Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Mining Items.

MinnIs items.
/ The Hill City News reports the clean.
up of a run of sunnyside ore at the J
X. mill which resulted in an agreea BILE
surprise to the owners, the proceeds
greatly exceeding all expectations.
A cleanup was made at the Custom
mill this week on three hundred tons
Of ore from the Lucky Boy mine. The
result will not be made public, but John
Lintz, one Of the owners of the mine
informs as that developments will be
pushed in the mine. and the milling OF
the ore will be resumed in about two
weeks. Meanwhile the mill will be
ran on ores from the Juniper and other
nines.-Miner.
"A FIVE ton smelter is being put in at
Rockford by Mr.. kersiaw aud his asso
ciates, and will start up for an expert
mental run on the ores ofthe Alpha and
Omega mines. in few days. 1t is said
that, in the event Of the run proving
a4slsfaetory, a large smelling plant will
be established there next year, for the
treatment Of the ores that, il is believed,
exist in untold abundance in that much
neglected, but nevertheless promising
district.
Col. Fred Evans has been in Spearfsh
several days this week, putting in the
most of his time betreen this place and
the canyon. Mr.. Evans was up to
Messrs. Todd, Smith and Gates mining
property, where the read is being put in
Wednesday, and says that district has
the greatest future in store for it of any
portion of the Hills. He has purchased
several claims adjoining the one belong
ing TO the above gentlemen, upon which
the recent rich find was made. They
have large ledge exposed, from which
the assays run S274 per ton in gold. the
piece from which the assay was made
containing many tons within itself
Monday afternoon Mr.. Smith made six
assays on the property all of which run
from Sll0 to S27i per ton. There seems
to be no doubt as to the size of the BODY
of ore and every indication points to it
getting larger as they 60 in.-Spearfish
Register.
THE EDGEMoNT SHELTER.
Contrary to general opinion the Union
Hill Mining and Milling company, now
| operating in Galena. are not as COM
pany interested financially in the enter.
prise. 1t will be an entirely separate
corporation, already formed, to whom
the Edgemont Townsite company have
made certain concessions in considera.
i ton Of the erection of smelter at that
point. The contract signed in Philadel-
phia few days ago, reference to which
was made in the Times yesterday morn
ing, was between the Townsite company
and the parties who have agreed to
erect the smelter. who have ample ca
pital at their disposal to put up work:
that will outrival any now in existence
According to agreement work on the
smelter is to commence as soon as the
weather permits and is to be pushed tc
completion without delay.-Times.
TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN.
From an authoritative source from
the Keystone camp it is learned thai
the workings of the keystone mine and
mill have been temporarily suspended
1t is gratifying, however, to state tha
the stoppage for the time being is not ir
anv manner due 10 a failure of the
property as a mining proposition ol
through any incompetency of the man
agement, but is simply done on account
of good business reasons which incor
porate the working of the property on ;
much larger and more profitable scale
This move on the part of the owneri
has been contemplated for some time
past and after due deliberation th'
present time was chosen. The mer
were all paid off in full yesterday anC
while there will be some men laid of
for a time when the mine and mil
starts mp again it will be on a large
scale and as a consequence will employ
a larger force Of workmen. Among i'm
provements which will be inaugurateC
during the shutdown will be the per
fecting of the new cyanide plant, fo
which the machinery is now at tn,
mine. This work in part will consist o
the addition of a grounding pan. settler
and other machinery, which will tenC
to perfect the work of the plant in eyer,
detail In The way Of enlarging the ca
pacity of the mill an additional compli
ment Of stamps, twenty in number, will
be hung up, making in all forty stamps
the present capacity Of the mill. Th'
Keystone mine is in better shape thar
at any time In its history. That it ma
the ore body so Ear as quantity is cen
concerned and richness as we'll has beer
clearly demonstrated. The last rul
made, of fourteen days. proved the mos
prof3table for any yet of like period
The cleanup returned something owe
5000. The ore taken out during tn
past ninety days has been far richie
than taken out of the mine previously
AS stated before the shutdown is no
occasioned by any lack ofconfidencs Of
the part of the owners. but from purel
business motives. 1t is stated that tn
workings of the mine, mill and cyanid
plant will be resumed in about sixt
days and on much larger scale thai
ever before. e.-Journal.
THE UNION HILL co.
Have fully decided on the erection O
new 100 stamp mill in Galena cam
and also to remodel the old Richmon,
silver mill and make an 80 stamp mil
oft. A large force Of men are now a
work on this improvement The pro
posaIs for the castings, machinery an,
buildings, received on Thursday, ar