Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-13
Mining Lterns,

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limestone range between Custer City
and Rockford. Near tho latter place he
found some fine float and located Il
claims. He is Of the opinion that good
mines will be opened.
Prospecting is practically at a stand
still on the limestone belt west of this
place, made so by the heavy snow that
covers the region. While a few pros
pectors are making an effort to develop
their claims, they arc iaboriug under
difficulties, and comparatively little
Roadway is being made. While there
is much confidence manifested in the
final outcome, it is evident that consid.
cradle time will elapse before the iGa-
portant problem will be satisfactorily
solved.
j.. Veley and Thomas Martin left
on Thursday morning with q load of
supplies for the limestone belt west Of
this place, where thy have contracted
to sink a % foot shaft upon a claim
owned by Messrs. Hitch, Bailey. Granger
and Nelson for an interest in the prop.
erty. Various tests made upon the
surface ore on the claim have been such
as to warrant development, and every.
body hopes it may prove \ bonanza of
the first water,
That nan Maloney, the well known
mining rustler of Dcadwood, now oper
ating at Cripple Creek, Colorado, must
surely have been born with a silver,
yea a gold spoon in his month. Like
Midas Of Old, everything subjected to
his talismanic touch at once turns to
gold. Among the various strikes made
by this exceptionally fortunate man. his
latest and probably most remarkable in
its measure Of value, is described ia the
following mention clipped from last
Wednesdays Deadwood Pioneer The
strike on the Orphan Belle at Cripple
/. Greek is growing richer. A Citizen re-
porter visited the mine Saturday and
saw several samples of ore taken from
the , inch vein that assayed Si38.S0 per
pound or 5000, 800 per ton. Several
chunks were almost pure metallic syl-
vanite and richer than the best ever
taken from the independence, Portland
or Victor, The streak from which the
ore was taken averages two inches in
width, and alongside it there are over
eighteen inches, good for 81 900, and then
about four feet additional that assays all
the way from 500 to $500, 1t is the in
tention Of Mr.. Maloneyt 0 save a carload
Of the high grade and ship, which will
eclipse any ore marketed from any mine
in the Cripple Creek district.
RICH ORE SAMPLES.
Samples of ore brought in a few days
ago from the Newark lode, located
about three mics west Of this CITY, and
owned by Messrs. Baty, Hickman and
others, fairly glisten with gold. The
vein is about six feet in width at the
bottom Of the shaft, which is about 90
feet in depth. The lode is a very prom.
ising one, and its further development
will be awaited with interest. The
samples were taken from the bottom of
the shaft, and would assay away up in
the thousands.
UNION I'LL NJ. co.
Contract for machinery and castings
for the new 200 stamp mill 20 be erected
by the above company in Galena has
been awarded to Frazer, Chalmers Co.
of Chicago. 1t is not yet determined
whether the mill building will be put
up b. contract or by the company. The
smeiter is now being renovated under
the direction of Superintendent Eddy,
who has proved beyond question that
ores from the company's mines can be
protitably treated, It is expected the
improvements now uuder way will be
completed this week so that the smelter
can be blown in again on Monday or
Tuesday Of next week. The Richmond
mill is running day and night on free
milling ore from the Iioodoo tunnel
and Union Hill shaft. Twenty stamps
are dropping and excavating for the bat
teries of 60 more is now under way.
The company now has on its pay roll
over 200 men, the majority of whom are
at work in the mines taking out ore, of
which there is an abundance. A large
portion of this ore is being taken out for
the Union Hill & Edgemont company.
The latter company have all arrange
ments and plans made for the erection
of their works at Edgemont.-rimes.
THE PIERCE ENTERPRISE.
Prof. TwombIy, the mining expert
who arrived here last Monday to verify
and report on the large block of ground
situated on the free-milling belt adjoin-
ing the Homestake, has expressed him
self as we'll pleased with the properties
so far examined By him. On Friday
morning last the professor, accompanied
by NJ. McAllen, j. =. Wilson, James
Noodle, Otto Grantz and Seth Bullock,
went over to Minnesota and Belle
Fourche to examine the two proposed
mill sites. That at Belle Fourche was
selected. The site is about q quarter of
a mile up Belle Fourche river from the
-four mill, where a 50-acre tract of land
has been secured. The party also visit
ed the Hay creek coal fields, where an
ample supply of fuel for all purposes
can be obtained. The new company
propose TO erect q 200 stamp mill at Belle
Fourche, to be operated by water power.
1t will require from 700 to 500 tons of
ore pei day to keep the mill running at
full capacity. The Elkhorn railroad
company gave a rate for the %transporta-
ton of the ore from mine to mill that
is acceptable to the new company. The
railroad company will find it necessary
10 build about q half or three-quarters
Of a mile OF new track from their presel.t
terminus at Belle Fourche. At this end
their standard gauge track extends to
the mouth of Poorman, from which
point the mines included in the deal
extend about two and a half miles
southeast Times.
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