Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-09-01

A rich strike is reported from the Bis.
marck mine at Keystone. The new
ledge is said to be free milling ore, with
q vein twenty-four feet thick, much of
the ore is reported to run as high as $25
to the ton.
David Jones and associates of Pitts
burgh. Penn, who have secured an OPP
ton on the Globe group Of thinning claims
adjoining the Penobscot mine, eight
miles northwest ofthis place, are expect.
ed to arrive In Custer today or tomor-
row. and have ordered development
work on the Globe mine to Immediately
begin under the management of +. w.
Bush.
From w. w. Odds, who has the CON
tract for opening up the May group Of
mines on Lightning creek for a local
syndicate, We learn that a fno body Of
ore was encountered this week in the
new shaft that the syndicate is sinking
on the property. The shaft is down
thirty feet, and at this depth the vein
shows q width Of four feet. The ore is
said to be OF an excellent quality.
The manager of the chemical plant at
Mystic recently stated TO a Dead wood
Independent reporter that the process is
wholly q success, the percentage extrac-
ton on most the ores treated reach 90
per cent Of their assay value. The COM
pany Mr.. Long represents is very reti-
cent and refuse to give out anything per-
tanning TO the technical manipulation of
the chemicals employed in extracting
the gold.
The Rapid Journal Of the 3Oth inst
says: Report has it that another
unlocked for discovery has re-
Gently been made. the location this time
being in Custer county. 1t Is stated that
while on a fishing trip some time ago j.
A. Collins found a deposit of p~ipestone.
Samples Of the stone were cut and pol.
ished and proved even finer in quality
and grain than the product Of the fam
GUS Pipestons. Minnesota, quarries.
THE HOLY TERROR.
The Holy Terror mine and mill at
keystone which has been idle some
weeks started up Tuesday with old-time
activity, and from the amount Of ore
blocked out it is said the mill will now
be kept continuously in operation. The
Keystone Is the Homestaks ofthe south
ern Hills. and to see its wheels idle has
a bad effect in discouraglng the entire
camp. No richer ore has ever been
out than is found in the Holy
Terror. 1t is a close corporation and
when its stamps were hung up without
a reason there were people who
the ore body had given out, and
we are glad to note such an idea is now
proven erroneous. Pioneer Times.
CLARA BELL MINE.
Is one of the few mines in Penning.
ton county which is producing and
pays its owners a handsome pro-
ft. The property is situated on Bear
gulch and adjoins the st. Elmo mine.
The owner of it is Mr.. Frank Hebert,
one Of the Oldest prospectors in that dis
For years he has labored faith
fully against large odds. but undismayed
be followed the course hisjudgment told
him was the right one, and 80 today he
finds himself fairly well launched
his own efforts on the road 10
success. Those who know of his strug-
giles will rejoice with him that fortune
now smiles upon him. The mine Mr..
Hebert is working is q free milling pro-
position. He has developed it by a
to a depth Of l25 feet with drifts
and cross-cuts and has thus uncovered a
large body Of ore the extent Of which he
has not yet determined. The ore is
treated in a Tremain mill, which owing
the scarcity Of water. he can only keep
IN operation part Of the time, but even
this h~indrance, the property as
now managed. pays the owner a hand
some profit after ~defraying all expenses.
News.