Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09
A Mammoth Enterprise.


Sixteen hundred acres of gold mines,
embracing $50 claims in the richest part
OF the Black Hills, have been Transient
ed, says a late New York dispatch, to q
new mining and smelling company,
in which prominent New Workers and
Philadelphians are interested.
The corporation, under the name Of
the Edgemont & Union Hill Smelling
company, came into legal existence this
evening at its general Office in the Cor
poration Trust company building, in
Jersey City, by executing its articles of
incorporation and electing a board of
directors. which Immediately selected
the officers of the corporation. When
this had been done the deeds to the
property which were previously C
ed, were formally delivered and convey
ed the mining claims to the corpora
ton.
II. L. Pattison. former governor of
Pennsylvania, was elected president Of
the company q. I. Beals of New York,
vice president j. Wesley Suppler, pre-.
sident of the Corn Exchange National
bank of Philadelphia, treasurer, and
Thomas Bradley of Philadelphia, sec-e-
tary. These men are on the directory
together with J. L. Andrus, ]. Dawson,
j. Edward Masten, William Kurtz Of
New York and q. A. Fletcher, Joseph
F, Crater, w. w. Frazier. Philip S.
Horty, David Jones, c. S. Middleton
and Francis e.. Cradle of Philadelphia.
The capital stock Of the corporation is
100000, and is owned by the men
named.
The claims now owned by the COM
pany are in the Bear Butte mining dis
trict, neal the new town Of Union Hill,
about six miles from Deadwood and
eight miles from the famous Homestake
mine.
Arrangements have been made for the
beginning of mining operations on q
large scale at once. Three hundred
miners are already on the ground, q
smelter to cost $500, 600 has been order
ed at Edgemont and a large mill at
Gaiena-a few miles distant-has been
contracted for. Besides this a contract
has been made for the construction of a
40O-ton stamp mill at Union Hill, on the
grounds of the company.
For the lighting of the company's
town of Union Hill an electric plant il
now being pull in, which will also fur
nish the power for running the drills in
the mines and for operating a railroad
for the transportation of ore. This road
is now located and will be completed
before spring and form "a connection
with the Burlington system. All that
was waited for before putting the ar.
engagements into active operations was
telegraphic notification Of the actual in.
corporation.
This is a separate and distinct com
pany from the Union Hill Mining and
Milling company, now operating in
Galena, that will work in connection
with the smelling company.
The Union Hill company is capitalized
at 100000. It's officers are Il. +. Pat.
tison, ex-governor of Pennsylvania, pre-.
sident Benjamin Butterworth, tx con.
gresham of Ohio. vice president
Thomas Bradley, of Philadelphia, trea'
urer, ". X kurtz. of New York, secre.
tary, and j. S. Cradle, superintendent.
and general manager who with the
following constitute the board OF direct.
ors; Russell Hall, president of the
First National bank of New Canaan,
Conn j. Wesley Suppler, president
Corn Exchange bank Of Philadelphia
William Archer, a prominent builder
and contractor of New York city, and +.
G. Cradle, of Crawford Neb.