Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-05-31
Mining Items.

Colorado parties haye lately taken
bond on the Belle Eldridge group and a
number of other mines in the vicinity.
These mines belong to Aaron Dunn, II.
Forfeit James Allen, @. W. Robbins.
They are situated near the head of the
east fork of Spruce Gulch.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state for the
Kentucky Diamond Mining and Deyel,
opment company, at Custer, with capi.
tai of S5 100000; incorporators, Francis
H. Cook, Austin Q, Millar, of Minneap.
ellis, Mimi, Alfred +. feay, of Custer.
Lithium, which is obtained for the
most part from Spodunene, is becoming
more and more in demand Custer and
Pennington counties both have an abun-
dant supply of this mineral. There are
q good many large veins OF Spodumene
in this district which only awaits prop
per recognition to become valuable.
The Saginaw Mining company are
pushing work on the main vein, not
only incline but also with the diamond
drill, the cores of which show up
equal to their highest expectations. We
understand that an upraise is contem-
plated 10 connect the incline with the
bottom of the old shaft. Mr.. Miller is
in charge of the work while Mr.. Lee
Hoyt the chemist for the company makes
daily tests of the output. This property
seems destined to become a great mine.
Mr.. Harry Francis, who recently re-
turned from the east, is preparing to
resume work on the Copper Butte group
of mines situated about ten miles north
west from Custer. The company we
learn has within the last few days pur.
chased very promising prospect, near
or adjoining their present holdings,
from Mr.. Richard Palmer. who has held
the property for m any years. The pur-
chase price is said TO be $5,OO0.0O. The
newly acquired property is rich in cop
per and silver with q few dollars in
gold.
From certain parties who are in com
munication with the officers of the Will.
low Creek Mining company, whose prop
erty is situated about II miles east OF
Custer, We learn that work on the mine
will shortly be resumed. This property
has received good deal of development
and the vein upon which the main work
has been done is very large one. We
have reasons (of which we cannot speak
at presently to believe that when the ore
from this mine is properly understood
and properly treated. that it will prove
to be one of the most valuable mines on
this continent.
Messrs. Foster and Hebert were in
from the Clara Belle mine Wednesday
They speak very enthusiastically about
this promising mine. The new shaft
they say has now reached a depth OF
125 feet at which point they encounter
ed the ledge. The same is five feet wide
and prospects handsomely. 1t goes
down vertically and the boys express no
doubts about it. 1t prospects regularly
all over and it's value is estimated to
range between $40 and SIS in gold to
the ton of rock. The mill will be start.
ed as soon as sufficient ore is on hand
for run.-Hill City News.
PLATINUM.
The Granite Reefand Deer Park group
of claims owned by Robbins and Dem
ereau, and situated about two miles
southeast from Custer. has received it's
annual quota of assessment work and
the resulting tests are most cheering
Some of the best chemists in America
haye been making some thorough analy.
tical tests on the ore from the main vein
for the last two months. The ow ers
are not quite ready to announce what
they haye discovered, but they predict
that the southern Hills is destined in
the near future to become the theatre
of the most extensive mining for plat.
mum that has ever be known In the
world. Mark the prediction.
THE WABASH MINE,
seven miles west from Custer. after run