Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

ed. The price asked for the property
is $37. 00o, 900, which the proposed buyer
considers too high. If he or they want it
they viii have to pay that figure or get
along without it.
The Deadwood Times has the follow
ing mention of the new mining camp on
the lime belt near Pringle: "On the
line Of the B. & NJ. railroad, between
Pringle and Loring station, is alive with
excitement over recent discoveries.
Two members of the bridge gang who
were familiar with the Ragged Top ore
made the discovery. AS soon as its
value became known the entire gang
quit their work and went to locating the
claims. The ore ranges from S16.S0 to
$50 gold per ton. The reef or ledge
crops out on the surface for over u
miles in length and varies from 8 to 8
feet in width on the surface. The
original locators are now at work break
ing ore and will in a few days ship q
car load to the smelter at Aurora, Ills,
for treatment, which can be done at an
expense of ST. per ton for treatment
and transportation. Over 200 locations
have already been made, that take in
all tie country between Loring and
Pringle stations. At Pringle ore has
been found hat assayed 1920 per ton"
THE MINERS OUT.
a detachment of troops has succeeded
in locating the miners at work in the
Wichita mountains, says a Kansas City
special, and driven them out, and a part
Of them are now held under arrest at
TT. Sill William Cooley, an old Cali
fornia miner, said that before beng
moIested his party located some very
rich ores. He declares that in the Great
Mother of the Wichita mountains is one
of the greatest carbonate belts in the
world. H. says the lodges 30 jealousy
guarded by the Indians for years are
very rich, and when the real facts be-
come known the rush will be so great
that all the troops in the county cannot
keep the crowd out.
THE DEMERAU NJ. co.
Now operating near Prlngle, south Of
Custer City, are pushing work on their
development tunnel, now in 200 feet One
vein 80 feet in width has been crosS.cut,
the ore assaying from SIC to $32 gold per
ton. The vein Is q contact between slate
and granite. The face of the tunnel is
now in the foot wall of the main vein,
which in the surface workings shows a
width of 80 feet. Numerous assays show
values ranging from SIC to $74 per ton.
The tunnel is 5!x7 feet in the clear and
has been driven by contract. Twenty
feet more will complete the work. When
this done the company will take charge
and commence taking GU ore. which will
be shipped to Denver for treatment.
Fred Darlington, the promoter Of the
enterprise and of the officials Of the
company, was in town yesterday and re-
ported that the property was o. X. In
regard to the recent discovery of high
grade sillceous ore in the vicinity of
pringle, in the limestone formation, Fred
says it is a bona ide discovery, the ex-
tent Of the ledge or ore body being a
matter for future development work to
determine. The news OF the discovery
has caused quite an influx of people via
b, & NJ. railroad, every train bringing
in from five to twelve men, the majority
of them looking for employment, with
no possible chance at present Of their
finding it.-Times.
COLI sTAMPEDEs.
Gold stampedes seem to be the order
in the Black Hills at this time, ana are
being reported in all sections. The
Deadwood Times of Tuesday last notes
two that occurred in that place on Mon
day. 1t says:
AT an early hour yesterday morning
a number of our quiet and respectable
citizens were given a pointer that ore of
high grade had been discovered on
Sheep Mountain, at the head Of Polo
creek. The result was q stampede.
Everyone had business in that locality
right away. The discovery is reported
to have been made by Ed. Danielson, of
Lead, who has been remarkably sue
cessful in his prospecting and invest
ments. The ore which he is reported
to have found at the new camp, upon
beirg assayed, showed values Of 50, Q
gold per ton.
while this was going on, another re-
port was circulated that a rich discovery
had been made IN the vicinity Of the
Elkhorn tunnel. on Whitewood creek,
the reported valve Of the ore being $50
to $4,000 gold per ton. This caused an
ether stampede in an opposite direction,
Late last evening a party returned
from Sheep Mountain. He says the
section is apparently a big ~porphyry
blowout, with shales and quartzite ex-
posed at various points. Owing to the
depth OF the snow it is almost impossi
Bile to get around. Wherever the ground
is exposed there is every indication of
the existence Of ore. Claims are staked
off in the section for miles in every d.
rection."
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