Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-06
Mining Items.

The ores Of the Golden Slipper mine,
near Hill City, are being treated at the
]. r. mill, and are said to be yielding
$50 per ton. Ten men are en nployed at
the mine.
A rich strike is reported in the Stand.
by mine at Rockford. The mill is now
in operation and enough ore il reported
on the dumps to warrant its continued
operation during the summer.
The Hill City News says: Jimm7
Graham is not An enthusiast and is used
to seeing rich gold prospects. but the
pan prospect Dr. Rate showed him from
his mine in the Psnobscot district near.
ly took his breath away.
A Chicago and Boston company are
developing the Blue Lead group of cop
per claims in Pennington county, near
Sheridan, under bond. Ten men are
employe9 in the development Of the
property, which is said to be of excel
TENT promise.
very pss%Ssss 90 Eiss ss1 1bfs3tpsiiy, fsts iiy9S1'erssr
ley mine, near this city, with the mos,
brilliant hope Of highly successful re-
suits' The presence Of excellent mica
IN payable quantity is becoming more
appsSent as the work progresses, and
the final development of a mining prop.
erty of exceptional value, is already
fairly warranted by the infalibls indica.
tions presented.
Supt. Scott, Of the Black Hills Water
company, has let contracts for the dig
ging Of the bitches required in the con-
centration Of the water of the various
springs Of the company at some fayora-
bic point from which it is proposed to
conduct the water in iron pipes to the
various placer districts and mills where
there is demand for it. The springs
are located about twelve miles west of
this city, Of which there are about
twenty in number, which produce in
the aggregate large volume of water.
The water will be conducted from the
springs to the point whore it is to be
concentrated, in board fumes laid at a
sufficient depth under ground to pre-
vent freezing, which in itself is no small
undertaking, which may be inferred
from the fact that it will require more
than 10000 feet of lumber to construct
the fumes.
ANOTHER GOLD BONANZA.
The recent rich gold strikes at Lead
should and doubtless will result in ma
terially adding to the prestige of that
wonderful camp, which already ranks
with the largest, if not the largest gold
producing camp of its area in the world
The phenomenal strike in the Reddy
mine in that camp. the latest re ported, is
perhaps the richest discovery ever made
in the Hills. Selected samples ofthe ore
purchased by the d. & ID. Smelter Co.
OF Deadwood, upon test made by them,
brought from $50 to $50 per pound.
More than u thousand pounds of ore
that will average S6,00Oa ton has been
taken out and sacked.
THE BOON CoMErH.
1t may now be i'd that the long
waited for boom in Southern Hills mines
has begun. That the longed for next
year." when the consummation of our
hopes shall be realized, is the year of
grace, 1896. That the long Light Of
poverty, doubt and dread is passed, and
the morning cometk. There have been
more mining men Of q better class not
only sc cling investment, but actually
investing in mining properties in the
keystone district during the past month
than haye been here before in the long
history Of the camp. During the past
two weeks negotiations have been pend
ing some Of which have been closed,
and all in favorable condition for the
Bullion, Keystone, Egyptian Juniper.
Bismarck, Golden Rod and Bellevue and
the Sunnyside near Hill City. All these
are the prominent popertiss of the dis
trict, and under each head are one to
half dozen claims. The prices are in
each case among the thousands Of dol
lars. and some of them into tho hum
dreds of thousands, and in some of the
cases the sales are made and money paid.
The purchasers are in every case men
of capital, who are investing their
money on legitimate mining propo
sition and not for speculation. Aside
from these there have during the past
five months. been deals on the Treasure
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