Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04

condition, awaiting the reportS
the &xperts and the will of the court
Both parties appear 10th to press the
matter. and it is just possible that such
steps may be taken that nothing more
will be done.-Nugget.
The first run made at the Garden City
COLONIZATION Works was on tailings that
were heretofore treated but still retain
= gold value of S670 per ton. The re-
suit of the first cleanup was the recovery
of sbouT IL per cent Of the gold in TIE
tailings, and at lhe same time demon
strated the uaQuestionables success ofthe
Moffitt oxidizer as the oxidation of the
orc is said to be complete.-Mining Re-
view.
G. w. r. Pettibone, of Lincoln, Eeb.,
who is interested in gold property near
Pringle station on the b. & NJ. road, IL
miles south of this city, which is now
being developed, came in Thursday, and
reports the work Of sinking the shaft
progressing, with an encouraging out
look for successful results. The ore
body is proving to be very extensive
and the quality excellent. The shaft
viii be continued to depth of 100 feet,
when, other conditions being favorable,
levels will be run, and plant erected
for the reduction Of the ore.
Samples of ore from the Caledonia
lode situated near Custer City, were
brought up yesterday by the owner,
John Bueter. for analysis and assay.
An S5-foot shaft sunk on the vein shows
the latter TO be true fissurs eros. ing
the formation, having q width varying
from 8 to 8 feet. Near the surface the
ore prospected well with pan and mortar,
but as depth was obtained it became
refractory but much higher in grade.
Mr.. Bueter will remain in town until
after the 4th Of next month, when he
will return to camp and resume develop
ment work Times, %.
Mr. Ernest g. johnson. of Oreville,
seven miles north of this city, is doing
considerable development work on
some, and having the assessment work
completed on all of his Gold Bar Group
of claims, comprising Gold Bar Nos to
8, and on Victor ana St. Elmo Nos 2 to
5. They adjoin, on the north, the prop
srty ofth st. Elmo Mining company
whose new steam stamp mill will soon
start up. Mr.. Johnson 10 lawyer and
has lived in Chicago the last fifteen
years, but while on hunting trip and
visit to his father, Mr.. Clayton johnson,
Of Buffalo GAP, last fall. he became SO
impressed with the probabilities of
greatly increased gold discoveries in the
southern Hills in the near future, that
he acquired the above claims and will
make his home here.
THE BUcKHoRN NINE
On his rsturn from the upper Hills |,
Fred Evans brought quantity Of sam
Piles Of ore from the Bucshorn mining |
property which are certainly very nice. |
A recent assay Of some ore sent to the |
Black Hills Gold and silver Extracting |
Mining and Milling company shows that |
the ore Is worth $2l6 to the ton. Other
assays Of the ore from the dump and |
sssayed by experts in Omaha, Denver
and the school Of mines at Rapid City |
run from S2l 60 to $4,000 per ton. II 10
without doubt valuable mine and il il |
keeps up its present good showing it will |
nnquestionsbly make its owners rich.-I
Hot Syringe Herald.
Yes, the samples were "very NICE"
and more. they were rich, and they
were taken from the Aspen mine near
this city. People always want to know