Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-03-15
Mining Items,

The Holy Terror Mining company at
Keystone have levied an assessment of
three cents per share upon the subscrib-
ed capital stock.
A new strike Is reported at the Gale
donia mine on Lightning creek, seysn
miles west from Custer. The property
is owned by John Bueter.
Tho Black Hills Porcelain Clay and
Marble company expect to put force OF
men to work at their lithograph stone
quarry, west Of this place, on April lst.
The annual stockholders meeting OF
the Willow Creek Mining company
which was to have been held in this city
on the llth, has been postponed to Thurs
day, March Goth.
E. c. Johnson is busily engaged in
getting the necessary machinery togeth-
er to unwater TIE Gertie mine. He has
leased a boiler and several pumps from
Agent Shotwell and received lot OF
pipes from Deadwood Wednesday. The
machinery is all at the mine now and
George Tanner has been engaged to pu,
it together and place it in position.-Hill
City News.
TEST ON SAGINAW ORE.
Lee Hoyt, the well known old-time
prospector of the Hills, is at present in
Indiana, making test on a quantity OF
ore from the Saginaw mine by new
electrical process. Great claims haye
been made for the process, which is said
will extract the gold and silver of the
ore in dry state. If it is proven that
the process will do what its promoters
claim for it it will mean bonanza for
the owners ofthe Saginaw. who are prin.
cipally Michigan gentlemen.-Minine
Review.
ACQUIRES MORE GROUND.
The University Gold Mining and Mill
ing company has bought 200 acres OF
mining ground two miles from Rockford
of Burt Heath. The first payment has
been made on the ground and the com.
pany took possession last week. The
property is situated near Rapid creek,
and there is large millsite on the creek,
easy Of access from the mining ground
and with an ample water supply. The
Heath ground Is developed by number
Of shafts, tunnels, open cuts and test pits,
opening up several large bodies of free
milling ore. The company sampled the
ore carefully before purchasing. the as
says averaging between 81 and S. a ton.
The University company owned 800 acres
of ground in Custer county and by ac-
quiring the Heath group in Pennington
county it has 500 acres all told. A part
of the working force has been moved up
from the University mine, near Oreyille,
and active development commenced on
the Heath property.
GRANTz GOLD MINING CO.
The Deadwood correspondent OF the
Omaha Bee says: A charter has been
obtained from the secretary of state by
the Grantz Gold Mining company, which
succeeds the st. Elmo Mining company
under the reorganization. The incor.
porators Of the Grantz company are
Otto p TIL. Grantz, George V. Ayers and
Asa Baldwin. The company is capital
lied at S2,500,0O0 1t is owner ofthe st.
Elmo group Of thirteen claims In Pen.
nington county, near Harvey Peak,
and Sylvan lake. The st. Elmo was
for number Of years the lead
ing producer of THAT part OF
the Black Hills. 1t has ten stamp mill
and it was supplied with rich qnality
Of free gold ore for several years, or un-
I'll deeper working became lmpractiable
owing to the system that had been
inaugurated. The new company will
sink a 5OO-foot shaft and develop the ore
at depth. Mr.. Grantz is president OF
the company and will have charge oi