Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
Mining Items.

Mining Items.
The gold production of Cripple Creek,
Colorado, for the first half ofthe present
year, according to data collected by
Secretary Parson of the Colorado Min.
ing Exchange, was 1896 900. His esti
mate for the years production is
S~l5,0O0,0O0, which is nearly three times
the amount of gold produced in that
camp in 1895.
The annual report of the Homestake
company by superintendent T. j. Grier
gives the following figures. Tons of ore
milled from June /, 80 to June /, '96,
$4,000. Gross value of gold, $685.
04S.S3. Gross value of silver, s9,396.99.
Net proceeds from concentrates. $685..
692.53. These figures compared with
those ofthe year before show an increase
in the value Of the ore Of a fraction oyer
Sl.35 per ton. At the bottom of the
report the superintendent assures the
stockholders Of the fact that there is ore
for at least twenty years work now in
sight.-Pioneer.
During the past week the Keystone
Mining company has paid out $500 for
labor, wood and home supplies. The
Holy Terror companr has paid out a like
amount and the Big Hit, Juniper and
Others have brought the amount up TO
81, 900. This is a small increase over
the past month and the amount is
in The future. The greatest %inconyeni-
ence connected with the matter is that
this large amount is paid in checks on
Will City and Rapid City banks which
cause much trouble and some expense
in conyettingthem into cash. We need
a bank here badly.-Miner.
ANOTHER SHELTER.
The Anna Creek Gold Mining and
Milling company, recently organized in
the northern Hills, with principal place
Of business in Pittsburg, Pa, with a
capital stock Of 81 600, 900, in as many
shares Of the par value Of Sl.O0 each,
fully paid and worcestershire, have
commenced the erection Of q smelter
which will have a daily capacity of 100
tons. The company has now in its
treasury S350,000 cash, which is deemed
sufficient for the erection Of the same.
The site is on Anna creek where the
company owns ground that fully war
rants the erection of q plant Of the
capacity named, The inco!porators of
the company are |. ]. Galbraith, ofLead;
II. d. Gamble and c.. j. George of Pitts
burg.
TIE APEX CONSOLIDATED NJ. co.
Have recently struck q large body Of
ore in their new workings that has an
average value Of $40 per ton and is free
milling in character, in addition to a
large percentage of concentrates worth
from S35 to 500 gold per ton. Thirty
of the stamps out Of the sixty in the
company's mill are dropping night and
day, crushing on an average 100 tons of
ore every "a hours. Five Rice concen-
traitors are in use, handling the tailings
and are doing excellent work. The
company have recently purchased an
air compressor, which will arrive in a
short time. 1t will be used to operate
the power drills, now run by steam.
The regular mid month clean up was
made on last Saturday, resulting in n
large and handsome brick of gold. 1t
was shipped east on the same day. Tho
property is situated near Rockford, on
the line Of the H.. & II. railroad, and
was. formerly known as the Standby.
The present owners have opened up the
mine in good shape and have put it on
q paying basis.-Times.
COPPER OF TIE HILLS.
William Mcmillan was in the city
yesterday with some fine samples of
copper ore from the central Hills. The
ore came from the Rio Tinto group on
Jim creet, and carries from 2l TO 40 per
cent copper, s. in gold, and twelve
ounces Of silver. The Rio Tinto group
consists of seven claims, Sylvanite, Rio
Tinto. Rio Tinto Nos !, 2, 3 and 1 and
Rio Tinto Fraction, located on the
divide between jim creek and Bogus
Jim, about thirty miles southeast of
Deadwood, IN the Galena belt. There is
about ten tons of ore on the dump, but
none has yet been shipped, owing to the
inaccessibility Of the mine. The near
est railroad points are Mystic on the b.
& NJ. and Brownsville on the b. II. &
TT. p, each about fifteen miles, and
about four miles of road will have to be
built before ore can be hauled. The
shaft on the Rio Tinto is down thirty
feet, but no work has been done now
since the first of May.
About n mile and a half southeast of
Custer lie the Custer Queen, Custer
King and Custer Prince. Practically no
development work has been done on
these claims, but the surface indications
show copper. In both places, the sur
face indications, and the ore taken out
of the Rio Tinto are similar to the
Anaconda mine in Montana. Mr.. Nc
MILAN thinks that this country is now,
in regard to copper, in the same condi-
ton that Montana was sixteen years
ago. We know there is copper here,
but do not know the extent or value of
it. If there was any way of shipping
the Rio Tinto ore there would be q
market for it at the smelter.