Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-18
Mining Items.
ANOTHER RICH GOLD STRIKE


Rich gold strikes in the southern
Hills, during the past few months, have
been Of frequent occurrence, among
which large number give promise of
contributing their full quota to the great
and growing aggregate of the future gold
production Of the region. The latest
strike, and one which will compare
avorablv with any previously made in
the Hills, was recently found on the
Mandolin lode 10y William Rosenbaum.
an old and experienced prospector and
miner of this place, on what is known
as the Penobscot belt, six miles west of
this city. The Mandolin was located
by Mr.. Rosenbaum in 1894, since which
time work to the amount Of over seven
hundred dollars has been performed
upon it. The vein has width Of about
sixteen inches upon the surface, where
the ore is of purely free milling char
acter. and as shown by numerous tests,
carries gold in payable quantity, the
assays ranging from sixteen to twenty
nine dollars per ton. An open cut Of
seventy-fve feet has been run upon the
vein, and shaft has also been sunk to
the depth of twenty-five feet. near the
bottom of which ore Of fabulous rich
ness was encountered. A description
of the samples shown a reporter Of the
CHRONICLE on Tuesday, would scarcely
be credited by our readers, it must
therefore suffice to say, that they were
exceptionally rich and potent panacea
for sore eyes. The vein has steadily
widened from the surface down to the
present workings where 1t has attained
width of three feet. While the ore
recently struck shows an unusual
amount Of gold plainly visible to the
naked eye, this only represents modi-
cum of its value, as silvenite in consid-
erable quantity, carrying at least twen
ty-five per cent Of gold, invisible TO the
eye, forms part of the ore body and
adds immensely to the value and i'm
portance Of the find. which now bids
fair TO rival if it does not surpass any
discovery of its character previously
made in the Hills. Rich placers, from
which many thousands of dollars we're
mined in the early history Of the Hills
are located near the late strike, and il
is believed that the gold which fed
these placers came originally from this
vein, which is the only one known in
that vicinity carrying free gold in any
SUusfcvrauie quantity. cfr. rosenoauu
will continue the development OF tn,
property, and we hope to chronicle /,
full fledged success as a result of hi.
future mining manipulations upon the
Mandolin.
THE LOCOMOTIVE:
The DeadwooG Pioneer in a recent
issue describing the various mining
claims of what is popularly known as
the Queen Bee district. seven miles
northwest of Hill City, has the follow
ing in relation to the Locomotive, late
discovery of fabulous richness of which
Hawk Wright, prominent gold pros.
pector of this place is one Of the princi.
pal owners: This is the seat of an un-
usual hustle at present, as it is where
Hawk Wright recently found a fine
body of free milling gold ore. j. n.
Wright and SON and Chas. Edgarton are
the owners of the ground, called the
Locomotive lode. seven miles northwest
of Hill City, upon which the discovery
was made, and by gentleman up from
there yesterday reporter was informed
that the discovery Is even of greater
magnitude than was at first reported.
The vein Is vertical, and shaft that is
down ten feet has proven that it is
somewhere between ten and
fourteen feet wide, anyway, and
how much wider is not known, as the
foot wall has not yet been reached.
The ore is granulated quartz, and free
gold is discernable to the naked eye.
Mr.. Wright and associates have re-
ceived two offers by which they could
dispose of the property if they wished,
one party offering $4,000 in cash for the
ground, while the other offered to erect
ten-stamp mill for half interest in the
mine, but these overtures have been
pointedly rejected, as the owners intend
to be in at the harvest themselves"
KEYSTONE.
A. T. Fsay, attorney for the Bellevue
Mining company. who returned on Sun.
day evening from visit to Keystone
where he was called to prepare the
bonds in the recent purchase of certain
mining properties by that company
herewith specified, reports active pro.
gress being made in the development Of
the promising mining claims of that
prosperous camp, to whom we are ia.
debted for the following items of min.
ing news:
The owners Of the Bullion mine have
leased the custom ten-stamp mill, and
also ten stamps of the new keystone
mill for the reduction Of the ores of that
yalu able property which is now in con-
dition to easily produce ore in sufficient
quantity to supply that number OF
stamps.
The following claims were recently
bonded to James A. Clark, Of the Belle
vue Mining company, all Of which are
located within radius Of one mile and
. half from keystone: The Golden
Rod, Boston. Boston No. l. Golden Rule
Fraction. Golden Ball Fraction. and
Golden Chain Fraction, owned by C. w.
Upham. Charles Hayward, ]. N Wright.
A. +. Fay, p. +. McMahon and j. C.
Fouse; the Red Cloud. owned by j. w.
McCann; the Vulcan. Rex and Deer
Horn fraction, owned by Robert Oetter.
shagen, and the Fremont. Fremont No.
I and 2. Two Sticks and Two Sticks No.
l. owned by T. q. Blair. N. r. Mckay
and Elijah Wilson. The aggregate OF
the purchase price is $4,000. which is
A ~ ps;d ;n thr>n eonal uavurants q