Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-29
IN GOOD CONDITION
TO RESUME OPERATIONS

IN GOOD CONDITION
TO RESUME OPERATIONS
There is probability that the in
ternal trouble which has caused a
suspension OF operations at the
Golden Crest Mining company prop
erty in the Two Bit district, will be
adjusted in the near future. 1t Is
that deal Is now pend
ing which will allow one of the par
ties to the controversy to retire
from the company and receive for
his interest a sum upon which all
parties are said to have agreed. II
this report is well founded. it is be-
lieved the other party will exper-
ience no difficulty in raising the
amount required and in that event,
an immediate resumption of work
will be had.
At the time of the recent suspen-
sion and appointment of a receiver,
who is now in charge of the proper
ty, the equipment had been complet-
ed and the various plants were in
perfect condition. There is not a
more complete outfit of mining ma
chinery on any ground in the Black
Hills and it is doubtful if the equip
ment is excelled, in point of detail,
by any mining company in the world
The 200 ton cyanide mill, which has
just been completed at cost of
more than 100000, Is as perfect, as
up-to-date machinery can make 1t,
and all the material in the building
is of the best quality. There was
practically nothing of the old ten
stamp mill used in the construction
of tae new one. The new mill is
equipped with forty stamps set up In
the most substantial manner. The
crusher is located near the collar of
the shaft and the broken rock Is con
veyed to the top of the mill over
belt conveyor. From the stamps,
the crushed rock passes to two Dorr
classifiers, the shines going to a
slime agitation tanks and the sands
passing to a tube mill, which has
capacity of 125 tons daily. The
slimed products from the tube mill,
goes on to the slime storage tanks
and agitators and the coarser stuff
Is taken back for another grinding.
Thus the entire product of the
stamps is reduced to shines, all Of
which is treated by the Moore filter
press process, which is installed in
duplicate at the lower end Of the
mill. The precipitation department
and cleanup apparatus are most con-
veniently arranged, in fact the en-
tire process down to the last detail,
is as perfect as possible. The mill
is operated by electricity, furnished
by the Consolidated Power and
Light company. All tanks are of
steel.
In addition to the mill, the other
departments are as carefully design
ed and as completely furnished.
There is a fully equipped machine
shop, a we'll furnished carpenter
shop and a first class blacksmith
shop, all operated by electrically
driven machinery. The mine tim
bers are framed by patent framing
device which permits of the work be-
ing done in about one tenth Of the
time required for hand work. The
assay office is also one of the latest
design and equipment.
The mine machinery is the best
than can be procured and consists of
an electric and steam hoist the lat
ter being used in case of emer
ency. There is also an electrician
driven compressor, with a capacity
of eight drills. The shaft which
was originally sunk as double
compartment to the 200 level, has
been converted into a three COM
partment and is now sunk to the
800 level, at which point a large
station has been cut. Cross-cutting
to the south had been started when
work was suspended.
A finely constructed building, of
two stories and a basement, is used
for the company offices and as a
dwelling house for the officers and
their families when they are Wis
iting the property. The house is
electric lighted and has hot and
cold running water. There is also
on the property well furnished lit
tie bungalow, built by F.. w. Bird,
one of the principal stockholders,
which is occupied during the sum-
mer by Mr.. Bird and his family.