Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-08-28
Mining Items.

Very encouraging reports reports are
heard from the mica mines on French
creek, six miles east of this place for
merly owned by Miller and Woody Of
st. Louis, but now controlled by St.
Louis company who recently purchased
the control OF the stock. Excellent
mica in large quantity is now being
mined and the outlook for successful
operations in the future are much
brighter than it has ever been in the
past. Six men are now employed upon
the mine now being operated, Mr.. P.
II. Clarke Of st. Louis being in charge.
Tom Blair, Jake Winter, John Howell
and Charles Creswell came from their
camp on Castle creek last Saturday
Blair and Creswell are enthusiastic over
the high grade ore they have uncovered
at depth of twenty five feet in the
shaft on their property. In testing the
ore, Blair obtained button that weigh.
ed % cents from Two pounds Of rock !;
after having the free gold panned out
the pulp assayed S35 per ton. The ore
is in large body, and with such ore
bodies as this with the Hooper and
Cochran mines in the immediate vicin
ity Mr. Blair believes he has found the
future great camp, and that Klondyke,
the Holy Terror and other such insigni.
ficant side issues are not to be consid.
cred beside it. Winter and Howell are
located further up the country, and are
making good showing. and If stick to
it-iveness and hard work count for any
thing, they will win.-Miner.
THE DRUMMER GROUP.
The above group of gold claims EN-
bracing four locations, located on the
Penobscot belt seven miles west Of thi.
place, which were recently sold to a
Milwaukee company, is now receiving
the attention of the owners in the direc.
ton of their development. L. II
Bertschis, well known mining man oi
the Central Hills, who has charge of the
property is now engaged in arranging
the prelim,naries for the sinking c: +:
working shaft upon the property, which
will be sunk as rapidly as possible to a
depth Of 100 feet. The property is con-
sidsred very promising and good re-
suits are confidently anticipated.
ROCKFORD DISTRICT.
]. T. Hooper, of Rockford, informs
the Black Hills Mining Review that the
section of country included in the above
district is coming 10 the front in good
shape, particularly that portion located
on the belt, FIVE miles west of Rockford,
on which new discoveries are now be-
ing made, the ore on some running as
high as 500 to the ton, free milling.
Thomas c. Blair and associates are
now sinking a shaft which, at present
writing, is about 20 feet deep, ore from
which goes from $40 to SIS per ton
across the entire shaft which, is seven
feet wide, all in ore, no sidewalks as vet
having been encountered.
The Edholm party are located on this
belt about three miles southeast Of the
Blair location, and have struck some
rich ore, which assays as high as $3.50,
although it is considered in a great de.
gree refractory. Some Chicago parties
are interested in this find.
The Crown mine, owned by ]. ID. Nc
Nickels and others, is now under bond
to Missouri parties and indications point
to the taking up Of the bond before ex-
piration of time. Shafts. open cuts and
tunnels disclose large body of ore OF
refractory nature, assays from which
return from $li to $45.