Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-29

The country rock Of this locality is
nearly perpendicular slate. which en-.
close hundreds of parallel assure quartz
veins, the majority of which are gold
bearing. The announcement of rich
discoveries of gold anywhere along this
belt is no surprise, as the rich placers
indicated the existence of valuable
mineral ledges.-Review.
ENCOURAGING NEWS.
The Rapid City Journal of last Wed.
nesday, says: Report came from Kew.
stone yesterday afternoon that the
Keystone deal was a sure 90 and hat
Col. Morgan had received orders TO AZ
once put in 100 stamps in the new mill.
The deal had been made to be accepted
by the English syndicate on the first OF
the coming October, but it is stated thai
the purchasers wired that the proposi-
ton would be accepted without waiting
further. This is good news, both for
Keystone and the entire Hills %countr7..
fIEhIE DEAL CONSCMMATED.
a Deadwood special to the Sioux City
Journal, dated May 25th, srys A min.
ing deal of great importance to the
Black Hills vas consummated yester.
day by the transfer of thirty six mining
claims and several fractions by the own,
ers to what is known as the Pierce
syndicate, composed of 4 number OF
eastern capitalists. The ground lies ad,
%jacent to Lead City and is very rich. the
ore having the same general character
istices as the celebrated Homestakt
ores. 1t is the intention to erect a 200
stamp mill on the Belle Fourche river
Altogether the deal involves the expen.
diturc of s., $685. 600.
THAT TUNNEL DECISION.
The import Of the recent decision O
in construction of the tunnel site law
is merely, says the Mining Industry, tina
a tunnel claim duly located and dull,
maintained by diligent work gives t.
the claimant a provisional right to APP
propriate, TO the linear extent Of l50'
feet, any blind lead which the tunnel il
its progress may cut, provided that a
the time Of the location Of the TUNE
that lead had not already been appropri
ated by a prior mineral location. 1t i
not true that under the law or under il
construction by the supreme court.
tunnel claimant can eyer interfere will
Il blind lead whose apex is within tn,
limits Of a mineral location, or othe,
lawful private possession, duly possessed
under a United States patent or eve
possessory claim upon q location ante
dating the location eff the tunnel site
On the contrary, every tunnel right j
under the law, and its recent Inter
probation, strictly subordinate and sub
ject TO all prior claims, whether thesu
relate to exposed veins, hidden veins o
surface ground. The tunnel claiman
when in the execution Of his work, en-
counters q blind cross lead, has no RICH
to enter upon the surface TO mine tina
lead, unless the surface is free publ,
land at the time of such entry. Hi
tunncl right does not extend to any sur
face whatever. Notwithstanding tina
an area of land 5000 feet by 5000 fee
is reserved to the tunnel claimant 70
the mere purpose Of saying to him tn,
contingent right of appropriating l50t
feet of each blind lead crossing the lin,
Of the tunnel, which he may discover
he has no greater right on the surfac,
Of that area han any other citizen
Therefore to gain surface privileges, la
must submit to the conditions Of Law
relating to the making of surface loca
tons.
or course the decision will induce
greater caution in the examination o
mining titles, as no examination of sucl
titles can be deemed thorough which
does not extend to asearch for prio
tunnel locations showing a line of pro
posed tunnel within 1900 feet of tn
boundaries Of the claim under ~exatnina
ton.