Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-08-15

vi tic park. h1f Taylor htateI III toH-
versation that he saw nothing finer dur
ing trip through Switzerland last sum
mer.
Mining Items.
The Deadwood and Delaware smelter
company's plant went out Of blast Friday
night, and it will probably be week
or ten days from that timo before the
furnace fires are burning again. In the
meantime certain changes and alter
atiohs In the machinery and furnaces
will be made. During the brief period
the plant has been in operation it
been demonstrated beyond all doubt
and TO the entire satisfaction of sll
interested parties that the process
in use is an unqualified success
and the Times says that work will soon
be resumed and continue as long as
Deadwood is Deadwood and the Hills
have ore."
Five of the men employed at Tender
foot when she closed week ago were
put to work again Wednesday morn
ing, together with nhmber Of new men,
and once more the tin camp is scene
Of activity. it is now understood that
the purpose of the shut down last week
was to make general change Of forces
on the different properties of the COM
pany. Ex-Foreman McFadden, who Of
fered his resignation last week, hes been
succeeded by Chas. Madden of the Cow
Boy, who Will from now on have charge
of the Custer district. 1t is generally
understood that Tin Reef, Willow Creek
and other properties in this vicinity
will be opened up within a few days,
but nothing definite has as yet been
made public.
THE BLUE BIRD.
If fCharles Harbach greets his friends
with broad smile on his countenance
these days it need not be wondered at.
Tuesday morning he received from the
Omaha Smelling Co. the report OF An
assay made on ore taken from the Blue
Bird mine on his ranch a mile east OF
town, and from ii he learns that the ore
in which his men have been working
carries of fJld in every ton Si OF and of
silver l29.40 os, total value of sl5l.70.
The ore which was submitted to the
Omaha assayers was taken from the
ua.n shaft of the Blue Bird at depth
Of 40 feet, and from a clearly defined
ledge that is unqnestioDably inexhaust-
ible. Mr.. Harbach will lose no time in
pushing the work on his mine and will
in very few days commence the ship
ment Of ore. He has been holding con-
situations with Is. & NJ. officials and they
without hesitation promise to lay track
10 the mine as soon as he is ready to
ship ore in any quantities. Mr.. Har.
bach's good fortune should have a
ckening effect on every citizen of
Custer. 1t is good fortune for the town
and all its people, and with the material
iIation of the present magnificent pros.
poets the effect on our city can hardly
be estimated.
THE AMBER GROUP.
On the Harbach ranch east of town,
and only few hundred yards from the
valuable Blue Bird silver mine, John
Lundberg and Geo Iseman, two practi-
cal miners. are running tunnel on what
is known as the Amber group. Every
other day sack Of unsolicited ore is
send to Deadwood and assayed for gold.
What the results Of these assays have
oeen, no one but the owners Of the
mine and their trusted assistants know
but one fact is self-evident-they are
pushing the work steadily, timbering the
tunnel substantially, which is now 40
feet deep, and doing everything in a
business like manner.
TIN ORE IN THE BLACK HILLS.
Chicago, Aug. III. Seton-Karr, a
member Of the English house Of parlia-
ment and one OF the directors Of the
Harvey Peak Mining company, whose
interests are in the Black Hills of South
Dasota, is authority for the statement
that there are 100000 tons of tin ore
averaging 2t per cent. in sight and on
the dumps at the mines at Hill City, s. d.
"The numerous aenials from different
quarters to the effect that there is no tin
in the Black Hills do not alarm US in
the least, for we know what the mines
can produce" said Mr.. Seton Karr when
at the Hotel Richelieu yesterday.
"Our mill will soon be on the ground
aud soon after its erection there 500 tons
OF the ore will be crushed every day.
The block tin which the mill will turn
out contains rs per cent. Of the pure
metal. We have not yet determined
where the smelling is to be done, hai
tho block tin will probably be shipped
to Omaha for that purpose. The per
sons who have been talking about there
lot being any tin at Hill City will soon
discover their error, for we shall soon
be producing pure tin. A large quantity
of 1t will be shipped to England despite
the output ofthe Cornwall mines Large
quantities of the block tin as well as the
pure metal will be shipped across the
water.
"Mr. Childs. the mining expert, re-
fused fattering offer from the Aua-
conda Mining company to accept posi-
tiop with the Harvey Peak, and il he
did not know that osf mines are all that
have been claimed he would have &C.
cepted the Anaconda Offer"
The visitor Is on his way TO the Black
Hills. This is his second visit To the
mines there. He will leave for Hill
City to night.
The weather for the past week or
ten days has been exceptionally warm
for Custer, hit while tempted to COM
plain trihe. We cannot help but feel
grateful that VIC arc spared the 20 or SO
degrees higher temperature that is pre-
valsnt on every side, and that every
might is cool and Yefrcshfna.