Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-30

IL T. hIcknan nave gwen eastern par
ties a working bond on the Newark
lode, and that men will be set at work
developing the property in very short
| time.
From reliable source we have infor-
nation to the effect that from seven-six
assays Of ore from mines in tIfe vicinity
of Custer have returned an average Of
S27 in gold to the ton. Prof. Jenney is
credited with making the tests
The r mine recently cleaned up
ninety-four ounces Of gold from forty
eight hours run. The main SHAFT is
now about one hundred and fifty feet
deep and the ore taken from that level
is just as rich as ever. The company is
now adding ten more stamps to their
mill.
The new cyanide works of the Black
Hills Gold Recovery com paDy are about
completed and the owners hope 10 start
the plant not later Ethan October l5.
The main building is complete and all
the annexes are practically so. pcr-
tion OF the machinery has arrived from
the factory and is in place Times.
{. A. Haserodt and Chas Harbach
report rich strike in the Globe mine,
one Of their properties IN the Penob-
scot conutry. In doing the assessment
work this year they uncovered q ledge
Of telluride ore of an exceptionally high
grade, and other miners and prospectors
who have examined il admit that the
find is very important one.
The owners of Lady Gay and Gold
Hill, on Slate creek, have recently made
deal with w A. Logan and others Of
the Union Hill mine. Jacob Lampert
of the J K mine and some Hot Springs
parties to put up a ten-stamp mill on
the property for an interest in the
group. The mill will be erected at once
on the creek near the Lady Gay. A
tunnel will be run from the top Of the
mill which will tap the Lady Gay at q
depth Of nearly 400 feet. This will in
sure the working of the ore at less than
one dollar ton. Recent tests show
that the ore will yield about $3.50 free
milling ore and $500 refractory. Be-
fore snow flies another bullion producer
will be in operation in Pennington
county journal.
The trouble between the Keystone
Mining company and its employees cul-
minated last week in the shutting down
of the mines aid mill for an indefinite
period. The company passed the Sep
tember pay day without paying off any
part of the wages due the men, and the
latter announced their determination to
quit work until their money was in
sight. The management has promised
that it will pay up within few days,
and in the meantime some needed re
ed that operations will be resumed
Monday, the 2nd. There is no doubt
about the property being paying one,
and il is not spprehended that the
present condition Of inactivity will last
any great length Of time.
There are a large number of gold
mines in Custer county which for uni
formity in size and general assays are
not equaled elsewhere in the world.
The veins have general average
from three TO four feet. The average
Of seventy-six assays from twenty
three different veins give $27.9 per
ton in gold. These ores are free
milling on the surface but beco re-
fractory with depth. They are easily
concentrated, the ore yielding about
one ton of concentrates TO sixty tons Of
ore the concentrates assay from one
thousand TO five thousand dollars per
ton. Many attempts have been made
to save the gold of these mines by the
free milling process. 1t is needless to
say that in every instance failure was
methods will be employed. There is no
doubt about the ores Of Custer county
being made to pay when properly
treated. 1t is the general opinion of
practical men that there are more gold
veins in Custer county that will pay
than there are to be found in any other
county in the United States.-Rapid
City Journal.
GOLD MINES IN DEMAND.
Samuel Scott, the mining broker, in
formed Journal reporter yesterday
that he has received more letters in the
past thirty days inquiring for gold
mines, than before in tw 0 years. Nearly
all of them want working bond. This
shows that the American public il
awakening TO the fact that it is neces
sary to get mine before putting up a
mill. Heretofore the general rule o'
eastern investors in mines has been &c
buy prospect cheap, put up mill, and
then look for mine. The general re
suit was that the sheriff sold the mill
and the purchaser put it on mine thai
il now paying. Ifall investors in mine.
would first take a working bond and de
velop the property before parting with
their money very few mining failure: