Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-12-14
BLACK HILLS NEWS.
Valuable Mining Claim Jumped
George T.. Carr. a. Man OF Nerve.

GEORGE II. tarf. ~ wan Va N'
Hiu CITY. &. ID. Dec. "Details Of an
exciting incident in mining life were re-
ported here. A force of men a
In doing the annual assessment worA
upon the Bismarck ranch, a tract OF lov
acres lying between this town and Key
stone, were ordered off under threats OF
speedy death. This ground, which a
been held for years under eight placer
locations OF twenty acres Zach by an ora
German known as Bismarck, IL one OF
the most valuable ranches in the BACK
Hills. In August last Henry Giockner'
or Bismarck, died, n before MS
funeral the ground was relocated. or
Jumped" by parties who said thai the
annual assessment work had not been
done. The mineral laws require 800
worth OF work TO be expended upon each
twenty acres OF placer. but the heirs or
representatives of the dead man were
probably entitled to priority location In
any event. A demand that the assess
ment work stop was met 10y the reply
from George 4. Carr, the custodian or
the estate. that If n n was ia be
shot, he was the man. as the miners at
work were acting upon his authority.
This called the blur" of the claimants.
as they felt a natural delicacy about
killing al officer Of the court. The as
sessment work progresses. n sueh
rights as the claim jumpers have viii
be settled in court.
1t is reported here that the compiled
ton arising out of the bonding OF the
Holy Terror mine at Keystone has been
adjusted by two of the owners agreeing
% aann,t aAa,, 49, hale 80 tha balance
due upon the bond. The estate of Will
lam Franklin. deceased, has not joined
in the compromise, however. and the
purchasers. Messrs. John w. George. f.
j. kipp and other Milwaukee parties,
may yet experience difficulty In secur-
ing clear title TO his bonanza producer
OF the keystone district. The purchas-
ers are credited with practicing a sharp
game upon the wners, Franklin. Blair
and Almesbury. They secured a con-
tract for a warranty deed and when the
owners were unable 10 give title 10 a
small fraction of the ground I'm conflict
with another claim. demanded either a
return Of the cash payment of $22. 800 or
title to the full claim. The circum-
stances OF the conflict was o at the
time, and the ground was Of compare
lively small value. but the demand for
a warranty deed has led to a reduction
OF $685. 600 in the price Of the mine. The
Holy Terror is now regarded as a per-
manent producer. The drifts on the l15
foot level record a good body of very
rich ore, and at $500 the price at
which the Milwaukee people secure the
mine, IT was a great buy
Reports from the recent rich strike
upon the S~unnyside claim, three miles
lorth Of Hill City, continue favorable.
The vein has been stripped a distance
Of about 100 feet, and yields rich rock
the entire distance. Coats and Botney,
IL is said, have disposed of a half inter-
est i'm this remarkable prospect for $4,000
to Thomas Blair and Albert Almesbury,
late owners i'm the Holy Terror prop
erty. The intention is to at once be-
gin development work to determine the
value and permanence of the vein.