Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
Respectfully.
ROBERT DoLLARD,
Attorney General.
MINING IfemR.

b II. A. Albien has been doing further
development work on his gold mines in
the Penobscot district, west ofthis place.
which has been accompanied with very
encouraging results.
I The preliminary work at the New
York mica mine is about completed,
and active operations in the matter Of
producing mica for the market will be
inaugurated sometime next week.
& Todd, Bowles and Hill have struck it
rich on their mica mine, the Grand
View. near Sylvan Lake, which now
promises to become prominent among
the numerous mines of its character in
this district.
Haserodt and Harbach are still en-
Globe mine. six miles west OIL this Place.
with very encouraging prospects, every
thing pointing favorably to the realiza-
ton of their well warranted hopes of
proving the mine to be bonanza Of the
first water.
Pitcher Bros, Butterfield and Collins
have completed the annual assessment
work on their mica mine, formerly
known as the Window Light. and locat-
ed few miles southeast of this place.
They report plenty Of mica of excellent
quality now in sight. and q favorable
outlook for the future success Of the
mine
The annual assessment work on the
tin properties of the Harney Peak CON-
pany in this district has been complet
ed. The reports indicate plenty of tin,
and additional proof of the permanence
and paramount importance Of the tin
deposits in this vicinity, which must
eventually become a leading factor in
the future progress of this place.
Jim Wardner, formerly Of this citv
writes from johannesburg, South Africa
to the Spokane Review: II do not ad
wise any man To come here who is no
well equipped with experience snt
money. The country is full Of Cornist
miners and more coming. Nearly al
the American miners left that could 60
But the man-the American man with
$1,000 to $4,000, this is the place. Skill
ed ;men of many classes are in goo'
demand, such as electricians. workers il
wood and iron, carpenters and stone
masons. The wages are universally J.
sterling per dsy.-Pioneer.
MAGNEsIrE.
This important mineral, recently dis
covered in this county, the quality an
extent of which has not yet been d'
termined, is well worthy Of the after
, ton Of the prospector. This mineral
! found in talcose schist, serpentine an
] other magnetism rocks, as veins in Sc
pentine, and is largely used in II
; manufacture Of wood pulp. in whit
process the material is employed as
/ bleaching agent, for which purpose
! is found to be cheaper and more effe
{ tive than chlorine, heretofore used.
. in described as follows: Rhombohedr
, cleavage. rhombohedral perfect. AL
. massive, granular. to very eompas
3 Hardness, 3.5-4;5. gravity, 3.30S. cryst
. 2.S, earthly; 33.2, when feriferor
. Lnstre vitreous; fibrous varieties som
D times silky Color white, yellowish
!, grayish white. brown. transparent
= opaque. Fracture. fiat conchoidal. Con
}, position, magnesisn carbonate, carb'
= dioxide 52.4, magnesia 47.6-l00.
d powder it is easily dissolved in hydr
II chloric acid. Found in Moravia,
v Styria and in Silesia. NORWAY and Pie
II mont. In America, at Button, Mas
g near Baltimore, Nd; in Chester count
l. Pa; in Texas. California and in Il
o county Thus far is has not been -four