Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-09
WORK GOING AHEAD
AT THE GOLDEN SUMMIT


Charles Allen who has returned
from visit to the Southern Hills,
where he had been to look after
some OF his mining interests in that
section, and the interests of eastern
friends. returned to the city Thurs
day, and is very much pleased with
what he saw He reports that there
Is much work going on at the present
time, and that 1t is not confined TO
assessment work, but that many ex-
cellent properties and prospects are
being opened up and developed.
While on his trip he paid short
visit to the Golden Summit property,
and says that they are doing things
right there, and the work promises
to give that famous old producer
a development which will make
available the rich material from the
vein which in years past sent so
much gold to the mint The present
main shaft will be Strengthened out
and sent down to a depth of 500
feet, beginning where the incline
starts, which was run along the vein
to a depth of about 240 feet from the
!l50-foot level. He says that there
lis plenty of money behind the COM
pany, new corporation known as
the Consolidated Copper company,
which has taken over the property,
and that practical men are In charge
Of the operation. The new company
has recently moved the lighting plant
which had been installed at he Calu-
met property near Sheridan, and has
placed it in operation at the Golden
Summit, and much of the other fine
equipment which had been part Of
THE installation of the Calumet plant
has also been moved to he Golden
Summit and will be utilized in the
sinking and other operations there.
He was very well pleased with the
outlook ct the property and firmly
believes that it will prove to be a
success when the work that is In
hand shall have been completed.
1t is rumored that the Consolidat
ed Copper company has strings on
the Golden Slipper ground, and that
1t will probably be added to he hold
ings of the corporation near the Sum-
nit. The Golden Slipper in early
days was a name that was familiar
to every old time mining and busi-
ness man in the Hills, for from this
mine some of the richest gold ores
that have ever been mined in the
world were taken, and 1t Is not like
ly that the work which had been
done on 1t when the property attract
ed so much attention has resulted in
exhausting all of these rich ores. 1t
is said that the CaiIscii!ate5 com.
pany will soon start doing work on
the Slipper and will try and open up
the rich ore veins that are known to
exist in il.
The Consolidated company still
has the controlling interest in the
Calumet coprsr property near sher-
idan, on which number OF years
ago small smelling plant mas been
erected and operated on ores from
the ppine. The mining of copper
and us smelt,ng by tile Calamet did
not prove profitable at the time, but
the runs of the plant resulted In the
accumulation OF considerable
quantity Of matt. which has re-
'aained on the ground since. 1t not
at that time being considered rich
enough IN copper TO snip to the east
for treatment. With the Price OF
copper at the present time lowering
around 3S cents. it Is believed that
the matt will pay to ship FOR treat