The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-06
Ash Creek Items.

Of moisture and fine weather for
crops OF all kinds.
Frank Rood, of Ash Creek, has
gone TO r 9chostcr Mimi, to have
an operation performed on one OF
his limbs. Mr.. Rood had the mis-
fortune to fall down a stairway and
dislocatc one of his knee caps, some
time ago, from whi:h he has never
recovered.
Thomas Mcdonald, of Ash Greek,
arrived from Pierre last week with
freight for Elmer Hawks, of P,dro
Abel Doughty and family have
gone to Rapid City to spend the 4th
of July.
The eagle is going to scream
longer and louder than it ever has
at Pedro this coming 4th Of July.
Mr.. Hawks if sparing neither time
nor money to make it one OF the
grandest celebrations that has ever
been on this side of the Cheyenne
river.
w. R. Cooke, OF Pedro has arifted
back to his old range on Antelope
creek, near Rapid CITY, for few
days recreation with his old friends
and relatives.
Ben Grover is Rapid City visitor
at this writing.
William Grover, of Dirty Woman
creek was rusticating among friends
on Ash Greek last Sunday. Looks
e rather suspicious Will, to Sc a
bachelor driving around all alone in
: a ouggy, well we won't tell it all
d this time.
Dennis Callan, OF Ash Greek made
J. flying trip to Pierre, last week
and he went by the way of Plum
creek and that is all for this time.
Alec Shoemaker the proprietor o
= the variety store Of Grindstone, an
nounccs in the Bee that he is going
Is to have one of the grandest shines
1t this Fourth at his place that the res
ervation has ever experienced aa(
al there will be no Intoxicating liquor
ly during the day.
Miss Mary Quill, of Rainy creek
ss has been sewing for Mrs. Erau1
10 Rood. of Ash Greek the past week
= Arthur Fnnegan has gone 4
a. Ri / after supplies fer hay harvcst
! Mrs. Myrtle Dupree, Of near Mid
- land was the guest of Mrs. Mary Fur
40 geson last week.
IS The Cheyenne River is on Tn
IN rampage now, Elmer Clifford, Q
~ Pcpro, was crossing one day recen,
ly and drowned one OF his hors
and came near loos:ng his own life
The Sme,t n
IS cd into fiat moulds so that
4 can be easily broken up. tThi
le first matter contains about fv
u per cent Of copper and is con
"a centrated by passing through tn
., furnace until it contains 20 pc
le cent copper and it is then read,
% to ship to Omaha where tn,
= American Smelling and Rein
't ing Co., refined it.
u 1t is an interesting sight te
see a clogged tuyere opened. 4
,. ). tuyere is a nozzle through WI i'll
II the air blast enters, and some
e times one fills up with Stag
e When that happens a cap is re
y moved and a long iron bar i;
b driven through the chilled slas
s to-the liquid Stag beyond. Al
Q the iron is Will drawn stream
) Of molton Stag le is out from
I J. the hole splashil,s all over he
I p zee in sparks Of fire. Mem
; while the room is filled with
/, "mineral wool'' floating mas ses
9 that look like cotton but arc
;, really threads Of Stag like spun
j glass. When the tuyere is
: cleared the cap is replaced and
/, the work goes on as, before.
n The men employed are almost
Q all old smelter men, Mr.. An
+ dorson the foreman, having had
i more than 20 years experience
Il in the work. 1t takes skilled
labor to do a large part Of the
0 work around a furnace, for "a
81 mistake may be costly. 5sFreez-
n ing,'' OF solidifying Of the
@ charge sometimes takes place
in furnace improperly run and
it is a very expensive and labor
) ious job to let furnace cool
! and then remove the contents,
For this reason all the condi-
) tions, the proportion of the
! charge, the amount of coke
= 5,,cnI +l,n h1ack o,,I tho tonr;,,o.