Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-05-25
Mining Items.

A rich gold strike is reported in the
Blue Lead copper mine near Sheridan.
The Colorado Supreme Court has de-
cided that, though prospector may be-
lieve lode to exist within a patented
placer mining claim, he has not the
right to enter on the land for the pur-
pose of exploring to confirm his belief
Work on the North Star mine is
steadily progressing. The drift on the
300 foot level is now in 300 feet. At
this point the vein is 20 feet wide and
tho ore averages from $40 to $50 per ton.
1t is reported that the company is max
.ing arrangements to put up reduction
plant.
The Deadwood correspondent OF the
Omaha Bes- is authority for the state
ment that New York company has
bonded the Tom Paine and adjoining
groups west OF Custer, which shows large
bodies of low grade cyaniding ore. The
company expects to close the deal this
month and cyanide plant will be erect
ed near Custer.
The Willow Greek Mining company
has commenced the sinking of a new
shaft on the Lizzie group of claims one
and one half miles east Of town. The
new shaft was started about 800 feet
east from the old workings. We under.
stand that il is the intention of the COM
pany to sink this shaft to depth of 800
feet. Supt. Love is expected to arrive
from the east next week to give the
work his personal supervision.
THE RIEcKEN PROCESS.
The Riecken electrolytic process for
the recovery of gold from sulphide and
telluride ores is now stated to be work
ing successfully in western Australia.
Iron tanks are employed, these being
eleven feet deep, twelve feet long and
eight feet wide, and lined with remov-
able copper sheets. There are two such
tanks which are capable, jointly oftreat-
ing sixty tons of material per day. The
operation consists in agitating the pre-
pared products in the tanks with di.
lutte solution Of cyanide. and conducting
through the vat current electricity
which deposits the coarse and fine gold
as an amalgan that can be converted in
to marketable form with a minimum
expense and loss. The advantages ol
the process are stated to be that the
gold is recovered in one operation, NJ
after process being required, and the
bullion account of It's purity, demands
a high price. Electrical Review.
THE MARION GROUP OF MINES.
These mines are situated on Elephant
guleh ~ miles west from Custer. A
company was organized some years agc
and incorporated with capitalization
Of $500, 10000. We do not understand
why this stock is not offered for sale
The writer has in his wanderings re-
Gently visited these mines and made q
test of their merits. We pounded and
pauned some of the ore and estimated
that it would run in free milling gold al
least $4,000 per ton. It's main value
however will be found in the concen
trates, which, like the Clara Belle
bonanza, is abundant in silyenite and
bismuth tellurides. We would like tc
see a little effort evinced to put thu
group of mines to the front. we conside,
it second to none in this district. The
American nation are generally credited
with being bold and cheeky, but We
know Of some that are too conservative
and modest altogether. "If your foot il
pretty show It,"