Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-05
Mining Items,

near Loring station during the week,
returning on Saturday. While there
they uncovered vertical which promis.
es to be valuable, and they are feeling
greatly encouraged with the prospect.
An old Montana pauper named Vance
seventy one years old, recently fell heir
to fortune of s4000O0O, and at once
proposed marriage 10 sixteen year old
girl, the daughter Of railroad section
boss and was accepted. This may APP
pear to be peculiar proce eding on the
part of the girl, but the fact should not
be overlooked that there was four
million dollar cause for it.
There was quite stir on the street
yesterday, created by reports of new
golddlscoveries said 10 be of fabulous
richpess, the location and other particu-
lars of which bafIled all efforts OF our re-
porter to obtain. The only item ofinfor-
melton which was permitted to leak out
w2s; hat the ore run over $500 per ton,
and even this could not be traced TO any
reliable source. We may only hope
there may be some foundation for the
scare, in which event the theme will be
continued in our next"
THE UNION HILL COMPANY.
This company met it's monthly pay
roll on Saturday, when a good many
thousands Of dollars were distributed
amoLg its employees. This made the
second pay day during the month of
May. Development work continues
undated at the company's mines and
the ore bodies improve in extent and
value as they are opened. The stamp
mill and smelter are shut down temper.
arily while repairs are being made
The smelter was blown in on Nay 18th
and shut down on the 25th, during the
time 24i bars of bullion being run
through, each weighing eighty-five
pounds. The bullion is valued at $1,000
ton in gold, silver and lead. A cam
shaft is being put in the mill which
ceased operations on Saturday last. 1t
is hoped to resume work in two or three
days ys.-Pioneer-Times.
CONCERNING THE PIERCE DEAL.
1t was automatically reported in this
city and Lead Yesterday that the Pierce
mining transaction had been closed, and
that kilograms to that effect had been
received from Mr.. Pierce, who is now
in New York City. At anv event it is
known that messenger was dispatched
to Belle Fourche on matters pertaining to
the deal. At Belle Fourche is where it
is proposed to build the reduction works
for handling the ore Of the ground in
cluded in the transaction, Seth Bullock
donating forty acre site and the peo-
PIE of Belle Fourchc tho water right
This is Il transaction of greater magni-
tude than any other ever inaugurated
in the Black HillS.-Pioneer-Times.
vANADIUM.
This valuable mineral, which is known
to be far more precious than gold, has
recently been discovered in the Island
mine located in the -Four Mile gold
camp west of this city. So far as known
to the writer, this is the first discovery
of this valuable mineral in the Black
Hills, and while, as yet, the quantity
contained in the ore which is also gold
bearing, has not been definitely deter
mined. it is believed that it exists TO an
extent that will warrant the additional
expense which would be necessarily in.
Cured in its treatment. The mineral
occurs in the form Of an oxide, and its
treatment involves the use ofacids, by
which it is Dissolved, and the precipitant
smelted by electric heat The mineral
is said to be produced in Germany only,
and it is principally used in the manu-
facture of dyes for cooring the higher
grades of silk
NEW MINING COMPANY.
The Anna Creek Gold Mining and
Milling company has recently been or
ganized, and is preparing to build q re-
duction plant on Anna Creek for the
treatment of the refractory gold and
silver ores Of that vicinity, says the
Deadwood correspondent, Of the Sioux
City Journal. The company owns a
large amount Of mining ground on the
creek, upon which there is an immense
supply of ore along the upper contact,
net exactly Of Il shipping quality, but
worth working if it can be treated by q
cheap method right at the mines
Ground is being broken for the plant
which will be Of 100 ton capacity daily
equipped with the electro. cyanide pro.
cess. The site of the proposed plant is
along the Spearfish branch of the Bur
lington railroad. and the railroad Off.
calls have ordered the construction oi
sidetracks and spurs. to be used in set
ting off material and equipment of the
plant, and for the fuel and foreign ore
that may be shipped in after the plant
is in working order. General Manager
Holdrege and General Superintendent
I. f Calvert, of the Burlington system
visited Anna creek yesterday to get an
idea of what is required. A shaft is
being put down on the ground to reach
to the lower quartzite, in which the
richest ore is always found. l. J.. Gal
braith is superintendent of the new
company, and he expects to be ready to
begin treating ore by fall.
URANIUM.
Herman Reinbold, Phi. ID. of Omaha
Neb.. came to Deadwood a week ago
and was occupied during his visit to the
Hills in special investigations of the
commercial extent of some Of the rare
minerals. One of the purposes Of his
enquiries is to determine whether mer
chantable quantities of the metal uran.
ium could be found that would warrant
treatment, and in order to obtain the
required information he devoted three
days i'm a district where uranium LII 8