Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-16
Mining Items.

The Keystone mine near Hill City
caved in this morning but fortunately
there was no one hurt IL will take a
great deal Of labor to put it in the same
shape for work it was previous to the
cave. The nature Of { he rock is such
that nothing but an open cut as an
entrance will ever be safe.-Journal
We have not seen JEFF McDermott
this week, but We are informed that it
is his intention to put in a cyanide mill
for the treatment of Columbus ore. Mr.
McDermott says that in the Black Hills
this method is very successful in the
treatment ofsimilar ores and he will
try it here.-La Plata, Colo, Miner.
THE KEYSTONE MINE.
Tuesday morning considerable excite
ment was created at the Keystone mine
by the caving of the rock in the mine.
Fortunately the strong timbers placed
in the mine proved strong enough TO
hold the strain, and work on the pro-
perty was resumed yesterday morning
in the underground workings There
was no foundation for the report that
the cave in would necesstate a shut
down for some time to clear out the
loose rock fallen, as an inspection of the
property Tuesday afternoon and yester-
day morning showed the timhering was
first class and able to hold the rock that
had settled upon ii. The mill was started
up and men resumed work on the mine
yesterday
NOTICE AND RECORD OF CLAIMS
The following decision will be of in
terest to many of our local readers. In
speaking of the distinction that exists
between the notice posted on a claim
and the statutory requirement respect
ing the record of such notice, the su-
preme court of Nevada, in Gleason vs..
Mining Co., said: There can be no
question that the original paymaster
notice was all that the law requires.
The only objection to it is that it did not
contain in itself description of the
claim by reference TO some natural OF
ject or permanent monument 1t was
not necessary that it should. 1t is only
the record of the claim that is required
TO contain such description; and there
are excellent reasons for making the
distinction between the notice and rec
ord III this particular. A notice is gen.
orally, and for safety ought always to
be, posted Immediately upon the dis
covery of the vein, before there is any
time to survey the ground and ascertain
the bearings and distances of natural
objects or permanent monuments in the
neighborhood and besides the claim
referred to by the notice is always suti-
ciently identified by the fact that it is
posted on or in immediate proximity TO
the groupings. A notice claiming a
location on this vein has only one
meaning But the notice is exposed to
the danger of removal by adverse claim
ants or destruction by the elements, and
for permanent evidence of the location
its record is provided for. The record,
if it consisted of mere copy of the
notice, would not identify the claim,
and there would be an opportunity, as
well as temptation, to the locators,
upon the discovery of more valuable
mine in the vicinity, to prove, by per.
jured witnesses, that their notice was
posted on that mine. The floating OF
claims was by no means an infrequent
occurrence prior to the act of 1872, and
if such attempts were seldom successful,
they were always vexatious, and often
the means Of levying heavy blackmail.
1t was ON tins account that the record
mot the notice. was required to contain
such description ofthe claim or claims,
located by reference to some natural
OBJECT or permanent monument, as will
identify the claim 1t is a sufficient
compliance with this provision Of the
law il the description Of the locus Of the
claim is appended to the notice when 1t
10 recorded" ed."-Engineering 4 Mining
Journal.