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 at 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
outpu; for the year will approximate
100000 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 granulated 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
- feet square and - feet deep, sunk on
the Dacey or No. 8 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 10Y pending for a con-
sideration Of S65, 900 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 800 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.
muhication received from him the lat
ter part Of last week we extract the
following:
"We ought to have a little excitement
in Custer as well 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 OF
Si009 80 gold per ton. / 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 for
the mill has arrived, and will be placed
in position next week, and we expect to
have the mill in operation next week.
We nov have about three hundred tons
of ore on the dump ready to mill"
THE ST. ELMO.
Referring to the st. Elmo gold prop
eIty, located eight miles north ofthis
city, the Deadwood Times says: "Hav
ing fully demonstrated the value of the
ore by several runs in their Tremaine
steam two stamp mill, have now decided
to erect a twenty stamp mill patterned
after the llomestake plants. Mr..
Graves, treasurer of the company, who
has charge of the Tremaine mill while
in operation, will shortly leave for
Chicago to purchase the new mill. Ex.
%tensive and permanent improvements
will soon be ~inaugurated at the prop.
erty. The water which has heretofore
been conveyed to the mill in an elevated
iume will be piped for a distance of 500
feet, which will do away with the
trouble caused by the freezing up of the
iume. A 40 horse power boiler viii
foNN" NC p'aIcu III posItiOH tudt Will
furnish power to operate sets of Jig con-
centrators, q rock breaker, and the
present mill until the new one is com
pleted. The compan' nov have be-
tween fifty and sixty ton of ore on the
dump and broken in the mine, which
they propose to ship, together with a
| ear load of coprontrotaS WorL in tba
mine IS being steadily carried forward.
The drifts, crosscuts end shaft all show
a large body of high grade free milling
ore. The rock carries considerable
sylvanite, which by the ordinary anal
gamation aud stamp treatment passes
off with the tailings, which ccounts for
their richness. Assays showing values
of Slo,55.so and 81, 9S920 gold per ton.
All Of the tailings from the runs made
have been banked up and will be run
through the concentrators when the
mill again starts up"
ANOTHER sci TOP.
Camp has been found in the SpearGsh
Duttcs, tnrec anu ~ nan niles up the
canyon from ~spearish town. The dis.
covery was made on a creek a half mile
east of the buttes and consists of a 3 foot
vertical vein of ore in the limestone for
nation. Repeated assays have been
made OF the ore. The returns show an
average value Of 5000 per ton. The sur
face of the ground IS covered with rich
float in shape of boulders ranging from
a few pounds to tons in weight. Samples
from them showed assay values OF $l37 20
per ton. A portion of the locality is
covered with a massive cap of blush
porphyry. 1t is exposed on the sides OF
the canyon. The boulders of ore are
found between the groupings Of this
porphyry and lime rock. The new camp
is six miles northeast Of Ragged Top
and four and one-half miles southeast OF
Garden City. Hundreds of locations
have already been made. The men now
there are living in tents and brush
shacks. Many Of them are at work de.
~vcloping their claims.-Times.
INING MARVEL.