Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-29
MINING Items,

The Central Black Hills Copper COM
pany, after making preliminary run
In their mill at the mire, which was
eminently satisfactory, have sent for a
drill to bore for water at the mine. This,
if successful, will obviate the necessity
of pumping from the creek below and
will save quite an expense.
The Mile High Mining company are
pursuing .neir work Of development on
their very promising group of claims,
which continue to show good veins of
excellent ore Mr.. Frank Mclaughlin,
who has charge of the work is expecting
a party Of the stockholders out in few
days to examine the ground, and to at
tend the meeting Of the American Min
ing congress at Deadwood.,
A new strike in gold is reported to
have been made on mountain between
Squaw and Galena creek, tributary of
Squaw creek. The discovery was made
by Dewitt Otis and Frank Fay, who have
been prospecting in that locality for some
time. The vein matter is composed of
quartz, with walls of black hornblend,
with the pay ore about feet in width,
yielding by the pan test about $500 per
ton in gold.
f. III. Long arrived in Hill City on the
2lst and went over to Keystone, accom-.
panied by Mr.. Boylston, Jameson and
Keisell who came out with him from
Chicago. They will examine the Bull
lion mine upon which Mr.. Long holds a
bond and also the mill at Mystic. The
object of this visit we understand is to
make arrangements to treat the ore from
the Bullion as Mr.. L. has already dem
onstrated that his process is we'll adapted
for saving the values from that ore.
Theo. Knutzen, general manager of
the Horseshoe smelter at Rapid was in
the city yesterday, and stated that he
had just received orders to the effect
that the big smelter at Rapid would be
put into commission on September LIST.
The mill will be run full blast, and force
of men are at work making the neces-
sary preparations for the starting of the
plant. The Horseshoe company have
arranged to have the bins. well stocked
with ore and coke for the starting Of the
mill.-Pioneer-Times.
Mr.. Konrad, who came in from the
Dansby district, reports that the new
shaft on the Gold Miner vein is showing
some wonderful rich ore. The old vein
has been opened by three shafts, the
deepest being 80 feet, another so feet,
and another 40 feet, while there is tun-
mel which has been run in on the south
slope Of the mountain for quite a dis
tance. These openings are all in good
ore with vein from to 5 feet in width,
which a conservative estimate would
place the average at $1,000 per ton in
gold.
THE LAcoTA GOLD MINING COMPANY
is the name of new organization which
was completed on Wednesday last with
the following as officers and directors:
w. r. Millham, President.
H. d. Clark, Secretary and Treasurer.
S. E. Ainslie, Superintendent.
j. HI. Golden and 7. E. Blanchard, Di-
rectors.
The property is situated in the PEN
obscot mining district eight miles north
west from Custer City, y. D., and consists
of six locations, each 600 by 1900 feet,
aggregating about l20 acres Of mineral
ground. There are a number of strong
veins Of quartz which crop out for long
distances as they traverse these claims,
but the development as yet consists Of
discovery holes which disclose ore of an
excellent grade. The property adjoins
the grounds Of the Interstate Mining
company on the west, and is near to the
Roosevelt and other :ich mines of that
high grade camp.