Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-05-09

is ready to take out ore, and commence
milling on just as good rock as ever came
out of the mine.
Mr.. John Donnely, who owns the Gold
Standard group of mines of which Mr..
George Phillips is superintendent, says,
that the company is going ahead on the
shaft which has now attained depth Of
so feet. The deyelopusent goes to prove
that the veins are large and permanent,
and the ore of an excellent grade, and
affords an excellent cyaniding PROPOSE
ton.
The London and Dakota group of
mines, located about eight miles north
west from Custer in the Penobscot dis
trict, will soon have crew of miners
delving into tbeif vsins and disclosing
their merits. The company has received
their incorporation certificate and are
waiting for the stock book, seal, etc., be-
fose commencing operations. They will
have employment for about IL men.
"Tripolite" is the word now, though
some call it "Infusorial earth" Mr.. III
Albien and Dennis Henault have alarge
body of it near Argyle station. 1t lies
under the strata of flller's earth, and is
said to 60 90 per cent. silica. 1t was
Tripolite and not fuller's earth that
brought Mr.. Graydon out to Custer the
last trip. Tripolite, yes, the owners will
no doubt do that when they see the
money out of it,.
There is considerable work still going
on in the Penobscot district have seem
ingly let go their hold to spit on their
hands before they take new hold. The
Roosevelt group is being developed and
the Interstate company is going ahead
with good force. They are making new
discoveries on the Bius Bird belt of veins
almost daily, and have ore enough in
sight to justify reduction plant of the
proper kind right now.
Mr.. E. M. Barnes, the general mana
ger Of the Central Black Hills Copper
company arrived during the week and is
busy installing new machinery at the
Minis; He expects TO start the mill about
the first Of June. The company has a
vast and inexhaustible body of ore, and
although it is low grade, it must be re-
membered that it is the low grade mines
ia the Black Hills which pay the best
and yield the steady dividends.
Parties over from the Clara Belle mine
report that new hoist has been installed
and the cornr6ny are about ready to
hoist ore of which they have a good
body, and the little mill will be dropping
stamps in few days. We hope before
e,arting this time they will be prepared
to concentrate their tailings as they have
lost a good deal of money by not having
them in before. "Do not let your chances
like the sun beams pass You by, for
you'll never miss the water till the we'll
runs dry"
1t is little cold yet for placer mining
but it is good time to get your sluce
boxes ready, repair your dams and get
ready for effective work. For one who
is industrious and careful and watches
the course of his pay streak, there is good
wages to be made yet on French creek
and it's tributaries, but it aint made by
the man who sits on dry goods box and
whittles his time away. Of course the
old timers can not work as they did in
the days of'77 and 8, but we have plenty
of young men to take their places, and
they cannot plead the excuse, that "Hope
deferred maketh the heart sick"
w. r. Millham, arrived on Wed.
nesday from Emmetsburg, Iowa where
he attended directors meeting of the
Interstate Mining company. 1t was de-
cided by vote to resume work at the mine
Immediately and good force of miners
will shortly be put to work on that very
promising ground. The first work will
he done on the rich vein recently dis
covered. This vein which has an east
and west strike cuts the formation at
nearly right angles, and has all the ap-
pearance of true fissure from to 5 feet
in width, and the ore is high grade. 1t
should prove valuable discovery, while
the large north and south veins which
have been opened and found to be of a
paying quality stamps the Interstate as
being a grand property.
B. II. AND D. c. NJ. co.
The Black Hills and Duluth Copper
Mining company, incorporated under
the laws of South Dakota, and whose
mines are situated about twelve miles
north of Custer, are prepared to resume
work. The situation of the property
makes it tributary to Custer, and the
prospect justifies the hope that in the
near future it will become an important
factor in the prosperity of our district.
Their group of claims consists of 26 loca-
tions, or an aggregate of about 300 acres
of mineral ground, with discovery shafts
on each claim, many of which exhibit
an excellent showing in copper. The
company have recently negotiated with
a syndicate of eastern capitalists, who
have been on the ground and fully salts
fed themselves Of the merits of the
property. They have invested in large
block of the stock, and paid into the
treasury sufficient sum of money to de-
velope the property, procure the proper
machinery and put the mine on a pay.
ing basis. We shall have more to say of
this company as the work progresses,
and shall watch the progress of the en-
terprise with good deal of Interest.
The nfficera of the comnany are as fol !.