Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-27
Mining Items.

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The gold output Of Cripple Creek,
Colorado, for the month of January. is
reported to have been ss4l 800, which
is the Target output reported for any
single month in the history OF the camp.
Should the production be continued at
this rate, which is deemed probable, it
would bring the total to oyer ten mil
lion dollars for the year.
The Spearfsh Mail says the men at
work in the Kilpatrick-Da open cut
at Ragged Top recently struck another
cave. The W. is about ~ feel deep,
IA feet long and a couple Of feet wide,
and has some Of The finest lime crystals
ever found in this country. The ore in
the cut is looking fine, and appears to
be getting better as they 60 along.
j. n. Hawk Wright. the well known
Custer mining man, returned recently
to Ragged TOP, after a few days ~sojourn
at his old stamping ground. He took
back with him some samples Of free
milling ore from this vicinity. and was
surprised upon pounding up and PAN
ming them to get about five dollars
worth Of gold out of them. We are not
informed as to the precise location Of
his find.
Work is being continued at the Tin
Crown mica mine, three miles north
west of this place. with the most salts
factory results. The mine is now looking
better than ever, a large body Of eX
cellent mica Of large size having been
encountered in the workings which is
being cut and boxed preparatory to its
shipment to the eastern markets. The
property was recently purchased by an
eastern company, who propose to oper-
ate it upon a scale of considerable
magnitude, and they are highly pleased
with present prospects for the success of
their venture.
The Edgemont Express says nearly
every one Of the citizens Of that place
have one claim on the lime belt near
Pringle, and that some have many
more, the number ranging from one to
fifty. DR.. Philbrick has n force of men
developing his ground, and Mr.. John
Cakes and partners are doing work on
their Edgemont group of claims. Tom
Cannon is reported as having had an
assay Of $40 per ton and others from
$3.50 to $500. Finds of ore on ground
near Edgemont are reported but do not
receive much credence. News Of the
Edgemont smelter being commenced
will give a forward impetus to the pros
p%ecting. and several parties are fixing to
20 and hunt the ~leeting golden clock"
NEW MINING COMPANY.
The Rocco Gold Mining company re-
Gently filed it's articles of incorporation
with the secretary Of state at Pierre.
The incorporators are T. &. and Clayton
Johnson, of Buffalo Gap, and Frank
iiebert Of oreville' seven miles NORTH of
this city.
The company's property consists Of
eight quartz claims. thirty acres of
placer ground and a valuable water
right, all of which are located on Bear
Gulch near Oreyille. The development
of their claims, SO far as the work has
been prosecuted, indicates the presence
of large bodies Of payable ore, and it is
the purpose Of the company to open
them mp. and in due time erect a mill
npon the ground for the reduction of
the ores. Water, timber and all Of the
requisite facilities for mining and re-
ducing the ores are embraced in the list
Of their holdings, and the outlook for
the establishment of another permanent
and profitable mining enterprise in this
vicinity is fairly promising
TIL Z FOR THE KEYSTONE ri
The deal for the Keystone mine is
o in the hands of the expert, who is
making an examination of the property
in the interest nf the intended pur-
chasers. Mr. Lane X Stone. the present
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owners, is in st. Louis, the home Of the
men who are about to buy, and he sends
back word that the sale is virtually
assured. 1t is probable that he will
retain an interest, and perhaps his posi-.
ton as superintendent, but he has ex-
pressed a desire to ~disengage himself
fran tho N n &c fhA ns nnl
in that event he would 60 into business
in Deadwood. The Keystone mine is
recognized by all thorough mining men
and experts as one Of the most valuable
and stable properties in the west, with
a boundless quantity of low grade ore
Yet the old company has lacked the
%sourc to worh the mine and treat
the ore upon the extensive scale that
the low grade Of the ore necessitated,
although the ore is of very uniform
value. Notwithstanding that the oper-
alton Of the past have been on a narrow
scale, and the company suffered the
visitation Of O disastrous fire aud the
complete destruction of it's works a year
and a half ago, it has kept free of in
cumbrances and has more than met it's
running expenses. The st Louis gentle.
men who are about to take hold of the
property have unlimited means, and
will begin work anon a scale second in
magnitude only to the Home.take
among Black Hills mines. Another
item Of considerable importance that
could not be reckoned in before is the
saving Of the gold in the concentrates
by the cyanide process, for which ma
chinery has been put in within the last
few months. The cyanide annex Is the
only part of the plant that is in opera
ton now, while the deal 10 pending