Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-01-12
Prof. A. w. 8. Rothermel.

Mine, whose fame Is well known
throughout the northern and southern
Hills of South Dakota, caused few OF
us miners wonder and ponder over a
most remarkable demonstration of his
science as follows:
On the evening of January 5th, 1901,
while many miners were gathered in a
barber shop in Custer City, various SUBJ
jects were discussed, which is only nat
ural. Mining being the taeme, and as
a matter of course, the question Of locat-
Ing veins an ore chuses as done by
Prof Rotherme SO successfully became
The topic. One Of the men who knew
the Professors science, and was con-
vinced sx mis- Sus1ess, having SEN him
work. and tested his ability personally
under contract only within the past few
weeks on ground belonging to him and
others, upon which he found, and actu-
ally opened several ore chutes which
paned free gold, and having talked with
many other parties for whom he located
successfully under contract fine ore
chutes, argued in the professors behalf.
While so doing this gentleman offered
to wager money that the professor
could even take a specimen Of ore from
any niue, and from any part of the
globe, and tell the direction from which
it came, and at the same time tell how
the veins run, give its drifts per COM
pass, its width, its angles and all cross
lodges, etc. At this time one of the
gentlemen at once pulled out a sample
which he handed to the gentleman in
question and said: Here Mr.. Konrad is
a rock, I'll bet you Prof Rothermel can't
tell a thing about. Mr.. Konrad at once
took the ore and walked to the Klee
mann House with it, where Prof Roth
ermel is stopping. The Prof. was seated
near a warm stove, quietly smoking a
cigar. Mr.. Konrad said. Professor, will
you do me a favorp With the usual
smile on the Professors face he said
Yes. if can serve you will gladly do
so. what is itP Mr.. Konrad said, have
a rock here, and l would like TO have
you tel me where it came from, and
how the vein runs, etc. You need not
be in any hurry with it, for promised
the gentlem an that gave me the rock to
bring it back in the morning, with full
information, provided you will give it.
But the professor said. may as we'll 60
at it now as any time, and he left and
went to his room. In less than ten min
utes he returned with small map and
the rock and saidi Mr.. Kontad, I do
not care to give the man the information
he asks for, because he well knows my
ability, and yet he feels inclined to
doubt the same without causa do
not care to simply satisfy his curiosity.
Mr.. Konrad said, why you don't know
who gave me the rock. The Professor
said. yes, this rock belongs to Jim An
gus, who is now in the lodge room on
the corner. But this much / will tell
you, the ore came from the northwest by
west, and the vein out of which it was
taken runs 10 degrees south of east, and
| dips to the southwest at an angle of IL
degrees, and northerly from this ledge,
very short distance, is q vein which
runs into this first one on the southeast
end or the chute which runs northwest
and southeast, but which lays nearly fat
until it strikes the first ledge, when it
turns and goes down with the other,
making very fine body of ore. Mr..
Konrad left with the ore, and no doubt
met Mr.. Angus and told him of what
had been told him by the Professor, for
the next morning Mr.. Angus met the
Professor and said: Well, l could not
fool you with the rock, and must con-
fess, Professor Rothermel, you are right.
The Professor then said Now, Jim, in
asmuch as you are honest enough to
confess the truth, l will make you q
present of my diagram of the entire dis
coyery, and left for the hotel. On his
return, the Professor found Mr.. Angus
in company with Phil Konrad and Mr..
Mathews from Keystone. The Profes-
sor presented Mr.. Angus with his small
map and laid down on the cigar case
and said Here, Mr.. Angus, is what !
discovered. On the map were, first, the
direction of the owners, as the Professor
explained. Mr.. Angus must have car
red the rock long time, because it
partook much of his personality, and
therefore found you in the lodge room,
seated about the center of the hall.
Then the lines showed the course from
which it came, or rather the locality
from which it was taken, which was
British Columbia. The lodges were laid
out per colored lines, showing the dip
and angle of the ore chute, etc. Mr..
Angus expressed his surprise aud won
derment, and acknowledged that ali was
just as stated to every item.
1t happened that Mr.. Angus had at
tended the lodge the evening the Pro-
fessor examined the ore, and had been
seated just in the center of the room fac
ing the hotel. Such wonderful pheno-
mena as this should be known to the
world, because it is out of the ordinary,
and of great value to the miners and the
mining industry.
Beat out Of an Increase Of his Pension.
| A Mexican war veteran and promi-
nent editor writes: Seeing the adver-
tisement of Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, ! am re.