Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-02-15
Mining Notes.

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the well known Willow Creek tin lode,
located one mile and a half north of this
city. The working shaft is 0 about
twenty feet deep, and the ore, ex-
ceptionally rich on the s~urflce, is at this
depth surpassed by no other mine in
the Hills.
1t is rumored that the Harvey Peak
Tin company will soon put on extensive
machinery at the Tin Reef. While it is
impossible TO verify the rumor, We a
see no reason why it should not be true.
The II. p. T. company are not unlike
the b. q NJ. Railroad company, in that
they exclude the public from all knowl-
edge Of their contemplated movements.
1t is only what they have done that
may be referred to with any degree Of
certainty as to correctness of detail I;
what they may do is largely speculative,
and at best can only be conjectured.
This immediate locality is most favor
able for, and we believe the Harvey
company will soon utilize it in adding a
number Of interesting pages to the tin
history of the Southern Hills.
THE
Everything is working smoothly at
the Glendale mine and mill. Ed Hazel
tine came ia on business from that busy
tin camp on Monday, and reports min
ing and milling operations in full blast
with the most satisfactory results. A
| shipment OF tin concentrates was made
OH Saturday, and regular shipments viii
be made hereafter. The machinery
works like a charm, and the tailings
from the mill, unlike those of the Eta
and Tin Mountain plants, are practically
free from tin. The mine is now in such
condition as TO make it an easy matter
TO supply the plant with ore. The com
pany have under contemplation the
erection of a FIVE hundred ton plant In
the spring, which is fully justified by
the extensive bodies of rich ore recent-
~ encountered in the Glendale and
| other lodes Of their group. Twenty-four
miners are now engaged in the mines
which number will be increased from
| time TO time as occasion may demand.
! 1t is the evident intention of this com.
pany to definitely settle the question rs
TO the existence Of tin in paying guam
titles In the Black Hills by actual de-
monstration, q consummation 80 long
and devoutly hoped for by the residents
| of the region most interested.
BEAR aULcH TIN.
The tin deposits Of the Bear Gulch
tin district, of the Northern Hills, r
now attracting the attention of Lincoln
(Neb.) Capitalists, a committee appoint
ed by the board of trade of hat city to
examine and report upon the same,
having recently visited the district.
Referring to the visit of the committee,
the Speartish Register of the Sth inst.
says:
The visit Of the Lincoln committee
last week was an event of more II a
ordinary importance to the camp, be-
| cause the gentleman were representa-
| tives of Western capitalists. Men who
have made their wealth by their own
individual energy and foresight, and
| who will not let tribes stand in the way
| Of their taking hold of such manifestly
profitable investment as that OF reduc-
| lion works for the tin ORES ofthe camp
| What they saw in the camp was a rev.
| citation and surprise to them. A q
| ~elation, because they found the tin re-
sources OF the camp exceeding the rep
| reservations made W them; a surprise,
because, having heard but little Of the
camp, they were ~unprepared to find the
amount Of development done that they
saw with their own eyes. Prof. Hicks,
the g~eoiogist and minerologist of the
party, made careful investigation, and
did not hesitate to express a 0 favor
| able opinion of the camp. The poorest
looking piece Of tin ore he could find
| with not q visible particle OF tin in 1t,
| was pounded up by Mr.. Miller In the
presence ofthe committee, pauned out,
and showed a rich percentage NEARLY
a ~teaspoonful of tin TO a pound and a
| half of rock. Then the committee went
to the Boston Commercial claim, u
number of them decended the shaft, had
| a hole drilled and fired intheir presence
! they being the first to go down after the
shot and get the loosened ore, every
| piece of which showed tin this they
took with them TO Lincoln and Sampled
there, being able to tell the Lincoln
board of trade that the ore was In no
way selected for the special purpose, but
represented the ore as 1t came direct
from Il Q ledge.
AS stated in these columns last week,
II il the intention Of the Lincoln CAPT.
talists TO put up reduction works in this
| vicinity, ship the concentrates to Lin
coin, and there refine them ultimate,
" also TO establish tin plate works. The
gentlemen calculate that the difference
in wages between here and Lincoln will