Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-01

Lead, and stood on the Minnesota
ground. Mr.. Cochran bought the mill
some time ago. With this he is able to
handle five tons of ore daily, employing
two men besides himself. One man
breaks enough ore in half day to keep
the mill running all day. He puts in
the rest of his time at the mill. The
engineer is an amalgamator, and looks
after the plates. The owner occupies
himself prospecting. This is probably
one of the best propositions in the Hills,
making greater returns upon the money
involved than any other.
CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD OUTPUT.
Ore shipments from Cripple Creek
continue to increase, and in March for
the fist time the values exceeded
81 100000 in a single month. This total
was made up by 6.459 tons smelling ore
averaging $50 per ton, and l7,l36 tons
milling or averaging s25. The total
shipments were therefore 23,595 tons of
ore averaging SAP per ton, aad the total
value 81 ,003,251 1t is to be noted that
this large amount was secured chiefly
by an increase in the quantity Of low
grade ore, Thich goes to the mills.
These ores in March furnished II per
cent of the tonnage, and 42.7 per cent Of
the values, though their average grade
was SO much less than that of the
oil ha
with March there was total production
reported of 59,4S5 tons of ore, 20.46l
tons being smelling ore and 39,024 tons
milling ore. The total value Of the
former was 81 ,657 ,96l, and of the latter
1896, 400, making the full vnlue $685.
3sl for the quarter This growth of the
camp is very gratifying.-Engineering
and Mining Journal.
By A NEW PROCESS.
Joseph Hebaus, Butte, Montana,
man, has invented a new electro -chemi.
cal process for treating low grade re-
fractory ores for which he claims
wonders. According to a published
statement of the inventor, he is able to
treat ores at cost Of not more than so
cents per ton. He claims to be able TO
extract from four to six ounces at an
expense of half dollar, the price of the
chemicals used in his method of treat
ment A machine having a capacity of
| five tons will require only one horse
power to operate it, and he claims that
It will work on any kind of ore or COM
pounds carrying either gold or silver.
He further claims to he able to save 100
per cent of gold contained in ores that
are not susceptible of treatment in the
ordinary mills where amalgamation is
depended upon for saving the metal.
This, too, he says is with weak solu-
ton Of his compound, the same solution
also being able 20 save from So to 90 per
cent of silver A popularity Of the
Hebaus' process is that its inventor says
it is not applicable TO very high grade
ores, but with the baser ores Of medium
or low grade he holds it to be a com
plete success. He claims to have ex
perimented with Southern Cross ore
considered to be about the most re
fractory in Montana, and to have OBJ
tanned rs per cent of the assay value in
less than two and one half hours from
the time the experiment was begun
He says that no smelling or concentrat
ing is necessary and that to mines hav
ing water power no expense is neces
sary except that involved by the pur
chase of chemicals, which is almost mex
to nothing. A strong feature of thu
machine is said to be its extrem,
simplicity and portability. The inven
tor claims that in an hour he can teacl
man of ordinary intelligence to rur
one. He says it is Just the thing TO
prospectors to take along with then
into the mountains to work ore too ia
away from railroads or reduction work
to pay for handling One Of his ma
chires, small one, is said to be il
, successful operation at Butte. Times.