Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-10
Mining Items.

The stockholders of the Holy Terror
mine at Keystone have received their
thirteenth monthly dividend of three
per cent.
Supt. Bush, of the Gold Coin Mining
company, came In from the Dansby
country on Wednesday. He reports
that having sunk their main shaft to a
depth of 100 feet, they are now running
drift along the course of the ore body,
they have penetrated with this drift rs
feet and will continue the same until
they haye completed the 100 feet. They
will then return to the main shaft and
sink 1t down 100 feet further and cross
cut the vein. The ore prospects well
and everything is looking favorable.
The latest reports from keystone are
to the effect that Col. John s George of
Milwaukee, who is the president and
largest stock holder in the Holy Terror
Mining company, has arrived at Key
stone and completed the purchase of the
Keystone mine and all of the appurte-
nances thereunto belonging. Thus the
entire property of the Keystone Mining
company passes into the hands of the
Holy Terror Mining company. The
price paid for the Keystone is reported
to be $225.000. The mine is yielding a
profit and the works will be enlarged.
L. f. Seaver, superintendent of the
ST. Elmo mine, was welcome caller at
the CHRONICLE Office on Thursday. Mr..
S reports that they have closed down
the mill for the present, and have been
lately prospecting for the main vein
which he thinks they have struck with
in the last few days. The new vein is
fully nine feet in width and prospects
we'll. They now have ten men employ
ed sinking on the new find, and that
they will continue to develop until they
have sufficient ore in sight to justify
again starting the mill, which it is con.
fdently expected will then be kept run
ing continuously. This is good news,
and we join in the hope that their full
est expectations may be realized. The
ore which has been milled thus far has
been mostly from surfaces ores which
for the most part has yielded fair re-
turn, but 1t is impossible to run mill
profitably for any great length of time
upon such an uncertain source of
supply.
THE NORTH STAR NINE.
VIA. Rosenbaum, one of the former
owners of this group of mines, was in
from the camp on Wednesday, and re-
ports that the work of development on
the mine is progressing vigorously
The main shaft has now attained a
depth of ll0 feet, and the same has
been timberud throughout in a very
substantial manner. The old fashioned
windlass has given place to a new steel
whim Of most superior pattern, and
everything is going ahead as fast as
double shift Of experienced miners can
push it. From all indications there are
ChiSO 'Siho iuHhihS po'aiiCi anu Qulto
close to each other. The largest of these
having been cut from the 100 foot level
shows width of seven feet of excellent
ore. Mr.. Leopold Doll, Of Omaha, one
of the principal stockholders, arrived
in Custer few days ago, and went out
to the mine. The company are much
encouraged with the outlook, and it is
their avowed intention of sinking an
other 100 feet, before putting reduc
ton plant upon the ground. We con-
slider this sensible mode of procedure,
and discloses an intelligence in mining
affairs which has so seldom been exhib-
tied heretofore in this county, and
argues we'll for the final success of this
most promising enterprise.
SPOKANE NINE.
1t is with much satisfaction that we
chronicle the improvements and pro-
gress now going on at the Spokane mine
in this county. Since the consumma-
ton Of the deal, whereby the Spokane
passed into the hands of the Crown
Hill Mining company, extensive and
much needed improvements have been
inaugurated and development has been
pushed with great vigor. The result Of
this enterprise on the part of the man
agement We note the following The
main shaft has been sunk until it has
attained depth Of one hundred feet
and is we'll timbered from top to bottom.
The width of the vein is here said to be
fourteen feet and all carrying a fair per-
centage of silver and lead, together with
a small but increasing per cent of gold.
The core of the vein representing about
four feet, is said to run very evenly
yielding about 20 ounces of silver and
40 per cent lead to the ton of ore. Ship
ments of ore haye been made from time
to time during the summer, and always
at a profit. Of course none but the best
is shipped at this time, as wagon trans.