Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-04-18
South Dakota short Notes.

Miner County has loaned about &c, 700
bushels OF seed grain to the farmars.
The Homestake Mining Company of the
Black Hills has announced the regular
monthly dividend of 25 cents per share,
aggregating s3l $50, a total to date of S.
431, $50.
+. NJ. Weston, travelling freight agent of
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, is
looking up cattle shipments for his road
He reports cattle scarce, and predicts
much higher prices for the next two years.
Commissioner of Irrigation Baldwin
talks very encouragingly of artesan
work in South Dakota. He reports appli-
cations for wells in several counties of the
Jim River Valley, and work in progress
both toward location and sinking Of wells
in different portions Of the state.
The commissioners Of Clark County have
purchased 5000 bushels of seed wheat and
400 bushels OF seed corn, each applicant
receiving fifty bushels OF wheat and not to
exceed four bushels of corn. 4 note for
the amount, secured by chattel mortgage
on the crop to be raised, is taken at the
time the seed is delivered.
Heavy cattle dealers from the South Da-
kota range have just returned from the
southwest, where they went to purchase
cattle, returning without investing, the
prices ranging from $1S to $50 for 2-year-
Odds. This has raised the price of cattle
the vicinity of Pierre, and young cattle,
which have been going at very low figures
for several years, are now good property.
Another rich strike has been reported to
have been made in the vicinity of Key
stone. 1t was learned that parties brought
in some samples of rock, and from two
pounds of the same eleven pennyweights
and eleven grains were PANIED out. It is
not known at present just where the ore
was found, but the finders vouchsafed in
formation that it was within two miles of
the Keystone Mine.
Ore assaying over $50 in gold has been
found in claims adjoining the Inter Ocean
Mine at Welcome City. There are large
quantities of work in sight and work will
he pushed at once to determine the width
of ledge. A rich strike is also reported to
have been made at the Lucky Cuss mining
property, situated two miles southeast Of
the Holy Terror, in Tepee Gulch.
Brule County now has eighteen complete
artesian wells, which furnish the water for
800 miles of living streams. There are
also six well drilling outfits at work, each
Va WlIcH HOS COutIdCtS IOr all the wells
they will be able to sink during the com
ing summer and fall. 1t IS estimated that
10000 acres of land in the county. if fond
necessary, will be irrigated this season.
The new artesian well in Bonilla Town.
ship at Huron is completed. It is a AZ
inch bore, is 900 feet deep, and flows 900
gallons per minute, and will be used for ir-
rigating. The well on the A. j. Glidden
farm at Hitchcock is also nearing com
pleti0n. A splendid flow of water was
reached at depth Of 800 feet, but drilling
will continue, as Mr.. Glidden proposes to
use the we'll for power and irrigatine pur-
poses.
Chief Engineer Berry of the Elkhorn
road has completed the work of locating
four large reservoirs in the cattle country
adjacent to Belle Fourche. The reservoirs.
are located inside Of thirty five miles of
Belle Fourche, between seven, eight. four
teen and thirty five miles from town. The
capacity of the four will be 1900. OOO. 600
gallons when completed. The contracts
for the work have been let and work will
be commenced within fifteen days.