Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-08

MINING ltsms.
An effort Ia being made to secnre for
Rapid City the location of 500 ton
smeltsr by the national Smelling COM
| pany Of Boston.
The Crown mica mine closed down
temporarily few days. This we un ler.
stand is owing to some changes which
are being made In the arrangements Of
the company at the eastern end. We
are assured that there is no lack ofmica
in the mine, and that too Of an excel
lent snd merchantabls grade.
A small crew OF men are working on
the Lizzie group Of mines two miles east
OF town. They are sinking new shat,
on one OF their numerous veins to test
the character ef the ore. II will take
some time TO pump the water from the
old workings. which work will be per-
formed later ON. Mr.-Love, the super.
intendent who lately arrived from
lie Mars, lows is in charge Of the work.
A new shan Is being sunk on the main
vein Of the Marion group OF mines. four
miles west from Custer. Mr.. Wells and
Brownlee who are the principal owners
are steadily engaged developing the
property hich is showing up richly In
gold. The ore IS partly free and partly
refractory which on the whole discloses
the fact that they have fine property
in the Marion, which bids fair TO sur.
prise the natives one ofthese fair days.
The May flower is still undergoing
development with twelve men working
In the mine. The shaft has reached the
200 foot level and drift has been run
on the vein both to the north and south
about GO feet respectively. We learn
that in the north drift the vein has
narrowed up considerably but has open
ed up quite large in the south drift
The ore maintains its high grade char
acter and everything is working smooth
ly.
Last Monday Mr.. Joseph Pyne, Supt
Of the Newark mine was summoned to
Deadwood to settle up the affairs Of the
company which has been hanging fire
for anite while. 1t is understood that
the company will have the money
here in few days to arrange
matters in good shape, and to continue
work. Everyone hopes this is true as
the showing at the bottom of the work
ings look very favorable and it is thought
that with little more work the mine
would become big producer.
THE BLACK HILLS PORCELAIN CLAY AND
MARBLE CO.
The CHRONICLE is in receipt Of a letter
from Mr.. B. r. Noble, the president of
the company, from which we print the
following. 1t is gratifying news and
self explanatory. The communication
is written from Yale, Michigan and
bears date OF June 3rd, 1901.
There is now on the way to Custer
four car loads of new machinery for our
marble quarries. We have also pur-
chased a new diamond drill costing
$4,000, to do our prospecting with. Nj.
Woodbury., the manager, will be out
there about the 10th of June to take
hold and the people will find an entirely
different company after he runs it two
or three months. 1t is our intention to
put the lithograph stone. kaolin clay and
Mica on the market at once. We shall
ship our mica direct to the people that
use itin the east. We are going ahead
to develop our marble right along, but
as We can get our lithograph stone
kaolin clay and mica on the market
first we are going to do So"
A special from Deadwood TO the sioux
City Journal contains the following
interesting bit of new. The Maloney
Blue Lead Copper company is surveying
a sight for the fifty.ton smelter, which is
going TO be erected at Sheridan, seven
miles east of Hill City. in Pennington
county. The Blue Lead copper mine is
one Of the oldest copper propositions in
the Black Hills having been opened for
nearly quarter of century. The out
cropping OF copper ore on tie surface Of
the ledge is enormous, and the rock car.
ries an average of per cent. copper.
The company has stripped the ledge for
a long distance, and shafts have been
sunk at intervals, which have demon.
strated that the ore is good to depth of
fifty to seventy fivs feet. AT those
depths, an ash bed occurs. which is
barren of copper yalue. TIE theory is
that the copper has simply leached out.
A tunnel is being run at the present
time. near the water level, in the ex-
pectstions of striking the main ledge OF
copper ore beneath the ash deposit.
There yet remains but short distance
when the tunnel will be completed.
But there are thousands of tons OF good
copper ore blocked ont above the ash
bed, and the smelter will be erected
whether the ledge is encountered be-.
low, or not. The ledge will average
about twenty feet in width, where 1t has
been opened by tie shafts. r. M.
Maloney, of this city, organized the
company. and he has shown determine
tion to succeed unequaled in mining in
the Black Hills.
NEW HOSTING PLANT.
A new hosting plant has been pur.
chased by the University Gold Mining
and Milling company at Denver. says
the Pioneer-Times IF the End inst. 1t
consists Of boilers. hoist capable OF 60.