Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-06
Mining Items.

The Deadwood Times reports a recent
s mple test Of % pounds of ore taken
from the St. Elmo mine north of this
city, which showed u value Of $l50.40
per ton.
Standen Bros. started up the Alex
ander mill at Four Mile on Monday on
ore from the Island mine. Everything
is running smoothly and the stamps are
still dropping as we go to press. We
hope TO be able to report a satisfactory
clean up in a future issue.
Sundance, Wyoming, is greatly ex-
cited over the recent discovery at Bear
Lake, 10 miles east Of that place. Of a
gold ore body which assays up in the
hundreds. Many people are flocking to
the scene of the discovery and more
than 100 locations are reported. The
formation is said to be the same as that
at the Ragged Top camp.
The Dacey shaft at Ragged Top is
down 223 feet, says the Pioneer, and the
indications in the workings have so far
been Of such an encouraging nature as
to warrant the expenditure of much
mere money in exploration. A drift
will be started this week from the bot.
tom Of this shaft, which is expected to
cut a number Of the ore shoots.
The crusher in the J. r. mill, near
Hill City, was broken last week while
making a run on ore from the Golden
Slipper mine. Forty IONS had been run
through when the accident occurred
and a cleanup was made with the result
that 81 900 was taken off the plates be-
sides a ton Of concentrates which sam
pied $l,l00 giving a yield of a little
above $50 per ton which is the best
return ever received from the ore
Miner.
John Pierce, who obtained a bond
upon most of the mining property adj
joining that of the Homestake, is %
in New York City, arranging to have
the bond taken mp. A compact has
been entered into with the Elkhorn
railroad company, whereby the trans
portation of ore from the mines to the
plant, which will be built at Belle
Fourch, has been satisfactorily disposed
of, and the Elkhorn company is using its
good Offices to hurry the transaction TO
completion.-Tribune.
]. s. Childs. president Of the B. II. G.
& Elk. NJ. & NJ. Co, returned yester-
day from New York and will remain a
few da.'s on company business. Mr..
Childs informed the Times that the
capacity of the cyanide mill will be
doubled this coming spring and new
machinery will be put III to re place that
now in the plant. During his stay the
works will be thoroughly overhauled
and examined Anything in them that
is not up to date will be discarded. The
mill will no be in operation again until
the Improvements and additions are
completed.-Times.
HORSE SHOE MINING COMPANY.
Referring to the Horseshoe Mining
Company whose plant is located at
Puma, the Deadwood Times SAYS ::
"The company's mines are now produc
ing more daily than the Kildonan mill
can handle, the capacity of which is now
being doubled. When this is done it
will be the largest chlorination mill in
the world, and will handle from 200 to
$50 tons Of ore per day. The company.
though incorporated, is virtually a pri.
vate organization, the entire stock be-.
ing held by a few individuals who are
well satisfied with their investment,
which is daily becoming more valuable
and profitable"
VALUE OF AN ORE BODY.
Somebody who has probably taken
the pains to figure it out furnishes the
following statement as to the possibili
ties of an average mine with a shaft
i 900 feet deep, and drifts for blocking
out the ore. He says: "A mineral
300 feet in length, the vein on
which carries one foot Of pay steak or
mineralized matter, will contain $50 tons
of ore for each foot of depth. A shaft
100 feet, a drift a 100 feet, and an up.
of 100 feet will block out ready for