Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-19
Mining items.

Mining Items.
The Keystone Miner a y the money
to pay off all indebtedness against the
Bellevue mining properties has been
placed in the bank, and that work on
the property is to be resumed in a short
time.
Manager Ramsey of the %Sunnyside
Mining company, rear Hill City, has
purchased a large Dean station pump of
the Harvey Peak company, to be used
in disposing of the water encountered
in the mine while sinking the shaft to
the $50 foot level, where the mine will
be cross cut. and drifting resumed.
Col, Thompson, manager of the st.
Elmo mine, who has been, for some
time. taking medical treatment at Hot
Springs, has recovered from his illness
and on Monday returned to the mine.
The mill is about ready for operation,
and will probably be started up today.
A force Of men are now engaged in
taking out ore.
UNION HILL.
Slavery Bradley, receiver of the Union
Hill company, arrived In Deadwood a
few days ago from Philadelphia to re-
main indefinitely, looking after the
company's property at Galena, and put
ting matters in shape 80 that the stock
holders and officers car decide upon the
proper course to pursue in the future.
To a Pioneer-Times reporter Mr.. Brad
ley said: The stockholders naturally
promising property aud may soon con
sent to resuming operations. Mr.. Brad
ley is endeavoring to make arrange
ments to pay off all the claims against
the company aud particularly those of
the miners and for other labor.
WILL REBUILD.
DR.. Carpenter states to the Deadwood
Pioneer-Times, that the ID. & .. smelter,
recently destroyed by fire. will be re-
built as soon as possible, better than
before in every particular. He further
informs that paper that he has made
arrangements with the Omaha and
Kansas City smelters to take about 3 1000
tons Of silicious ores each, and that he
will protect the interests of the shippers
to the greatest possible extent. Under
this arrangement the cost Of treatment
will be substantially the same as the ID.
and d., the transportation charges being
offset by a reduction in treatment tolls.
He hopes by this plan to help the mine
owners through the difficulty until the
plant is rebuilt, which will probably be
upward Of four months. The doctor
states also that inside Of 80 days he Will
be buying ores at the smelter site, and
storing them, and in this way the min.
ers may be enabled to operate their
properties without cessation or any loss
whatever. This is a very broad, liberal
and emincntly fair spirit on his part
and will no doubt be appreciated.
THE COMPANIES.
President W. l.. Rothermel, Secretary
Harry Benedict and General Manager
JAS. ID. Hardin arrived yesterday from
Chicago. They were accompanied by
Charles s. Hardin, who went to Chicago
on important business connected with
the Hardin Standard company. The
party, after dinner, drove over TO Two
Bit and spent the afternoon inspecting
operations, returning in the evening.
Manager Hardin informs us that work
il progressing nicely everywhere and
that the indications are highly salts.
factory. In the Great Eastern shaft, he
says, the miners are just getting through
the porphyry cap which Overlies the
ore zone and the material taken out
now shows ore of a highly oXidyzed
character. The Hardin company is
prosecuting work on the north and east
drifts and finds the same character
value and extent of ore in the north
drift. The Chicago and Two Bit shaft
is 23O feet deep, still in sandrOck The
Great Northern is in mineralized shales
cIlh lOohHE OOh' ~ lldlbIlI az
hoist will soon be started. Regarding
the new smelter proposition, Mr.. Hardin
informs US that plans and specifications
are being made and will be adopted
between the goth inst. and the LIST oil
April, and that the plant will have five
large upright furnaces, with a capacit!
of treating 500 tons of orc per day, anC
after the general plan Of the ID. and d
smelter, using the same process. lie
expects the plant Will be ready fol
operations by three months from the
commencement Of work.-rioneer
Times.