Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-03-17
Mining Items.

A very satisfactory clean up is re
ported at the Grizzly Bear mine recent
! ly, where $500 was obtained from 8
short run of the old mill located ON tha
property.
A new contract was recently let fol
extensive work on the Union Hill mine
near Hill City, and operations, it is be
lieved, will be continuous upon the
property hereafter.
A recent test made on l6 tons Of gold
ore taken from Brown and Forsythe'c
mine, near Hill City. is said to have
been very satisfactory. The ore wa'
run at the Feigle mill.
Dave Swanzey is erecting a whim on
the Big Hit mine, near Keystone, and
will sink 100 feet and cross cut the vein
The ore is similar to the Keystone, and
the prospect is most favorable for big
hit in the sweet bye and bye.
The Tin Miner reports a six foot vein
OF ore on the 200 foot level of the J. K
mine, which is rich, showing plenty o.
free gold to the naked eye, and submit,
the opinion. which is no doubt vel
! based, that the owners have full blown
bonanza
Firestone Bros. are producing excel
lent mica from the bottom of their fifty
foot shaft, six miles southwest Of this
place, for which ready market has
been secured. Six men will be employ.
ed next week in mining and cutting the
product.
There are strong rumors ahoat 10 the
effect that the South Dakota Mining
company will soon resume operations al
Anna Creek upon the scale of wages
prevailing in the Northern Hills. An
other rum or says TIE work will all be
done by contract.
Haserodt and Harbach are showing
up fine ore from the bottom of forty
foot shaft on their Globe gold mine on
the Penobscot belt, west Of this place
The vein is about six feet in width, and
is widening as depth is increased
Every indication points to the probabil
ity of the Globe becoming producer in
the dreamy hence.
The Minnesota mine. in the Rockford
mining district is spoken Of as a prob
able early producer. The company, a:
stated by an exchange, is now putting
in sixty new stamps and twelve
Huntington's. and it is predicted that
the mine will prove TO be another
Homestake, which prediction we earn
estly hope may be verified.
The school of mines during the past
week has been kept busy assaying ore
from gold properties in old mining dis
trIcts Of the Hills and in many Instances
the ore was found to average over ter
dollars 10 the ton. As development,
work has been progressing on these
claims much better grade of ore ha.
been encountered. 1t can be truthfully
said that gold mining in the Black Hill
is practically in its infancy.-RspiC
Journal.
f. w. Power, of Grand Island. and r
j. Mcintyre, of Aurora. Neb., treasurer
and secretary, respectively, of the Gus
ter City Mining Association, were in the
city early in the week on business con
nected with the association. The new
organization is starting out with com
mepdable vim, unlimited confidence
and determined purpose that fairly
warrants the success iof the enterprise
An Office has been secured by the sssoci
alton in the First National Bank build
ing. DR.. Fisher, of this place, has beer
chosen as vice president of the associa
ton, than whom no more active and
energetic man could have been named.
Samuel Scott, who has been spending
several days investigating the merits o
the Penobscot gold mine, returned OF
Tuesday, having succeeded, by the re
moval Of a considerable amount o
waste, in thorough examination of tn,
vein. Average samples Of the ore were
obtained, which were carefully tested
showing conciusiyely that its quality i
such as to warrant profitable operation
| Were this mine located in Colorado, j
would have place on the list of tn
regular gold producers of that state, bn
being located in the most meagerly al
vertised, and consequently most obscur
gold belt of the Hills, il must therefor
bide its time, and await the issue 0
future events.
RICH STRIKE IN THE KEYSTONE.
Word reached the city yesterday tha
very rich strike had been made in tn
main shaft of the Keystone mine. Tn
vein uncovered lie reported to be si
| inches in width and the richest eve
opened in the Black Hills country. o
account of the telephone line bein
down between this city and the min
yesterday it was impossible to learn ful
particulars. This mine has proven to b
one of the best mining properties in tn
Black Hills and the latest strike wi
bring the property even more prom
nent before the public.-Journal.
IT PROSPECTS WELL.
The following letter from w. Harri
man, who is one Of the party who lei
recently to prospect the gold fields q
Clark's Fork, Wyoming, is self explain
atory "Ths formation is lime an
granite. There is no gulch; it is a va
ley. The river is four times as large q
Redwater, and the valley is from thre
to FIVE miles wide, aud the god is alon
the river for thirty miles. The bars ar
very large. No one has been to be
rock yet. Ten feet 10 the deepest the
have been and it Is good pay all tn
way. You can get from 10 to loo
colors to the pan. The gold is fine an
round. There are some colors as larg
rs q wheat kernel. There is lots {
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