Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-19
Mining Items.

The report from those who have lately
visited the new strike at the head of
Marshall and Friday gulches is to the
effect that the shaft has now attained a
depth of 50 feet and that the ore is rich
er than ever
Col. NJ. II Day and several Omaha
parties, have secured a bond and lease
upon the Dolcode and Tea properties,
a few miles east Of Hill City, and will
begin development work at once. The
shaft on the Dolcode is at present 40 #.
deep, and bids to sink this to the $40
foot mark have been called for.
ID. w. McFadden, NJ. A. Willis, C. s..
Johnston and /. Ainsley left last Mon
day for the limestone range, about ten
miles northwest Of Custer, where they
have some very promising copper loca-
tons. Ii is their intention to prosecute
development work on one ofthe claims
during the winter. Some Of their loca-
tons disclose some very fine looking
copper ore.
1t is rumored on the street that the
uoIv Tarror MN. I'm q 70, stomn mill
cleaned nm from q davs RIM $40 600 in
gold. We have ceased to be surprised
at any yield ofgold that may be reported
in the southern Hills. This ore comes
from tho eno foot lavaI wbara the Uolv
Terror vein nasses tbrough the Kew.
stone pround Il would seem from re-.
norts from all solrces that what is
mainly reouired in this section. is deem.
sinLioo IN our mines Not onlv for in.
craose in tbe richness of the ore. but the
Indications are that the character of the
vein matter chances at water level. and
.,cn.n,
DE,pwooD's BIG COPPER NINE.
A copper mine, it is said. has been dis.
scoyered running through the western
portion of Deadwood CITY, crossing city
creek and the divide between Deadwood
Gulch and on south for an indefinite
distance. We hear that recent tests
show a return of is per cent conner.
n VEIN when ia SAIL To he from 20 lO
80 feet in width is being d~eyeloped in
several places and is creating consider
able excitement in mining circles in
Deadwood. II has been long known by
many prosnectors that this vein existed.
but no one until now ever dreamed that
il was rich enough To paw. Should it
proye remuneratiye we shall ]copgratu.
late the METROPOLIS of the northern
Hills on the acquisition of something
deyoutly TO be wished, However. II is
perhaps best to make haste slowly" and
wait till we get a further report of the
matter.
ROCKFORD.
The interest in quartz mining is pick
ing nm in the vicinity of Rockford very
~perceptiblv, saws the Pioneer.1imes.
The hotels in the town are overrun
with mining men looking for properties,
and the indications are the best that
the camps in the neighborhood will with
the beginning of winter be the center of
energetic movement in the develop
ment of gold mines. The first active
mining was %inaugurated by Carl Blank
of Deadwood and II. G., Donnell of Bos-
ton, on the King o fthe West group stu
ated about five miles southwest of Roch-
ford. These gentlemen have bonded
the property and have, during the latter
part of October and ND to this late in
November driven about sixty feet of
tunnel with twenty-four feet of that dis.
tance in free.millinr ore that will aver
are between 500 and SIS to the ton in
gold according to the report of one of
he operators of the mine. There is
now in the ore bin at the mine about
26O tons Of ore, which,. as soon as the
Montezuma mill at Rockford is nut in
a condition to run, will be hauled by
wagon to I've treated, and by Wednesday
of next week the works will start ND TO
run regularly at its full capacity of forty
tons per day.
TIE ST. ELMO MINE.
Captain w. w. Marsh and J. H..
Wheeler went down to St. Elmo mine
Yesterday afternoon to spend a few
DAYS. The captain came up from there
last Wednesday, after putting in a short
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ueVe'opnlen WORK ~ sui going on, ana
n'e" are io'''","s ."e ORC vel" u" oo""