Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-04-03
Custer's TIN.

, Clusters TIN.
The Buffalo Gap News of March 25tl
devotes considerable space to Custer
tin mines, containing an elaborate ar
'icle embracing full history of tn
; various tin districts that surround Gus
ter city, from the earliest discover
: down to the present time. The writer
in this review, must be credited with
due regard for correctness Of details
and the evident intention Of presentin.
lhe true tin status of the localities de
scribeJ. We append the article in full
That Custer is destined to be the
centre of the greatest tin producing
region in the world no one acqualhteu
with its location and the mines THAI
surround il will deny. Hardly yeai
ago the first discovery was made in
what Is known as Narren's gulch Dy W.
L. Moore in ihe location known as the
Dolphin, and situated about six miles
west of custer. Previous TO tins dis
covery tin experts and prospectors had
| poo. .hOOed the Idea that lin was to be
| .ound in Custer county. With this
discovery and the location of the lin
| Mountain, W alltce and a dozen Others
IN the same district, came the eminent
| Prof. Stevens, who, with the writer
made Il visit to the locations and un.
qnailiieIiy pronounced them without
exception rich prospects, Uutrankiny
anything found in the Cornwall mines
OH the surface. Next came the discov.
cries by Messrs PeltZ and Scott of tin
bearing ore and q we'll defined vein in
the opposite direction from Custer CITY
and only about one and half miles
from town. This was followed by the
discoveries made by Messrs. McLaugh.
lin and Butlertieid about three miles
north of the city
While stream tin was found i'm all the
streams tributary TO French and Sprin.
creeks the three discoveries above men
toned cover all made in this class OF
mines for 1883.
Continued prospecting was carried on,
however, by The men who are the max
ing of any mining canp-the miner
who knows no snch word as fiil--and
! the advent of the presel, year witnessed
/ the disco, les by Doe faur,t and part
ncr, ON Tenderfoot. 81 to the north of
|
tLr Bond discoveries on the south, thus
! putting a complete tin felly to the wheel
| of which Custer is the hub, but that the
prOSpectors of Custer county seemed
bound to demonstrate that The first shall
be last and the last first in the King
dom of lin is shown by the discovery
OF the Toe Cork district which was
recorded in our Issue of last week, maie
by MeSsrs. Hebcrt, Mcconn, Fields,
Wright and Humphries, the original
discovery claim being called the Tin
| King
The above discovery was followed by
a diligent search for other veins by the
above parties, and Frank HeLcrt was
the first to be rewarded by the discov-
cry of a true fisure vein, which he calls
the Tin City, on the 18th inst, and the
next to catch on to the same vein
were the other four gentlemen mention
ed above, and who have named thoir
location the Maid Queen, and the Toe
Cork district now boasts of over ten
recorded claims, a majority of which
show good ore. The vein last discov-
cred is about ten feet wide and is said
to give an average yield Of ten per
cent tin. samples of which we now have
i'm this office. The ore is of the same
| character as found in the Coates mine
near Hill City. belonging to the Eta
company and said by them to be their
richest location and is found in quartz
itc rock impregnated with what is
known as bastard mica" by the old
time miners.
THE CAPITALIST.
That the tin districts of Custer county
as described offer opportunities for the
profitable investment of capital there is
no doubt, and that men with unlimited
means are now watching the tin inter
ests of the Black Hills with a view of
investing is equally true. Frank Davey,
whe returned last week from visit to
New York City, states that there are
many men Of many millions who have
caught the tin fever and only await the
coming of settled weather before paving
this district visit and it is safe to pre-
diet that more money will be invested
in the mines of Custer county this sea-
son than in all the previous ones
since '75.
The district is located on the Custer
and Deadwood road at what Is known
as Niggertown at the confluence of
Tenderfoot and Spring creeks, which
are capable Of furnishing water for
thousands Of stamps, while it is the
! centre also Of the finest timber belt in
the Hills, and the only practicable road
to the district is via Buffalo Gap and
Custer City.
ADVICE FOR THE PRosPECTOR.
The day has gone by when you can
get the price of a developed mine for a
prospect. past experience has taught
YOU this, but still We are all aware Of
numerous instances where. after claim
has been discovered having good ore, it
has been left by it's owners with only a
prospect hole to show its extent, with
he idea that it would bring from $685.
| 900 to 100000 as it stood. If you want
to sell such location ask prospect
price for it, hut our advice is for you to
put down a shaft from % feet 10 as far
as you are able to go, then when the
expert is sent to inspect the property
he has something to base his report
upon, whereasjf only prospect hoe
exists he has to so state. Every foot i'm
depth attained, while only costing Won
moi III IRE than SO adds thousands of
! dollar, to the value Of the claim.