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 transferr-
ed, says q late New York dispatch, to a
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
Doration 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 execut-
ed, were formally delivered and convey
ed the mining claims to the corpora
ton.
r. E. Pattison, former governor of
Pennsylvania, was elected president of
the company G. I. Beals of New York,
vice president ]. 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, G. S. Middleton
and Francis &. Cradle of Philadelphia
The capital stock of the corporation il
SO, 100000, and is owned by the men
named.
The claims now owned by the com
pany are in the Bear Butte mining dis
trict, near the new town Of Union Hill
about six miles from Deadwood anC
eight miles from the famous Homestakt
mine.
Arrangements have been made for thu
beginning Of mining operations on
large scale at once. Three hundred
miners are already on the ground,
smelter to cost $500, 900 has been order
ed at Edgemont and a large mill a
Gaiena-a few miles distant-has beer
contracted for. Besides this a contrac
has been made for the construction of
40O-ton stamp mill at Union Hill, on th,
grounds of the company.
For the lighting of the company
town of Union Hill an electric plant j
now being pull in, which will also fur
nIsh the power for running the drills il
the mines and for operating a railroa'
for the transportation of ore. This roa,
is now located and will be completed
before spring and form II connection
with the Burlington system. All tina
was waited for before putting the al
engagements into active operations wa
telegraphic notification of the actual in
corporation.
This is a separate and distinct con-
pany from the Union Hill Mining an,
Milling company, now operating j
Galena, that will work in connectio
with the smelling company.
The Union Hill company is capitalize
at 100000. It's officers are Il. f. Pa
tison, ex-governor of Pennsylvania pre-
sident; Benjamin Butterworth, ex con
gresham of Ohio. vice president
Thomas Bradley, of Philadelphia, tres
urer w. X kurtz, of New York, seer,
tary, and j. S. Cradle, superintendent
and general manager who with tn
following constitute the board of direc
ors: Russell Hall, president Of tn
First National bank of New Canaan
Conn j. Wesley Suppler, presider
Corn Exchange bank Of Philadelphia
> William Archer, a prominent buiIde
and contractor of New York city, and ]
G. Cradle, of Crawford, Neb.