Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-02-04
Mining Items.

Inc Hll Clty NEWS says HaWk
Wright, who is developing his claims on
Friday gulch by drifting on the vein,
has encountered free milling ore.
Isaac Downing is hauling ore from
the Belle Eldridge and adjoining prop
erty in Spruce gulch every day, and
has two four horse teams on the road.
He is working the property under lease
and is doing well at it. The claims be
long TO J. w. Allen, Aaron Dunn, II. A.
Tortat, and others.-Pioneer-Times.
Supt. Dan Smith Of the Duchess mine
in the Dansby district, reports that their
vein of select ore which was so small at
the top has widened out to about 8 feet.
This was caused in part by the addition
of another vein which has come into
the shaft which has joined the first,
making one vein. They are still sink
ing.
w. W. Challis came w from the
Chilcoot the forepart Of the week and
returned to that camp Wednesday. His
visit at this time being to purchase sup
plies. They will resume work on that
very promising group in a few days, and
should itmake good it's promise we may
expect to hear something exciting from
that camp in the near by and by.
Great excitement exists on the min
ing stock exchange here I've a fabulous
" rich strike in the Isabella mine at
Cripple Creek, a y a Colorado Springs,
Col, special Of January 2Sth. Assays
from the strike run from $4,000 to
500. 900 to the ton. The stock jumped
from 97} C hts to 81 so per share today,
over 100000 shares changing hands.
Six weeks ago the stock sold at % cents.
The report from Keystone is TO the
effect that in the shaft which they are
sinking in the Holy Terror mine, they
have again encountered a solid vein Of
that phenomenal rich ore which has
made that mine famous. 1t is said that
all of the ore hat is broken down is
free gold specimen rock, and a guard
has been placed in the mine to see that
the workmen do not get away with any
of the yellow truck.
The Lizzie shaft is now down about
200 fe ct from the surfae e, having been
sunk "a feet since the erection Of the
new hoist, which works to perfection.
Samples Of the ore from the bottom of
the shaft have lately been submitted for
test both by our local assayers and TO
Mr.. Snitzell Of Lead City which run
from $50 to S3l respectively. A party
Of the Willow Creek Mining company,
of which the Lizzie forms a part, are
expected out during the present month.
Prof. Herman Reinbold is here to
look after the wolframite mine in Sun
day gulch in which he is interested.
The Professor also says that he has a
market for many of the rare ores which
are found in this district, such as nickel
anthony, bismuth uranium, etc. Prof
*. will return to Omaha in a few days
but will not be gone long as he is pay
ing particular attention just now to this
neck Of the woods. May be he sees
some things here that everybody don't
see.
Supt. Bush Of the Gold Coin mine
who arrived from the east last week re.
ports having been entirely successful
with his company. who have given him
Instructions to resume work on the
mine and provide for deep sinking
Mr.. Bush will go to Denver in a few
days to purchase the necessary ma
chinery (hoist and pump, and we con
| fdently believe from the favorable
showing which the present develop
ment has disclosed, thrt we may count
on another producer Of oay ore by the
time the robins nest again.
Hawk Wright, who returned home
the forepart Of the week, reports min,
ing matters looking exceedingly favor
able mp in Friday gulch where he has
been for sometime looking after his in
terests in that locality Quite a number
| of the claims have received considerable
development work during the past year
and the result discloses some very fine
veins Of ore of excellent grade. He
thinks, however, that the proper meth
cd of obtaining the values from the ore
will in the future be by concentration
and shipping the concentrates to smell