Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-08
Mining Items.

= The work Of sinking Is being vigor
ously and continuously prosecuted on
the Old Charlie mine at Four Mile, and
the stamps, during the day time, are
kept steadily in. motion. A clean mp,
which will probably be made to day,
from the favorable appearance OF the
plates, bids fair to exceed in the average
product Of the ore, any rnn previously
made in the history ofthis very promis-
ing mine.
G. w. Robbins ca me in Tuesday from
Prlngle a station on the g. & NJ. I2
miles south Of this place, where himself
and partner, James Demereau, have, for
the past two months, been engaged in
the development Of group Of very
promising mining claims owned by
them near that place. Mr.. Robbins as
sures us that he is pleased, and much
encourged by their recent development,
and that Pringle will soon be recognized
as one of the richest mining camps in
the Hills. He saws the ores are different
from those of any other district which
he has seen. The veins are all well
defined with smooth granite and slate
walls, and vary from 3 TO feet in
width The ores are pre-eminetly ad-
aptel to smelling. and abound in copper
and lead, as we'll as silver and gold. He
intends to return to their camp in few
days, and put in another month sink
ing to water level.
BIG MINING DEAL.
The New York Iron Age of the Both
nit has the following: "Rumors are
aHoat in the copper trade that the
Rothschilds have bought the Anaconda
mine, the greatest in the world. 1t has
produced l00,O0O,000 pounds in one year,
and could.tnrn cut 80 per cent more.
Rumor has it that the Old Dominion
mine in Arizona has been sold"
WILL RESUME OPERATIONS.
A G. McShane, with his wife and
children, returned to Lead yesterday.
He left here last December and went to
Missouri, where he purchased two well
improved farms, which he has rented
His brother Bob who is at present on
a bridal tour, is expected to return any
day when work will be resumed on the
famous Alma mine in Yellow creek
where the two brothers took out in the
neighborhood Of $40 900 in eight weeks
last fall. MAC" looks hale ard hearty
and reports spending very pleasant
winter back east.-Lead Call.
MoFFAr's PROCESS.
The shipping of the j. K. Moffat oxid-
king furnace from Stockton, Cal, 10 the
Homestake Mining company is some
what delayed, owing to all error being
made in the manufacture Of certain por-
tions of the furnace. Its arrival is
awaited with interest by all interested
in mining. If the patentee's claims are
substantiaied il will revolutionize the
treatment of ores In tire Black Hills.
Mr.. Wright, who is introducing the me-
thod here, is authority for the statement
that il will treat any character OF ore at
a maximum cost Of 81 50 per ton and
save 30 per cent Of the assay value both
gold and silver being recovered in the
one operation.-Times.
CASTLE CREEK PLAcERs.
= Sinking to the bedrock on Castle
creek mas become common thing 10
do. Three shafts have been sunk to
bedrock this season and in two gold was
found in abundance at depth of four
teen feet, the. pay streak being thirty
feet wide and from four to Elk feet
thick At the time of sinking there
was no water to interfere, and the boys
got in a few days work whichgave them
a grubstake for the summer. The heavy
rains of the past few days has flooded
them out and it may be some time be-
fore work can be resumed. Chapman.
who owns the Violin tunnel and eighty
acres of placer ground, has force of
men at work opening up the tunnel
which taps the creek 10000 feet above
the standing point Of the tunnel and
will drain bedrock at the point where
he will commence hydraulicing which
will be done at the rate Of 100 feet per
day. This will all pass through the
tunnel until high bedrock is struck when
mining will be inaugurated the full
length of the creek. 1t may take some
time to put this enterprise into opera
ton, but its does not require an expert
to determine that it will
pay. The creek is generally owned by
the occupants and Is not for sale. There
is, they believe. as much money in ten
miles Of Castle Creek as has been taken
out Of all the gulches of the Hills. 1t is
to be hoped that Mr. Chapman will
make it win, for the success not only
means much to him but to the poor
miner above and below him.-Pioneev.