Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-01-19
Mining Items.

Mining Items.
Frank Hebert is now in charge as
Superintendent of the Clara Belle mine.
About seven men are employed drifting
toward the ledge from the $50 foot level.
The drift is in quite distance and it is
thought that the ledge will soon be en-
countered.
The Aarondale Wolfram Company
says the Hill City News, was recently
organized with Mr., Gus Muller of the
Pittsburg Steel company as president
Miss Josephine Aaron as secretary and
K. j. TruaX as general manager. The
company own eight claims near the
Remington ranch. A hoist has been
ordered and the company expects to do
considerable development work. Dur
ing his fathers absence Geo. l.. Truax is
attending to the management.
We understand that Harry Francis
has stopped shipping his sulphide ore to
Chicago for the present. One reason
for this is that the road just now is well
nigh impossible, and another, and far
more potent reason is that Harry has
! found out that the ore which is in de.
maud, and which he has been selling at
price based on the sulphur contents
! alone, contains as well about $40 worth
of antimony to the ton. We are glad to
hear this, and would consider that it
called for new contract.
We learn that the smelter at Rapid
has suspended operations for the pres
ent owing TO the closing down of the
mines in the Bald Mountain district as
a result of the present miners strike.
We do not know how this will effect the
enterprise of our friends Mckinney and
| Lewis who, We understand, bought the
! Golden Reward dump, with the calCu
lation Of having the same treated in the
Rapid smelter. We hope the strike may
| soon be settled on some basis that is
| Just and fair, and the shut down may be
OF short duration, as it is very detrlmen-
! tai to all parties concerned.
While doing the annual assessment
work on the Skagoway group of mines.
situated in Susan gulch aboutthree miles
west from Custer the miners made a
new and important strike in that mine.
1t seems that the vein had faulted near
the surface and the miners by running
drift from the big open cut came on to
it going down nearly straight, and was
about five feet in width and very rich
showing up we'll in free gold The
Skagoway joins the Old Ben which is a
large vein ofquartz which runs by the
fire assay about $500 per ton All in
dicatlOns 90 TO prove an unusually rich,
zone of gold ore centers in that locality
and we expect TO receive good reports
from that locality in the near future.
The New York Mica mine we are in
formed is now yielding at the rate of
one ton per day of good solid merchant.
able mica, which is very good showing
considering the mine is as yet but mea-
grely developed. There are abouttwe
ty-fve miners at work and mine sorters
at the mine. At the mica room in Gus
ter there are something over twenty
young ladies at work trimming mica
and there is work for about twenty more
| to keep up with the demand. The White
Spar mica mine is also yielding an ex
cellent quality Of mica and is opening
up fine. Both Of these properties be-
| long to the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing company whose business
in this locality is expanding very fast.
Or. Herman Rate came in from the
ivanhoe mine on Thursday last on pro.
fessional business The DR.. reports
everything going smoothly at the mine,
and that they are at present drifting on
the 800 foot level to strike the vein re-
Gently discovered at the surface which
carries good milling ore and is eight
feet wide. We sincerely hope ne may
strike the ore body Just where he has
reason TO expect il, bpt our experience
has taught ms that in prospecting, devel-
oping and opening mp mine in this
country it is safest and best to sink on
the incline, follow the ore and keep it in
sight all the lime. men The mine IL
developed in that way to an extent that
you know the size and position Of your
ore bodies it is time enough then to sink
a ing shaft and you will know ex-
actly wher> you want 1t.
ST. ELMO PROPERTY.
Adolf Ruechel while doing the assess
ment work on the claims of the st. Elmo
property discovered some quartz on the
surface Tracing it along the streak OF
quartz let him right under the old was {
dump and shoveling aside as much al
was necessary he found under it five
foot ledge of gold bearing quartz, which
; Mr.. Ruechel says, pans well. He has
uncovered the vein for about 100 feet in
length and has notified Mr.. Grantz o
the find who will have the vein further