Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-10-03
Mining Items.


A miners inch of water is flow of11f
gallons per minute.
The gold in the Snake river that takes
about 20 pans of the dirt to produce 10
cents, and yet they make it pay by dredg-
ing.
A good vein of coal has been struck
near Cody, Wyoming. A great acquisi-
ton to the people of that thriving town
and the adjacent country.
The Bare Butte Oil company has been
incorporated at Pierre with a capital of
$4,000. This is the company that is to
sink for oil on Spring creek north of
Sturgis.
Aaron Dunn is taking out 100 tons of
ore and shipping to the smelter at Ra
pid City. This ore is taken from the
Little Mowee mine in Spruce gulch, ad-
joining the Lexington Hill.
The North Star mill has started up and
was running on Monday last, and still
by the amalgamation method, which
leads us to remark that those who en-
ploy such wasteful methods on the ores
of this district, will never learn any bet
ter until they reap the reward of their
folly.
The Ivanhoe camp is coming to the
front in great shape. According to the
latest reports they have struck new
vein little north of their shaft where
they have good body Of ore, the returns
from which run as high as $4,000 per
ton in gold. The new company are
workers. Keep your eye on the Ivan
hoe.
The general manager of the Carabou
mine in British Columbia has figured
out the difference in the cost Of operat-
ing electric drills, and the same work
done by hand. He says that the total
cost of performing q certain amount of
work by the drills amounted to $31. .55
and the cost of the same work by hand
was SOL 90.
The Horseshoe smelter at Rapid City
is not yet running to its full capacity,
but is treating about 100 tons OF ore per
day, and is employing about 40 men.
The company expect to add other stacks
from time to time until their full capa-
city of 500 tons day has been reached.
Most of this ore is from their own mines,
but they are doing some custom work.
and are prepared for more.
Parties from the Dansby district, s
miles west from Custer, report a rich
strike in the ground owned by the Wa
bash Mining company. The discovery
was made by Mr.. c. s. Johnston, who is
living at the mine, and il is said he has
the new vein opened in two places sew
eral hundred feet apart. The vein is
four feet in width and is said to be very
rich in free gold and tellurides.
The Golden Empire Mining company
own in the western part of Lawrence
county, and extending over in Wyom-
ing, H. 900 acres of mineral ground. This.
80 far as acreage is concerned, is by far
the largest holding of any mining com
pany in the Black Hills. 1t is equal to
tract of land six miles by four in area
and takes in the old Niggar Hill diggngs,
made famous for rich placer in the early
days. The company are preparing to in
augurate work on a grand scale to re-
cover the product, tin and gold.
In the Sunbeam mine in the Queen
Bee district, the miners are drifting on
the 300 foot level. In addition their
former vein of high grade ore they
have recently struck large body of ore
not so rich, but of good milling grade.
This is quite an acquisition to the prop
erty and adds very much to its value. A
quartz mill once started is the hungriest
thing in the world, and it is not always
convenient to keep it supplied with high
grade stuff. But it must be fed and then
it is that large body of medium grade
ore comes in good play.
The Gold Fish mine seems to be show
ing up better and better as the work in
the incline progresses. They are now
down about fifty feet and from samples
taken out of the mine last Monday the
ore exhibits an array of free gold which
eclipses anything which we have ever
seen from that mine in all it's previl Us
history. Al. Lomax is in charge of the
property and naturally feels quite elated
oyer his new find. Mr.. Crabtree is ex
pected in Custer about the 9th of ,Octob-
er, with party of other stockholders,
when arrangements will probably he
made to enaugerate work at the mine
on much grander scale.
Mr.. Geo. Black came over from the
Gold Standard camp on Monday last and
was shaking hands with his many friends
in Custer. He reports that the boys,
Perry Bertschy and Denis Henault, are
making good progress on their contract
in sinking the main shaft to depth OF
100 feet. They are now down about 80
feet and have still 20 to 60 and are in a
large vein of excellent ore which the
company will cross cut at the 100 foot
level. In answer to the question of what
he thought of the country he answered,
"it is good and If there is mine in the
Black Hills that will pay they have got
it right there. Geo. Phillips is superin-
tendent.