Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-12-19

will drain Off Part Of the machinery
has already arrived, but will not be
placed in position for several weeks yet
The gentleman also reports active work
being done on the Cowboy, Coates and
other properties of the company The
indications are that next spring will see
the beginning Of a new era in the tin
industry Of the Hills-Pioneer.
VIM. Nolan. rancher living near
Whitewood, has discover'd large deposit
of cement near his place. He exhibited
samples of three grades and colors in
the city Yesterday, and stated that com.
petent judges pronounce it an excellent /
article. The discovery will undoubted-
ly lead to the erection of works for
preparation of cement for various build
ing purposes at an early day. Builders
inform us there is an excellent market
here for the material, as Portland and
other cements are brought great dis
tances, and are necessarily quite ex-
pensive.-Times.
Bill Delaney and Jim Young, night
and day foremen of the ST. Anthony
mine. Galena, were in the city yester-
day. The gentlemen brought in some
handsome samples of a rich strike they
just made on that property. The find
shows face Of fifteen feet in galena
and pyrites and assays big. The strike
is the richest found in that district for a
long time. The owners are jubilant
over the find and consider their fortunes
as good as made.-Pioneer.
THE SPOKANE MINE.
p F. Mcmahon, of Spokane, is in
town to-day looking after his interests
in the Keystone mining district. He
said to Republican reporter that, al
though Spokane was little dull at
present, the company has increased its
force on the mine and intended shaking
the shaft further down. 1t has now
reached depth Of l06 feet and the vein
there measures % inches of pure galena,
which keeps increasing in richness as
the shaft deepens. The company ship
ped carload Of ore TO Omaha this
week and long before sent some to
Deadwood. Although the difference in
freight should materially favor Dead
wood in the final results, yet Mr.. Nc
Mahon says there is little difference in
the net profit between the two places.
The ore that is being sent out just now
is taken from draft at sixty foot
el-Rapid Republicans.
THE JUMBO GROUP.
]. w. Moody of Hayward one of the
owners of the Jumbo group is in the
city to-day. The Jumbo group consists
of seventeen claims and extends over a
large area of the best tin property in the
Hills. The owners now have an open
cut for eighty feet along the vein and a
sixteen foot shaft. The lead is fifteen
feet and large amount Of ore is in sight.
The ore averages FIVE per cent of con-
centrates or about three or three quar-
ters per cent of metallic tin The
owners are J. w. Moody, II. 8. Thomas,
d. y. Swanzey, Con. Liston. JAS HALEY,
Tom Sweeney, DIR. Flick and Chas. Hay
ward There are no bonds upon the
property and the owners have unlimited
confidence in its future. Republican
RIVAL OF THE HoMEsTAKE.
Chet. Wheelock, of Harvey City, is in
town to-day and brings a most favorrble
report of the development upon the
Keystone. Twelve men are now work
ing day and night shifts on the tunnel
and cross-eut, the latter being nearly
completed. As the tunnel enters the
ore grows softer and richer. Streaks of
ore rich in free gold are often encount-
out shows that the mine bids fair to
rival the Hemestake Major Simmons,
the superintendent, is now at the mine
and Mr.. Wheelock says that he is so
can hardly sleep but gets up in the
mluule OF tne night 10 pOuHu anu pan
out the ore. The Keystone will prob.
ably be adding largely to the gold out
put of the Hills within year.-Rapid
Republican.
GOOD SHOWING.
Incredible as it may seem to even
those who reside in the Black Hills, the
total bullion production of the Northern
Hills for the past year has been over
$4,O00,OO0. When it is taken into con
sideration that some of the heaviest
bullion producers, such as the Golden
Reward and Big Missouri, have only
been in operation for portion of the
year, the amount Is stupendous. Next
year we shall rival any state in the
Union in bullion production. Pioneer.