Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-17
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Mining Items.

The Hill City News says: The Bur-
lington Conductors Association Of Oma-
ha have taken an option on the Battle
AK group of gold claims, situated a few
miles west of Hill City.
Everything is now in readiness to
start work on the Lizzie mine,and the
representatives Of the company at this
place have announced their intention
Of resuming the further sinking oil the
main shaft about the middle of next
week.
The stamp mill on Castle creek will
be started up in a few days upon ore
from the Cuttysark mine, under bond
to John Blatchford and associates. The
Cuttysark is a free milling proposition
and there is a fine body of low grade
ore on the property.-Shaft.
The st. Elmo mill was started up Wed.
nesday on ore hat has been taken from
the mine, and it is expected that it will
run continuously from nov on. The
mine has been opened to a considerable
extent and it is reported that there is
more ore in sight at the present time
than at any time in the history of the
mine.
The work on the Southern Queen
copper mine on French creek will prob
ably not be resumed this winter, as
Messrs. Robbins, Demereau, and Davis
have not been able to obtain from the
other co-owners a satisfactory lease.
These gentlemen have announced their
intention of going to work on the
Granite Reef mine, from which they
will take out a car load of sulphide ore
carrying a percentage of gold and cop
per, which according to repeated tests,
should pay well to ship to a smelter,
and leave a fair margin of profit.
W. learn that the "Cuttysark" mine
and mill, which has recently been over
hauled and put in shape for a continu
GUS run, will start up in a few days.
The undertaking is in the hands of w.
l.. Mclaughlin, John Blachford, John
Gray, and others from the northern
Hills. These gentlemen have obtained
a bond and lease on the property. and
as they are all mining men of expert.
ence, and ought to know what they are
about, they are very liable to make a
success Of it. The mine is situated on
Castle creek. The mill having a capac.
ity of 10 stamps.
Work on the Spokane mine is being
vigorously prosecuted. The rich streak
of silver bearing galena, recently en-
countered, is widening with depth, with
nc abatement of it's quality. The ma
chinery for the new hoist is being de-
lIvered on the ground, and will soon be
in place. Stopping will soon be com
menced, and there in every indication
that this valuable property will soon
take its place among the permanent and
regular shipping propositions of the
Black Hills, which, as sly as it is kept,
is progressing faster in the production OF
the precious metals than any mining
district in America.
The gentlemen from Colorado, who
were in the city during last week, ex
aiming the mines in the vicinity OF
Custer, and making tests by fire assay
have again departed. They announced
before leaving, that they were well sat-
isfed from their examination, that we
had several mines situated close to
Custer. that were in every way adapted
to the process which they propose to
introduce in the Hills. The method
which they seek to inaugurate, las We
understand it, is to concentrate dry and
ship the concentrates TO a sme.ter. Ores
which contain a large per cent of metal
are better prepared to ship to a smelter
direct, and are not wanted by them,
They prefer a character of ore which
assays not less than So per ton in gold
and silver, and will concentrate from IL
into one to 80 into me-. This character
of ore we can furnish them in abund'
ance, but unfortunately, it does not al,
ways happen that the heavy concen'
trate carries the greatest value II
some times occurs that the bulk Of the
precious metal passes of with the shines,
in which case the remaining heavy
concentrates will not yield as much gold
as the native ore. However, the gentle
men having the business in charge dc
not seem to anticipate any trouble in
this respect, as they say their machine
is tightly encased, and all of that part
which would 60 of in shines in wet on.
centration, will be caught as dust in
their dry process. We sincerely hope
that it will, and that the method, which
they represent as something entirely
new, will prove a perfect success. They
seemed very much encouraged, saying
they would be back in about a week
with the necessary machinery TO com
mence Operations.
DoINGs AT THE BISMARCK.
Rapid progress is being made on the