Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-29
Mining Items.
Mining Items.
Galena miners are preparing to ship
IL car loads of ore To Denver

IL car loads OF ore TO Denytr.
Another new strike is reported as
having been struck near Keystone. 1t
is said to be as rich in gold AS any which
have been discovered In that rich and
coming camp. The location belongs to
ID. b. Ingram.
The Caliboga group Of mines located
on Jim creek have commenced shipping
ore to Denyer, from which they receive
net profit above all expenses of Sl1
per ton. The many friends of Mr. Fred
Helm, who is one of the owners OF this
property, will be glad to learn Of his
success.
The latest rich gold strike is reported
at Elk Creek. Lawrence county, where a
vein, twenty fiye feet in width, bearing
ore of the value of $500 per ton has been
discovered at depth of 60 feet 1t is a
free milling proposition and IS classed
with the prospective Homestakes, now
so common in the southern Hills.
W. ". Olds came in from Four Mile,
having cleaned up from fifty tons of ore
from the Old Charlie mine very hand.
some retort weighing pounds which
would figure about 50 per ton saved by
the free milling process. In addition to
this there was saved about two tons o:
concentrates, the value of which has not
yet been tested Mr. Olds contemplates
putting in two Fruevaner concentrators
in addition to the two perfection tables
which he now has in use. and wi
make some other changes before he
again starts up the mill.
The Harvey Peak Tin Mining, Mill
ing and Manufacturing company dong
trains move slow have lately let an
other batch Of contracts for assessment
work on their tin claims around Hill
City, and four on the Tin Reef, two
miles north Of this place. There are
still goodly number Of locations which
will require their attention if they ex-
pect to save them to the company. They
are starting in late, so late in fact that
they are just commencing at a time
been completed. There are, it is said,
two things in this world that are sure,
to-wit, death and taxes. Here in the
Hills We are called upon to add third,
i. e., the annual assessment work on our
mining claims. There is an occasional
exception to this however, where par
ties get around the intention Of the law
| by relocation, and the Harvey Peak
company have not been slow to catch
! on.
SOUTH DAKOTA MANUFACTURING co.
Sam Scott returned from Iron Noun
tain on Sunday in company with Mr..
Lewis Everly. They are preparing to
ship their iron ore to Denver where it is
in demand as fux. The Black Hills
iron is perferred by the Denver Smelter
on account of the gold and silver it con-
tains which in most cases is in sufficien,
quantity to become quite a factor. The
mines are very extensive and the ore
thus far sent yields 62.per cent iron, and
varies from $3.50 in gold and silver to S.
per ton. The property belongs to the
Dakota Manufacturing Company. The
mining and Shipping of iron from the
Black Hills is new industry, and as the
ests 60 to prove that it can be done At a
profit, the indication are that it will
develop into PERI 'nent business,
which will give EMPLOY mt to great
many men in the near future. We are
told that these smelters require about
200 tons per day. We were also shown
some fine specimens of paint rock, sam
Piles of which have been sent to Omaha
and pronounced excellent quality oi
Venetian Red. We are informed there
is quite large vein of this paint rock
lieing next to the wall of the nam 9th
vein enclosing the iron. Altogether il
should develop into very valuable
property.
! BRADFORD PROCESS.
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