Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-02
Mining Items.

The Spesrhsh Company's cyanide
plant, located q mile west of Ragged Top,
was burned to the gfound on the morn.
ing of the 10th ult, loss $4,000. The
fire broke ont in the precipitating room.
The Crown mica mine which lately
received new electric drill is making
good headway. Mr.. Graydon, the Supt.,
is quite enthusiastic in his report Of the
working of the new drill and their new
shaft has now attained a depth of 80
feet.
The Amalgamatsd Copper company Of
Butte, Montana, have closed down their
miues and smelters and 1000 men are
out of employment. The object is to
curtail the output, lessen the supply and
keep up the price Of copper. 1t is an
nounced that the shut down will not be
for any great length of time.
The National smelter at Rapid lie fast
nearing completion, and parties in diff.
ferent parts of the Hills haye already
commenced to ship ore to the plant
for reduction. OF course they cannot
expect immediate action on their ores,
but it is good idea for parties in this
section to send in their samples (of about
ten pounds) for test.
From Mr.. II. ID. Lemon, superintend-
ent, We learn that the North Star Min
ing company are preparing to sink their
main shaft down 200 feet, which will
make total vertical depth Of 500 feet.
From the 800 foot leyel drift was run
east 2S7 feet. where they encountered a
vein running north and south. This
vein when first struck was about two
and half feet in width. They haye
since drifted on the vein 200 feet where
it is now full feet in width. The ore
is of an excellent grade and good head.
way is being made.
The Wabash Mining company are
very busy building boarding and bunk
houses and installing their new hoist.
They have "a men at work and will soon
have their machine drills in operation
when the big shaft will be sunk rapidly.
The new mill of twenty stamps is being
erected, to which will be added concen.
trating tables of the Bartlett" type.
With the two efficient pushsrs. Mr.. ]. F.
sidey and Engineer E. Fink. considering
the known excellence Of the. veins in
that district, We may reasonably expect
some interesting news from the old
Dansby camp in the near future.
We learn that the work on the proper
ty belonging to the Copper Butte COM
pany is now progressing fairly well and
they haye now reached the depth of 100
feet with their diamond drill. The drill
has been sunk ysftieallyi and thus far all
in ore. The miRsral thHs far encounter
ed is copper pyrite Mingled with black
slate and quartz This 10 q very large
vein of copper presumably of low grade,
averaging about 4 per cent. copper, COM
bined with nickel and some gold. They
have been having considerable trouble
with their drill until lately but we un.
derstand that it is working all right and
they will soon ascertain what they may
look for down in the vastly Deep.
A new strike in tin was made few
days ago on the McMcLaughlin tin mine
at the forks of the road north ofthis city
about three miles. We were shown
some of the ore taken from the new
workings, and We are compelled TO say
it is about the richest specimen OF casi
tsrite, we have ever seen, and that is
saying good deal for the new strike.
This is an old location but recently OPEN
ed in a new place. We did not learn
the width of the vein, but shall watch
the further development with interest.
The world needs our tin and the mines.
though long held back by trust, which
has got control Of the market, must soon
come TO the front.
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