Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-02-24
Mining items.

Mining items.
Deadwood and Lead are agitating the
question of establishing Black Hills
mining and stock exchange.
The winzs that is being sunk in the
Vigilante drift about ITO feet from the
bottom Of the tunnel 10 now down five
feet, and considerable native copper and
copper glance is being encountered
Somevery fine specimens of native cop
per are being taken out.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary OF state for the
Gopher Gold Mining company at Hill
CITY, with capital of 100000. In
corporators, Lucian Swift, VIM. E. Has
kell, Frederick Fayram, Minneapolis; /;
Alfred Arundel and Arthur Barring
Gould of Hill City.
Recent Alaskan arrivals at Victoria.
B. c.. report a rich strike on the
Koyukuk river. Many prospsctors who
started for Cape Nome have been divert
ed to Koyukuk. Circle GtyIwhich last
summer had twelve hundred people,
now has but thirteen, 80 great is the
rush to the new field.
F. III. Meyers, the mechanical engineer
in charge of the Electro Cyanide plant
at Mystic. expects to have the mill in
operation about the middle of March.
The company backing the enterprise are
said to have large amount Of capital
and intend the buy ore from any par
ties who have it for sale.
The work on the Emerine mine in
the Penobscot district is steadily pro-
crossing, and the shaft is now down 60
feet. The vein at this depth, SO we are
informed, is about five feet in width
and the ore is looking we'll. Four men
are at present employed in sinking the
shaft. The property is owned by Mr..
Paul Kleemann of this place.
From parties who came in from the
Grand Junction mine Wednesday, we
learn that the drift that is being run
from the 100 foot level to cross cut the
vein is now in about 80 feet, all in good
looking ore. A new drift was also start
ed this week toward the foot wall. At
present ten men are employed in the
mine, two day and two night shifts, and
the work is being pushed with all posi-
BILE speed.
J II. MILL SOLD.
While here in December DR.. Peters
who holds the option on the Eldorado
property took bond on the j. r. mill.
Last Saturday the purchase was COM
plsted and the money due Lampert and
Kresss was paid to them through the
Keystone bank. The mill remains
where it now stands but will be put in
shape SO that ten stamps will do the
work required. w. f. Brockett is here
for the express purpose to repair this
plant to crush Eldorado ore with and TO
make tests on ore from different prop
erties.-Hlll City News,
GRANITE REEF.
Mr.. James Demereau this week re-
ceived returns from fifty pounds of ore
that he recently shipped to the Buena
Vista Smelling and Refining Company
of Colorado for test. The ore sent was
an average sample from ten foot vein
from the Granite Reef mine, and the
certificate of assay gives it a value of
$l4.25 III gold to the ton of ore and 2
per cent in copper. The property il
owned by Messrs. G. w. Robbins, James
Demereau and A, I. Fsay, and is stu
ated about II miles southeast from Gus
ter. 1t is claimed that by a new pro-
cess recently inyented the ore from this
mine can be treated for the very low
figure Of $1.50 per ton. We are inform
ed that the owners of the property in
tend to make shipment to the Electro
cyanide mill at Mystic as soon as the
plant is completed and in operation.
FOUR MILE MILL TO START UP.
Edward Rogers and William Tarrant
have leased the Alexander & Marsh
mill at -Four Mile. They are now en-
gagged placing in position new Whitley
concentrator that they purchased from
the Mine and Smelter Supply Company
of Denver. Colorado, and which arrived
here on the morning Of the 10th. 1t is
expected that the plant will be ready
for operation sometime during the COM
ing week. The mill will be supplied
with ore from what is known az the
Baker and Empire group Of mines, stu
ated two and half miles west from
Custer, and about FIVE miles north of
Four Mile. The property Is owned by
Messts. Rogers and Tarrant, and there
is at the present time 300 tons of ore on
the dump ready to mill. If this run
proves success, the owners will put up
q mill of their own on the ground.
Ed. Wyttenbach has the con-
tract for hauling the ore from the mine
to the mill. We hope the enterprise
will meet with success.
CAPE NOME CROWDED.
A letter recently received at Dead
wood frsm William Poerpabel from
Cape Nome states that there is practic-
ally no more ground in the district un-
staked. All of the claims that have any
indication of bearing gold have been
taken either by men on the ground or
are held by power of attorneys. There
is not enough water in the district to
make sluicing of the gravel possible and
the rocker has to be used. The letter
advises all Black Hills people to stay
away. The country will be overdone