Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-23
Mining items.

r.. M. Barnes, OF the urn OF DrRke,
Barnes & Co. Of Cleveland, Ohio, who
spent several days in this vicinity last
week inspecting the property of the
Sugar Loaf Mining company, departed
for Butte, Montana, the forepart of the
week. While here Mr.. Barnes made a
payment of ten per cent, $4,000, on the
copper property on Slate creek which
the company recently purchased from
Dick Palmer and others. A force of men
have been put to work and develop.
ments will be pushed very rapidly from
now ON. The company is making ar
rangements to install teaching process
on the ground in the near future.
CoPPEF
Operations with diaI .ond drills on the
property of the Black Hills and Duluth
Copper company locat d about 10 miles
northwest of this city, and largely own
ed by citizens of this place, are being
continued with the most gratifying re-
suits. The ore body as shown by core
tests to depth of neArly 100 feet car
ries fair per cent of ccppeS, improving
in grade as depth is attained. 1t is the
purpose Of the company to push the
drills down to depth of 400 feet, where
1t is confidently anticipated large body
of payable ore will be determined.
LIE ROY MINING COMPANY.
The above named company made mp
of Minneapolis capitalists have recently
commenced operations upon their group
of gold claims four miles west of this
place under the general supervision of
S. f. Ainslie. A small force of men is
now employed sinking u shaft upon one
of the claims which has now reached a
depth of 35 feet, the ore encountered
thus far being highly satisfactory to the
company. 1t is the intention to sink
the shaft to depth of $50 feet and cross
cat the vein at that depth. This CON-
pany is not starting out with a blare of
trumpets, but are proceeding quietly in
a business like manner with money in
bank to defray all expenses, with a view
ising property, concerning which it is
very probable that much more may be
heard in the not distant future.
GOLD FISH.
Recent developments upon this well
known property, located four miles north
of Custer, and better known as the cold
Salmon mine," from which were taken
so many rich gold specimens in by gone
days, show conclusively that the rich
ore was not confined to the surface, but
on the contrary that it was only neces-
sary to delve to greater depths to deter
mine the presence OF deposits of almost
fabulous richness, samples ofwhich may
be seen at the Brokers office of Messrs
Kimbe & Shankland. We are inform
ed that it is the intention of the com.
pany to put on a steam hoist and an air
compressor in the early future and ma
terially increase the working force, the
object being to sink working shaft to a
depth of 800 feet, at which depth it is
the opinion of all of the experts who
have examined the property, body of
high grade ore ofexceptional magnitude
will be encountered.
CUYAHoGA MINING co.
The party of eastern stockholders of
the Cuyahoga Mining company, mention
of whose arrival was made in our issue
of last week, departed for their homes
Saturday evening. They were here for
the purpose of inspecting the company's
property and to attend the annual stock
holders meeting, which was held on the
14th inst, at which time the following
directors and officers were elected:
Directors-H. A. Henke, II. G. Wick
off, ]. A. Foerstner, j. NJ. Twitchell, H.
c. Hemman, L. A. Osborne, w. G. Evers,
II. J. Fisher, f. A. Gira.
Officers-President, II. A. Henke |;
Vice president, H. G. Wickoff; Secre-
tary and assistant treasurer, J. A. Foerst-
ner; treasurer, H. G. Hemman general
manager, F. A. Gira.
The party, mostly from Cleveland,
Ohio, consisted of the secretary and
treasurer of the company, j. A. Foerst-
ner who is secretary and treasurer ofthe
Somers Coal company and the Roby Coal
company H. A. Henke, Of the firm of
Kochlan & Henke; H. G. Herman,
Hardware merchant; Geo. Sommers, of
Cleveland Gearing Co.. John Keifer,
Carriage dealer; w. Meckes, of Meckes
Dry Goods Co., and w. g. Evers, coun.
ty surveyor, all Of Cleveland and DR.
H. G. Wickoff of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
The gentlemen expressed themselves
very we'll pleased with the Black Hills
country and the conditions of the mine,
and are enthusiastic over the prospect.
This is good substantial company with
plenty of capital behind them and they
mean business. The work of sinking
goes on steadily, and the force is at work
now putting in the machinery which ar
rived few days ago at the mine.
L. r. s1.,w