Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-11-19
Mining Items.

Mining Items.
&. w. Robbins, the commissioner who
has charge Of the gathering the South
Dakota mineral exhibit az the worlds
fair, arrived from Custer yesterday. He
reports excellent progress in his object,
and finds on all hands a Willingness TO
! aid him in every possible way. Mine
owners express themselves as ready 10
| give him all the assistance possible.
Considerable delay is experienced by
the fact that in most cases no ore tit for
an exhibit is scattered around on the
dumps, and has TO be dug out OF the
mines. lie has secured the two beau,i-
fui cabinets belonging TO &. c. Mcbride
and A. A. McCoy, which are in them
selves quite an exhibit.-Pioneer.
A gentleman IN this city yesterday re-
ceived a letter from a friend in New
York who has an option on some Niger
Hill tin property and who has been
working To place it with an eastern com
pany, saying the election Of Cleveland
has knocked the tin business into y
cooked hat, and the sale he had nearly
closed. is now of. The company had
been formed and details nearly
complete, bat the investors are afraid of
the free trade policy of the democratic
party and therefore cannot touch the
enterprise. The company was a rep
resentative one, with large capital and
undoubtedly would have built works
and developed a fine industry! but IN
der a free trade administration they
cannot successfully operate. This is one
Of the instances where democratic sue
cess has injured the country, and many
more will follow.-Deadwood Times.
TN MILL TARTs
The following telephone message, Civ
ing notice of the starting Of the tin mill
at Hill City, appeared in the Rapid City
Journal of Tuesday, the 10Th inst:
The Harvey Peak tin mill began
crushing ore to-day. The production Of
Black Hills tin il begun with bright
prospects Of supplying a large share of
the home demand for tin. The mill il
the practical embodiment of the latest
improvements in machinery for the
separation and concentration OF ores
and is an assured success.
HILL CRY TIN MINER.
Hill City, Nov. l5.-lSpecial to the
Pioneer. 1.-The great tin mill of the
Harvey Peak Tin Mining and Milling
company was started mp this morning.
All the machinery worked to nicely,
and the first crushing Of ore was wit
nesced by almost the entire population
of this place and a large number Of
visitors, The exact time of the start
was kept secret by the company. be-
cause they did not desire any specta-
cular work in connection with it.
superintendent Childs is confident Of
the successful outcome Of the operation,
and like the sensible mining man he is.
desires to prove the faith that is in him
rather by performance than newspaper
predictions. He was present Yesterday
when the ponderous fy.wheel Of the
engine made its first revolution and in
spected the operations in all parts Of the
mill. The production of Black Hills tin
is now begun, with bright prospects of
supplying a large part of the home de-
mand for tin. The new mill is the
practical embodiment Of the latest i'm
provements in ma shinery for the sep
aration and concentration OF -%ia ores
and is an assured success. The output
of the mines is more than sufficient to
supply the mill steadily, and the ore
now on the dumps will be used as a
reserve supply.
WILL KEEP ON MAKING TIN PLATE.
New York, Nov. l3.-One of the
Brooklyn institutions which rises from
beneath the flood of democratic ballots
cast on Tuesday is the tin plate mill of
Somers Brothers. at Third avenue and
Third street. The Mckinley tariff on
tin plate has made the mill the subject
Of good deal Of discussion during the
campaign. and a reporter went there to
see what effect the election would have
on the factory, and il the business had
gone to the bottom Of the sea with the
Mckinley bill. The industry 10 un.
questionably an infant, the first plate
having been rolled and dipped on Sep
TENDER %. Mr.. Somers said. I'VE are
not prophets. We don't know and can't
guess what the duty on tin plate will be
two years from nov, but we shall 90 ON
making tin plate just 30 long a. we can
do It with q profit. We can do that as
long as the present duty continues. We
conld make tin plate with a slight re-
duction on the duty, but I don't care to
Ak the limit until tho business 10 little
older. This is not . political industry
We have put 100000 in our plant here
and thiuk we are entitled to some con.
sideration." Somers Brothers have
manufactured ornamental tin boxes on
their present location for eight yuars,
and the tin plate industry Is an adjunct
to this factory, al the plates 80 far