Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25

the manufacturers of tinplate, tin can
makers, and fruit packers are much con-
cerned in what appears to be an attempt
to corner pig-tin. A petition is being
gotten up which will be presented to the
present congress, asking that that sec
ton Of the Mckinley law making pig
tin subject to a duty of four cents o
pound to take effect July l, 1893, be
repealed. According to the statement
Of several members of the New York
Metal Exchange, English spectators
are buying up all the pig tin in sight,
shipping it to the United States, where
it is being stored until the four cents per
pourd duty goes into effect. The i'm
portations into the United States at this
time are nearly double what they usu-
ally are. The result will be that July
price the amoun, of the duty and have
the market TO themselves az long as the
stock lasts. 1t 10 claimed that the
spectators will clear over 81 100000 as
the result of their corner" unless con
gress removes the duty. The petition
to congress is in the hands of Pope's
Sons & Co. of New York. 1t is being
generally signed by consumers of tin in
all forms-Chicago Journal Of Com
merce.
GREAT IP TRUE.
A report was brought in yesterday
from the Hayes mine, Bare Butte dis
;rict, TO the effect that the strike made
there few days ago is one Of the
richest in the Hills. The vein is said
to be sixteen feet thick and going down
at an angle OF - degrees The ore is
steel galena and pyrites, and is said 10
assay 100 ounces of silver and one ounce
Of gold to the ton. The property is
owned by Messrs. Dornovan and Noll.
Pioneer.
WHAT WILL CONE OF 1T
Supt Childs and wife, Bryan Rossiter,
Mr. Claussen and Chas. Locke of the
Harvey Peak Company teok Mondays
tram Tor New Tors, rleIe -. c5i.1s
will confer with the directors or tine
company and the present snarl in their
affairs will be strsightened out. II is TO
be hoped there may be as little delay as
possible in the matter. Mr.. Childs has
accomplished great deal Of good work
during the time he ha- had control, and
all who are acquainted with his thor
ough business methods believe the di-
rectors will consult their own interest
by extending his authority as business
manager His methods are practical
and characterized by an absence Of any
thing in the nature Of extravaganza or
display.-Ti Miner
GOLD MINING AND MILLING.
- CArtainly in tha whnla denartment of
metaiiuTgy nothing is more interesting
than the problem Of gold anna algamation
There are mills and amalgamators and
crushers and pulverizers without end,
but still the stamp mill retains its posi-
tion as the reliable machine. The cost
of treating ore by it is not probably re-
duced by any other machine, except in
one instance, where Huntington mill
probably has made the cheapest record
known. 1t is at the Spanish mine in
California. Records there show that
the milling is done for Is clio cents per
ton. Mining and milling and all ex-
penses amount to only 50 cents per ton,
and the ore yields IS cents, leaving a
net profit of Is cents per ton. As these
statements we're given in court under
oath they can be relied upon as correct
On the Homestake mine of Deadwood,
four or five years ago, the cost Of min
ing varied from II 20 80 cents per ton,
and the yield per ton was less than 81.
Since then it is claimed that the work is
being done considerably cheaper. but
exact figures are not at hand
The Caledonia has a record tor min
ing for Sl.44 and milling for So cents
per ton. The ore yielded S3.52.
The Highland mill made a record of
profits on ore that yielded $3.50 per ton,
and the Father dc Smet made profits on
s2O2 ore.
At the Plumas-Eurska the cost of min
ing is $3.50 and milling 40! cents.
At the Spring Valley the cost of mill
ing is rs cents.
At the Sierra Buttes it is % cents for
milling. 81 for mining, and the ore
yields $647.
The ZeiIe mill in California runs pro-
fitably on S3 ore
At the North Star the cost of mining
and milling is Sl25.
At the Empire, California, ore is min
ed and millsd for 1915.
AT the Drum-Lummon, in Montana,
the cost in the 6o-stamp amalgamation
mill was sl.l4 per ton.
In all milling as well as mining. the
cost depends upon the conditions effect
ing each case. Other things being equal,
the larger the mill the loss will be the
cost per ton for working. A mill with
100 stamps, under like conditions, can
::.o.: ois fot less iaah one fourth OF the
cost in a mill Of ten stamps. The guam
tity of water available, the cost of power,
fuel and labor, the crushing quality Of
the ore, and the rapidity with which it
is run through the mill, and cost Of re-
pairs to machinery are the factors in
milling expenses. assuming that the
machinery is good, and the mill econo-
micaiiy pisHssd. Poor machinery and
poor construction may. and often do,
overcome any natural advantages, and
make milling costly where it should be
cheap. Mining Industry.
Judge Gardner will 60 to Deadwood,