Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-05-14
Mining Items.

The Mining Review says: Placer
mining at the town Of Hayward, in
Pennington county, will be conducted
on "A much larger scale this season than
heretofore. Excellent pumping ma.
chinery viii be installed and every
facility is being arranged to sluice the
highest bars along Battle creek.
The Red Jacket shaft Of the Calumet
and Hecla Copper mine at Houghton,
Michigan. is the deepest shaft in the
world. Work upon this, the greatest
mining shaft in existence, has bee,. cor
t~inuous, night and day, for the past nine
years. and a depth of 1900, but $50 feet
less than q statute mile, has been at
tanned. 1t has six compartments and
vas constructed at an expenditure Of
over two and a half million dollars.
The Miner has been informed that a
deal has been ~consumated whereby
John j. Fayel. superintendent Of the
Holy Terror, is to furnish $500 to be
used for developing the new find Of
VIM. Challis and Alex. Mndil. on Squaw
creek. This is undoubtedly one Of the
best finds ever struck in the Black Hills,
the owners having assays running as
high as So 700 per ton, and the lowest
assay heard of their receiving from rock
taken from this prospect was s32 free
cold - EavSt,na Mirar
The special Black Hills correspondent
OF the New York Engineering and Min
Jig Journal informs that paper that
there is some prospect Of the Harvey
Peak Tin company recognizing in some
way aud of the investment Of a
portion Of its capital. With "A few alter.
atoms and additions the Hill CITY and
Eta concentrating plants might be
fitted up as mills for free-miliiug ores
from the PactoIa, Keystone, Hill City.
Rockford and other districts. The com.
pany's property is under litigation, but
it is expected that this will end soon.
NORTH STAR GRoUP.
Work is still progressing in the shaft
on the William, II Of the claims CON
prised in the above group. 1t is ex-
pected that the 100 foot mark will be
reached today. when the work Of cross.
cutting the vein will be commenced.
The vein will be tapped ia the cross cut
in a few days, when its extent and
character at the depth stated will be
determined. The management are con-
fident Of satisfactory results, which will
warrant the further sinking of the shaft
to the 200 foot level.
Since the above was put in type, word
has been received TO The effect that the
vein has been encountered in the shaft
at a depth Of 95 feet, and that the ore
exposed is Of n very promising char
acter, and that a quantity of it is being
taken u for exhibition at the Trans
Mississippi exposition.
TWO BIT.
The sinking Of several shafts in the
basin OF Two Bit is still proceeding with
dlIlgent precision, and n or two OF the
more advanced are expected almost any
hour to reach the quartzite or ore floor.
The Great Eastern shaft has passed a
depth Of 260 feet, with the miners still
working in shale. but from the existing
surroundings it is quite evident the ore
level is not far off. The Hercules Com
pany's shaft is down $50 feet and is sink
ing at the rate of II feet per week. The
stuff at the bottom of the shaft is much
softer than heretofore. with indications
of ledge material becoming stronger
with every shot. At the Golden Crest
the shaft is being rapidly sunk, with
every probability Of its reaching the
siliceous ore contact soon.-Review.