Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-31
THE EXTREME M. & M. 90.
A new Organisation Which N sans Much
for Custer.

| Tor custer.
Mr.. J. N. Wright, who recently re-
turned from a business trip to the cities
of the east, has succeeded (as he always
does) in the purpose for which he went.
He has organized good, strong COM
pany, and together they have bought up
some of the best mining property in
Custer county and are preparing to erect
reduction works, and push the develop
ment on their various elaine, with the
energy which has always been charac.
teristic OF the men whom Mr.. Wright
with great pains and good judgment has
brought together. For over year Mr..
Wright has had crew Of miners pros
pecting and testing different properties
In the county tributary to Custer, with
excellent results. Much Of this work
has been done on the "Golden Mortar"
group, consisting of seven claims, locat-
ed about eight miles west from Custer.
On this ground there are many open cuts
and prospect holes, and one shaft well
timbered which has been sunk to depth
of rs feet. From this shaft SO assays
have been obtained, the average returns
amounting to $796 per ton in gold.
From another claim called the Fraction
where shaft has been sunk to the depth
of so feet, the average of Is agsay tests
run $l0.50. A contract has bset let to
sink these shafts to a greater depth and
drifts will be run on the vein, and cross
cuts made to ascertain the width of the
ore body, which from surface indications
is very large.
"The Provo" is another group belong
ing to Mr.. Wright and associates, some
of whom reside in the Hills and some in
Washington, Penn. These claims cover
an area of about 100 acres of mineral
ground. The deepest shaft on this
ground has now obtained a depth of %
feet, and contract has been let to en-
large and timber the shaft preparatory
to sinking deeper. Some very high
grade assays have been attained from
this property and the ground will be
further developed the coming season.
These are all separate and distinct COM
panies.
The latest and perhaps tie most yalu-
property the new company has acquired
is the London Group. This property
is located about three miles west from
Custer, and embraces an area of about
30O Rcres, large part of which is
choice mineral ground. This property
was purchased from Mr.. Tom Dixon
and Isaac Downing, who have owned it
and worked it for good many years.
Al free'milling proposition the London
is without doubt the richest in the
southern Hills, aud in fact of all the rich
mines in the Black Hills, We question if
there is another one, which on an aver
age will yield as rich prospect in the
pan, as the London. 1t has cost the
company a large sum of money, the
exact amount we could not ascertain,
but we are assured by Mr.. Wright 1t has
been bought outright, and the money
paid.
In this group of mines Mr.. Wright has
associated with him his two sons w. f.
Wright, w. w. Wright, w. II. Chamb-
ers, and Isaac Downing, who reside in
the Hills, and j. Y. Scott, VIM. Andrews,
E. G. Mcclure, John A. Schaulis. all of
whom reside in Washington, Penn. 1t
is the intention of the CO mpany to equip
the London with ten stamp mill, with
Wilfrey concentrators. 1t is the design
10 add to these at an early day, either
cyanide or a chlorination plant, which
ever future investigations may prove to
be the best adapted for the ore. We
are very glad that this property has
fallen into hands who are able to treat
it in accordance with it's merits. We
welcome this company to our district
and we know thst this community will
join us in the wish, that their highest
hopes may be realized.