Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-07-16
Mining Items.


DIR. T. l.. Taylor. of this city, reS(0Ged
a letter yesterday from J. b.
Denver, requesting that a car loaH of ore
be sent 10 him from the Old Charley
mine at Four Mile, on which they a.
present hold a bond. The ore will be
treated at Denver by the McArthup-
Forrest (cyanide) process, and if salts
factory, work on the mine and mill will
be commenced at M early date.
CUSTER PEAR MINIS.
Custer Peak Mining district, since in
terest in the Uncle Sam mine died out,
has received but little notice. Latterly.
however, a revival has set in which bids
fair TO force it prominently TO the front
II has always been supposed that Custer
Peak was very rich in all kinds OF preci-
Gus metals and if recent reports, from a
reliable source can be s~ubstantiated the
district has a bright future. Mr.. w. NJ.
Merritt visited Rapid City to-day with
several boxes full Of promising looking
ore taken from the Metallic Wealth,
Equal Rights, Mineral World, Grown
Point, Single Tax, Advance, Freedoms,
Sulphide, and Independent prospects,
all in that district. His mission here il
for the purpose of inducing capital with
which to push development and he
takes this method Of accomplishing his
purpose. The display of rock attracted
a great deal of attention on the street.
When seen by a Republican reporter
Mr.. Merritt, who is a pioneer, stated
that the district is situated at the head
of Box Elder aud Elk creek. about two
miles from the b, & NJ, and the same
distance from the +. =. & b. II. rail-
road. lie says the meialiferous ores
found there are gold, silver, copper. car
Donates of lead and other sorts Of lead
with much iron ore. There are several
hundreds veins IN the district. There
are found in the Older vertical slaty
rocks and in the horizontal formation.
Very little development has been done
in the district, the greatest depth being
on the 81. JOAN prospect, which is now
down seventy feet and where a hoist
and stamp mill are now being erected
Rapid Republican. ~
TIN MILL 70 BE STARTED.
The Harvey Peak Tin company direc-
tors who have spent a week here exam
ming their tin propertiee have decided
to start the tin mill. This is the fourth
mill to begin the reduction of tin ore in
the Southern Hills, but unlike in former
years, this plant has only been erected
after years have been spent in the de-
velopment OF the tin claims which has
proven that tin can be worked and
mined with a profit in this country.
There can hardly be any doubt now as
to the final success of the enterprise.
The company left "Wednesday. i'm COM
pany with superintendent j. s. Childs.
for the Northern Hills, where they
visited the Belt mines. They returned
yesterday. they did not stop off. but
continued their journey TO Chicago.
There they expect to meet the officers
of the b. x nj. II. r. to make the neces.
sary arrangements with them for build
ing the spurs To the mines, as soon as
this is done work on them will be COM
menced Immediately. The dull times
will be over then and Hill City people
may look forward for a lively fall and
for a steady increasing business as soon
as the production of tin begins. Mir.
ing News.