Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-13

final outcome, it is evident that consid
cradle time will elapse before the i'm.
portant problem will be satisfactorily
solved.
j. Neley and Thomas Martin lief
on Thursday morning with n load o
supplies for the limestone belt west O
this place, where thy have contracted
TO sink a 25 foot shaft upon n claim
owned By Messrs. Hitch, Bailey. Granger
and Nelson for an interest in the prop,
erty. Various tests made upon tho
surface ore on the claim have been such
as to warrant development, and every.
body hopes ii may prove q bonanza oil
the first water.
That man Maioney. the well known
mining rustler Of Deadwood, now oper
ating at Cripple Creek, Colorado, must
surely have been born with a silver.
yea a gold spoon in his mouth. Like
Midas of old, everything subjected to
his talismanic touch at once turns to
gold. Among the various strikes made
by this exceptionally fortunate man. his
latest and probably most remarkable in
its measure of value, is described in the
following mention clipped from last
Wednesdays Deadwood Pioneer: The
strike on the Orphan Belle at Cripple
. Creek is growing richer. A Citizen re-
porter visited the mine Saturday and
saw several samples of ore taken from
the . inch vein that assayed $l38.S0 per
pound or $4,000 per ton. Several
chunks were almost pure metallic syl-
vanite and richer than the best ever
taken from the independence, Portland
or Victor. The streak from which the
ore was taken averages two inches in
width, and alongside it there are over
eighteen inches, good for 81 900. and then
about four feet additional that ASSAYS all
the way from 500 to $500. 1t is the in
tention Of Mr.. Maloneyt 0 save a carload
of the high grade and ship, which will
eclipse any ore marketed from any mine
in the Cripple Creek district.
RICH ORE SAMPLES.
Samples of ore brought in a few days
ago from the Newark lode. located
about three miles west of this city, and
owned by Messrs. Baty, Hickman and
others, fairly glisten with gold. The
vein is about six feet in width at the
bottom Of the shaft, which is about gu
feet in depth. The lode is a very prom.
Using one. and its further development
will he awaited with interest. The
samples were taken from the bottom OF
the shaft. and would assay away up in
the thousands.
UNION HILL VI. {.
Contract for machinery and castings
for the new 200 stamp mill 10 be erected
by the above company in Galena has
been awarded to Frazer, Chalmers Co.
of Chicago. 1t is not yet determined
whether the mill building will be put
up b. contract or by the company. The
smelter is now being renovated under
the direction of Superintendent Eddy,
who has proved beyond question that
ores from the company's mines can be
profitably treated. It is expected the
improvements now uuder way will be
completed this week so that the smelter
can be blown in again on Monday or
Tuesday Of next week. The Richmond
mill is running day and night on free
milling ore from The Hoodoo tunnel
and Union Hill shaft. Twenty stamps
are dropping and ~excavating for the bat
teries of go more is now under way.
The company now has on it's pay roll
200 men, the majority Of whom are
at work in the mines taking out ore, of
which there is an abundance. A large
portion of this ore is being taken out for
the Union Hill & Edgemont company.
The Latter company have all arrange
ments and plans made for the erection
of their works at Edgemont.-Times.
THE IERcE ENTERPRISE.
Prof. Twombly, the mining expert
who arrived here last Monday to verify
and report on the large block OF ground
situated on the free-milling belt adjoin-
ing the Homestake. has expressed him.
self as well pleased with the properties
SO far examined by him. On Friday
morning last the professor, accompanied
by Nj. McAllen, j. p. Wilson,, James
Noodle, Otto Grantz and Seth Bullock.
went over to Minnesota and Belle
Fourche TO examine the two proposed
mill sites. That at Belle Fourche was
selected. The site is about a quarter of
a mile up Belle Fourche river from the
flour mill, where a 50,acre tract of land
has been secured. The party also visit
ed the Hay creek coal fields, where an
ample supply of fuel for all purposes
can be obtained. The new company
propose to erect a 200 stamp mill at Belle
Fourche, to be operated by water power.
1t will require from 700 to 500 tons of
ore pei day to keep the mill running at
full capacity. The Elkhorn railroad
company gave a rate for the transporta-
ton Of the ore from mine to mill that
is acceptable to the new company. The
railroad company will find it necessary
to build about a half or three-quarters
Of a mile of new track from their presel.t
terminus at Belle Fourche. AT this end
their standard gauge track extends to
the mouth Of Poorman. from which
point the mines included in the deal
extend about two and q half miles
Times.
CASTLE CREEK.
Prof. Jenny who called the turn ON
the character of the ore in the Black
Hills, way back in 1871, thinks we'll Of
the country about the head of Castle
Before the deep fall OF snow
now covers the Hills considerable
prospecting was done In that vicinity
and many specimens of rich float quartz
found, This fact has given the people