Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-11-07
What Expert Allen Thinks About Black
Hills Tin,

As stated in the CHRONICLE OF a week
ago, Samuel Scott, of Rapid City, and w.
ii. Allen, a mining expert of London.
England, spent the latter part of last
week in an examination of the tin prop
critics known as the Everly group, and
in preparing report which Mr.. Allen
VIII make TO the English syndicate
which he represents. The work Of in
spection was completed Friday, aud the
gentlemen went direct to Rapid City.
Expert Allen departed for New York
and London Saturday morning, and
something of the nature ofthe report he
expects to make may be inferred from
the following, taken from the Rapid
city Daily Journal of Saturday, October
3lst
Yesterday there arrived in THIS city
Colonel j. ii. Allen, of Baltimore. who
Was sent to this country ia company
Win SAMUEL Scott "a report on the Har-
hey Clty I'm Mining company's property
CONSISTING oi slAsy-twO mining locations.
t~o water. rights and 20 acres of placer
gfouLu 10 be Used Tor mil cite. The
party came direct from New York TO
custer 'lty, and alter spending nearly a
week In tne mines reached THIS CITY
yesterday forenoon.
lhe co,onel Was sent by q COMPANY of
New York aud London capitalists. that
nave bond on the property, 10 make "A
thorough Inspection oi all the property
under Oond and property adjacent. He
returns east this morning by way oi
d"ood. and after making report 10
the New York parties viii at once pro-
ceed to London.
In an Interview with a JourHa, re
porter yesterday afternoon, it was Isarn-
ed that the colonel was promoter of
large coal and iron mining company. of
tennessee, and successfully handled the
property III London markets. lie said
that he anticipated no trouble in secur-
Ing all the capital necessary To place the
tin property on producing basis, as
every enterprise he has offered 10 his
English friends is to-day paying them
handsome dividends
In answer to what he thought of the
tin deposits of the Black Hills, the
colonel said that mo one company can
S'N' "" Va NcatiOi NhC vast dtpDSiiS
had the pleasure of seeing, and 1 did not
visit the vicinity Of Hill City either"
Why sal 1 he. Il saw so much valu-
able Tin deposits during my stay in the
mining section that would not look AT
any more, and then all of it will yield
three per cent metallic tin, which is
more than double that OF any mining
country on earth and there is no reason
why the company represent cannot be
able TO place block tin on the market
inside of two years, and il the Harvey
Peak company is handled as it should
be, tin ought to be shipped from the
Black Hills during the early part Of next
year."
The colonel was well pleased with his
visit to the Hills and says he will again
visit them early next season. On his
return east he will make an elaborate
report on the property, and he takes
with him samples Of ore from each loca-
tion visited, so that the ore can be thor
oughly tested by the parties in England.
1t is understood that the property will
be capitalized at 100000, and the
greater portion of this amount will be
used in placing the property on q pro-
ducing basis. There are now 900 tons
OF good tin ore on the dumps and as
soon as the different claims are opened
machinery will be placed OH the prop
erty.