Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
MininRI Items.

Lead is reported in Deadwood. As re-
ported, the property was recently pur-
chased by the Rothchilds syndicate, the
price being somewhere between Ave
and ten million dollars. The departure
of L. 5. Greer, superintendent, and G.
c. Moody, attorney for the company for
New York Wednesday, has tended to
give a foundation for the report, al.
though it is said that neither of the
gentlemen had definite information in
relation to the transfer of the property.
The Sunnyside Mining company had
batch Of 100 tons of ore from their
mine treated at the j. r. mill last week
the yield of which is said to have been
S3S per ton. The Dodge brothers have
finished their contract on the Golden
Slipper and the mine ia now being
worked by the owners who are drifting
on the 200 foot level in ore that will pay
all expenses. The ]. r. people are
nearing the ledge at depth of 23O feet
in the new vertical shaft. The Dolcode
and ElDorado are both sinking their
main shafts.-Miner.
Mrs. James Cochran came in Monday
from five weeks visit with her hus-
sS;id, located and engaged in mining
near Rockford. Mrs. Cochran brings
favorable reports from her husbands
mine, upon which the Huntington mill
recently erected is now il successful
operation. The mine is fairly well
developed, showing a massive body
of ore, which, as shown by tests made in
the new mill, can be reduced at good
margin of profit. Scarcity Of water is
the only feature at present interfering
with steady operation. and this will be
| obviated as soon as the new steam pump
arrives, which is daily expected, when
full supply Of water will be pumped
from a source near by, and carried in
pipes to the mill. Six men are now
employed, and Mr.. Cochran's numerous
Custer friends will be pleased to learn
that his prospects for realizing fortune
as a result Of his energetic and per-
sistent efforts in the field of mining are
exceptionally fattering.
Captain Haserodt brought in some
fine samples of ore from the Globe mine
on Wednesday. This very promising
gold property is located about six miles
west of the city, and is owned by the
Captain and Charles Harbach of this
place. The samples referred too were
taken from the bottom Of the shaft, forty
six feet below the surface. The ledge is
we'll defined, and shows width between
walls Of five and half feet. Gold in
| considerable quantity in the ore, is
plainly visible to the eye, but the values
are said to be largely contained in the
concentrate which the ore carries in
large quantity. That the Captain has
found in the Globe a sure basis for his
future fortune. is confidently believed
by all who have examined the property,
and such consummation is, it is need
less to say, most ardently desired by his
numerous friends throughout the Black
Hills.
IN GOLDEN SLIPPER.
Last week this property reverted back
TO the original owners, Dodge Bros, who
held a development contract on the
same having completed the shaft to the
230 #. level. VIM. Burns was then plac-
cd in the management, and ore is now
being taken from drift on the 23O #.
level. 1t is said by parties who are ac-
quainted with the mine that fully 900
tons Of ore are now in sight from the
present workings and as mill tests have
thus far proven the value OF this ore it
Is plain to be seen that the owners have
q comparatively rich bonanza.-Nugget
NAY RESUME WORK.
Prospects are good for the resumption
OF work on the numerous Harvey Peak
properties in the keystone and Hill City
districts. The many mines and pros
poets purchased by this company few
years ago are all being thoroughly pros
pected for gold, which in many cases
has resulted in the discovery of rich
leads and veins hereto unknown. Frank
Walsh and Dan Phinney are sinking
20 n. SHAFT on the old Harney Peak
Placer east Of the New Ell Dorako Mine
at the bottom of which they will cross.
cut in the hopes Of uncovering the ex-
tension Of that wonderful ledge. Z. L.
Blight and Chas. 7. Bobsy, are sinking
an incline shaft on small ledge about
ons half mile northeast, on the same
property. The company also has other
men at work on its different propsrties
IN that. vicinity, and it is among the
posslbilities that they will do some con-