Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-12-16
Mining Items.


as was anticipated when the accident
occurred.
The Englshardt Gold Extraction Co.,
10 which E G. Englehardt, Tobias
Castor, f NJ. Westervelt, J. III. Paddock
and Henry Gund are interested, fled
smended articles Of incorporation with
The county clerk yesterday, in which
the capital stock is raised from $50 900
to $1,000 ,000.-Lincoln Journal.
II has been rumored for several days
that the Grand View mica mine, which
was recently sold to Theodore Reder,
was since disposed of to the Edison
Electric Co., of New York, for S22, 900,
or theresbouts. We have made dill
cent effort to ascertain whether or not
There IL any truth in the report, and We
have il from parties directly interested
that no such sale has been made, and
the property is still in Mr.. Reder's
name. 1t is further stated that the
amount of the final payment from Mr.
Reder to the original owners, is in sight,
and will be turned over to them when
il is due, viz. Jan. 10th, 1894.
The reduction Of 81 tons Of ore from
WIN Nevin's property, known as the
Irvine, was completed at the Gold Star
mill, Tuesday night ofthis week and the
clean up made the following day This
so f,, hov kn ,nba
treated, though no figures were given.
The last half of the week has been occu-
pied in reducing ore from property
owned by B. F. Wicker, and Fred Rus
sells Golden Eagle. The ore from the
latter was taken from a small vein, but
the tests heretofore made proved it to
be immensely rich. The runs this week
were made without important incident,
and it seems now that there is nothing
to prevent the successful operation of
the plant.
D. W. McFadden informs us that
while in the vicinity Of Hill City, he
visited the gold prospect recently struck
by A. Ericsson, quite extended mention
Of which has been made in the Hills
papers. Nc says that the find was made
about mile from the J. X. camp, and
that the ore is quite similar to that
taken from the now famous J. r. mine.
The owners Of the claim had but just
commenced developing it, and at depth
Of only four feet they had three or four
feet of the lead, the groupings Of which
first attracted their attention. The for
nation is distinctly slate, with indica-
ton of porphry, and the gold bearing
rock is quartzite. 1t is claimed that
samples from any part of the ore body
will yield good prospects when psnned,
The owners are in shape to develop
.kleis- and, aud propose 10 do SO without
delay.
Dr. Paddock. who is interested in
Professor Englehardt's new Bromine
process for the reduction Of silicious ore,
returned from Denver, where he had
been assisting Mr. Englehardt in de-
signing the experimental plant now al
most completed. The new plant, the
doctor says. will be ready for operation
Monday next. 1t is located on Blake
street, Denver, and is quite commodi-
Gus structure, being 50xl00 feet and one
story in height. its first run will be on
Colorado rafroctorx, orao I,,a+ "a snop
as can be convenient Black Hills ores
will be treated. From the test made on
Black Hills ores in the past by this pro-
cess, exceptionally good results have
been obtained, and Mr.. Englehardt is
sanguine of demonstrating-now that
he has more favorable conditions under
which to experiment-that the results
will be better than previous ones. AS
soon as the process has been perfected
and gotten down to standard, rights TO
erect mills using it will be sold through
out this country aud Europe. A plant
using this process is promised the Hills
at no distant date.-Pioneer.
THE sHooL OF MINES.
Dean Jenney informed Journal re-
porter that the board Of trustees Of that
institution would at once be compelled
to place additional desks in the recita-
ton rooms to accommodate the pupils
now coming in, there being an average
increase of three pupils q week. The
dean stated that when he first took hold
of the school he had but little hope that
an interest in the school could be cre-
ated, but by strong and persistent work
with the trustees he was given permis-
sion to place standing advertisement
in the various newspapers of the Hills
setting forth the benefits to be derived
from course Of study in the institution
and inviting miners or those interested
In mining to attend the school or to send
in samples Of ores for assaying. As
result of keeping the school prominent
ly before the public the attendance is
AGAIN becoming satisfactory and is now
larger than for several years. Letters Of
inquiry are numerous, requiring consid-
ersble time each day to answer. The
old sdage Of persistent advertising if
you desire to make success of your
business is fully illustrated to the pres
snt management of this institution
Journal.
| THE CYANIDE PLANT.
Us. Childs cyanide plant ct Dead.
wood was put in operation Monday
morning of this week, ore from Mr..
Child's Blacktail property being first
treated. The plant has daily capacity
Of Hfty tons. and will treat custom ore
a. we'll AZ the product of the Blacktail
minss. The handling of the ore, from
the time it is dumped into the bins until
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