Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-05-23
Mining Items.

group of claims which lie Immediately
west of the old Atlantic ground. There
are several very large vertical veins
which traverse the group running north
and south, from which recent assay re.
turns show all the way from $500 to
$1,000 per ton in gold. Four men are a,
present employed, and the development
thus far discloses a very promising out
look for the future.
Work on the Roosevelt group Of mines
is being pushed with good force Of
miners. A drift is being run from the
main shaft in the Aspen claim from the
80 foot level which has penetrated along
the vein to a depth of 20 feet. No re-
cent assay returns have been reported
but the vein is about three feet in width
and has the appearance of being the
same as that which the mine has always
yielded which is high grade. They are
at present sacking and preparing to ship
carload to Denver for test on a com.
mercial scale.
A new group of mines have recently
been discovered and located in the vi.
cinity of Custer, which from the assay
returns bid fair TO rival the best in the
district. We did not learn how many
claims there were in the group. but the
assay certificates rendered by Mr.. Joseph
Pitcher show that the ore from the claim
known as the Marsel run SAG 20 while
the Nordyke yielded $4,000 and Nor.
dyke No. yielded $33.4O. Considering
the meagre development this is very
good indeed and we congratulate the
owners, who are Fl. D. Clark of Ho,
Springs w. r. Mi!lham and s. e. Ain.
slie of Custer.
THE MILE HIGH
group of mines situated in the Penob.
scot district is high up in more senses
than one. The recent assays from sam.
Piles taken from the two shafts which the
company is sinking gave returns of $l2
$500 and $75 90 respectively. This is a
large group comprising 26 claims and
joins the Interstate group on the south
and the Roosevelt group on the north
west and extends close up to the lime,
stone on the west. The company has
been recently incorporated and is Off.
cered as follows: President, ]. Z. Tyler
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; vice president
T. E. Devereaux of Fort Dodge. S. L.
Stark is secretary and treasurer and
Frank Mclaughlin of Custer is general
manager. These claims will be quite
extensively developed during the sum-
mer and large force of men will be EN-.
ployed.
OLD CHARLEY TO START UP.
W. W. Olds, who has been making
quite long visit with his people in
Michigan and other points in the east,
returned to Custer on the evening ol
the Goth, looking as fresh as boy. He
tells US that he has made arrangements
to start work on the Old Charley at Four
Mile so that there is an immediate pros
pect Of adding that old stand by (Which
has always been famous for its rich ore)
to the list of producers of the precious
metal in Custer district. He will in q
few days make trip to Denver to pur-
chase the necessary machinery with
steam hoist, etc, to fully equip the mine
and in the meantime he proposes to tear
down the old mill building and remove
it up to the mine. There is ample water
supply from the mine to run a cyanide
or chlorination plant or whatever pro
cess may be determined upon for the re.
duction of the ore, and the most econ.
omicsl extraction of the gold.
jim HARDIN MAKES A DEAL.
One of the largest mining deals which
has been negotiated in the Black Hills,
was consummated recently by Mr.. James
d. Hardin of Lawrence county. The
property lies mostly in the vicinity oil
the town of Galena, and was owned by
the Galena Mining and Smelling com.
pany, and has been lying idle for sew,
eral years. The ground consists of the
original holdings of the old company
with all the improvements and fran.
chises, including many groups of promis
ing mining claims, aggregating in al
about 1000 acres of mineral ground, mos
of which has been patented. This is the
property promoted by Mr.. Cradle years
ago. and although Mr.. G. had always
been successful previous operations, ant
bad made great deal Of money for tn,
syndicate who were backing him, ye