Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-16
Mining Items.

Mining Items.
Henry Schenk has placed four men
to work on the Copper Mountain, says
the Hill City News, which he viii devel-
op by tunnel from the foot of the hill.
1t is tie intention to run in 800 feet and
then cross cut the ore body. The depth
thus attained will be 400 feet.
A further extension OF sixty days on
the time Of making the first payment on
the Golden Reward and associate prop
critics has been granted by the owners
of the stock. This is the deal so much
spoken of on account of its great magni
tude, and it is believed that the sale will
eventually be made,
J.. G. Engelhardt, formerly chemist at
the d. & d. smelter, and patentee Of the
Bromine process of extracting gold from
ore, returned to the city yesterday from
Denver, Col, where he has been per-
fecting his process. An experimental
plant was put up at la Plsta, Col., las.
summer and was SO satisfactory TO the
owners Of the mines that they went to
Switzerland, their native home. to get
capital to put up large plant. The
process should be a success on our Black
Hills ores.-Pioneer.
The Guilty Sark mine is showing up
good rock in the bottom of the shaft
The latter will now be sunk another 100
feet with a steam drill, which was put to
work last Monday. Another Kidd and
Moore cocentrator has been placed in
the mill, and the stamps, which haye
proven too light will be replaced by
heavier ones. Other changes will bs
made whenever found necessary. The
company is we'll satisfied that they will
have o good paying mine as soon as
properly developed
Supt. Jas. A. Clark was busily en-
gagged during the early part of the week
in the matter of securing an extension
for his company upon the bond upon
the Mayfower mine in this vicinity, and
we learn that he was successful, and
there is no longer any doubt of the final
consummation Of the deal, in which
event Mr.. Clark, and the people Of this
| community are TO be congratulated
The property is known to be valuable
and its operation cannot fail TO result in
material benefit to this place and the
Black Hills a. large.
Jas. A. Clark, Supt. BELLEVUE Mining
Company. departed for Keystone on
Thursday to look after the affairs Of the
the company in that section, where, We
learn, the operations of this company
are progressing with the most favorable
ou' look for successful results. Aside
from the continued operations on the
Bellevue mine. which is said to be show.
ing up splendidly, the assessment work
on thirteen other claims by the company
has been practically completed. upon all
Of which the developments made have
shown marked Improvement Elabor.
ate winter quarters are now almost com.
pleted at the Bellevue where the work
of development will be continued during
the winter. 4 run OF ore will be made
at the Keystone custom mill in few
weeks from the Bellevue, Holy Smoke
and West lodes, and tests of the ores
will also be made by other processes.
NEBRASKA GOLD FIELD.
A late Lincoln special SAYS: Excite
ment over the Milford gold find, which
has IN the last few days died out in
Lincoln, has been revived and increased
manifold by report Of a mining enein
eer who had been employed by some o.
the land owners to investigate the mat
ter. This man is Prof. Herbert Bartlett
who was for time connected with the
United States geological survey in Colo
RADIO and has had experience with golt
mines in South Africa, Australia, Hon
duras and other lands. The substance
of the report 10 his employers Is, they
have bonanza. He says he found q
gravel gold bearing vein for several
miles In extent. greater in extent and
depth and richer than any similar de-
posit in the world. The two great fields
OF this class have been the middle Au'
stralianfieid and one in Honduras. Mil
lions have been taken from each o
these. AS compared with them tho
professor says the Australian deposit
yielded gold at from sl.25 to So 90 pei
ton, while the tests ofthe Milford gravel
show from 81 to $500. His own tests
made over several miles Of territory
show smaller range of from S. to 500
He says with water the gravel can be
worked tor 25c per ton. This water, his
observation leads him to conclude, car
only be obtained from artesian wells.
TIE SOUTHERN HILLS.
A gentleman from Keystone yestcr
day informed reporter that mining
interests are receiving a great deal o.
attention in that section Of late from
their owners and outside investmen,
seekers, and several deals Of consider
able importance are now or the boards
One Of considerable magnitude is lock