Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
MINING Items.


The Deadwood-Terr Mining company
has declared a 40 zen dividend, sggre-
eating $4,000.
The mill on the Grizzly Bear mine,
ten miles north of this place. is running
continuously on a fair quality of ore.
Eight men are employed at the mill and
mine, and the ~lessses of the property
are pleased with the results.
Cy. Robbins came in from French
creek copper mipe on TUESDAY, and was
feeling fairly jubilant over his prospects;
he was less communicative than usual
however, which accounts for the pro-
voking brevity ofthis news item.
A placer mining machine, which is
said to accomplish wonders in the way
of placer work, has been received by the
Black Hills Water and Mining company
the merits of which it is proposed by
the company to test upon placers locat-
ed a short distance west of this city.
1t is expected says the Deadwood
Mining Review, that the syndicate re.
presented by l. j. Galbraith, Of Lead
will within the next thirty days begin
active construction work on the Anna
Creek cyanide works, for which ground
has already been broken. The flkhorn
Company has made o survey, the pur-
pose of which is to extend its narrow
guage line down Anna Creek to Its new
works.
KEYSTONE.
The transfer of the Keystone COM
pany's properties is progressing favor
ably, and Col. Morgan says there is
nothing now in the way of q speedy
closing up Of the deal on terms that are
highly satisfactory to both parties and
favorable to the extensive working of
the property. The transfer is being
made through trustees. Col. Morgan is
as impatient OF delays as people who are
outsiders as he is anxious to be at work
and we are assured that there will be
no unnecessary delay.-Miner.
RAGGED TOP.
Development work in this district
continues undated, a the Pioneer.
Times, and the results indicate that
there are richer discoveries in store for
us than have yet been made. 1t is a
fact that more work is being done than
ever before and people are anything but
discouraged.
The A. j. Smith strike grows better
every day. The ~lessess have several
cars Of good shipping ore on the dump
and will begin hauling it to Crown hill
in a few days.
The Starner Brothers resumed min.
ing at their ground yesterday and are
taking out ore. The vein is as strong
and rich as eyer.
The Ragged Top Company is working
four miners taking out ore that will
yield = good profit.
The lessees of the Doyle ground are
also doing lots of work with fair pros
poets Of taking out q nice fortune.
At the Dacy shaft sinking continues
and satisfactory progress is made. The
material being hoisted is lime shalos
without any change.
SALE OF THE HOLY TERROR.
The Rapid City Journal Of last Tues
day says: gentleman whc came
down from Keystone yesterday is au-
thority for the statement that the sale of
the famous Holy Terror mine, which
has been reported pending for some
time, has been consummated. 1t was
also stated that there were several ad-
joining properties incorporated in the
sale. The Holy Terror is to 20 into the
hands of the new owners, the English
syndicate represented by Col. Cecil
Morgan, who also negotiated for the
Keystone mine, on the first Of next
month. The citizens Of Keystone ara
highly elated over the outlook as it
mean much to that camp and the entire
Hills country as we'll.