Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-28

ers Of the company are residents OF
Miles City, Montana, who purchased
the mining claims a few years ago, and
on the strength of high assays at once
erected a mill, with disastrous results, o
test run showing the average value Of
the ore TO be less than u dollar per ton.
Times.
GOLDEN o PLACE.
James A. Clark has successfully placed
the Golden Rod group Of mines, located
on the keystone gold belt about n mile
and a half north Of Keystone, with a
Mr.. j. III. Duffy. of Detroit, Mich. Mr..
| Clark took an option on the property in
January on condition of getting money
for development by March Is. The es-
crow was left with Mr.. Speed Of the
Harvey Peak bank, of this place, and on
| Saturday, the 14th, the money was re-
ceived here. The property consists Of
six claims and has an extensive ore
vein estimated from 40 to 20 feet in
width, and apparent on the surface for
over 600 feet and assays from So %
to Sll.25 per ton, free milling 1t is
ranked among the most promising
pieces of mining property in the south.
ern Hills and will no doubt pay for it's
own development. Considerable work
has already been done on it, and IA con.
tract was let to S. j. Palmer to do 100
feet additional sinking. Substantial
deals Of this kind on good property with
reliable parties is just what VIC want.
The amount is a reasonably good round
sum. The present owners are p +.
Mcmahon, Upham and Hayward,
Wright and Feay, j. +. Fouse and L.
w. Zahrendt.-Ncws.
SOUTHERN HILLS MININ
There never was a time, saws the
Deadwood Pioneer, in the history OF
the southern Hills that the mining out
look was 60 favorable Custer, Hill
City and Keystone have 70 idle men.
Everybody is prospecting or developing
New strikes are being made daily and
before the snow flies again the output
ofgold from the southern Hills will be
heard from. Sam Scott has organized
an eastern company to pipe water from
extensive springs at the head Of Light
ming creek TO large placer deposits at
the head of Red Canyon the distance
Will be upwards of TWENTY-FIVE miles
and will be completed by September.
The old time prospec,ors at Custer are
determined to have a cyanide plant,
and they offer splendid Inducements to
capital to erect one. There is an abund-
ance of rich ore on the dumps in the
vicinity 10 supply one, but wi h high
prices for treatment and transportation
it would not pay TO ship. Jim Suther.
land has been locating ground and pros
pecting the past winter in the vicinity
of Hill City. He thinks that is the
coming camp, and with tha fine show
ing on the S~unnyside, Tea lode, Golden
Slipper and numerous others, Till City's
future is a bright one. At Keystone all
is hustle AID activity. The keystone.
Holy Terror, Bullion. Big Hit, Bis.
mark. Egyptian, in fact all the mines in
that vicinity are developing and pro-
ducing ore; the town is building up
rapidly and business is good. The town
as well as the mines surrounding it have
passed the experimental stage and
everything has an air of stability aud
.permanency. One Of tho great needs os
Keystone is a bank. The capitalization
need not be large to make it pay FRI Z
the beginning. The field ought 10 -
sss~i, a o.s.fSS.~oa.fa.~.s@.s..sa s~>soaaB
a profitable business.