Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-10
Mining Items.

They commenced cutting q few days
ago. and are pleased with the prospect
presented for a permanent and profit
able mine.
4 The regular semi monthly shipment
of bullion from the Homestake and
Highland mines, Of the usual value, was
made on Saturday. A fine gold brick Of
the value Of $4,000, the product Of an
eight days run, was sent east from the
Golden Reward reduction plant on the
day preceding.
| Firestone 4 Ulton, who have been
developing their mica mines few miles
southwest Of this place for the past three
months, have struck excellent mica in
two claims at a depth of AZ and As feet
The veins are massive, and the product
remarkably clear and firm. Their per-
seryering energy fully entities them 10
whatever amount they may realize from
their important discoveries.
The Keystone mill was shut down last
week on account Of the breaking Of the
pump in the main shaft. The necessary
repairs have been made. the water taken
out. and il is presumed the mill is now
in operation. Bids for contracts on run
ming drifts were opened recently, but no
contracts are reported let There is
said TO be an ample supply of water to
meet the demand for all purposes.
Operations are being continued at the
New York Mica mine with a tiattering
outlook. The mineral is being produced
from two openings, and is said 10 be of
excellent quality. The product taken
from the one hundred foot level is much
clearer than any previously found in the
mine, and as a consequence will com.
mand higher price in the market. The
surface workings are also producing the
mineral in quantity and quality that is
highly satisfactory.
The Horseshoe NJ. & VI. Company of
the northern Hills, have advertised for
bids for lumber, lime, stone and all nee
essary material required for the erection
of new chlorination plant within one
mile and half of Deadwood. The
works will have daily capacity Of loo
tons at the start, and will be SO arranged
as to increase the capacity to any desir-
ed degree. Work will be commenced
in April, and it is expected that the
plant will be in operation by Sept lst.
The Spearfish Register speaks of a
man in that place who by persistent
experimenting" has got to be quite a
tin expert, being able to smelt the metal
out of the stream tin, found in that
region. If that is all that is required to
constitute tin expert. Custer has more
tin experts than Spearfish could shake a
stick at, nearly all the miners in the
district having long since acquired the
simple accomplishment. They are now
turning their attention to the study of
the all absorbing question Of what they
are going to do with their mines after
/ having determined in them the presence
of tin in paying quantity.
| c. A. Wood and Reuben Reeves, own
ers of the Buena Vista tin mine, located
| FIVE miles southeast Of this city. are
/ completing their assessment work on
that property. The mine is showing
up splendidly. The ore body is about
/ three feet in width, and will average
! fully three per cent tin. About fifty
| tons of this class of ore is now on the
dump, and at least five hundred tons is
now in sight in the workings. The
owners of the Buena Vista have wisely
retained their confidence in the final
outcome of the tin industry in this
locality, and will doubtless eventually be
well rewarded for their abiding faith.
VALUABLE?
G. H. Ross, superintendent of the in
dustrial department of the c. B. & q.
Railroad company, at Chicago, is desir-
Gus of determining the value Of the large
deposits of feldspar for which this place
is noted, and in accordance with his
request, a sample barrel of the mineral
was recently shipped him by Z. c.
Crary. of this place. 1t is believed that
this mineral, being exceptionally pure
may be valuable for use in the manu-
facture Of opolescent glass, and it is the
object of Mr.. Ross to test its value foi
this purpose. Should this mineral
prove valuable for the purpose stated
an important industry lay thus be
established, as it is kno TO exist ir
great abundance throughout the south
ern Hills.
HOPE rr's TRUE.
I The Rapid City Journal of the 6tt
inst. is authority for the statement that
"the Harney Peak Tin company, or
Saturday last, placed an order for a car
load of candles, to be delivered at lii
City within a very short time" The
CHRoSIcLE most devoutly hopes that thu
statement may prove true. as in tina
event it might oe reasonably accept
ed as straw indicating tnst the WING
was coming from a direction favorabl,
TO the early resumption Of operations b,
this powerful, but provoklngly spasmo
die corporation. If the company will
wake up. resume and continue opera
tions and show TO the waiting worlC
that we have tin in abundance, which
We have, and that it can be produced a
. Profit, which it can. then we vii
smother our chagrin and freely forgiv'
) all their past shortcomings and bid the
god speed on their important and com
mendable mission.
TIE d. AND d. sMELTER.
The Times was informed last evening
by DR.. Franklin R. Carpenter that 9
deal was pending for the purchase ofth'
above plant by new company consist
a warded Highest
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