Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-23
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Mining Items.

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Hawk Wright is still continuing pros.
pecting work on the Sunbeam, his
famous gold claim on Friday gulch, says
the Hill City News He has sunk the
shaft to a depth ofseventy feet at which
point the ledge has partially returned
into the shaft, and has now commenced
drifting on the same. He is taking out
some unusually rich ore. much of it
sparkling with free gold.
An effort it is said is being made to
treat the concentrated taIlings which
have flowed from the Homcstake and
otht : producing mills for the last TWEEN.
ty years. These tailings have been de-
posted along the Wildwood creek for
many miles, and are said to contain
gold to the AMOUNT of $l.25 per ton.
Some of the owners of cyanide works
are now trying the experiment Of saying
the values from these tailings.
Otto z. Tn. Grantz took out ten thous-
and dollars Monday at his rich strike,
back Of Terraville, and he estimated
that the result of his work yesterday
would approximate twelve thousand
dollars. He has been encountering
ONE boulders that proved to be fabu-
lousy rich, free gold out of all the p pieces
broken from them. Mr.. Grantz him
self is still at work on the ground, and
a nightwatch is constantly on guard
Pioneer-Times.
The miner who locates or relocates a
mining claim must take it as he finds it,
and if there be a water ditch or fume
running across said ground, or any part
of it, all the rights which the owner oil
said ditch previously possessed he still
retains. There is a provision in the
law however which, while it allows tine
ditch owner to go upon the land to re-
pair his ditch, he cannot under any cir
cumstances enlarge that ditch without
the consent Of the mine owner.
THE MINES TRIBUTARY TO CUSTER
The news from the various mines
tributary to Custer are very encouraging
Work is progressing favorably on the
Lizzie mine with a full force and the
iriiI in the Dottom is 10 S2od looking
ore MIR. Linden and Mr.. Love are still
here and watching developments with
great deal Of interest.
The North Star mine. according to re
port by Mr.. Chas. Bostrom, foreman o.
the work, who was in town about the
middle Of the week, they have, he
says, passed through a fine shoot Of ore
in their north drift and are now run
ming 70: a large cross vein which crops
out quite prominently at the surface
and is an excellent quality Of ore. This
vein of quartz is about five feet in width
at the surface, and the indications from
the opening at the surface are that the
vein descends into the earth with a very
slight dip to the south. This cross vein
runs east and west. They calculate they
should reach it in about fifteen feet. Ii
it is as good at 100 feet depth, their
present level, as the surface Indications
promise it should be a great acquisition
to the property which is already known
to be one of the best in the district
They have an excellent hosting within
and everything is working smoothly.
The Duchess has not yet secured Its
new steam hoist and the work mas beer
shut down until its arrival. The air in
the mine is very bad and il is consider
ed dangerous to work in the shaft with
the present appliances.
The May mine is being worked by the
Sam people, who have the property un
der bond A prospect tunnel is being
run TO tap the ore which will cut the
small rich vein at about 80 feet verticaI
depth. This will, it is thought, be sutti
cient to demonstrate whether the vein
retains its free milling character, and
show it tendency either to widen OF
narrow. They will soon know.
Messrs. Demereau, Robbins and Davis
have lately returned from their phono
ite mines on nemereau mountain neal
Pringle. They have during the per
torrance Of their annual assessment
developed an excellent showing in the
way Of ]phonolite ore In some large vein,
which yield a high grade of mineral
They may do some shipping later in the
season.
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