Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-10
Mining Items.

saiu thiS week wnlle In conversation
with Pioneer reporter: IL am advers,
to newspaper noioriety in the matter o
our mines to produce tin for consump
ton Of the American market, and 1 be
lieye that our production in a shor
time will speak for itself The approx
mate time when our mills will turn ou
tin concentrates do not care TO say, al
there are many things TO delay us In tn,
details of construction, but think yot
may safely say that before the end o.
this year the world will be ready to &C
knowledge the value of the tin mines o.
South Dakota. We have expended
nearly million dollars in purchasing
and developing our tin property, and Il
Is silly TO suppose for an instant thai
this money has been spent without
there being cer.ainty that II would
prove profitable. The Harvey Peak Tir
company can and will produce tin in
paying quantities, and IL will only be Q
short time before this fact becomes
patent 10 the world"
| THE KEYSTONE SOLD.
The Keystone gold property, located
sixteen miles northeast Of Custer, is
actually sold, the money having been
deposited in the bank at Rapid City. and
in ninety days the mine will be a
genuine producer. Maj. Simmons, who
has had charge Of the development work
for months past, and who was really the
middle man in the transaction, says
THE titles to the property which is To-
Gated on Battle creek in Pennington
county, twenty miles from Rapid City,
have passed TO the Keystone Gold Min
ing company with headquarters at st.
Paul. This company is composed of
some Of the best business and financial
ability in the northwest. They have
spent s25, 900 in developing the property
and raised il from prospecting venture
TO straight, square business PROPOSE.
tion. The company will now proceed
to erect milling plant of 100 tons daily
capacity, with power for double that
capacity, which will probably be added
at an early date. The work done has
placed in sight sufficient ore TO run the
mill between three and four years. The
plant will be first class amalgamating
and concentrating mill with pumps and
hosting machinery for operating the
lower depths Of the mine below water
line. About ! 800 feet Of underground
exploration has been prosecuted during
the past year, reaching a depth Of 305
fees from discovery to the water line
The various cross-cuts and levels open
ed have placed the quantity OF ore nam
ed above in sight. The company owns
1, 800 feet in extent along the lode, and
have other valuable rights and privileges
under bond. Il is probable that the
within the next ninety days. "And
amer that time" concluded Major Sim
mons, "the property will speak for it.
self"
Is 1T THE LOST CAVE.
VIM. Denny, an old prospector, ar
rived yesterday from Wyoming with
several very rich gold nuggets, pocket
full of IN oney and strange story of 4
rich discovery in the western Hills.
Denny, who was formerly employed as
a foreman. in the coal mines at Cam
bria, Wyo., tells his story Of the dis
covery of the rich ore in his possession
as follows: He started on prospect
ing tour about two weeks ago aud acci-
dentaily found in the western Hills a
cavern which he at first supposed was q
natural cave, but which proved upon
investigation to have been hewh out oil
the mountain side. In the cavern he
found human skeleton and, hidden
away in a secret place, quantity of gold
nuggets which must be worth at least
$4,000. Further and extended search
found the mine from which the nuggets
were taken. which Jenny describes as
marvelously rich. He yesterday de-
posted large amount Of gold with DR..
Robert Goehring, the Homestake as
sayer, and after coming to this city dis
played number of rich specimens and
expended considerable money. lie
thinks he has found the famous Lost
Cabin, for which so many men have
searched in vain. He refuses to de-
scribe the exact locality of the mine,
but says it is about fifty miles westward
from Deadwood. His story, backed by
the nuggets IN his possession, was given
general credence and aroused consider
able excitement.-Pioneer.
CUSTER ALL RIGHT.
Considerable activity has been dis
played in Custer during the past month,
and many valuable mining properties
have been bonded 10 eastern syndicates.
This new impetus to the mining indus
try at Custer, which has been virtually
at stand still, Was gwen by Prof.
Henry Zahn. the mining expert, who
arrived in the city several weeks ago to
examine and report on mining proper
ties for an eastern syndicate. The
gentleman has also the authority TO
bond all likely looking properties for his
syndicate. Thus far his examinations
haye been confined to the claims of j.
Harbrouk and others, upon which he
has put 30-day bond. He has also
purchased the North Pole property,
owned by Fred Russell. Professor Zshn
is not alone in his quest for promising
mining properties, as several capitalists
are now in the vicinity of Custer look
ing for bargains. From the present out
look Custer will become q rival for
mining business with the great Bald
Mountain mining distTict.-Times.
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