Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-21
Mining Items.


Reliable reports indicate the early
erection Of mill on the Highland min
ing property at Silver city. The machi
merry, as stated, will be on the ground in
few days, when the company will
proceed at once to erect the plant.
John Beuter yesterday loaded up
couple of wagons with provisions, giant
powder and other supplies and left for
the southern Hills. His destination is
the claims held by him near Custer City.
John will do a great deal of work upon
them this year, and he is in hopes that
they will show up in good shape
Times.
The cyanide mill at Puma, near Lead
city, is in constant operation on concen-
trates obtained from the Homestake
tailings. The plant has daily capacity
Of twenty tons, and no difficulty is ex-
perienced in recovering a sufficient
quantity of concentrates, with the FIVE
Rice concentrators employed, to keep
the mill in constant operation.
The reported discovery ofanother rich
gold mine near the Keystone by VIM.
Franklin. is said TO have been abund-
antly confirmed. The claim was located
! years ago and afterward abandoned, the
rich chute encountered by Mr.. F. hav
ing escaT ed the attention of the original
locator. The amount of gold panned
from the surface of this new bonanza is
said to react. into the hundreds of dol
lars. The claim is located 400 feet west
Of the Keystone.
Prof Z. c Englehardt has made test
on three tons Of ore from the Old Glory
mine of Arizona, with fattering results.
The gold was extracted by the bromine
process, the result being 81 per cent of
the assay value. Leaching was used TO
extract the silver, and this was also
successful, thus limiting at the establish
ment of combination plant as best
suited to this ore. By using Bruck ner
cylinder for roasting the total cost of
extraction is fixed at s3 to $3.50 per
ton. The use of the Pearse furnace,
which is worked automatically, would
reduce tie cos: a perceptiSle extent, as
| it handled ffty-tcn lot Of Black Hills
concentrates at an average cost Of IS
cents per ton. For a large plant it is
almost indispensable. The Old Glory
mines belong to Los Angeles parties.
The ores tested here are worth tritie
in excess Of S400 per ton, fairly divided
between gold and silver.-Denver Rec.
ord.
"THE HOLY TERROR"
The "Holy Terror" lode recently To-
Gated within the townsite of Keystone
proves to be holy terror" in the pro
duction of rich ore. The owners of thi,
new location recently milied eiGhteer
tons Of ore in the Keystone mill which
produced seventy-twe ounces Of amal
gam. This was retorted Monday an6
yielded thirty ounces, thirteen penny
weights and nine grains of retort, which
valued at Sl6 per ounce, is S490.70. or 1
trifle over S27 per tom Rapid Journal
BONDING TIN PROPERTY.
Local indications, to say nothing o
the sensational revelations resultin,
from the pending Harvey Peak suit il
New York, would seem to warrant al
early revival Of the tin industry in thi
vicinity. The bonding of tin propert!
near Custer, aggregating more thai
$2G0,0O0 during the past week point
strongly 10 such conclusion. The
property is being bonded by residen
of this place. the bonds runnirg to Jan
uary LIST, with provision for partia
payment October lst. The names ofth
parties backing the enterprise have no
yet been given out. The claims bonded
have unquestioned merit, and compar
favorably with the best properties or
the belt having corresponding degre,
of development Results are awaited
with fair degree Of hope mingled with
unli mited anxiety.