Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-15
Mining Items.

Fitzpatrick Brothers are working
eight men on their Ragged Top prop
erty and yesterday shipped q car load
of ore, about twenty-eight tons to Kan
sas City. They are sinking q shaft and
yesterday commenced timbering. A car
load Of mining timbers was ordered
from Custer. The shaft which is down
twenty feet. is following the assure vein
and the ore assays we'll, although not
quite as rich as the boulders which they
have been shipping from the surface
Pioneer.
There was q meeting of the stock
holders of the Demereau Mountain
Mining & Milling company, held at
Pnngle, S. D., on Wednesday. The
meeting was called for the purpose Of
adopting bylaws, and the election Of
officers, with the following result.
President, Geo. w. r. Pettibone vice
president, c. w. Robbins; secretary,
Frank Pettibone treasurer, A. A.
Record; general manager, F. NJ. Dor
rington. The work in the main tunnel
and shaft are progressing steadily.
| Operations in the Bald Mountain dis
trict are not waning, by any means
judging from the new shafts that are
being sunk. &C O cost of from $1,000 to
$4,000 each. The Snowstorm is down
about 1870 feet the Troy about $50 feet
the Sundance about 100 feet the Ma
tional about 200 feet, and the Union
shaft, which is down to the contact, is
waiting for heavier machinery. The
shipments from that locality o aver
age between 500 and 600 tons, which
would be materially increased had the
mills the facilities for handling ire
view.
The New York Engineering and Min
ing Journal, commenting upon the effect
of the continuance of the strike at Lead
Vile gays: The continuance of the
strike at Leadville must very shortly
affect the smelling interests in Colorado,
as without the regular supply OF Lead
Vile huxing ores the various smelling
companies cannot operate on anything
lilo their rsuoI scala This vonld in
turn affect the producers ofthe slliceouS
and refractory ores as without tho
means of smelling these there would be
10 morLot for tbom redrct;on II
tho ,oorooe of hoso million producaf
uo,,l vow soon show its ofrects in IN,
49,. 1too1 H., tho rof,ir,
o-oninorios 20 orcb on ov,ert IN tbe cos,
- ,Lo former hot there arc abroad,
wbisnoro ofo nossib,e scarcity If silve
Co. .hi,o,or, ahrood and corseoren,I,
.aaa;LIo oo,,;,no,o ofslicb,ir b;obo
- ,nrosont Il looLooo r. all IN,
.aIia,;on. ohort ,hn ,orcoIv ;rcrooso,
nrodrc,ior of eilyor and cold !, CoIorad,
aur;nc tho ourrort vear wore 70 h
; a.ireo, h., .ho ohIv Jirootod oT,rts =
r - Iho. Iooaousr
rur v,,p,op
worL l. be;r, cort;,uad at the EN-
r MIRO ro;no with yorv so,iscsctorv results
Two chefs ,ra holm, surk ON tho min
' rron ono of which , niybt and dov shit
- amr,orod Ei,bt mo, all that ga,
bo utilized 70 advantage are now CT
! Gagged in oncnino mn This nromisin
l mr., marty and If Indications 90 for any
,hino in tho determination ofthe merit
ola mine the Emnire NAV he safel
: enumerotod with the nrominent futnr
. oold nrod,cers of the Hills. A chun'
of ore taken ont on Wednesday. weigh
7 ing abont GOO mounds. bespattered wit
: gold in such pleasing and palpable pro
, fusion as TO attract the attention of eve
: the Deadwood Pioneer man "ffteen fec
: away" is now doing good service az
doubt disturber. and has already bee
effective in q number of very obstinat
and deep seated cases.
5000 TON.
Messrs. Fawcett. Delehant, Putnam
Lasblev. Dick Bullock and ]. c. Spence,
r owners of the Ophir Mining compan
whose property is situated in Yello,
+ creek. have lust received returns from
carload. about 25 IONS of ore. shipped {
: the Kansas CITY smelter. The ore vielc
ed over 5000 a ton in gold. equivalent {
4 SI5OOO. They have shipped two NOR
cars that are now enroute TO Kansa
ECity, and which Mr.. Putnam went dow
YESTERDAY to look after. The propert