expert who represents the prospective
purchasers. A very important mining
deal depended somewhat on the result
Of this test, and the affair is one of grave
importance, not only to those directly
interested. but to all who have interests
in the Southern Hills, and who desire
fair play for this mining district. The
facts are bound to come out in very
short time, and if the reports referred
to are confirmed, a most desperate
scheme to misrepresent the mineral re
sources OF this region will be exposed.
THE GOLD STAR SUCCESS.
Everything has been moving quite
smoothly at the Gold Star mill for ten
days past, and superintendent Olds in
forms US that they have proved beyond
a doubt that the process in use will save
the gold contained in the ores of the
Southern Hills. The treatment Of a
quantity Of ore from one Of Mr.. Olds
properties was completed last week, and
a clean up made. or the result, nothing
can be learned, further than it was en-
tirely satisfactory. A careful test of the
tailings revealed not trace of gold or
amalgam. The run on 100 tons Of ore
from one Of II. A. Athens mines on the
Penobscot belt, was finished Thurs day.
Ia this instance also the tailings were
critically tested, and both the mill man
agement and Mr.. Albien were convinced
that every particle of the yellow metal
had been saved Mr. Olds is authority
for the statement that the concentrates
from the Albien ore are not very heavy
but remarkably rich. Gold prospects
were obtained by psnning, and they
contain a considerable amount Of the
bismuth compound, which is said to
carry large percentage of gold. The
amount saved on the plates is not very
large. but that fact is not disappointing,
as it is the refractory compounds which
give these ores their high grade. Just
what they will do cannot be determined,
of course, until the concentrates have
been shipped and treated. They will
be sent to the Hills chlorination plant
at Denver. Mr.. Albien seems especially
pleased over the known results Of the
test of his ore. He says that if it will
pay expenses under the present disad-
vsntages of mining and treatment, he
can ask nothing better The mill is now
running on ore from properties owned
by VIM. Nevin.