Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-04-18
Around the Horseshoe Belt.
HILL CITY.


us that the community is made up OF
inlefatigable prospe, tors who are ready
to meet the outside capitalists half way
The Harvey Peak Tin Mining, Milling
and Manufacturing company, represent.
ed by Mr.. Hepburn, had a bond
on the General Harnay and Wyoming
groupe Of mines located within q stones
throw of the town, for 1000 which ex
pired last week and they asked the own
ers for an extension of six months on
the bond, as Hepburn said, in order to
give them time to deyelope the mines
The owners, however, say that as no
work was done by the eco. "for the past
four months, they could see no reason
why six months extension would. do
them any good, hence they refused it.
The development made on the mines so
far by the company did not exceed a
shaft 25 feet deep.
I The district in which several good
loca ions have been shown up IL the
Dogtown located about 3 miles northeast
of town. The first claim was located by
Messrs. Coats and Petit, and is known
as the Tin Bell. A ten foot SHAFT on
this mine shows 3 foot ledge Of good
tin ore.
Messrs. Thompson, Workman and
Bat,ley own seven locations in this dis
trict on which work is being prosecuted
The average width of the veins in this
district, as in all near Hill City, is about
"a feet. The above mentioned gentle
men are putting the most Of their work
OH the location known AS the Snewshoe
on which tunnel has been started, that
that will tap the lead 100 feet. This /,
now in 20 feet.
Another groupe Of mines which at.
tracts the attention: Of the visitor is
known as the Campaign, consisting OF
live locations, owned by Messrs. Smith.
Cunningham and Higgins.
rhe Elocations adjoin those Of the
Gen. Harney groupe and 10 foot shaft
on the Campaign No. 2 shows a q foot
vein of good ore.
Repeated pan tests Of the ore from the
different locations surrounding Hill City,
made i'm our presence, always showed a
high percentage ofconcentrates Of black
i'm.
While ut this place We learned Of a
new strike made on the road between
the Summit and Grizzly Bear mines.
by Messrs. Finncy and Whitney, but
which We were unable to visit.
SUMMIT.
At the Summit the erection Of the
mill and tralnway by n. Atchison is
rapidly being pushed to completion and
"Atch." vii! finish at least l5 days sSoner
than the contract calls for, the 18th OF
May. The erection OF the tramway has
been subcoLtrac:ed to Jack Winn who
will have it also finished ahead Of time.
In the meantime, Supt. Batcteldor
is having the shaft timber and the mine
put in readiness for extracting ore as
soon as the tramway is completed. AS
stated in previous issue, developments
on the 100 foot level show 13 foot vein
of high grade ore that assays on an aver
age $50 per ton and mill tests made by
both Molitor Of Deadwood and Bailey Of
the Eta, give an average of $l3 to the
ton free milling and the managers are Of
the opinion that the free milling process
will prove successful from the start.
Mr.. Beaver, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the
financial manager Of the company is on
the grounds and is keeping an eye on
the improvements now being made. He
will remain until after the first run is
made.
10 THE ETA.
From the Summit to the Eta mine,
with the exception of the Grizzly Bear
mine, and here and there an industrious
tin propector, work seems to be suspend
ed and at Harney City and the Ell.
mine everyone is waiting to see what
the company propose to do, and are con-
sequently in an agonixing state OF sus.
pense, with business paralyzed owing to
the suspension of work on the COM