Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

company are preparing TO resume oper-
ations on a more extended scale. The
shaft on the ground lately acquired from
Dick Palmer has now attained the depth
Of 60 feet. The vein of rich copper ore
has dipped out Of the shaft but it is the
intention of the company to continue
the sinking to the 100 foot level, when q
drift will be run to tap the vein and
make test run of the ore. Mr.. III. H :.
Francis has taken contract to sink on
the main workings of the company's
ground where the exploration with the
diamond drill show excellent cores of
copper and nickel ore.
In conversation with Mr.. Charles
Hebert, of the Clara Belle mine, we
learn that they tried an experiment oyer
at that camp some time ago which was
quite interesting. They crushed in their
little two stamp mill a quantity of tin
ore from one of their tin mines and con
centrated by spreading carpet over their
copper plates. The ore was not weighed
nor the concentrates either, but the
yield in casiterite or black tin was SO
heavy as to be surprise to them all,
and it is estimated that with fair and
open market for tin that process could
be made very profitable. Later on we
may expect to see little stamp mills all
around the Harvey range pounding out
black tin.
We are reliably informed that all of
the property Of the National smeIter of
Rapid City has been sold to the corpora
ton known as the Horse Shoe Mining
Co. OF Lawrence county, S. d. This is
an important transfer. 1t is step in
the right direction, and bodies no evil to
Rapid City or the northern Hills. We
are glad to hear that the property is
now in the hands Of a mining company
which has the knowledge of how to
handle it, and that has the ore to furnish
it for continuous and profitable run.
The original company as we have been
informed were deceived in regard to
their resources to supply the plant and
something had to be done. We believe
it has all worked around for good at last.
FOUR MILLIONS EACH MONTH.
The phenomenal output of gold from
the Klondike is we'll illustrated, says Z
P. Leech of the Denver mint, by the
amount being received at the Seattle
branch mint. Mr.. Leech returned yes
| terday from an annual accounting OF
bullion in the mints of Seattle, San Fran.
cisco and Boise, Ida. He found that the
Klondike region, mcluding all the Alas.
kan fields, turned out Sl6,0OO,OO0 of gold
in the past four months. The
total yearly output will not be much
larger, because the northern rivers will
soon close, and shipments will cease un.
til next spring. The San Francisco mint
had $l46,000,0o0 in gold and silver in
stock.-Denver News.
THE SAGINAW.
Work on the new shaft on this prop
erty is progressing satisfactorily about
twenty feet per week being the record
from the beginning. The present depth
of the shaft is about eighty feet, and it is
expected that depth of 500 feet will be
reached by the end Of the year. A new
hoist Of 1000 feet capacity has been pur-
chased and is now en- route to this place,
accompanied with all the necessary
equipments. The company has also
purchased an air compressor and 100
horse power boiler which is expected to
arrive in few days. Recent explora-
tions made with diamond drills have
determined the existence of large and
valuable ore body at a depth of 500 feet
where number of veins have united
and it is the intention of the company
to sink the shaft to that depth at the
earliest possible day. Everything seems
to point conclusiyely to the success of
the enterprise.
1t is estimated that the wheat crop of