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


effect that the limestone range in the
vicinity of Tim Coleman's ranch is 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 coE-
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
ttime, when the CHRoSIcLE 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
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 a 4OO.stanop
mill on their mining property at Gslena
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 IT 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
sible 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 10 being
built for concentrate bins. in the Gale
donis 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 men.-Independent.
SHIPPING WYOMING ORE.
A recent Hartyille (Wyoming) special
Gays; 80 A Guernsey, who represents
the owners of n 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 smeliers. 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
IT the neighborhood. Ore from the
Good Fortune mine is being hauled to
the railroad for shipment to the Denver
and Pueblo snlelters aud work in the
mine is being pushed vigorously. The
ore is quarried from an open cut made
in an immense body of the ore. which
10 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 d Gull
railway. big ore scales have been put In.
and q loading embsnkment built along
side the tracks TO facilitate loading ore
from wagons to the cars"
NINE INSPECTORS REPORT.
A late Pierre special says: sampson
Je6ery, state mine inspector. has filed
his report for the year ending Dec. l.
giving detailed statement of the con-
dition and output Of all the mines in
tie Black Hills mining district. But
three lives were lost in the mines the
past year, and but four men are reported
- being otherwise injured. TIE nm
usual activity in 1876 has been main
tained throughout 1896 II have re-
ported l.s27 miners employed for 1899.
which does not include men engaged
above ground or at mills, smeltsrs and
other reduction works. This b ga
more than the year before. and the
tasultfes are fewer in number. The in.
c1sass in the gold product h 81. .26s. .675,
/ and the outlook foY tbA year N come