Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-06
Mining Items.

The Hill City News reports that ore
%assaying so per tor was recently found
by Messrs. Winter, Rate and Howe out
in the limestone country west of Noun
tain City.
The people of Ragged Top are said to
be greatly excited over the recent dis.
covery of twenty foot body of ore in
the Dacy shaft. The quality of the ore
is said to be excellent.
Work has been temporarily suspend.
ed in tie 50 foot shaft Of Fitzpatrick &
Dacy at Ragged Top pending the cree
ton Of a new hoist, the work in the
main shaft being vigorously continued.
From l25 to $50 men are said to be
now employed in the Ragged Top camp,
which is only n uthe of the number
which it is believed will be employed
in that famous camp when the snow has
disappeared and the mining season is
fairly open.
The Deadwood Mining Review SAYS:
Late cablegrams from London to resi-
dents at Deadwood. bear the intelli-
Gence of il transfer of the keystone
Mining Company 5 property, situated AT
tue Keystone Camp, Pennington county,
provided, however, that the report now
in the hands Of the syndicate is verified
by their " representative"
Mr.. 5. A. Baxter, who recently pur
chased the Tin Crown mica mine near
this city, while in Deadwood a few days
siEce, stated TO Il reporter OF the Review
that his company proposes. during tie
year, to spare no expense or pains in
Systematically developing the property.
The mine is showing up a fine grade Of
commercial mica and bids fair to prove
"A bonanza TO its owners.
Robert s. Haines, the Ragged Top
mining man, who returned yesterday
from Lincoln, Neb., says two companies
are being organized by the railroad men
Of that city with n view to buying and
developing western mining ground.
They will send competent represent
atives to Colorado and to the Black
Hills. and will invest where they find
the most promising inducements
Pioneer.
John Pierce, accompanied by Prof.
Twombly, an eminent mining expert,
arrived here yesterday morning. The
gentlemen at once LEFT for Lead City,
where Mr.. Pierce recently secured OPP
tons on a large number OF mining
claims adjoining tie Homestake prop
critics on which favorable and complete
reports from personal examination have
been made. Prof. Twombly is now here
to verify these reports. On his vertical
ton the sale will be perfected Times.
4 North Carolina correspondent of
the New York Engineering and Mining
Journal describes a travelling gold mill
in that state. He says: A "Metallurgi-
cal Car, a stamp mill. c%hlorination,
cyanide and amalgamation plant com
bined, and fitted up o one car is fitting
about like "A bee in the mining region of
that state, gathering good from the
mines. 1t came from Chicago and is in
charge of Mr.. f.. w. Bowman. of that
city. The object is to test gold mining
properties with a view to purchase
The car can be side.tracked at any
station on a railroad. and can be kept
there as long as necessary"
KEYSTONE CAMP.
Mates and associates, who have a
bond On the Big Hit property, are open
ing it up in good shape. Their shaft is
now down 225 feet and will be continued
10 the 800 foot level. when drifts will be
driven to cross-cut the formation.
The Belleview Mining company now
have their property sufficiently develop
ed TO warrant the erection Of a mill 10
treat the output. James A. Clark, the
superintendent and general manager
has gone east to confer with his associa
ties on the matter. Times.