Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-30
Mining Items.

| MINING 4toLue.
The Secretary of the Interior has de-
cided that U. s. patent may issue COW
Ing both a quartz and a placer claim
reversing the ruling of U. S. General
Land Commissioner Bsst.
Both the mill and mine of the Bis
marck or Big Hit company at Keystone
have been shut down owing to the scar
city Of water. John Mates. the super.
intendent. has gone to Milwaukee To
consult with the owners relative to a
supply OF water and new machinery.
Word comes from our neighbor over
the divide that a carload of ore is being
hauled from the Blue Lead at Sheridan
to the railroad at Hill City for shipment
to the smelter for q test run. A run
will also be made on Golden Slipper ore
at the ]. X. mill, which report says will
start up in few days.i-
Where extremely volatile ores like
tellurium are to be roasted in rever.
beratory furnace, the fumes and dust
containing high values MAJ be thrown
down and kept within the furnace by
introducing number of fine Jets Of wa
ter into :he smeke.stack just above the
furnace arch. This scheme has been
applied in the roasting of telluride ores
rich In gold preparatory to chloridizing
Mining and Scientific Press.
Work on the Old Bill is at stand
still for few days. till the company
settle their differences, which are no
serious. In fact word has been received
that it was settled, and the boys stant
ready to go to work. And then, like
q young volcanoes shock, the air will bt
full of flying rock. Russell, Johnson
Runyon and Virtue, with Tom Wheeler
as chef, make good gang, and as it il
now an established fact that the mine il
paying proposition, all hands res
easy.
The exports of tin from the Straits to
China and India for the irst six month";
of the present year were only 592 tons
while for the whole Of 1898 they
amounted to 255l tons, and for 1897 anC
1896 were 32l4 tons and 6llS tons re
spectively, which goes to show tha
there has been a large falling off in pro
duction this year. Statistics published
give the total visible supply exclusive
OF America, as 1882 tons, compared
with l4,076 tons on the lst ult., ant
against 1885 tons in 1898 and SO 26
tons in 1897. The estimated stock il
America is about 5000 tons, and thu
total afloat for the United States is 4oll
tons. The shipments from the Strait
during August totaled $3.50 loIs. Tn,
output Of tin is not keeping pace will
the demand, resulting n higher price
which has not, as yet, seemed to stimu
late production. Mining and Scientific
Press.
THE vfGILANTE.
The shaft in the Vigilante mine hal
now reached the depth Of 254 feet, anc
will 60 on to the 300 foot level. From
that point another cross drift will b,
run TO the east to strike the vein, which
calculating the dip, will be reached il
something over one hundred feet. They
have excellent appliances for handlin,
the water, and good headway is being
made. This crosscut will penetrate thu
largest body of sulphide ore which hal
been exploited in the Southern Hills
II is not expected that the ore will b.
high grade, but it is expected that i
will be rich enough to yield a fair pro
fit, and by virtue Of its magnitude be
come one Of the grand producers of tn,
precious metal, along with the many
similar veins which characterize thii
district, which unfortunately have no
as yet received the amount of develop
ment which has been bestowed upor
this altogether promising property
We congratulate the owners of thi,
mine. inasmuch as they are able to oper
it and disclose its merits, and further
that they have in Mr.. Bush an expert
enced and competent manager who il
attending strictly to his business, anC
will leave nothing undons to make it {
permane mt success.