Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-02-25
Mining Items.

A carload of mica from the Lost Bon.
ANA mica mine, two miles north OF
Custer, was shipped on Saturday Of last
week to John Child, Of Chicago, one of
the largest mica dealers in the United
States. If the mica proves satisfactory
the mine will be started mp at once for
continuous operation. ii. H. Francis
has charge of the work.
Supt. F. w. Bush of the Gold Coin
Mining company, and Geo. w. Tinsman
returned Saturday morning from Dem
YER, COL, whittier Mr.. Bush had been
purchasing the new steam hosting ma
chinery that will be erected on the
company's property. MIR. Bush expects
to have the machinery i'm place and in
running order about the LIST Of April,
when sinking In the main shaft will be
resumed aud pushed with all possible
speed.
II is reported that w. +. Hymer of
Deadwood. and associates, have recently
secured a bond and lease upon the Bull
lion property at keystone, and are 60
ing to begin work upon it in q vigorous
way. They have leased and bonded Mr..
Ingram's custom mill at Keystone, and
are intending to run some Of their ore
through the mill. The Bullion is re-
garded as an excellent piece Of mining
ground, and a large amount of ore has
been taken out OF it and run through
the old custom mill, in times past.
The Custer correspondent of the Black
Hills Mining Review says: F. A. Tow.
ner, L. A. Dickson and w. A. Nelson
are working on the Copper King group
Of claims. The shaft is down As feet.
The ore is a green carbonate Of copper,
and recent assays show % to AZ per cent
metallic copper and some gold. The
formation is green stone conglomerate,
iron, Stag and slate. The vein is regular,
and can be traced for several miles. This
property is located in Pennington coun.
ty, near the south line, and is anew and
promising discovery.
The North Star mine situated in the
Penobscot district, is still the scene Of
continuous operation. The shaft is
down l65 feet and a drift to the west
has already penetrated a distance of
about IL feet. The vein which WAS en-.
countered at the 100 foot level by run
ming only a few feet has not been found
in the present drift. This drift
is being run TO the westand some of the
workmen entertain the idea that they
are drifting the wrong way. II is plain
that the vein has faulted, and it 10 pos
sible that it may be found on the east
side Of the shaft. There will be no let
up on the work until that fact is ascer-
tanned. The present drift has cut sew
eral small ~veinlets of very rich ore but
it is mostly found in small pockets and
nothing has been found to correspond
to the main vein.
THE CRANE JUNCTION
j. c.. Spencer and 9. G. Crary have
obtained bond and lease on the Grand
Junction mine and will probably com
mence operations the LIST of March. The
bond aud lease run for one year, during
which time II shaft will be sunk on the
mammoth vein to a depth of 500 feet.
1t has not as yet been decided whether
10 sink she shaft from the old work at
the top of the mountain, or continue the
McDermot shaft in from the west side,
until the YEN is struck, and then cham
Der out a station and sink from there.
Mr.. Spencer is expected to arrive in Il
few days when the matter will be de-
cided and the work commence.
THE LIZZIE MIN
Work on the Lizzie mine is in steady
progress and the shaft is going down as
fast as two shifts Of miners can sink il.
We understand the shaft has attained a
depth OF about 240 feet. There Is to be
u stockholders meeting about the mid
die of March and an effort will be made
to have the present contract which will
make the shaft 2S5 feet by that time.
The ore is improving in appearance as
depth is gained, and il still silicious in
character. Copper is still found in the
gauge matter next to the wall, and the
width of the vein between walls is
maintained, averaging about IL feet.
No recent tests have been made.