Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-23
Mining Items.

1uo ucUptbt SHAT In ING WOflO Is balu
to be the Red Jacket, near Lake Supe-
rior. which has now reached q depth Of
5000 feet.
The output of gold in the Black Hills,
as will be shown by the annual report
of the State Mine Inspector Cusick, will
in the aggregate amount to the nice
little sum of $9, ,2s5, ,0t0.
These are the days when il is proper
to caution our miners. and more espe
cially those who are new to the business
in the use Of giant powder. Don't thaw
II out to quickly before the FIRE, especial
ly if it is frozen. Don't put it in the
oven nor on the stove. The best way to
thaw it out is to put it in q vessel. put
ting this vessel inside Of another vessel
containing warm water, giving it slow
heat.
The output Of gold in the world for
1898 is placed at $685.. 900, 900. The in
crease in 1899 is estimated at s54 .0O0, 900
making the total output of gold for this
year at SAL 100000. In this connection
it is proper to say that the price ofsilver
is steadily rising by slow degrees, and
many of the mines which were the chief
producers of silver in the days when
silver was used as redemption money,
which haye been closed down for years
on account of the low price Of the white
metal, have recently started up again.
Among the most important of these we
note the Ontario at Park City, Utah,
aud the Granite Mountain Bimetallic at
Philipsburg, Mont.
1t is we'll to remember that while you
are doing your assessment for 1899, you
may just as we'll keep right on while you
are about it, and do the work in the year
1900 and be done with 1t. Also bear in
mind that work done on one claim is
good for the group held by the same
owner, providing the work innures to
the development OF all the claims lying
side and side. In which case you must
not forget to put up notice at the shaft
or tunnel where the work is done. stat
ing what claims arc intended to be de-
veloped by said work, and then doing
the necessary $4,000 worth of labor for
each. That is $4,000 worth Of work
doue in one shaft is just as good as if tho
same amount was done in FIVE shafts,
providing the claims are in group and
all belong to one man or company. A
notice should also be posted on each of
the claims stating where the work for
that claim was done.
NORTH STAR MINE.
From Superintendent Feay We learn
that the development which has been
going steadily forward IN this promis-
ing mine, is Of late disclosing an excel
lent vein of ore in the south drift, which
shows width of 6 feet at present and
is constantly increasing in size as the
drift is extended. This is the same
vein which was cut in the drift west at
a distance Of 40 feet from the main
shaft. The vein was then 9 feet in
width, and has increased to it's present
dimensions in running 55 feet to the
south. The vein is Of pure quartz, with
BLUSH tinge, containing some pyrite
of iron, occasionally showing free gold,
which is quite coarse and round, and
many fine specimens have been obtain.
cd. The chief value in the ore how
ever is contained in the telluride, which
varies in combination from telluride
of lead and bismuth to the more bril-
liant chrystals of silvanite. This ore is
taken from the 100 foot level on which
a number of drifts haye been run, dis
closing many veins but none 30 large
as this last found in the south drift,
The outlook for this mine isindeed very
encouraging.