Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-09-08

which $4,000 wal refused by the own
ers. Specimens taken from the mine
one foot square are so heavy that one
man cannot lift them, aud one piece,
nine inches square. was so rich that one
OF the owners paid his partners $4,000
for their share in it. As much as | 900
ounces of gold is said to have been ex-
tracted from the ore in a single day.
The excitement in the region is intense,
and II the mine should continue to pro.
duce in the future as it has in the past,
the lucky discoveries will soon be added
to the list of the multi m~illionaires of
the world.
EXCESSIVE RATES.
That the rates charged for the treat
ment of refractory gold ores in the Black
Hills are exhorbitant, there appears to
be no question of doubt. 1t has been
observed that the rate charged is greatly
in excess of the alleged cost of treat
ment as claimed by the promoters ofthe
different methods in their statements TO
the public. The actual cost of Treatment
as stated by the promoters of the pro-
cesses now employed in the Hills. would
seem to warrant q fair margin of profit
in the reduction of ores ut a rate much
less than ten dollars a ton, the present
rate charged. The effect Of such over
charge cannot be otherwise than detri.
mental TO the best interests Of the coun.
try, as it practically shuts out a large
number Of ore bodies from operation,
which by q reasonable reduction in the
cost of treatment could be profitably
operated. Commenting upon this sub
ject the Deadwood Times, in a recent
issue, pertinently says: THE treatment
charge is excessive and should be re.
duced. but So long as the capacity of the
present works is taxed 20 its utmost no
reduction will be made. The situation
is the Sam rs it was in the early days
OF the Black Hills, when $40 per ton was
the regular charge for ~treatin. free.
milling ores, and hundreds Of stamps
constantly dropping. To-day the same
character Of ore is treated for $l.25 per
ton with a prof; to the mill man. This
great reduction has resulted III the re
opening of numerous abandoned mines,
especially in the vicinity of Central,
which are now being profitably worked
by the new owners A custom and
sampling works conducted on the lines
indicated aud operated under either of
the processes mentioned with a treat
ment charge Of So to $3.50 per ton,
would prove "A bonanza to the corpora
ton or individual who will erect such
in the Black Hills"
GOOD SHIPMENT.
Ores and Metals, published at Denver,
ing house there has ordered 1900 tons
of iron ore from the Black Hills ofSoulh
Dakota. This has been brought about
by the iron mines at Leadviile closing
down. The mine OwEcrs of that camp
say they cannot produce the ore at The
u itb w AlN NtNaIllB llbAlSt. III
qliries made by the Times as to the
locality and owners ofthe property from
which the shipment would he made, de
veloped the fact that the order could be
readily filed by any one OF the three
distinct ones in this district, or from
Shepherd q Amermann's property near
Rockford, on the line OF the Is. 4 NJ.
railroad. There is but one company,
no e:er. that has the amount named
ready for shipment in the form Of con
centrates, and that is the llomcs,a6e
company. The ether properties referred
to as capable Of filing the order are the
Blon aud Rpmea.Juiiet miucs Of Bare
foot vein Of almost solid pyritcs. The
other is an oxidiz4d iron ore carrying
considerable gold and silver, the body
being very extensive and exposed by
hundreds OF feet Of tunnels, drifts and
shafts. This ore has heen fonna to be
amongst the most desirable for finx,
having been fully tested at the d. & D..
smelter in this city, as well AZ IN the
iavey smelter when operated some
years ago in Galena.