Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-01
Mining Items.


Work is still being continued by day
and night shifts at the Lizzie group one
and half miles northeast of this place,
with growing indications of favorable
results. Further tests made upon the
ores recently encountered haye had a
tendency to Augment the feeling Of
confidence in the future success of the
enterprise that has from the first been
entertained by the owners of the prop
erty.
LOOKING FOR WOLFRAM.
AT the present time, says the Dead.
wood Pioneer-Times, there is consider
able activity in mining matters all
through the lower Hills region. Her
man Reinbold, the we'll known Omaha
chemist who is interested in the ura-
MUM deposits in Annie Creek, arrived
in Custer this week accompanied by
A. ID. Smith, a mining man from Fre-
mont, Nebraska, who has operated sue
cessfully in Colorado, until recently his
attention has been turned to the Black
Hills Mr.. Reinbold is looking after a
deposit of wolfram. valuable metal
which is used in the manufacture Of
steel shots by the United States for the
government gun boats. This deposit
has been opened up in Sunday gulch,
adjacent to Custer, and two foot YER
tical has been discovered. Wolfram is
usually found in conjunction with tin,
wherever the latter metal is mined
The Black Hills deposit is found in a
slate formation and gives promise OF
proving very valuable. Mr.. Reinbold
intends to develop the property for
which he will receive third interest.
The other owners are Samuel Scott and
John p Foran. The American Metal.
lurgical Works, at Phoenixville, Penn.
has agreed TO use 25 or 80 tons of wolf
ram month and pays $3.50 per ton
for it.
ST. ELMO DEAL.
Captain w. w. Marsh, of Omaha, who
has bonded the st. Elmo mine near
Oreville, in the Southern Hills yester-
day closed the deal for the stamp ,nill to
be put upon the property. 1t was the
ten stamp mill that was built year or
SO ago upon the Bismuth ground in the
keystone district. The purchase was
made by Capt. Marsh from F. L. Langan,
of Minneapolis, who owned large IN
terest and represented the other own
ers. The mill cost $40, 500 upon the Bis
mnth property but we understand the
price paid by Captain Marsh was con-
siderable less than that. The mill is first
class in every particular, modern mill
in the fullest sense, and is in excellent
condition a. t--s'as-.iu 9r,a ~ icsc--alal.
few weeks. The mill has been moved
over to the st. Elmo ground and large
force of men is engaged putting it up.
Captain Marsh informs us that he has
20 men at work upon the mill and in
the mine and they are making satIsfac-
tory heddway. Nose Thompson has
charge OF the operations and hopes to
have the mill in operation upon st.
Elmo ore within GO days.-Pioneer.
Times.
CASTLE CREEK.
Two concerns are at work on Castle
creek for the purpose of exploring the
bed rock for placer gold. One company
is engaged sinking on the Pitts placer
location, about one-half mile up the creek
| from old Castleton while the other, we
are informed, has taken bond on the
Brown property at Mystic, and will sink
at once to bedrock at that point. Aside
from the placer work there are a great
many mine overs who are planning to
vigorously push developments of the
quartz assures Of that district. Some of
thess fissure ledges are very rich in free
gold, besides holding valuable content
in an iron pyrite. The men who have
ATTEMPTED to exploit them heretofore had
not, as rule, the means TO properly
equip the property with economical
machinery for mining, Transporting and
treating the ore. Every indication
points to great amount Of activity in
the placer and quartz mines of the creek
during the coming year.-Review.
RAGGED TOP BoNANZAs.
Several of the Ragged Top properties
have risen in value during the past few
weeks, owing to the bodies of ore ex,
panding TO huge proportions. 1t need
not bc surprising ifthe camp comes to
the front again as d large producer and
surpasses the output during its boom
days year ago.
Ii. B. Swain, who is working the Rag,
ged Top Mining company's ground, (the
old Johnson & Whiting ground) under q
lease has opened the largest and most
valuable body of ore ever found in the
camp. At depth of 80 feet he ran
drift with the vertical ledge and has
opened up body of ore that is IA feet
wide and averages $50 per ton. Mr.
Swain is making regular shipments and
is netting splertfd returns from them.
i. Nj. Wall who is working lease on
the Balmoral group has a fine ledge oi
high grade ore is making good money
out of it. The shaft is 10 feet deeu
where the ledge was opened 10 width
of five feet. The last shipment netted
him SlS5 per ton. He ls working as
large a force of men as he can to advan
tage with double shifts.
A new strike was made recently on
the A. J. Smith ground which Sharpe &
Co, are working under lease. They
have large force OF men at work and
are shipping two to three cars of ore Il
week that returns them big profit. A
mining man who is familiar with the
yarinuS nrnnerties of the Rapned Ton dis,