Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-01
Mining Items.

Development work is progressing
steadily at the North Star mine under
the superintendency of Chris Holly
The company is drifting on the vein al
the 300 foot level. The drift is in about
100 feet from the bottom of the shat,
and the ore is said to be of an excellent
quality.
w. w. Olds, on Wednesday, put O
force Of men to work cleaning out and
timbering the old shaft on the White
Spar mica mine preparatory to resume
work. The present SHAFT is down about
so feet. This property is situated about
mile west Of town. and has produced
some of the finest quality of mica ever
mined in the Black Hills.
SALLY cavAsAtdH TIN NINE.
Mrs. JEFF McDermott, of Oreyille, the
owner of the famous Sally Cavanaugh
tin mine, which took the gold medal OF
the world at the Worlds fair at Chicago,
came to Deadwood Friday for the pur-
pose of attending to important mining
matters. The chances are very good for
a sale of this very rich tin mine. Sey-
eral eastern parties are negotiating for
1t. 1t begins to look very much as
though the Black Hills would come to
the front again as tin country. MIN.
ing Review.
NEW YORK MICA MINE.
A car load of mica was shipped from
the above mine on last Wednesday to
the Stills. Eddy Mica company Of New
York. 1t is said that this firm has bar
gained for the entire output ofthe mine.
The mine is being operated by Mr.. C.
A. Dow of Sioux City, one Of the princi-
pal stockholders Of the New York Mica
Mining company. A large force Of men
are now at work. and it is expected that
regular shipments of mica will be made
hereafter to the Sills- Eddy mica COM
pany's works at New York. Mr.. F. w.
Bower, who visited the mine last week,
says in the Mining Review of the 26th
ult. The main ledge Of mica is over 40
feet wide, there being four feet on each
side wall that is literally mass Of mica
books. The mica outcroppings can be
traced on the surface 700 feet. Two
shafts are down about 100 feet each, and
the veins hold their richness to that
depth. Books Of mica are taken out
that will cut 8x10 inches. This mine, in
comparison with any mica mine in
North Carolina or Canada, is classed by
the mica experts who have visited it
this summer, as being ten times better
than any mine found In these countries.
A MILLION A DAY.
Washington special: Nineteen hun
dred and one will be a golden year, in
deed" said the director OF the United
States mint, George E. Roberts. "The
first year of the twentieth century will
show the greatest gold production the
world has ever known. We estimate
from data in our possession, that the
worlds production next year will reach
the enormous total of 1885,, 900, 900, a mill
ion dollars a day-of the yellow meta
extracted from the bosom of our bounti
full mother earth. Moreover, the year
1901 will show that the United States il
again at the head of all countries as
producer of gold. Our total next yeal
will probably rise to 100000, eclips
ing Australia and South Africa for th,
first time in several years." Ifthere il
anything in the quantitative theory, ant
if it he true that the greater the volume
of basic money the greater the prosper
ity of the people, then the world ha
nothing TO grumLle about. There is no
going to he "gold famine" for som,
time at least. 1t looks more like owe.
production. The coming year is to be
great gold year for two reasons. First
the South African mines will again b
in full operation; second the Nome an,
Klondike regions are sure 10 show
heavy increase, of output.