Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19
MininRItAms,

vicinity OF lin Coleman'S ranCh lS now
attracting the eager attention of pros
pectors. Quantities of rich float rock is
said to have been recently found, which
may result in the discovery of valuable
mineral deposits that will warrant the
creation of another booming camp.
May that be the glorious result.
The work Of development upon the
Empire and Baker claims is being cor-
tinued. and good progress is being made,
especially on the Baker where the drift
is being extended at the rate Of ten feet
per week. 1t is believed that the ore
bodies in both claims are not distant
from the present workings, and that
they will be encountered in a short
time, when the CHRoNIcLE hopes to be
able to report two additional gold
strikes in the district which will be
both permanent and profitable.
The Omaha Bee of the 10th notes tie
arrival in that place on that day, of a
party Of prominent eastern capitalists,
en- route to Edgenont and Galena, in
which places they have large property
interests. 1t Is stated that these gentle
men have decided to erect smelter at
Edgemont, the location and capacity of
which is to be decided at once. 1t is
further stated that they will proceed at
once with the erection of 400.stamp
mill on their mining property at Galena
known as the Union i'll mines, which
have been fully developed and promise
to become prominent among the lead
ing gold producers of the Black Hills.
WILL CATCH 1T ALL.
The time is coming and is close at
hand when the Homestake company
will allow nothing of value to escape
them and new devices are quite frequent
for catching every particle that is pos
sble that escapes the plates. They have
got the thing down on the Lead side,
and now their attention is directed TO
the Terravi.le side, where foundation
sixty four by eighty four feet is being
built for concentrate bins. in the Gale
donia mill yard, for the purpose Of stor-
ing the material from the Deadwood
Terra mill. This will be a good thing,
for il the company catches all the con-
centrates it will give employment to
several more neutrality-suspicious..
SHIPPING WYOMING ORE.
A recent Hartyille (Wyoming) special
says: 30. A Guernsey, who represents
the owners of q number of iron mines
in this vicinity, is arranging TO ship
10000 tons Of mixed iron and copper
ore from the dump of the Sunrise mine
to the Denver smelters. AS the ore will
have to be hauled by team to the rail
road, about sixteen miles distant, the
enterprise will afford employment to a
large number Of teams Of the ranchman
Of the neighborhood. Orc from the
Good Fortune mine is being hauled to
the railroad for shipment to the Denver
and Pueblo smelters and work in the
mine is being pushed vigorously. The
| JIG 10 duaiiicu ttib III opcu Sut Hihut
in an immense body of the ore. which
is blasted out in lots of from thirty or
fifty tons at one shot. At Badger sta
ton, on the line of the Cheyenne 4
Northern branch of the Denver & Gull
railway, big ore scales have been put in,
and loading embankment built along
side the tracks 10 facilitate loading ore
from wagons to the cars"
| NINE INSPECTORS REPORT.
A late Pierre special says: sampson
Jeffery, state mine inspector, has filed
his report for the year ending Dec. |,
giving detailed statement of the con-
dition and output of all the mines in
the Black Hills mining district. But
three lives were lost in the mines the
past wear, and but four men are reported
as being otherwise injured. The un-
usual activity in 1895 has been main
tanned throughout 1896. II have re-
ported 1927 miners employed for 1896
which does not include men engaged
above ground or at mills, smelters and
other reduction works. This is 224
more than the year before, and the
casulties are fewer in number. The in.
crease in the gold product is 81 .26S 675
and the outlook for the year TO come