Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-28
Mining Items.

Provo mine, eight miles west from Gus
ter. This is the property which was
purchased recently by Mr.. ]. N. Wright
from w. Todd aud Nelson Smith. The
shaft is now down 35 feet following the
incline and the vein of quartz has wild
ened out to five feet of rich ore.
The Lakotah is the name of the new
mining company which has lately pur-
chased the Grizzly Bear mine east of
Oreyille. The principal stockholders
are men who reside in Peoria, H., and
it is given out that they are about ready
to begin operations at the Grizsly Bear
on an extended scale with a new mill
and new Equipment throughout.
Reports from the northern Hills are
to the effect that the Golden Reward
Mining company are taking out from
their mines in Bald Mountain about 220
tons Of ore daily. About 150 tons of
this ore is treated at the company'seya-
nide mill near Deadwood, while the
remaining 60 tons are divided and ship
ped to the smelters at Denver and at
east Helena, Montana.
The Saginaw is only working few
men at this time but are contemplating
putting on strong force in short time,
when they will put the main shaft down
to the 500 foot station. They will have
their different levels opened up and
slopes established, and with a plant on
the ground they will be ready to start up
for continuous run, and become rich
and steady producer of the precious
metal.
c. X. Shoemaker is preparing to work
on his mica mine three miles southeast
from town. We visited this mine last
year and were strongly impressed with
its excellence. The mica appears in
large sheets and Of very superior quail.
ity, and if this property should fall into
the hands of good company, who are
able to develope it as it should be, we
predict that it will make one ofthe most
valuable mica mines in Custer county.
Frank Hebert Of the Clara Belle mine
returned home on the 24th. While up
north Frank purchased the engine and
hoist belonging to Edna exploration
situated at Garden City. This
will be Immediately installed
at the Clara Belle, when the little mill
will be started up ON good paying
grade Of ore. The Clara Belle shaft has
attained depth of 1876 feet which is to
deep to be hoisted economically by
and man power.
The work on the Aspen mine, which
is Of the claims composing the Roosevelt
group, is progressing as fast as two shifts
can operate. The main shaft is down 80
feet and the company is engaged in TAX
ing out ore for reduction. This is not
one of the big veins of Custer county,
but it is one Of the richest, as the ore is
estimated to contain an average of $4,000
per ton in gold. The vein runs from 8
to feet In width. 1t is vertical and cuts
the formation at nearly right angles, as
it runs from east to west.
1t is reported that Aaron Dunn, who
is now in the northern Hills, has sold
his interests in that section, including
the Belle Eldridge tunnel (under bond)
10 Colorado syndicate, who have &C.
quired a large acreage of mineral ground
near the head Of Spruce gulch. Dir.
Dunn has been quite successful in nego-
tisting sales of late, having been mainly
instrumental in promoting the Saginaw
deal, and also the Roosevelt group, now
with the Grantz Mining
company, which is largely composed of
Colorado men.
Mr.. j. N. Wright is showing himself
to be the most active and enterprising
miner in our midst, end is developing
more mines, and spending more money,
than any other mining company in Gus.
ter county at this time. This Mr.. Wright
has been doing right through the win
ter, and being one of the old time min
ers of Custer, he knows that mining
work can be carried on just as cheaply
and effectively in winter as in summer
in this country. Many of the eastern
who are operating in the
Hills, are operating under the mistaken
idea that the climate in this country is
severe, and that when the snow begins
to fall it is time to close down and wait
till spring. This is mistaken notion
and has no foundation in fact.
THE TURK LODE.
John L. McKenna drove into town
He brought in sack of ore
made up of pieces which he had knock.
ed off the face of the drift from the shaft
in Turk No. 5. This is remarkably rich
rock, consisting of quartz sprinkled all
over with bismuth telluride and silvan-
ite. Some of these pieces he had put in
the oven in his cook stove and had OBJ
tanned just the right heat to evaporate
off the tellurium and leave the yellow
gold. One Of these pieces in particular
made very pretty specimen. We ask
him how he expected to treat that kind
of ore. Well said he II don't know yet
but know that it is not free milling for
the quick silver pays no attention to it.
And know that smelling wont do, be-
cause if give it more than stove oven
heat, the whole thing will volatilize and
l will get 70 gold at ALL" Nc is more of
a farm or than he is q miner and vet he