Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-07-06

northwest grain regiohs q not snc6nfAs-
ing for tho rest Of tkS stGmor and early
autumn.
kAnins rtsms.
The Black Hills Porcelain Clay md
Marble eompsny nhleaded . car load %
machinery Monday consisting ofa dia-
mond drill, etc. The machinery wsi
taken TO the marble quarry where twill
be used to prospectths ground a. soon
40 It can be placed In position.
A new strike Of ore h reported near
Hill City which is cresting consider.
able excitement. The lodge Is about
three feet wide and Il prospects In gold
for several HUNDRED feet along its course.
There is said 10 be enough ore In sight
to justify the erection of n small mill.
The Standby mine at koSBfard, own.
ed by New York parties. 10 again com.
ing to the front, says the Mining Be-
view. An upraise has been made which
has encountered the main ledge again.
It 10 tho plan Of tas owners to repair
the 60-stsmp mill and 30 install concen.
traitors and cyanide annex.
AT meeting of the stock holders of
the Marion Mining, Milling & Prospect
Ing company, held In this city Monday
evening, the bylaws were amended so
a. to set aside 10000 shares a. treasury
stock. being one.half ofthe capital stock.
$1,000 shares are offersd fof eale at ten
cents per share, a portiou or which has
bsen subscfibed. A new working shah
is being put down and when the ore
body is encountered the company win
be ready for business.
1t is announced that tho Hidden For
tune Mining Company hsaIuot fully do.
cided upon the location Of the stamp
mills and cyanide plant. ALI along. 1t
has been thought by the public that
Belle Fourche. north Of this city about
Is miles. would be the place chosen on
account Of the abundance Of water and
the nearness to the Hay Creek coal
mines, but IL now leaks out that the
Burlington Railway Company has made
the company an offer to give good rates
both on the hauling of ore and coal,
down the roal near Mystic, where the
Castle creek and the north fork Of Ra-
pid creek come together. 1t is rumored
that the Hidden Fortune Company has
entirely given mp the Belle Fourche
project and that the reduction works
will be built on the BuElington lino.-@
Mining Review.
MYSTIC REDUCTION rtANf.
A large amount of new machinery
staras at tho siding Of the Mystic reduc.
ton plant ready to be installed. q. II.
Long. of Chicago. has now purchased
the interests Of his associates in the
plant and he is about to enlarge tho
capacity to $50 tons per day. The pro.
cess used in this plant IL entirely new
to the Black Hills, and the promoter
states that it has been very successful
on all of the ores treated, taken from
the different districts in the Hills.
Numst1us tssts have also been made at
ores from mines in, Ctippls Greer aha
other Colorado sscti6hs. II Ii the In.
tentioh bf MIR. Long ID erect d plant in
Cftpple Creek as soon as the enlarge
ment has been made at the Mystic plant.
There are number Of mines in the vi
clnIty of the plant at Mystic that can
soon be made into good producers OF
ore, and later on. Il Is the plan to in
crease the capacity tosSU0 ctops per day
Mining Review. 49,
BLACK HILLS ASD DgttTn corpER Min.
~ ING COMPANY.
This company completed its organi3a-
ton last Saturday by the election Of The
following directors: F. A. Towner, M.
J. Bailey, w. F. Hanley, E. A. Dickson n,
w. A. Nelson, Louis Knowles, Marcus
NJ. Bates, F. q. MacDuffes and 8. g.
Lummis, and the election Of Mar
Gus M. Bates, president; w. A. Nelson,
vice president; M. j. Bailey, SECRETARY
and-W. F: Hanley, treasurer.
Ats meeting Of the directors. F. "A.
fo1ber was elected general manager,
and E. Al, dickson, mine foreman. w.
E. Benedict was selected as attorney.
The company owns 6ne property
northwest of this city, and have already
commenced active operations on the
line of opening mp the property. The
indications show copper, and the com.
pany is amply equipped with funds to
20 down into Tie ground a thousand feet
IL necessary, to ascertain whsshsr or not
that mineral aboInds In sufficient guam
titles to pay tonine. The SurfSce indi.
satious and tie disclosures 90 far made
by Development already done are very
promising.
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