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

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mine in Tepee gulch is nearing compile
tion and will start up about April 18th
A body or ore said to average S. per ton,
sufficient for eight months operation has
been blocked out.-News.
Messrs. Rosenbaum and Kleemann,
owners Of the Mandolin mine, near this
place, haye placed q pump in their shaft
and the work of development on til
very promising property will be contin.
ucd without further delay. The man
dolin is regarded as one Of the surest
paying mining propositions in the
Southern Hills.
At the keystone mill but Is stamps
are now in operation, the water supplied
by the pump in use being insufficient,
4 new pump is en- route and upon its
arrival 80 stamps will be constantly en-
ployed. Ffue vanners are being put in
to save tie heavy concentrates from a 20
foot body Of quartz and hornblend re-
Gently opened up on the 400 foot level
News.
The shaft upon the Big Hit claim,
one mile southeast of Keystone, has at
tanned = depth o!115 feet. Milwaukee
investors headed BY John Barth are
doing the work and have a number Of
claims under bond. Surface indications
point to a ledge of great width, and
twenty-five feet Of the vein stuff is
known TO carry from S. to S. in gold.-
News.
Ii is now believed that n smelter will
soon be erected on Iron creek nearl
Keystone, where the mines have recent
ly esen Investigated by J. +, Clinchard,
object in view, who is said to have been
most favorably impressed with tho out
look. The daily capacity ofthe propos-
ed plant is so tons, with possibilities for
enlargement to meet with the increased
demands.
The work of prospecting the various
placer claims under bond to the Black
Hills Water Il Mining company is still
being prosecuted under tho supervision
of Leo G. Cloud and Samuel Scott, mem
bers Of the company, a force of men
being still engaged in sinking shafts to
bed rock in various places. Mr.. Cloud
expects to finish his explorations about
the last Of next week, when VIC hope to
haye something more definite TO say
relating to the inauguration of perina-
nent operations.
Fred. T. Evans, Of Hot Springs, came
in from Deadwood on Friday Of last
week, remained over until Saturday
morning, when he, in company with b
Il. Wood, visited the Aspen mine, one
Of the promising claims Of the Buck horn
company. in which both are interested.
Mr.. Evans expressed himself as being
greatly pleased with The appearance OF
the mine, upon which the work o.
development will be continued. The
Aspen will be heard from later on.
j. G. Mates, one of the Milwaukee,
syndicate who invested in Crow Peak
and shipped an outfit consisting Of q
ten-stamp mill and engine, to this place
last fall, has been specializing in mining
property in the Southern Hills, and
made arrangements last week to trans
fer the stamp mill and machinery tC
that place. The machinery has never
been unloaded from the car since its ar
rival in Spearfish, and consequently was
all ready for shipment. 1t is sincerely
to be hoped that Supt. Mates will Gni
the Southern Hills a more proftabl,
field in which to labor than was hu
brief experience up this way spear
fish NJ all.
Sl13 PER TON.
The Deadwood Times Of last SUNDAY
says: "a resident of Hill City VIII,
came up yesterday informed the Time
that the car load GO tons) Of ore recent
ly shipped to the Kansas City smelte
. Melted the owners of the mine 800 ne
ton, the gross returns being $ll3. Tn
> result was SO satisfactory that ore bin
are now being constructed at the min,
for the storage Of ore extracted, from
/. which shipments will hereafter be mad,
to the same works. The vein is now
being stripped on the surface and a por
ton Of the vein matter will be treatet
!. In the J. r. mill. The owner of tn,
!, latter will put in concentrators that viii
recover the values not susceptible O
amalgamation."
If the CHRONICLES memory is not a
fault, the car Of ore referred to was frs
shipped to the d. & d. smelter In Dead
wood, where a sample test indicated .
? value Of only 1872 per ton, which was &C
manifestly out OF line with previou,
tests Of the ore of that minc, that the
owners decided to ship to Kansas City
with the result above stated. We won
der how 90 great an error could have
been made by the d. & d., but even in
the hest regulated families, mistakes will
creep in occasionally. Wonder IL such
mistakes ever occur in computing the
value of ores other than those mined
south of the sacred limits of the King.
dom of Lawrence? We presume nit.
TEE st. ELMO.
James Mcdonald, superintendent and
associate owner of the st. Elmo group Of
mining claims situated near Hill'cily,