Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-10-02
HAYWARD.
AL About the Battle Creek Gold Mining
Company.
Hayward, Sept. 26, lSS'

Company.
Hayward. Sept. 26, 1850.
EDITOR CHRoNICLE-AS the CHRONICLE
has again come to the front to do battle
for Custer county ard the southern Hill
it is proper for all those who feel an in
tercst in her prosperity as we'll as the
success of the many enterprises now on
foot tending to the development of this
portion Of our favored country. to also
come forward with items of news which
may be of interest to the general public.
Among the many enterprises inaugural
ed the past summer. one Of the most inn
portant Is that Of the Battle creek gold
mining company, located at this place
and whose immense improvements are
rapidly nearing completion. These con-
sist mainly of about four miles of flume
and five miles Of bitches, together with
immense reservoirs and dams. located
on all the most important streams tribu-
tary to Battle creek These are said to
have Il capacity of many millions of
gallons, sufficient to supply the compa-
ny's hydraulic works for many months
after the spring rains have ceased. The
cost Of this immense work has been
nearly a hundred thousand dollars. and
has been done under the eve and inn
mediate supervision Of Col. Tozier. the
general superintendent, whose superior
managing and business qualities have
contributed greatly to the success OF
the enterprise.
Mr. K. ID. Whoelock, who has the con
tract and carrying out Of the details of
the work is a rustler from away back.
he is generally in the saddle by $50 a
III. till late in the evening, and | will
venture the assertion that he has ridden
more miles this summer than anv man
in the country. He is now building
large residence Just below town. and his
family is expected TO occupy il in few
days as they are on their way into the
Hills.
Connection was made to-day between
the waters of Iron creek and Battle
creek. This is effected by means of
large iron pipe. fifteen inches i'm dia-
meter and something over seven hun
drcd feet in length, in the form of an
Inverted cyphon, and crosses Battle
creek from one fitmc to the other about a
mile above town. The Iron creek end
being about eighteen feet higher than the
Battle creek end gives the water a good
through the pipe the lower por
ton of the pipe lies upon trestle about
thirty feet high and is at this point
about one hundred and twenty-five feet
below the tlume. Notwithstanding the
immense pressure caused by this eleva-
ton of the pipe, which was made on the
ground, is plainly shown by a small
of leakage. About a half mile
north Of this crossing the combined
streams cross Foster gulch in a flume on
a treStle about seventy-five feet high
and six hundred feet in length. This is
in the most substantial
manner and is nicely painted present
ing an imposing appearance. Although
this work has occupied about four
months of time and hundreds of men
been employed, but few accidents have
happened and the company has earned
an enviable reputation for promptncss
in the settlement Of wages The initial
point toward which all this work tends.
is the immense deposits of auriferouS
gravel on Mamcluke Hill, and in fact
for miles down Battle creek, these
great deposits extend which in time
will be made 10 give up their treasures
to the enterprising hand of men. These
gravel beds are high above the bed of
the creek and from five to fifty feet in
depth The one on Mameluhe Hill hav-
ing depth of forty feet and prospecting
nicely from grass roots to the bed rock.
As the water at this point will have
a fall of over a hundred feet, and the
bar dump ofa least fifty feet into the
creek, some idea can be had of what
this company will be able to do in the
way of contributing to the wealth ofthe
county, and lining their own pockets
The hydraulic pipe for the work is
now being made on the ground, and
predict that the coming summer will
witness cleanup here that will aston
iSh the natives.
With many wishes for the success of
your journal, am,
Very truly yours, {. G.
The most eXpeditOns woman we have