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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

on ore from the Richmond, Black Prince,
olletta and the recently acquired ad-
joining the Florence property.
+. j. Ludlow and associates have q
force of men at work on their proper y
situated in Ruby gulch, known as the
Cooper Consolidated. They are taking
out a good grade Of shipping ore which
for the present is being corded up on
the dump.
Considerable work has recently been
done On the Gold Deposit group that
has shown up the immense body of
free milling ore in good shape.
The adjoining property. called the
Elk Creek Gold Fields, owned by Chi
cago parties, has been developing dur
ing the past season and the work will
be resumed in the spring on an exten.
sive scale.
On Tuesday last a crew Of B. & NJ,
railroad surveyors came into the camp
and are now located in Virginia City
adjoining Galena.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Sensible Comment.

The Black Hills Mining Review sup
plements a mention Of the progress Of
operations at the st. Elmo mine, located
eight miles north Of, and tributary 10
this city, with the following sensible
comment upon the southern Hills as O
promising mining region
"The st. Elmo is only one Of southern
Hills properties which will loom up the
present year and help swell the total OF
the Black Hills output of gold. Scat.
tered throughout that entire section are
mining properties which, with The
right men in charge and the proper
methods employed, would today be pro
ducers. 1t requires but the judlcious
expenditure of a little capital and the
exercise of a reasonable amount Of in
telligence to prove to the mining world
that that section is possessed of more
than one Holy Terror.
Investigation by prospectors, mental
ly and in otherwise equipped for the
work, prove, beyond the shadow Of a
doubt, that the theory advanced bv
Major A. j. Simmons, of the existence
offs "Mother Lode" which almost bi.
sects the Hills, holds good, and that on
it will yet be discovered mines rivaline
in richness and productiyeness the
famous properties controlled by the
Homestake Company. But not alone to
this belt are confined the paying propo.
sitions from a miners standpoint, for
radiating in every direction from this
central, if we may use the expression
ore body are deposits innumerable
which, some day, will be made sources
of revenue. 1t is foolish to think tina,
the rich ore deposits are confined to any
one particular section, for recent devel.
opments prove that they are not and
have also upset some of the pet theories
of many people who have posed fol-
years as authorities on mining matters
and has let new light fall upon the work
of prospecting and exploration.
The southern Hills is a field in which
the prospector car find abundant oppor.
tunity for the exercise of his talents
and one, the Review firmly believes, in
which his efforts will be crowned with
good results"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Ragged Top News.

The following items of news were
scissored from the Ragged Top Shaft,
the new paper recently launched at
Preston
Fitzpatrick Bros. & Dacey struck a is-
sure vein Of ore Friday in their vertical
neal the big shaft that assayed S24,342.l0
per ton.
If Ragged Top continues to show ore
worth a dollar a pound, we'll have to
put the whole thing in a burglar proof
safe.
Fortv.three lots have already been
sold, upon each of which business and
residence houses will be erected as soon
as lumber can be procured.
To see the campfires on the sidehills
around Preston at night, one would
naturally suppose that a grand encamp,
ment is in progress at this place.
1t has already been decided to have
a school this winter. The townsite com
pany has generously offered to donate a
lot for the school and also for a church.
The streets of Preston presented a
lively appearance on Sunday. There
was n steady stream of visitors from far
and near, who after blockading the
streets for awhile scattered out to visit
the mines.
Until the postofice is established here,
people should have their mail addressed
to Lead s. d., and the hack driver can
be instructed to bring it to Preston.
Freight and express should be shipped
to Crown Hill Siding, s. d., via b, & NJ.
Il. r., and it will safely reach Ragged
Top District.
The b. & NJ. r. r. has secured the
right of way from Crown Hill siding to
the mines running through Preston, and
their depot and sidetracks will be on the
townsite. The roadbed is o being
graded. and as the distance to Crown
Hill siding is less than two miles, trains
will soon run regularly into Preston.
New strikes are reported every day.
The oldest miner shakes his head and
says the new miner is too much for him.
He never before heard Of surface rock
being worth a dollar a pound, but he
reads the assayers' certificates and says
seeing is believing. People don't salt
their own mines and then spend money
to develope the anne
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

Roscoe Sharp wac over from Ragged
Top this morning transacting business
in the burg preparatory to starting q
paper in Balmoral. He has associated
himself with L. G. Warren, editor of the
Spearffsh Mail and it is given out that
the first Issue will appear next Wednes.
dav, and will be gotten ont in Spearish.
Both parties are well known to the
people of the Hills and will give the
new Cripple Greek a good live paper.
Mr.. Sharp will have charge of the bust.
ness and is putting forth considerable
energy in starting the new enterprise
Bald Mountain News.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
The Limestone Range

Is still the scene of persistent search
on the part Of gold hunters for valuable
deposits of the yellow metal, and the
number of locations made during the
past week have largely exceeded that OF
any week since the range came into
prominence.
The locations now extend from q
point on the range northwest of this
place, and are almost continuous for
many miles south and east to Pringle,
Hot Springs, Buffalo Gap, Fairburn and
other points, where, without exception,
gold, in some measure, has been OBJ
tanned from assays Of the ore. Fifteen
miles west of this place, at what is
known as the Reynolds camp, the devel-
opment of " claims has been COM
menced. These claims are owned by
Ii. ID. Reynolds, and ID. w. McFadden,
and by assays made in this place, the
surface ore showed a value Of $3.50 and
1920 per ton respectively, aud later
teslS ab d uCpth VI lOui iSSt ka'S
turn of 1920 and $40, showing an en-
c~ouraging ratio of increase in value
with the depth attained.
Encouraging reports have reached
this Office from numerous localities
along the range, indicating the presence
of gold upon the surface in such quaint
ty as to warrant the belief that vast
bodies of payable ore will be found
when the required depth has been
reached. Surface ores running as high
as $40 to the ton are reported at Battle
Mountain, east of, and near Hot Springs
and at a point near Buffalo Gap. ores OF
corresponding character, running over
$500 to the ton have been discovered.
The outlook for the establishment OF
a number Of new mining camps along
the line of the new gold belt as a conse-
quence Of the future discovery of rich
gold deposits may he said to be fairly
bright in which event the gold produc-
ton of the Black Hills will be increased
10 an extent that will place this region
at the top Of the list as a gold produc-
ing section. the assayers of this city
are kept busy making tests of the ores
brought in and have thus far been un.
able to catch up with their orders, SO
great has been the demand for their
services. Thus far the surface tests
have been quite uniform, ranging from
$3.50 to $500 for surface ore, which is
said to compare favorably with the sur
free prospects at Ragged Top, and the
material gain shown at a depth of a few
feet, as in the cases above noted, would
seem to be ample reason to justify the
belief that ore bodies of value CORE
spending with the best found at Ragged
Top would be encountered in the future
development OF the region.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Phenomenal Experts.

The parties who visited the scene Of
the mining excitement west Of Custer
last week returned disappointed. There
was nothing there.-Kevstone Miner.
If the parties referred to in the above
mention were able to correctly de-
termine in a few hours, by simply
glancing over the surface Of the region,
that there was nothing there" then are
they indeed the most expert prospectors
that we have ever heard of, in COM
parison with whom, Prof. Rothermel,
the wizard. is the veriest chump that
eyer set foot in a mining camp. II is
scarcely probable, however, that the
verdict Of these wonderful experts will
retard the future development of the
region, however much it may be desired
in certain sections,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Newspapers for Ragged Ton,

The Ragged Top Shaft will be the
name, says the Deadwood Pioneer, Of
the first newspaper to be published in
the new mining district Of the Hills, for
which a complete new outfit of material
has been ordered from a printers supply
house. Herbert B~attenberg, who started
the Belle Fourche Times a year ago IA
partnership with G. T. Martin, will be
the publisher, and the first two or three
numbers will be published in the office
Of the Lead City Tribune. An Office
building has been erected by the town.
site company at Preston, for the new
publication. A newspaper is also in
contemplation for Balmoral, to be put
in by A. G. Potter OF the Spearfsh Reg
lister, so that the Shaft will not be
alone in the field. There is really no
crying demand for a newspaper in the
camp, but in these days, when the only
requirements for the starting of Il news.
paper is a little type, lampblack, mo-
lasses, a few soaps Of old iron, and the
ability OF the part of the editor to dis
tinguish between nouns and adverbs, it
is as easy to become a journalist as it is
to become of a third-rate gin plant.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
See Prof. Don &. Hall, the Mesmeris
Personal Mention.

Personal Mention.
p. d. Darby returned on Tuesday from
a business visit at Alliance, Neb.
II. G. Clason, Of Otis, S. d., was quart,
cred at tho Vienna on Thursday.
II. ID. Curtis, of Deadwood, made Gus,
ter a business call on Wednesday.
Rev. Thirloway and wife, of Buffalo
Gap, spent the Sabbath in this place.
G. A. Dunlap was a guest at the
Vienna on Saturday from Edgemont.
c. w. Cox was doing business in the
city on Wednesday from Minneapolis.
w. f. McAdam was a guest at the
Vienna on Wednesday from Wind
Cave.
T. j. Cunningham was taking orders
in town on Tuesday Cor his Lincoln
firm.
j. b. Johnson, the st. Joe traveller,
was interviewing Custer merchants OH
Wednesday.
Theo. Eiug and w. II. Jackson were
guests at the Kleemann on Saturday
from Omaha.
w. b. Eastman was rendezvoused on
Tuesday at the Kleemann from Broken
Bow, Nebraska.
Ed. Cuthbertson, the jolly Omaha
trade %rustler, a q busy man in the
city on Tuesday.
w. w. Stone and Julius Juelfs, of
sturgis, were guests registered at the
Vienna on Tuesday.
T. V. Grantham went to Hill City on
Tuesday, where he has accepted a posi-
ton in tn. railroad depot.
Mark Booth returned early in the
week from an extended and very pleas
ant visit with friends in Omaha.
Louis Goldsmith and y. B. Midget
were doing business in the city on Tues
day in the interest Of St. Louis whole
sale houses.
W. w. Odds departed on Monday for
Bald Mountain and Ragged Top to look
after his mining interests at those boom
ing camps.
Ed. Stenger and Frank Bender, a
brace Of well known Hermosa stock
men, were among the Monday arrivals
IN the city.
Ed. c. Drake, G. r. Miller aud F.
Bacon were q trio of Omaha trade
rustlers, plying their vocation in the
city on Thursday.
Harry Holmes, Arthur Pierce, Henry
Wagner and Louis Yost were CHARTERED
at the Vienna on Saturday from the S.
& G. cattle ranch.
o. Z. Haskin, the genial represent
alive of the Lincoln Broom and Duster
company, was calling upon his Custer
patrons on Saturday.
Ed Towns, the genial travelling agent
for the Sioux City Journal Publishing
house, was among the business callers
in the city on Saturday.
Deputy Marshal j. p. Walters came
up from Deadwood on Saturday to serve
papers in a civil case to be tried at the
next term of the U. s.. court.
L A. Wakefield, q we'll known Key
stone mechanic, came in on Tuesday 10
assist in placing the new machinery in
the Alexander mill at Four Mile.
Mrs. J. ID. Ennis, Of Baskerville, and
sister. Miss Lena Smith, Of Buffalo Gap.
accompanied by r. f. Ennis of the
former place, came in Saturday on a
business mission, and were guests at the
Vienna.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Carriers Dollar Edition Laws of 1897,

u u JdihiS Ia" Vi OK y
In order to continue meeting the pop.
ular demand for a cheap edition of the
laws, the Carter Publishing Co, Pierre,
will issue their regular Dollar Edition
of the Laws, Immediately after the al.
journment Of the legislature. The laws
will be delivered a day or two after adj
journment. Advance sheets will be
mailed each week during the session
for $3.50.
We are publishers of all the Laws and
Supreme Court Reports of the State and
Territory. Orders should also now be
filed for the official edition of the ses.
sion laws of 1897.
Order the Dollar Edition or the AID
vance Sheets and keep posted. The
edition is intended to fill the gap inter
vening between the passage Of the laws
and the publication of the official edi-
ton.
Send for Catalogue Of Law Books and
Legal Blanks.
CARTER PUBLISHING Co.,
Pierre, S. d.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Billiards. Horehound Syrup.

We guarantee this to be the best
Cough Syrup manufactured in the whole
wide world. This is saying a great
deal, but it is true. For Consumption,
Coughs. Colds, Sore Threats, Sore Chest,
Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Asthma, Group,
Whooping Cough and all diseases of the
Throat and Lungs, we positively guaran-
tee Billiards. Horehound Syrup to be
without an equal on the whole face of
the globe. In support of this statement
we refer to every individual who has
yer used it. and to every druggist who
has ever sold it. Such evidence is in
disputable. Price % end so cents. Sold
at Jones 4 Co.'S drug store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

The Flying V. and Cross c Cattle
Company have ordered their foremen
to gather up all cattle that con be found
around the Hills and along the Belle
Fourche river and north of that stream
for twenty five miles and ship them to
Omaha and Chicago, and sell them for
what they can get, says a Deadwood
special to the Minneapolis Journal. This
action is taken because Of the scarcity of
feel on the range. The company is one
of the largest in the Hills stock country
and it is thought that its action will be
followed by others.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS

CTATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVENTH
- Judicial Circuit, IS. In the Circuit Court
in aud for Custer County.
William L. Colinack, Plaintiff,
VS..
Isabella COrmaCk, Defendant.
TO the defendant above named:
You will please take notice that the plaintiff
above named will take dispositions of plaintiff
and Sundry witnesses at the Office of Charles j.
Davis, in D~cadwOod, Lawrence County, SOutl
Dakota, and nj the office of Shepherd, Cherry &
Shepherd. Commercial building, on the 10Th day
of January, 1897, between the hours of 0 o'cloct
a; m: ana . o'clock p; m; OF re SAID Gay, and tht
adjourned from day 10 day until fully taken and
completed. and the dispositions so taken will ht
read in evidence upon the trial Of the above en-
titled action on the part of the plaintiff.
Dated December -, 1896.
CHAS. i. DAVIS,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
First publication, Dee. &c, 1896.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

CTATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF
- Custer. In Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial
Circuit.
Custer County, South Dakota,
n Public Corporation, Plaintiff,
VS..
John l.. ScOtield and Carcella
b. Scoficld, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a
Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale in the above
entitled action on the 10th day of November, 4.
ID. 1896, and an execution Issued upon said judg-
ment, the subscriber, A. NJ. Willard, sheriff of
Custer County, State of South Dakota, or his
successor in office, for that purpose appointed,
will sell Mt public auction at the front door OF
the Court House in the town of Custer City,
Saturday, the 30th day of January, 1897. at 2
o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the real
estate and mortgaged premises situate in the
County of Custer, and State of South Dakota, and
directed in said judgment ana execution to be
sold, and therein described rs follows
The South One half Is ~ Southwest Quarter
(SW "a the Southwest Quarter (SW "a Southeast
Quarter (sE "a, and Northeast Quarter (NE ID
southwest Quarter (SW ~ of Section Thirty-two
(32), in Township Three CD, South of Range
Seven a. East, Black Hills Meridian, Dakota,
and containing 100 acres according to the gov
eminent survey, or so much thereof as may be
sufficient TO satisfy said judgment and costs,
amounting in all to Two Hundred Sixteen Dol.
lars and Twenty-thrcc Cents (S2l6. 23), with
interest thereon from the date of said judgment,
and all accruing costs of sale.
Dated at Custer City, South Dakots, December
18th, 1896.
A. NJ. WILLARD,
Sheriff of Custer County, 8. d.
W. L. BENEDICT,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
First publication, December 20, 1896.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
DR.. Daniels Compound Syrup SanguI'
maria.

DR.. Daniels Compound Syrup Sangul-
maria.
The true principal for the cure of
Throat and Lung diseases, is a sour me-
dicine. This you have in DIR. Daniels
Compound Syrup Sanguinaria. 1t is
pleasant to take. Never disappoints.
The first dose relieves. 1t gives sure
and speedy cure. Sold at A. J. Jones &
Co.'S drug store, Custer. s. d.
If your druggist does not keep it, a
large bottle will be sent, express paid,
on receipt Of the price-50 cts.
DAKOTA MEDICINE Co.,
Mitchell, j. S.
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A. T. FEAY, ATTORNEY.
NJ. A. No. 935.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
U. S. LAND OFFICE, Rapid City

Us. LAND OFFICE, RAPID CITY, =. d., l
December ~, 1896. +
Notice is hereby given that Anna A. Wolfe,
whose post Office address is Pringle, Custer
County, South Dakota, has this day filed her
application for a patent for l55. 90 acres Of the
Point OF Rocks Placer Mine. bearing gold and
other minerals, with surface ground l55. s3 acres,
situated IN no organized mining district,
and designated by the field notes and official
plat on file in this Office as lot Number 11l3, In
Township 5, South of Range 4, East of Black
Hills Meridian, said Lot No. lib being described
as follows, to-wit;
Beginning at corner Number /. identical
with southeast corner of the location, a pine
post . feet long, o inches square, 2 feet in the
lll3, whence U. 5. Loo. Mon. No. ~ bears n. "A
deg II min. f.. 400 feet. Thence n. 70 deg. OF
min. W., var. 10 deg. 81 min. T., 27c5 #. to cor.
No. of N. c. 1000, 1924 feet to cor. No. 2, a pine
post 3 IT. long 5 inches square. . fl. in the
ground, with mound ~ofstone, scribed cor. No .
lll3, whence ). w cor. OF Section House, bears
n. 81 deg. 80 min. E., SIS #. Thence N, il deg.
30 min f., var. Is deg. 81 min. f., 25S9 feet to
cor. No. 9, a pine post, 5 #. long, 5 inches square,
2 fl III the ground, with mound of stone and
earth, seribed cor. No. 3--1ll3. Thence n. SO
to cor. No. 4, a pine post, 5 #. long, 5 inches
square, 2 IT. III the ground, with mound o~fstone,
scribed cor. No. 4-l1l3. Thence S. 90 deg. 81
min. E.. var. ID deg. 80 min, E., 1868 feet to cor.
No. D, a pine post, 5 II. long. 5 Inches square, 1s
inches in the ground, with mound of stone,
scribed cor No. 5-lll3. Thence s. "a deg. Fl
min; F., var. l6 deg. O2 min. f., 720 feet to cor.
No. 6, a pine post, 5 #. long, 8 inches square. 2
It in the ground, with mound of stone, scribed
cor. No. 6-11l3, whence a pine 20 inches in
diameter bears n. 60 deg. 80 min. f.. 1871 feet,
scribed 1l13 b. I. Thence S. 4 deg. Is min, var.
Is deg. 30 min. E, III feet, to cor. No. /, and
place of beginning.
MAGNETIC variation Is deg 30 min. to 16 deg. 02
min. E., containing 155. SO acres,
The location of this mine is recorded in the
Register of Deeds Office of Custer County, South
Dakota, in book s, page 81, of Placer Location
Records. The adjoining claimants arc Newoda
Placer NJ. c. 1000, patented ground.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of said Point of Rocks Placer, Lot l1l3,
mine or surface ground. are required to file their
adverse claims with the Register of the United
States land Office, at Rapid City, in the County
of Pennington. South Dakota, during the sixty
days period of publication hereof, or they will
be rarred by virtue Of the provisions Of the
Statute,
z. D.. RALPH, Register.
1t is hereby ordered, that the foregoing Notice
of Application for Patent be published for the
period ofsixty days. (ten consecutive weesk), in
the CUSTER CHRONICLE, a weekly newspaper
published at Custer City. South Dakota.
4. ID. PALPH Register.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

Charles Reder has put in a back line
between Crown Hill depot and Balmor-
al, and meets all trains. A large num-
Der of people come in on every train,
and as the depot is about q mile and a
half from town, they wonld otherwise
have to walk.-Balmoral Advertiser.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16

The initial number of the Balmoral
Advertiser, a seven column folio. pub
lished by Warner & Sharpe reached our
table on Thursday. The paper, which
for a short time, will be printed at the
Matt Office in Spearfsh, is, in all respects,
a very creditable sheet, and is deserving
Of a full measure of success.
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Officers Installed.

At a regular meeting Of Custer City
Lodge No. l2l I. o. o. F. the following
officers were duly installed for the en-.
suing year:
n. g., William Courtney.
V. G., w. T.. Allison.
Secretary, Louis Hare.
Treasurer, T. w. Delicate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
SUM MONS.

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF
- Custer, IS. In Circuit Court, Seventh Judi.
cial Circuit.
Mary +. Henry, Plaintiff,
VS..
Lcron Henry, Defendant.
The State of South Dakota, TO the above
named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned and required ia
answer the complaint of the plaintiff in the
above entitled action, which IL filed IN The office
OF the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Seventh
Judicial Circuit, In and for the County of Custer
and State of south Dakota, and to serve n copy
ScIiber, at my office In the City of Dcadwood,
Lawrence County, and state of South Dakota,
within thirty days after the service of tins sum
mons upon you, exclusive of the day of such
service; and If yOu fail to answer the complaint
within the time aforesaid, the said plaintil in this
action will apply to The Court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint.
Dated October 18th, 1896.
CllAS. T.. DAVIS,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
DealNon1 = ID
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Postomce Hours.

Office open from 7a45 a. M. to 80 p. m.
sundays-s:45 TO 8 10 a. ln.. and one hour after
arrival Of morning mail, except during cfurch
services.
Mail going north closes at 9:15 a. m. South s
y. m. Baskerville, 0 II. III. on Tuesday and Satur-
day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-16
Bank Officials Elected.

At a meeting of the stockholders of
the First National bank of Custer City,
held on Tuesday, the 18th inst, the fol-
lowing officers and directors were elect.
ed for the ensuing year:
u. Carrigan, president.
F. A. Towner, vice president.
w. F. Hanley. cashier,
DIRECTORS.
d Carrigan, F. A. Towner. W.. F.
Hanley, James HALEY, Paul Kleemann.