Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-04
Custer's Tn Tributaries.

WaIren's gulch tin district, Of which
a brief description was given in our
To a higher degree of prominence than
any other, a fact due to extensive in
vestments and advanced development,
comprises but one of the five promising
districts which are directly tributary to
this city. Other districts Of equal
promise, so far as development has
been extended, some Of which lie in our
immediate vicinity will doubtless, when
they have received equal attention,
attain 10 corresponding prominence.
Conspicuous among the number, by
reason Of the vast number of outcrop-
ping lodes, upon which the highest eX-
pectations of prospective value are
based, is the Tin Reef district, SO called
| from a noted claim of that name there
located, and which with other claims,
| comprising what is known as the Tin
Reef group. was sold to the Harney
Peak Tin company for the handsome
sum of $25,Oo0. This district, tapping
upon the northern limits of this city,
embraces within It's boundaries, which
extend northwest a distance of three
miles, where it intersccts the Park dis
trict no less than two hundred locations,
many Of which have reached a high
degree Of local prominence The lodes
Of this district are massive and we'll
defined, with large outcrops the ore
being usually found in combination
with mica Schist, albte and other vare-
ties of fcldspar, and the average grade
Of the ore is not exceeded in any other
known district.
Bordering upon this is the Park dis
trict, where probably one hundred and
fifty locations have been made, promi-
nent among which is the Daisy group"
at present under bond to the Harney
Peak Tin company. This district has
received less attention than any other,
1lib ''t 'lliH N'l'Iii-, hiIIC d IdISt !'tl
cent of the claims present the most
lattering indications Of value, the work
of development has been comparatively
insignificant Adjoining this district
upon the northwest, hes the IenderiOOt
district, noted for ores Of phenomenal
richness there found in the prominent
Iodes and the vast amount of float rock
OF remarkable richness winch hes scat
tered promlScuously upon the mountain
SIDES. lhe MISSING Llhk group, owned
by the liarhey Feak company, among
the many groups mere found, Is probably
lle most prominent laIr estimate OF
lIe huinoer o. locations maze IN inns
distflct WouId pfooapiy pe about TWO
hundred.
Inc NlggefNII'e dls'fict, In which Is
located me N"lad queen group, now
ui"er pohd 10 lhe liarhey feak com
pallE, Hea Immediately northwest OF the
lehuerlooI district the greater portlon
oi "lll'h extends beyond Nprlh. creek,
IN Which IL Is estimated more than two
hnhdred claims nave oeen located. lhls
ulS'rl't contains many iodes OF rare
promise, ana much confidence Is mani
rested IN It's future productive proml-
nence'
Ihe hve districts named which are
directly tributary TO Custer, embrace
more than one thousand locations Of
varying prominence, among which many
compare iaVoraDly, at corresponding
depth with the best mines found IN any
country The districts lying further
north, and which Will ever be, at least
indirectly, If not directly tributary TO
this city, lie contiguous to Hill City,
upon which the residents there very
reasonably base their hopes of future
advancement
Ihe magnitude of the tin industry in
these districts, when fully established
can scarcely be estimated; and that the
final success of til operations Will result
in the building Of large city at some
desirable point within the boundaries
OF the tin belt, Will scarcely be denied