Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-02-08

tne same, winch are OF such favorable
character as to firmly establish the be-
lief that the enterprise will prove to be
n very profitable one. Considerable
work has already been performed upon
the property with highly satisfactory
results, the ore carrying gold in unusual
abundance that is plainly visible to the
unassisted eye, various laboratory tests
showing a value of from $S7 SO to $500
per ton, while repeated pan tests indi-
cate that it contains gold in a free mill
ing state to the value of $27 90 per ton.
1t is the purpose Of the company to con-
tinue present operations until their
property shall be thoroughly developed,
when a reduction plant will be erected
on the groand, thus adding another
bonanza to the list of gold producers Of
the Black Hills.
ST. ELMO GROUP.
The Deadwood Pioneer Of the 9th
inst, referring to the above property,
which consists of IL claims owned by
Messrs. Graves, Gillette, Ayers and Nc
Donald, located about eight miles north
of this city, says that: From present
indications it bids fair to become a
yeritaSle bonanza and to enrich its
owners. A small vein of quartz ore free
milling) was found on one portion of
the property which measures eight
inches at the surface. and assays taken
from it were far above the average, the
owners decided to ascertain what il
amounted to, and run a tunnel in on an
incline of 40 degrees about fifty feet be-
low the surface and tapped the vein,
which at this depth measured twenty
inches in width, lying between a forma-
ton of granite or II side and slate on
the other, the character of which greatly
resembles that found in the Holy Ter
ror. Several assays ran we'll up in the
thousands, but the whole will average
about $50. Present indications are such
as would prove that the vein increases
in size as it goes down, and if it does
and keeps its present value the owners
hold that they have n fortune at their
disposal. Another vein exists a short
distance from the former and has been
cut across for twenty feet, but still con-
tinues in width. Samples taken from
this place on the surface run from $ll
to SOS. Mr.. Mcdonald, one of the
owners, is at present engaged in de-
veloping the ground, which improves
with every Judgement Of the pick. A
water right and mill site are within the
boundaries Of the property and arrange
ments are being perfected at present for
the erection of a small stamp mill,
which the owners hope will be placed
and running within no great length Of
time"
GOOD PROPERTY.
The ~Sunnyside property near Hill
City. upon which such a rich strike Of
free milling ore was struch last fall.
continues to prove richer than ever as
development work goes on. A shaft is
being sunk and is nov down fifty feet.
The ledge, which was only three or four
inches wide when discovered, is two
feet wide at the bottom Of the 50-foot
shaft and the ore averages 500 to the
ton.-Call.
KEYSTONE TO START SATURDAY.
3. p. Dague returned yesterday from
a business trip to the iourishing mining
camp, Keystone, in the southern Hills
and reports everything liAely there and
the inhabitants contented and proper
GUS. The Holy Terror and the custom
m,rs sss ro.osar "so~sy ptoa..anx ,o..
Of the yellow metal. The Keystone mill
will start up on Saturday. Ten stamps
will be dropped at the start and the
other 10 will be put in operation as soon
as they can be hung. A force of miners
is at work taking out ore and the bins
at the mills are being filled. Several
Frue vanners are being placed in posi-
ton to save the concentrates which the
management expect to treat by \ small
cyanide plant now, being erected
Times.
lining IN VENEZUELA.
A Colorado miner who recently re-
turned from Venezuela, in describing
the methods Of the miners of that coun.
try says: 1.-THE methods of miners are
absolutely crude. The mining parties
are composed of negroes with a white
man ut the head. Each miner carries
a shovel, a pick and a crowbar. He
also carries q machine or long heavy
knife for cutting his way through the
underbrush which spings from the
moist earth in every direction. There
are TO roads, and every man cuts his
own road when he travels. The parties
travel up stream in q boat, usually a
crude dug out, and there may be a great
number of the boats aioat at the same
time. Arriving at the placer ground
little time is lost in building houses, "a
a shelf overhead is all that is needed
in that country. The negroes are hired
with the understanding that they are
to receive half the gold they find. The
negroes scatter through the forest.
each man selecting q spot which he
clears Of underbrush by the aid of his
machine. He then digs a hole in the
the soft ground. The hole begins to fill
with water and the negro is soon hard
at work panning by can ofa wooden
'batea.' He pans the dirt as long as it
yields $40 to SIP a day, and when it
drops below that amount the pay streak
10 said to BE- ~sxhaustsa, and the miner
moves on q 9 spot. I have seen
holes in the ground ten feet deep, but
they are generally quite shallow. The
placer gold belt is 800 to 500 miles long
and of unknown width"
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