Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Mining Items.


payment on the Blue Lead copper mine
came due on the first of May and was
promptly met by r. M. Maloney. The
option on the mine has been extended
for several montho.
Mr.. F. G. N. Graydon, who recently
purchased the Monarch group of mica
claims two miles west of Custer, has q
force Of Ave men men at work putting
up buildings and developing the proper
ty. Mr.. Graydon left for the east Thurs
day. While away he will make arrange.
ments for drill, and other machinery,
to be put up at the mine In order to
more rapidly develop the property.
He expects to be back about the Goth.
cHILcooT GROUP BONDED.
From parties up from Chilcoot Satur-
Gay. We learn that the Chilcoot group Of
claims, situated about eight miles east of
Custer, and owned by W. w. Challis, +.
c. Blair, Alex Madill and Frank Lock-
hart, was bonded last week to the Big
Hit Mining company of Keystone. The
consideration, so we are informed by
one of the owners, is $4,000. The bond
calls for sinking the shaft on the Chill
coot to depth Of 1876 feet. The shaft is
now down go feet and tunnel 100 feet
long taps It at the bottom. The group
embraces the Chilcoot, Chilcoot No. /,
Chilcoot No. 2, Chilcoot No. 3 and Chill.
coot No. 4 claims. The work Of further
developing the property is to be COM
menced at once.
BLACK HILLS PORCELAIN CLAY AND MARBLE
COMPANY.
The reporter for the CHRONICLE visit
cd the property of the aboye company
this week. A force of twelve men ia
employed in stripping the marble ledge
and building wagon road over the soft
places. The marble is showing q face
of twenty-five feet and it is getting hard
er and of a better quality as depth is at
tanned under the Gaping. The com.
pany will commence erecting bunk
houses and large boarding house some.
time next week, or just as soon as lum'
Der can be sawed. The shaft on the
kaolin clay ledge has been timbered to 9
depth of twenty-five feet, Mr.. B. R
Noble, president of the company, will
be in Custer about the middle of the
month. The company is bound to be 8
winner. Already, several Thousand
dollars have been distributed among the
business and laboring men of Custer.
IRON MOUNTAIN.
The Iron Mountain Gold Mining Com
pany, through their General Manager
w. w. Hinton. have made arrangement
with the Omaha Smelling Company t
ship them 100 tons of iron ore from
Iron Mountain each week. This amour
will bo gradually increased as the smell
ter reduces the supply now on hand t
about 1000 tons per week. The com
pany will also soon commence shippin
ore to tho Denver smelters. Mr.. Hintol
ia now at Keystone getting teams t.
haul the ore from the mine to keystone
1t is very probable that the B. & NJ. will
soon extend branch from either Gus
ter or Keystone to the mine. The sam
pie car load shipped to the Oman
smelter was admitted to be the bes
fluxing ore ever brought to the smeltei
Mr.. Hinton departs to-day for CinciI
natl, where on his arrival he and Mr..
L. Logan and associates will arrange 70
the erection in the near future Of
paint mill at Iron Mountain, to manr
facture the large amount of paint or
known to be there into mineral pain
1t is the intention of the management
erect at the mine gold and silvs
smelter and an iron furnace.