Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Mining items.

Mining Items.
The Hill City News reports the clean
up of a run of Sunnyside ore at the j.
X. mill which resulted in an agreeable
surprise to the owners, the proceeds
greatly exceeding all expectations.
A cleanup was made at the Custom
mill this week on three hundred tons
of ore from the Lucky Boy mine. The
result will not be made public, but John
Lintz, one of the owners of the mine
informs as that developments will be
pushed in the mine. and the milling of
the ore will be resumed in about two
weeks. Meanwhile the mill will be
run on ores from the Juniper and other
mines.-Miner.
A FIVE ton smelter is being put in at
Rockford by Mr.. Kersl,aw aud his asso.
ciates, and will start up for an expert
mental run on the ores fthe Alpha and
Omega mines. in few days. 1t is said
that, in the event of the run proving
Satisfactory, a large smelling plant will
be established there next year, for the
treatment of the ores that, il is believed,
exist in untold abundance in that much
neglected, but nevertheless promising
district.
Col. Fred Evans has been in Spearfish
several days this week, putting in the
most of his time betreen this place and
the canyon. Mr.. Evans was up to
Messrs. Todd, Smith and Gates mining
property, where the road is being put in
Wednesday, and says that district has
the greatest future in store for it of any
portion of the Hills. lie has purchased
several claims adjoining the one belong
ing to the above gentlemen, upon which
the recent rich find was made. They
have large ledge exposed, from which
the assays run $274 per ton in gold, the
piece from which the assay was made
containing many tons within itself
Monday afternoon Mr.. Smith made six
assays on the property all Of which run
from Sll0 to S274 per ton. There seems
to be no doubt rs to the size of the body
of ore and every indication points to it
getting larger as they go in.-Spearfish
Register.
THE EDGEMoNT SHELTER.
Contrary to general opinion the Union
Hill Mining and Milling company, now
operating in Galena, are not as a COM
pany interested financially in the enter.
prise. 1t will be an entirely separate
corporation, already formed, to whom
the Edgemont Townsite company have
made certain concessions in considera-
ton of the erection of a smelter at that
point. The contract signed in Philadel-
phia few days ago, reference to which
was made in the Times yesterday morn
ing, was between the Townsite company
and the parties who have agreed to
erect the smelter, who have ample ca
pital at their disposal to put up works
that will outrival any now in existence.
According to agreement work on the
smelter is to commence as soon as the
weather permits and is to be pushed to
completion without delay.-Times.
TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN.
From an authoritative source from
the Keystone camp it is learned that
the workings of the keystone mine and
mill have been temporarily suspended.
1t is gratifying, however, to state that
the stoppage for the time being is not in
any manner due to a failure of the
property as mining proposition or
through any incompetency of the man
agement, but is simply done on account
Of good business reasons which incor-
porate the working of the property on a
much larger and more profitable scale.
This move on the part of the owners
has been contemplated for some time
past and after due deliberation the
present time was chosen. The men
were all paid off in full yesterday and
while there will be some men laid off
for time when the mine and mill
starts up again it will be on larger
scale and as consequence will employ
larger force of workmen. Among i'm
provements which will be inaugurated
during the shut. down will be the per-
fecting of the new cyanide plant, for
which the machinery is now at the
mine. This work in part will consist of
the addition of grounding pan, settlers
and other machinery, which will tend
to perfect the work of the plant in every
detail In The way of enlarging the ca
pacity of the mill an additional compli.
ment of stamps, twenty in number, will
be hung up, making in all forty stamps,
the present capacity of the mill. The
Keystone mine is in better shape than
at any time in its history. That it has
the ore body so far as quantity is cen
concerned and richness as well has been
clearly demonstrated. The last run
made, of fourteen days, proved the most
profitable for any yet of like period
The cleanup returned something over
$4,000. The ore taken out during the
past ninety days has been far richer
than taken ont Of the mine previously
As stated before the shutdown is no,
occasioned by any lack ofconfidence on
the part Of the owners. but from purely
business motives. 1t is stated that the
workings of the mine, mill and cyanide
plant will be resumed in about sixty
days and on much larger scale than
ever before.-Journal.
THE UNION HILL co.
Have fully decided on the erection OF
a new 100 stamp mill in Galena camp
and also to remodel the old Richmond
silver mill and make an 80 stamp mill
oft. large force of men are now al
work on this improvement. The pro.
posals for the castings, machinery and
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