Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-17

| N iOiCo VI ucH Will 10 put On tuc Oiu
Bill mine shortly. The property is un-
der bond to Chicago parties.
Report comes from Rockford that the
ledge in the old Standby mine has been
struck on the 500 foot level, and that
the owners contemplate the erection of
a cyanide plant of 100 tons daily capa-
city.
The FIRST payment on the Mayhower
group of gold claims west of Custer was
made last Tuesday. Two shifts are now
employed in sinking the shaft to the 200
foot level. and good progress is being
made. The ore encountered is said to
be of excellent duality, averaging about
$l4 per ton. This is one of the most
promising gold propositions in the
southern Hills. The next payment is
due when the 200 foot leyel is reached.
F. w. Bush received telegram last
Sunday from Mr.. A. III. Spencer of New
York, president OF the Vigilante Mining
company, instructing him to at once
SiOot WIG Winnings Ou tno ooiu SOiu
property of water, preparatory 10 re-
sumo operation, Mr.. Bush set the ma
chinery in motion Tuesday morning,
and men are now busily engaged pump.
ing the water out of the 260 foot shaft.
AS soon as the shaft is cleared of water
the work of sinking will be resumed.
Mining Review: 1t is stated that a
very large deal has been cnnsummated
in the Bear Gulch district. The North
American Tin company, which was or
ganized this summer by Philadelphia
people, bonded group of claims cover
ing nearly mile square Of territory.
Two of the most noted tin experts in
the United States have Quietly visited
the district and made favorable reports
to the company. The deal, it is said,
was closed only few days ago The
body of ground that was purchased is
cut in every direction by tin quartz
lodges, ranging in width from three to
fifty feet. The average value of the tin
is placed at three per cent per ton. The
company shipped ton of the stream
tin, found in the creeks, to Cornwall,
England, for test. DR.. franklin X.
Carpenter, who is considered an author
ity on all Black Hills mining questions,
asserted recently in print, that in the
near future, tin ore would be mined at a
profit in the Bear Gulch district.
COPPER BUTTE MINING co.
William Fl. Buffum of New York,
president of the Copper Butte Mining
company, whose holdings are situated
on Spring creek, ten miles northwest
from Custer, this week let a contract to
Jack Chllson and others to do the as
sessment work on thirteen claims be-
longing to the company. The company
has also force. of men at work
prosecuting the ledge on the
Little Wonder" Lode. The ledge on
this claim is reported to be 100 feet
wide. After prosecuting the vein on
the surface shaft will be sunk to the
100 foot level, The ore runs 2 per cent
copper and 81 per ton in gold. In all
eleven men are employed.
EXPENDITURES ON MINING CLAIMS.
In speaking Of the expenditure Of $500
in labor or improvement required tc
patent mining claim, Secretary Bliss
Of the Interior Department says
while an expenditure of 500 in labor
or improvements admits the claimant tc
occupancy for one year. $500 is REQUIRED
for continued occupancy and enjoyment
While several claims in common may
be embraced in the same application fol
patent survey and notice, a single ex
penditure of $500 will suffice for but {
single claim. Whatever constitutes {
proper annual expenditure under Sec
ton 1924 may unquestionably be treat
ed as part'of the greater expenditur,
exacted by Section 1926, and since tht
upon each of several claims held in com
mon when it is made upon any one o
them for the benefit of all. so under
Section 1926 the expenditure will bt
deemed to have been made upon each
of several claims held in common, ant
included in one application for paten
when it is made upon any one of then
for the benefit of all; but the expendi
ture of money must equal in value tha
which would be required on all of th'
claims if they were separate or indie
pendent"