The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-10
MINING NOTES.
A Batch Of Interesting Clippings
From Our Exchanges.

A Batch Of Interesting Clippings
From Our Exchanges.
The Custer Tribune says that it
is rumored that a deal is about to
be closed on the New York mica
property near that town. The New
York is considered to be the largest
mica mine in the Hills, if not III the
United States.
The mica business Of Custer is
rapidly increasing, says the Tribune.
BY another month three more mines
will be working with steam drills,
One of these properties is located
near Mayo and work will be com
menced in about ten days.
Mr.. Smith who resides in the I'm
known district was in the city
Thursday to get men to assist in
fighting timber fires. From con-
versation with him we learned that
Mr.. Ward of Sioux Falls is working
a force OF men in the shaft on the
Gold Dirt claim, which he intends
to sink to depth Of 25O feet. Ar
engagements for hoist and pump to
be placed at the mine have been
completed and the development
work will be pushed with vigor. =
Hill City News.
A book of the best quality of mica
ever taken out in the Hills was
taken from the DAILY Mine a few days
ago. The book was 10 X 10, and
mica of that size is very scarce, and
high priced. Custer Tribune.
Attorney E. L. Grantham who
was up from Custer Monday, re-
ports times the livliest in and about
that city that they have been for
many years past, notwithstanding
the fact that the Miners Union has
compelled the paint mills and the
marble works to close down on &C.
count of their not paying what is
claimed by the union to be standard
wages. Both companies have beer
paying their men $500 per day
while the union asks for them So so
Mr.. Grantham, when asked what the
outlook was for the plants to star
again, said: well, I do not believe
the union can make it stick, because
it is entirely aside from mining anc
does not concern them. The shut
down stops salaries to the amour
of $1,000 per month, and l beliey'
they will be prevailed upon ant
made to see'where they are wrong
In case they are and the companie!
again start up with no handicap
and if things keep up at the time
there is no end to the prosperity o
Custer. -Pioneer-Times.
| L. K. Stone, formerly superin
tendent OF the Keystone mines, nov
residing in New York, is in the cit.
fer few days. He came from Key
stone, and says the Holy Terro
company has opened large bodies o
ore on the 700 and 800 foot levels
and are milling it in their Keyston
mill. The company will open tn
4 Keystone mine in a large way in tn
near future, and will put in plan
| for the reduction of their concen
trates. The Elizabeth Mining con
pany, owning the Bismarck mine
are developing their ground and ar
very much pleased with the outlool
4 It is said they will, as soon as the
are satisfied with the development
Of their property, erect large mil
ing plant. Mr.. Stone is in DEAD
wood to close q deal, through OF
tion, in northern Hills property, {
which very little will be said q
this time. 1t is reported that tn
men sinking the shaft at the Gam
bogia camp, ten miles from Key
stone, have run into body of hig
grade ore, milling some at $25 j
free gold, Mr.. Stone on his retur
will take in Joplin, Mo-, and spend
few days at his lead and zinc plan
in that section. Independent.
Fruit For Sale. Il.
Beginning about July 18th / wi
have tor sale at.my nursery q col
siderable quantity of CRABS and al
Iples. Some are specked by hail an