Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-10-30
No Flies on Emma.

Among the passengers on the "City
of Seattle" was a Chilkat Indian girl
named Ach-e-da, or Emma Cranston, as
she calls herself who was en- route to
the Yukon with 900 pounds of supplies
which she will take over the range
in the early spring, says the Alaska
Record. Last February a man by the
name of Cranston, while at Chilkat, be-
came smitten with the fascinating sloe-
eyed Emma and she returned his love,
and they struck up : bargain to journey
in double harness TO the Klondike.
They went in together and struck rich
claim. AS fall drew on they realized
their larder was running low and the
stock would have to be replenished
Tney did not flip coins TO decide which
of them should GO, as the forest maiden
was quick to say. you stay and work
the claim, and I'll hit the trail" She
prepared for her journey and came out
by the way Of the mouth of the Yukon
and is now at Dyea with her stock on
7 Tie Deadwood Mining Review says
| Reports from Pactola are 10 the effect
that the woods are full of men in the
neighbor hood of Deer creeE and Jenny's
gulch locating mineral claims for the
Homestake company.
Tie sale of the Apex sroup was con.
summated on Thursday of last week
says the Review, and $1,000 was paid
/ to Messrs. p. II. Smith and Michael
Powers for the property. The ground
is located on Two-Bit, near the Hardin
shaft, and the purchaser was John
Walker of Chicago.
FIFTY CENT DIVIDEND.
The Lead Tribune, in it's issue Of last
Wednesday, says: The iomestaF e
company sent oui their regular month
| ly dividend this month, but instead OF
being as usual % cents, it was double
that amount, the highest in the history
of the company. There are several
stockholders in Lead who received their
checks yesterday, they had no
notice Of the raise and were therefore
quite agreeably surprised. Those who
are en- the inside and best posted on the
subject say that the fifty cent dividend
will be a regular thing hereafter.
KEYSTONE NOTES.
Keystone is profitihg by the example
Of the farmer and his sons, who har.
vested their own crop, of which We all
read in our readers few years ago, and
is going to push ahead without waiting
for outside help.
The Keystone Mining company has
let contract to Ike Downing to do
more development work and five men
commenced yesterday. The plan is 10
60 on now if the English company does
not take the property.
A strike was made Saturday in the
Egyptian property adjoining the Holy
Terror property which is said to be ex-
ceedingly rich, and another rich strike
on the Keystone is reported.
! The company owning the Bismarck
has let the contract for running in q
l00-foot tunnel to John Lintz. As the
tunnel is now in 200 feet this will make
when completed a tunnel 500 feet in
length. Crosscutting will then be done
II ia reported also that the custom
mill will soon start up on ore from the
Bullion mine.-Journal
| FAITH IN THE BLACK HILLS.
A dozen wealthy Chicagoans met yes.
terday in the Great Northern hotel,
says recent issue of the Chicago Her.
aid, and put 100000 into the organ.
ization Of two new mining companies to
operate in the Black Hills. On the
heels of this tremendous investment an
order was placed with one Of the large
machinery concerns here for gigantic
ore holster, which win be shipped west
Saturday. According to present plans,
within the next few months $780, 900
will be expended in mining machinery
alone by the new companies, all of the
apparatus to be purchased in this city.
It is therefore evident that the Chicago
and Two Bit Mining company and the
Great Northern Mining company. the
names given at the christening yester-
day to the new mines. are already
vigorous cooperative infants. The men
who have placed such great sums in this
investment are for the most part con-
nected with the meat packing trade in
Chicago. Omaha and Milwaukee. They
are also heavily interested in the
Hardin Mining company Of Two Bit. s,
} d.. whose famous mine, discovered only