Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09
Mining Items.

Mining Items.
A large body of $500 ore is reported to
have been recently struck in the Dacey
shaft in the Ragged Top camp ats depth
of l65 feet, where it is believed the fiat
formation has been reached.
The Anaconda company will make a
better showing than eyer in its history
this year, says the Mining and Scientific
Press. Its output Of copper has been
materially increased since August, and
for the first ten months Of 1896 the pro-
duction of copper exceeds that of the
whole of 1895 by 100000 pounds. The
output for the year will approximate
100000 0 pounds.
John Wise came in yesterday from
the head of the Bittersweet and Slate
creeks, not far from Rockford, bringing
in some fine samples of free gold ore
taken from some ground in which he
and some Deadwood persons are inter
ested. 1t is a graduated white quartz,
through which fine PARTICLES of gold are
distributed very profusely. Mr.. Wise
says he has found a big ledge of the ore.
Pioneer.
The discovery made by the Starner
Bros. a week or ten days ago on their
group of claims situated in Rogged Top
camp, northwest Of the Dacey workings,
is proving to be among the best yet
made in the camp, says the Deadwood
Times. The workings consist of a hole
IL feet square and ~ feet deep, sunk on
the Dacey or No. 3 assure. The ore
assays from $40 to over $500 gold per
ton. Less than a month ago the group,
which consists Of two claims and a frac-
ton, were offered for sale for $3.50. A
deal is reported now pending for a o n
sideration Of So, 600 for the group and
some other claims adjoining. The
brothers have from 3 to 6 feet Of ore
that will-according to assays-ayerage
nearly 500 gold per ton.
FOUR MILE DEVELOPMENTS.
Preston Baker, who, in connection
with his associates, has been for some
time engaged in the development of the
Island and other gold properties at Four
Mile, speaks very encouragingly of the
prospects of that camp. From a com
muRication received from him the lat
ter part of last week we extract the
following:
"We ought to have a little excitement
in Custer as we'll as at Ragged Top. We
opened up an ore shoot here this week
that is II feet in width that prospects
by fair test the entire width. And we
have been at work several days on one
4 feet wide, and we struck a rich ledge
today, the same quality Of ore as the
other ledge that We have had ASSAYS oil
$500 90 gold per ton. l located the Il
foot ledge when the ground was covered
with snow, but did not open it up until
this week. Some of the machinery fol-
the mill has arrived, and will be placed
in position next week, and we expect tc
have the mill in operation next week
We now have about three hundred tons
Of ore on the dump ready to mill"
II ST. Inc
Referring to the st. Elmo gold prop.
eIty, located eight miles north of thi,
city, the Deadwood Times says: "Ilav
ing fully demonstrated the value of the
ore by several runs in their Tremaint
steam two stamp mill, have now decided
to erect a twenty stamp mill patterned
after the lIomestake plants. Mr.
Graves, treasurer of the company, who
has charge of the Tremaine mill while
in operation, will shortly leave fol
~tensive and permanent improvement.
will % be inaugurated at the prop
erty. The water which has heretofore
been conveyed to the mill in an elevated
tlume will be piped for Il distance of 5O(
feet, which will do away with tn,
trouble caused by the freezing up of thu
hume. A 40 horse power boiler wi,
fsoon be placed in position hat vii
furnish power to operate sets of jig con
centrators, q rock breaker, and thu
present mill until the new one is com
pleted. The compan., nov have be
tween fifty and sixty tons Of ore on tn,
dump and broken in the mine, which
they propose to ship, together with
ear load of concentrates. Work in thu
mine as being steadily carried forward
The drifts, crosscuts end shaft all SHOW
q large body of high grade free millin.
ore. The rock carries considerable,
sylvanite, which by the ordinary ANAL
gamation and stamp treatment passe
off with the tailings, which accounts TO
their richness. Assays showing value
of Sl0,55.S0 and $l,9S9.20 gold per ton
All of the tailings from the runs mad,
have been banked up and will be rul
through the concentrators when thu
mill again starts up"
ANOTHER RAGGED TOP.
Camp has been found in the SpearGsl
Buttes, three and a half miles up tn,
canyon from spearish town. The dis
covery was made on a creek a half mil
east of the buttes and consists of a 3 foo
vertical vein of ore in the limestone for
nation. Repeated assays have BEEF
made on the ore. The returns show al
average value of 5000 per on. The SUI
face of the ground Is covered with ricl
float in shape of boulders ranging from
a few pounds to tons in weight. Sample
from them showed assay values of$l37.2
per ton. A portion of the locality il
covered with a massive cap of bluisl
porphyry. 1t is exposed IN the sides 0
the canyon. The boulders of ore ar
found between the groupings of TIL
porphyry and lime rock. The new cam
is six miles northeast of Ragged To
and four and one-half miles southeast O
Garden City. Hundreds of location
have already been made. The men nov
there are living in tents and brusl
shacks. Many of them are at work de
veloping their claims.-Times.
i, MINING ARvEL