Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
Mining Items.

u Mr.. David Jones returned from Den
yer Sunday. We understand that work
on the Globe mine will be continued
The ore being very satisfactory and i'm.
proving with every foot of depth attain.
ed.
| From parties up from Chilcoot we
learn that work Is progressing finely on
the Chilcoot mine under Superintend
ent Lindworn and Prof. Cubb. The
shaft is now down 1855 feet and the
ledge grows wider and richer as the
work progresses.
The Black Hills Porcelain Clay and
Marble Company last week shipped the
first carload of marble, the destination
being Hot Springs. The shipment was
very fine one, some of the blocks of
stone being six feet long. The COM
pany is working about twenty men at
the marble quarry and at the kaolin
clay ledge.
Dan Baker of Deadwood, who has
been in New York City for some time
on the Srsnd Junction mining deal, is
expected to arrive in few days with a
party of capitalists. 1t is reported that
the deal, which is Of considerable i'm
portance to the southern Hills, has been
closed. This will probably mean the
development Of this we'll known prop
erty on large scale and the erection of
plant.
r. c. Pearson departed Monday for
his home in Adams, Nebrasks, proba-
bly, to remain for the winter. Work on
the mica mine south of Custer, of which
Mr.. Pearson is one OF the principal own
ers, will be continued indefinitely under
the supervision of Mr.. F. T. Moore un-
der contract. The shaft on the mica
mine is now down about thirty feet, and
on the graphite mine go feet. Mr.. Pear
son says that both properties are look
ing well, and he is entirely satisfied
with the showing thus far made.
The Harney Peak Tin Company pos
sesses a large number of valuable mining
claims around Hill City which would
become rich producers of gold ore II
they we're only developed. There is a
prospect that the company will adjust
its internal troubles in such a manner
that development work on an extensive
scale may be commenced. There is no
reason why the company should not be
recognized and again put forth ener
gies in an attempt to make a success at
mining the tin ores, of which there is an
abundance of sufficiently high grade to
pay handsomely at the present price oi
tin.-Mining Review.
| Ii. Eiseie, secretary Ci Ihe Mort, Csc,
Mining company, came in from Umana
Sunday. He was accompanied by E.
A. Dayton, j. A. Schenk, J. b. Cowgirl
Leopold Doll, and two or three others
all stockholders in the company. They
visited the property on Monday and
expressed themselves as we'll pleased
with their investment and the deyelop
ment work SO far done. About two
weeks ago the ledge was struck at the
$50 foot level about 100 feet from the
shaft. The company has one of the bes
mines in the southern Hills, having {
vertical of ore eight feet wide. which il
said will average assay value of abou
$l8 per ton gold. Some OF the mos
prominent business men in Omaha ART
backing the enterprise. Report say
that the company intends to sink thu
shaft 200 or 800 feet deeper.
F.C. N. Graydon, general manager o.
the Monarch Mica Mining company, re
turned last Friday from protractet
visit in the east. To CHRONICLE re
porter he stated that work on the Mon
arch mica mine will be resumed at once
The company which Mr.. Graydon rep
resents have just erected the finest mic'
grinding plant in the United States d
Valparaiso, Indiana, which has grind
ing capacity of five tons per day. Regu
lar shipments of mica will be made L
this plant in the near future. Mr.
Graydon also has a bond and lease ol
the Mayflower group of gold claims
few miles west of town, and on Wed
nesday let a contract to Messrs PER-.
Bertschy, Thomas Carroll, II. H
and Frank Francis for sinking an ad
ditional 125 feet on that promising prop
erty. When this contract is complete'
the shaft will have attained a depth o
200 feet, the present shaft being dow
about 80 feet. The ore encountered a
J this depth is said to be- of an excellen
quality, and shows by various tests {
carry values which warrant big mar
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