Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-07
Mining Items.

The Gold Star mill of the Homestake
Company at Lead is said to be the larg
est plant of its character, with one
exception, IN the world. 1t operates
200 stamps which are capable of reduc-
ing 800 tons of gold ore daily.
The aggregate gold product of Alaska
for the current year. rs estimated by q.
Ii. Swinehqrt of the Juneau Mining
Record, is 100000, of which amount
$500 900 is said to have been taken from
the placers, chiefly along the Yukon
river.
NJ. J. King, the well known Keystone
prospector and miner, received on Mon
day, through the First National bank Of
this city, the second instalment ofS+,000
upon group of gold claims near Key
stone sold soma time ago by him to the
Q levue mining company.
The mill on the Guilty Sark mine near
ystic station on the b. & NJ, which
proved to be too light for working the
hard ores of that mine, has been thor
oughly renovated and is now said to be
In good condition for operation without
fear OF further detention. The super
intenden', and also the owners of the
mine are very sanguine of the succe, s.
fnl issue of future operations upon the
property.
The report is current in this place
that Coats and Bottana, owners of the
Sunshine mine near Hill city were
recently offered $50, 900 for their proper
ty but refused the tempting offer for
the reason that they had previously
sold a half interest on verbal contract
for q very much smaller consideration
to other parties, and felt in honor bound
to stick to their bargin. The mine is
said to be phenomenally rich, and bids
fair to equal il it does not eclipse the
celebrated keystone wonder, the Holy
| Terror.
Horace F. Brown, inventor and pat.
eniee of Browns horseshoe roasting
furance, arrived yesterday from Chicago
Mr. Brown is building one of his roasters
for the Golden Reward company at the
chorination plant in this city, which is
doubtless the finest machine Of its kind
in existence 1t is nearly complete, a
slight delay being caused by the uon-
arrival of u stack. Mr.. Brown hopes to
have the machine in operation in two
weeks, and will remain until after it is
running nicely. He guarantees to roast
seventy five tons Of siliceous, non oxy-
dlsed ore per day, and says there will
be no trouble in doing it. The roaster
was built for greater capacity than
seventy-fve tons, but Mr.. Brown is
determined to be sure of filling his con-
tract.-Times.
THE LARGEST GOLD BRICK.
The Cyanide works deposited in the
First National bank Yesterday what is
probably the largest gold brick ever cast
in the Hills. 1t weighed trife less
than l25 pounds and its value is about
$4,000. The brick is the result of fif
teen days run on ore almost wholly
from the Portland Mining company's
ground. Taking the amount Of ore
treated daily as basis, would give about
$40 per ton. This is the best fifteen
days consecutive run made by the
Cyanide works and is certainly encour.
aging.-Pioneer, 8.
NEW GOLD DISCOVERIES.
A late Hill City special to the Omaha
Bee says: almost daily encouraging
gold discoveries are reported from claims
in this vicinity. upon many Of which the
annual assessment work is now being
done. The finds are usually free go.d
in oxidized quartz or iron rock. Quartz
Of exceptional richness was found day
or two since upon o claim in the Tea
group. lying on Palmer gulch. q few
miles east Of Hill City. The ledge,
which seems to bo in place and between
walls, is twenty inches wide. and the |
broken and decomposed ledge matter
yields exceptionally rich prospects in
the face. A quantity Of quartz taken
out, some OF which 10 on exhibition
here, Is Of the grade which requires |
watching in mining and sacking to pre-
vent loss. Another find, almost equally |
40 promising, was made on the Coats |
ground. in an entirely different district,
three miles north Of the camp. Miners