Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

ed. The price asked for the property
is S37. 10000, which the proposed buyer
considers too high. If he or they want it
they will have to pay that figure or get
along without it.
The Deadwood Times has the follow.
ing mention Of the new mining camp on
the lime belt near Pringle: ION the
line of the B. & NJ. railroad, between
Pringle and Loring station, is alive with
excitement over recent discoveries.
Two members of the bridge gang who
were familiar with the Ragged Top ore
made the discovery. AS soon as it's
value became known the entire gang
quit their work aid went to locating the
claims. The ore ranges from $l6.S0 to
$50 gold per ton. The reef or ledge
crops out on the surface for over u
miles in length and varies from 3 to 8
feet in width on the surface. The
original locators are now at work break
ing ore and will in a few days ship a
car load to the smelter at Aurora, Ills,
for treatment, which can be done at an
expense of ST. per ton for treatment
and transportation. Over 200 locations
have already been made, that take in
all tt country between Loring and
Pringle stations. At Pringle ore has
been found that assayed 1920 per ton"
DROVE THE MINERS OUT.
A detachment Of troops has succeeded
in locating the miners at work in the
Wichita mountains, says a Kansas City
special, and driven them out, and q part
of them are now held under arrest at
TT. Sill. William Cooley, an old Cali
fornia miner, said that before being
molested his party located some very
rich ores. He declares that in the Great
Mother o the Wichita mountains is one
of the greatest carbonate belts in the
world. He says the lodges 80 jealousy
guarded by the Indians for years are
very rich, and when the real facts be-
come known the rush will be so great
that all the troops in the county cannot
keep the crowd out.
THE DEMERAU NJ. q.
Now operating near Pringle, south OF
Custer City, are pushing work on their
development tunnel, now in 200 feet One
vein 80 feet in width has been cross.cut,
the ore assaying from SIG to S32 gold per
ton. The vein Is a contact between slate
and granite. The face Of the tunnel is
now in the foot wall Of the main vein,
which in the surface workings shows a
width Of 80 feet. Numerous assays show
values ranging from $40 to S74 per ton.
The tunnel is 5!x7 feet in the clear and
has been driven by contract. Twenty
feet more will complete the work. When
done the company will take charge
and commence taking out ore. which will
be shipped to Denver for treatment.
Fred Darlington, the promoter of the
enterprise and one of the officials Of the
company, was in town yesterday and re-
ported that the property was 0. X. In
to the recent discovery of high
grade sillceous ore in the vicinity of
Pringle, in the limestone formation, Fred
,dys it is a bona fide discovery, the ex-
tent of the ledge or ore body being a
for future development work to
determine. The news OF the discovery
has caused quite an influx of people via
b. & NJ. railroad, every train bringing
in from five to twelve men, the majority
Of them looking for employment, with
possible chance at present of their
it.-Times.
COLL sTAMPEDEs.
Gold stampedes seem to be the order !
in the Black Hills at this time, and are
being reported in all sections. The
Times of Tuesday last notes
two that occurred in that place on Mon
day. 1t says:
AT an early hour Yesterday morning
a number of our quiet and respectable
were given a pointer that ore of
high grade had been discovered on
Sheep Mountain, at the head Of Polo
The result was a stampede.
had business in that locality |
right away. The discovery is reported
10 have been made by Ed. Danielson, Of
Lead, who has been remarkably sue
cessful in his prospecting and invest
nents. The ore which he is reported
20 have found at the new camp, upon
berg assayed, showed values Of $500
gold per ton.
"While this was going on, another re-
port was circulated that a rich discovery
had been made In the vicinity of the
Elkhorn tunnel. on Whitewood creek,
the reported val1e of the ore being $50
to $4,000 gold per ton. This caused an
other stampede in an opposite direction.
Late last evening a party returned
from Sheep Mountain. He says the
section is apparently a big porphyry
blowout, with shales and quartzite ex-
posed at various points. Owing to the
depth of the snow it is almost impossi
to get around. Wherever the ground
is exposed there is every indication of
existence of ore. Claims are staked
of in the section for miles in every d.
r%ection."
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