Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22

egl .'.H, - nuaoAs ,ne sunday ar
rivals in this place. Mr.. Glenn came TO
Custer especially to examine the prop
erty of the Black Hills Water and Min
ing company, with a view to investment,
and spent Monday and Tuesday with
Supt. Scott in its investigation. He ex-
pressed himself as being very fsyorably
impressed with the merits Of the prop.
erty, and will, in all probability, soon
acquire an interest in the same.
A movement is on foot, says a Dead
wood correspondent, to send a carload
OF ore from each producing mino st
Ragged Top to the Aurora smelters.
The train will be decorated and labeled
with tho namo of the mines and its
average values. Those in charge Of the
train will be supplied with advertising
matter. 1t is also planned to distribute
samples Of the ore at stopping places.
There is a demand for capital to devel
op the district, and by this means it is
hoped capitalists will be induced to
make investigations.
Reports from Ragged Top are Of the
most encouraging character. The ship.
ping Of high grade ore from the earlier
locations is being continued, and mum.
erous valuable discoveries are being
made. Sand, Of q peculiar character,
which is doubtless decomposed ore, was
recently found in one of the claims,
which is easily taken out with a spade,
that assays $50 per ton. Confidence in
The future out come Of the camp is con
stantly being strengthened and the
opinion is still largely entertained that
Ragged Top ~ all right.
James Demereau and c. A. Ostrom
came in Monday, on business, from the
Southern Queen copper mine, located
on French Creek, about Is miles east Of
this place, q mining property of &C
knowledged merit, in the development
of which they have for some time been
engaged. They report a very encour-
aging outlook for highly successful
results, having already, by extensive
exploration, practically determined the
presence of a good body of high grade
ore. Mr.. Demerssu returned on We'd
nesday. Mr.. Ostrom, having some
business matters requiring his presence
at Rockford, left for that place oil Tues
day, but will return to the mine in a
day or two and assist in its further
development.
THE DACEY.
There seems to be no doubt but what
very rich ore is being now taken out Of
the Dacey shaft at Ragged Top, says the
Independent. Ore is being taken out
in sacks. A story is told that Henry
McGill. the hack dryer, was standing at
the hoist the other day when some ore
was raised, and in some way got a hold
Of a piece Of the rock. For his own
satisfaction had it assayed in this city.
The rock is reported TO have run $40
gold per ton.
MONEY o RAGGED TOP.
The Deadwood Independent states to
its readers, upon what it claims to be
good authority, that Chicago and other
eastern parties who have interested
themselves in the Ragged Top country
| will, during the summer, expend $780,
0O0 in the development of property in
that camp. Such is the confidence Of
men who are interested and know what
they are about. We are not at liberty
at this time to give further particulars
hut will u little later. However that
this amount of money will be put into
development work is an assured fact.
THE SHELTER.
A visit to the site of the proposed
smelier reveals some very interesting
facts, Mason Miller, with a force of
twelve teams, is at present contemplat.
ing the grading on the wagon road,
which has been made on the east side
of Cottonwood. The Office on the
smelter grounds, is complete as is also a
large cistern. The main building and
the rooster are staked, the former being
80 feet long and eighty feet wide, with
two large ore bins is to be built on the
high bluff. where the Stag can he carried
out on trestle work and dumped into
the rayine below. The rooster will be
near same size as main building but will
have four ore bins. This building is to
be south east Of main building. Water
will be taken from Cottonwood and con
Quoted into a large reservoir near the
smelter. A large coke kiln will he built.
Brick are being made only a short dis
lance away and active work on grade will
soon be in operation. The B. & NJ. will
soon put in the two miles Of track and
not many months will roll by before the
Edgemopt smelter is working in full
blast Advocate,