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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
ALMOST READY TO
BEGIN TREATING ORE

Will Faust last Sunday paid a
visit to his tungsten proposition near
Hill City and while in that vicinity
went through the milling plant of
the Hill City Tungsten Production
company. He expresses himself as
well pleased with the arrangement
of things in the plant and the me-
thods which are employed in it for
crushing and concentrating ores. He
says that it is one of the best plants
Of its character in the United States,
and when it is running regularly
should be able 10 accommodate all
shippers. The plant has been ready
to start up for several days, but the
company has been waiting on the
Burlington railroad to build a spur
to the mill, and when this shall have
been done the management expects
to have all of the custom work 1t
can handle, for they have contract
ed with quite a number Of people
who are mining tungsten, not only
in the southern Hills, but from the
vicinity of Deadwood so ship 1t
ores. Mr.. Faust, on the visit to his
own property, took a number of
samples from the big pegmatite dyke
and believes that they will assay we'll
in tungsten. He and his associates
are continuing the development of
their ground, and when the Hill City
eompany's mill is ready to begin
operations will have plenty of ore
to send 1t. For the present, 1t is un-
derstood, the Hill City company will
devote its attention to the mining
and treatment of the tin ore which
It will take from the Cowboy mine,
and that it viii! not pay much atten-
tion to tungsten until the demand
for the black metal is greater and
the prices better. In the Cowboy
the company has splendid tin pro-
position, repeated assays from its
ores show that they will go almost
as good as per cent cassiterite.
This is very rich for tin ores, and as
the demand for tin has been stead
lily increasing and the prices raising,
Just now it will prove to be the most
profitable to work. Mr.. Faust did
not visit any of the other properties
in the district, but in conversation
with people in Hill City he was given
to understand that there was plenty
of work going on in the district, that
the development being done on gold
and other properties was of the most
encouraging nature, and everyone
was hoping for a lively winter.
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

Carpenters and others are at work
making the milling plant frost proof,
so that during even the coldest days
of winter 1t will be possible to oper-
ate 1t without danger of freezeups,
which, when the plant was running
several years ago was one Of its
greatest sources of trouble and ex-
pense. II is one of the best dry crush
ing, cynading plants in the west and
needed but few additions TO bring
it up to date, and these have been
made.
All OF these additions to the mill,
its frost-prooflng and alterations and
the work of opening up the big shoot
of ore. is being paid for, as stated,
from the operations of the plant on
the ore which Is being mined. When
this work shall have been coIapleted
the expense to which those operating
the group are under will be done
away with and only those expenses
incidental to operating mine and mill
will have to be met, which will make
the Slavonian not only one of the
largest producers of rich ore in the
upper country, but the most profit
able. Professor Dove is a mining
man of ability, and his technical edu-
cation is such that he is peculiarially
fitted for the position which he holds
In the company operating, that of
manager in both mining ground and
milling plant.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
Mines ano Mining

unit and purchases by the allies
are expected to at least maintain this
figure. But when the war is over
and foreign demand lessons the need
for a protective tariff will become
imperative to further develop the
tungsten industry and make 1t a
great national asset.
Tungsten men are not asking any
thing to which they are not entitled
in the way OF favorable legislation;
there is no jobbery back of their de-
mands. This fact of itself strength
ems their position and warrants the
belief that they will succeed in their
efforts-t TO place the industry they re-
present upon a sounder basis. They
undoubtedly will have the support OF
the producers of every kind OF me-
tai in the west.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
INCREASED DEMAND
FOR ROADSTERS

The marked increase in the de-
mand for roadsters, due chiefly to
the appearance of the three and four
passenger cars, is the seasons most
striking development in the auto
ment In the automobile industry, in
the opinion of Elwood Haynes, presi-
dent of the Haynes Automobile COM
pany.
At the Haynes plant, says MI.
Haynes, we have had to revise our
,,ody schedules on account OF the
sales of our small party cars. A
few years ago our roadsters made
I'M only a small percentage Of the
wears total output, and touring car
models were bought almost exclus-
ivelv even in cases where roadster
might readily have served. These
conditions have greatly changed In
the mast wear and the demand Tor
roadsters is constantly assuming
larger proportions.
The roadster owes Its present
ronularitv to the fact that 1t has
been altered to meet the need OF the
small party, who found that the
touring car was extravagant In lts
room The new car brings all the
messengers within easy speaking DIS
tapce without sacrificing any OF the
comfort of the larger automopiie'
This feature has appealed particu-
lar,v to the small family and TO wo-
ran who want a small car for tour
ing about town.
Women's influence accounts IN
oood mart for the way the smaii
marty cars have moved up In the au-
tomobile world. Their artistry OF line
and clever design have made them
q smart tournous for any feminine
occasion. With the perfect controi
that comes from comparatively
short wheelbase, the car Is tailored
70 what the women driver wants anu
needs. - ~,
few wears ago the invention OF
the self starter multiplied the num-
her of women drivers many times'
hr, according to present indications
T believe that the small party cars
w,, create as many women devotees
70 motoring as the self starter did IN
its day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
CONDITIONS FOR TIE
BUILDING OF A REFINERY

Belle Fourche people are more
than happy over the promise of the
Great Western Sugar company to
build great refinery adjacent TO
that town. However, there are con-
ditions attaching to the building of
the refinery. which the people OF
Belle Fourche will see fulfilled. The
conditions are given in the following
telegram, sent by the company to
the Commercial club of Belle
Fourche:
Denver, Colo, Sept. 20 1916
Belle Fourche Commercial club'
Belle Fourche. S. D.-You may an
nounce that negotiations for the pur-
chase of the Bullock farm as factory
site was successfully closed today.
This company will build factory for
operation season of 1918, providing
we can be assured of the construc-
ton of a railroad to Vale and Arpan
territories for the delivery or the
1918 crop. Also providing com
tracts acceptable to our agriculturist
for not less than 5000 acres OF beets
for season of 1918, can be secured
Also providing contracts for season
Of 1917 be secured for not less than
600 acres and not more than 1850
acres of beets for sipment TO our
Nebraska factories at price or
$3.50 Z. O. b., delivery at stations IN
Belle Fourche district. with bonus
50c per ton, provided not less than
600 acres subscribed and providing
one-fourth each growers crop is
nitted with an additional payment
of rs cents per ton for all pitted
beets.
GREAT WESTERN SUGAR co.
The following message was sent
TO the Great Western Sugar Co.:
Belle Fourche, s. D.. Sept. 70
1e1s-W. L. Petriken. assistant TO
president Great Western Sugar Co..
Denver, Colo.-Your message re-
ceiyed. The spirit your company has
shown and the faith you have kept
with the community is greatly APP
preciated. 1t is our earnest desire
that all of us working together may
fulfill our every dream and ambition
in making this the greatest OF all
your projects.
BELLE FOURCHE COMMERCIAL
CLUB.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
REoPENING OF STATE
SCHOOL OF MINES

The School of Mines opened yes
terday with the best initial enroll
ment in many years. The registra-
ton closed with fifty per cent more
students than on the opening day of
last year. This does not include
eleven student soldiers now on the
Mexican border who have applied for
discharge in order to attend. Lee
lures and recitations begin today and
by the end Of the week all classes
will be meeting regularly.
OF the last years students Edwin
Clarke was for considerable time in
Wyoming and Colorado; II. REIN
bold in California; Virgil Price in
Glacier National park; Julius Hall
in Lead; Frank Cremer, Parkston,
S. D.; Luther White, Dresser, H.;
Frank Newbower with the Westing-
house Electric Manufacturing com
pany, Pittsburgh.
The following are among the new
students from a distance: A. w.
Hartwig, Watertown; c. G.. Wurst-
baugh, Irwin, Ia; John W. Kirston,
Bermuda Island; C. A. Dumont, Arp,
Mont; Lyle Cook, Kimball; Donald
Harris, Highmore.
Hubert Mara, a student, who was
in the school several years ago, but
who has been for some time living
near Mitchell, has again enrolled as
has also Harold Nelson, who has
been In the Leadzinc region of south
western Wisconsin. Several young
ladies have enrolled and others have
arranged to enter
A most excellent feature of the en-
rollmcnt is the good showing in the
| clossele classes. The freshman class
is larger than for eight years or more
and the fourth year preparatory sci
ence class is nearly as large as the
freshman class.
Another feature OF interest is that
Rapid City is so well represented. OF
the students entering from Rapid
City this year for the first time sew
enteen are freshmen or above fresh
men. n.-Journal
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

or indirectly; and IL is to the metals
that we may give thanks foi tle
country's splendid situation.
Never in the history of the ma.
tion has the great constructive power
of mining been SO forcibly brought to
the public attention as 1t has been
during the past eighteen months and
more; and never before have the divi-
dend possibilities OF mining shares
been so clearly emphasized.
Oil, too, has played a conspicuous
part In making millionaire3 in the
United States, and many OF the OIL
companies are disbursing profits that
are remarkable, besides declaring an
occasional stock dividend 10 make
things more interesting.
Both oil and mining stocks are.
therefore, steadily growing in popu-
larity. More Cripple Greek shares,
with their long and consistent re-
cord of productivity back of them
have changed hands recently than
for many months, and heavy buying
OF Jerome c)ppers has besn in order
strong marscJ for the Oatman
stocks, too, gi',s evidence of the
favorable regard in which that new
gold camp is hsld by the public. and
the shares of miscellaneous COM
panies, operating in various sections
Of the west, are readily absorbed.
Sharing in the upward movement,
the newer oil stocks-and particu-
larly those of the Wyoming compan-
ies-have become marked favorites
with both large and small investors.
the Wyoming issues being selected
above others because of the known
merit of the oil fields of that state.
It is well the public is learning
that the mining and oil industries
afford better and more stable oppor-
tunities for acquiring immense pro-
fits on a moderate investment than
can be found elsewhere, the world
over.
AS long as the mines continue
their present high rate of production,
and the oil wells spout their rivers of
wealth, no abatement of the prevail
ing great prosperity need be appre-
hended Mining Record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
DAY
ACCUSED CONVICTED

San Francisco, Sept. 23.-Warren
X. Billings, who was tried for the
murder of one of the ten persons
killed by the explosion of a bomb
during the preparedness parade on
July %, was found guilty of first
degree murder by the jury and re-
commended for life Imprisonment.
He will be sentenced Tuesday.
District Attorney James Brennan
said he considered Billings only a
tool in the hands of bigger men. He
said If Billings is convicted he
(Brennan) will be the first to ask
for his pardon or commute his SEN
tence If Billings will tell about the
bomb conspiracy. Billins smiled.
but said nothing. He is % years
old.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
BROUGHT In A BRICK FROM
MISUNDERSTANDING MILL

Professor Dove, who is superin-
tending the mining and milling op-
Grafton on the Slavonian group of
claims (the Elk mountain) in the
Ragged Top district and the opera
tions in the Deadwood-Standard mill,
where the ore Is being treated. yes
terday brought in gold brick, the
result of a ten-day run Of the plant.
| II was pretty gold, almost pure. and
would weight between $4,000 and
$4,000. 1t was the result of partial
cleanup of the mill. and was most
satisfactory. At the present time.
Professor Dove says, they are run
ming through the mill between fifty
| five and sixty tons of ore daily, but
hopes soon to be able to treat about
zoo tons every working day. There
| Is still considerable work to be done
on the mill before 1t can be run to
capacity, while the product from the
mine is curtailed from the fact that
they have to do their development
work as they go along. However. the
ore that is being taken from the
property and treated in the Dead
wood Standard mill. is paying for all
of this work and leaving a handsome
profit to those who are operating the
property, who comprise the Maleta
heirs and Professor Dove.
1t is said that the development
work which will be necessary before
the milling plant can be run at its
full capacity will require several
weeks to complete. and that by that
time one of the largest bodies of ore
that has ever been uncovered In the
flat formations of that district will
be in such shape that unlimited
quantities OF it can be mined. This
big shoot is from fifteen to twenty
eight feet in thickness and OF un-
known width. but 1t is easily the
most extensive deposit of ore that has
yet been uncovered in any of the flat
formations of the Hills. While
Professor Dove did not state what its
assay values are. 1t Is known to be
better than Sc a ton. and that Its
richness Ii evenly distributed in the
shoot, which will require years to
work out, and by that time Professor
Dove and his associates will all have
made fortunes from 1t. It is easily
one of the best propositions in the
Hills.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

Wilson reversed himself in order to
give 1t in the same way his endorse
ment.
Both as to waterpowers on navig-
able streams and on public lands,
the last reversals leave the admins
tratlon standing with the special in
terests against the people
The Phelan oil land measure,
would hand over to private individ-
uuals who have no legal rights the
valuable oil lands set aside as re-
serves for the navy. The navy de-
partment has made public announce
ment that the mere threat of the
PLelan bills passage has caused it
''to seriously consider the advisable
ity of abandoning" the policy of con-
structing oil burning ships. Only
oil burning ships can develop and
maintain the high speeds required
in modern war, and without them no
navy can be even second class. The
secretary of the interior actively
supported this surrender of national
safety to private greed The secre-
tary of the navy and the attorney
general opposed it. Wilson remain
ed neutral and did nothing.
Because Wilson refused to take
sides, or took the wrong side, the
question whether the people or the
interests shall win or lose in the
Shields and Myers waterpower bill
and the Phelan oil bill is stlll unset
tied. These bills are still befos .
congress, and will pass or fail at the
coming session. The public water
powers and the efficiency of the navy
are at stake. There can be no COM
promise between ten men who would
grab the public resources for private
profit, and those who would con
serve them for the use of all the
people. Either the interests will get
them or the people will keep them.
There is no middle ground.
To sum up, as in many other mat
ters the promise made was not per
formed Instead of progress in con-
serving our resources, the last two
years have seen bitter and often a
losing fight to hold what we had
Wilson talked we'll, began to act
well, and then, yielding to the politi-
cal pressure of the special interests
went back on conservation.
Sincerely yours,
CTEEORn pINCHOT
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
MINING BUSINESS WAS
NEVER BETTER TUsS NOW

These are busy times ever ywhere.
In Europe, men are strenuously en-
gagged in destroying the accumulated
assets of centuries, while in the Uni
ted States the mines and mills and
factories are being worked overtime
to replace the destruction wrought
by war. Yes, there are busy times,
not only in the realm of commerce,
but on the stock exchanges of the
country as well.
On the New York exchange and on
the curb, brokers are being flooded
with orders to buy stocks of every
description. The public investment
appetite appears to be Unsuitable and
as result the broadest speculative
movement that has been experienced
since the second Mckinley boom is
now under way. But there Ia ex-
cellent reason for the bullish senti-
ment that appears to have become
epidemic.
The wealth of the, United States
has reached absolutely unprecedent-
ed proportions; millions are being
pyramided upon millions. The per
capita circulation of the country In
gold now amounts to s24.80. as COM
pared with $40 per capita in 1906.
and at the came time our exports
and trade balances have been shat
tering all records. Domestic condi-
tions were never so universally salts
factory.
Many factors enter irto the faori-
cation of prosperity; but 1t is note
worthy fact that the present era of
good times Is based largely upon
single industry, with its various
and that single indus
try is metal mining. The products
of the mines are used In practically
all manufacturing enterprises. either
In a main or secondary way. directly
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY
NEEDS EOREIGN ALLOYS


America is absolutely dependent
upon foreign counties for it's steel
industry. 1t is a curious fact that
this country, so amply provided with
the principal necessities Of the indus
try--ore. coal and flux minerals
lacks most of teh other vital imgre-
lients of steel, says the Wall Street
Journal. Manganese is absolutely
essential in both the Bessemer and
open-hearth process. Over 9S per
cent of this is imported. To make
matters worse, there are no known
deposits of domestic ore sufficient
for our requirements. Dur whole
steel industry is absolutely at the
mercy OF an enemy that can drive
our merchant vessels from the seas.
Up to the beginning of the war the
worlds supply of manganese came
from three sources-India, the Cau-
casus and Brazil. As soon as the
Turgish blockade of the Dardanelles
became effective. the Russian sup
ply was cut off. England consumed
the Indian output and American
manufacturers turned to Brazil. Ex-
periments to use ferro-silicon as an
oxidizing agent were unsatisfactory
and the price of manganese rose
from s11.50 to $40 ton.
In the other alloys we are little
better off. Nickel ore, an essential
In the manufacture of armor and
rifle barrels. is mined In the Sudbury
field in Canada. while the other
source of supply, New Caledonia, is
also British possession. Ferro-
silicon also comes largely from Can
ada.
The United States is partially in
dependent of foreign chrome, a re-
quisite of armor-piercing shells, and,
on the authority of the Iron Age. is
the largest producer OF tungsten In
the world. - The Importance of
the metal lies in It's ability to form
a steel that will cut at red heat and
triple the speed of cutting opera
tions, such as the manufacture OF
shells. Vanadium, an alloy OF "anti
fatigue STEEL" used In springs and
automobile parts, is brought up from
the west coast of South America.
1t is obvious, then. that In the es-
sentials of steel manufacture, the
United States is under the control of
Great Britain. During the past two
years this fact has been brought to
the attention of our steel makers in
the most vigorous manner, as anyone
connected with the trade we'll un-
derstands. A war with Great Bri-
tain seems impossible. but 1t will be
recalled that Great Britain ceded
Heligoland to Germany on the
theory that war with that power
was impossible. But whether for
war or for peace. prudence demands
a better protection of the steel in
dustry, which is so vital to the ma
tion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
TARIFF FOR TUNGSTEN
To RE VIGOROUSLY

Tungsten operators throughout
the west are planning to form ma
tional organization having for its OBJ
ect the lettering Of market condi-
tions for the black metal and the
securing of q protective tariff that
will eliminate cheap and destructive
competition by foreign tungsten pro-
ducers. The movement probably will
be launched at the annual meeting
Of the Colorado Metal Mining assoc
iation. to be held next January in
Denver.
This move. says the Mining Re-
cord, Is highly commendable and
JUSTIFIED by the magnitude Of the
tungsten industry. which means
much to the country as a wealth
producer. running well into the mil
lions Of dollars. A protective tarifi
should. by all means, be demanded
OF congress.
To approach congress with a peti-
tion backed only by conciliatory
smile an de- timid please" uttered
BY faltering lips. will not secure ia
vorakle action. The legislators must
lrst be convinced that an influen-
tial organization. aggressive and
able to control votes, is fathering
The request.
The price Of tungsten now Is $40
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

owners think too much Of IL to al
low 1t to go unrepresented, so there
is very little Jumping or relocating
done in this section of the Hills.
Many of the individual owners of
ground are poor men, and when they
leave to do their annual work on
their claims they have to leave their
jobs to do 1t. However, the time is
not far distant when all of them
will be rewarded for their faithful
ness.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
i oCNG AMERICAN AVIATOR
LOSES LIFE IN FRANCE

Winston Salem, N. c., Sept. "a
Kitten Yates Rockwell, a young
American, who had gained distinc-
tion in the French aer corps, was
killed in fight with German air
craft says a cablegram to his mother,
He was active around Verdun. A
brother who is serving in the trench
es, was wounded.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
LEAGUE
STARTS IT'S CAMPAIGN
Special to the Pioneer-Times:

Special to the Pioneer-Times:
Pierre, Sept. 24.--The woman's
state Anti-suffrage association, has
opened headquarters in this city for
the rest of the campaign, with Mrs.
f. Jacobsen. state secretary, in
charge and will carry on an active
campaign against equal suffrage up
to the date of election. A force of
clerks is busy getting out literature.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30

Many of the owners Of impatient
ed ground are not waiting for the
last week of the year In which to do
the assessment work on their prop
critics, but are sending out men now,
or are going out themselves. In the
last fey days several parties have
left the city and have taken with
them tools and grub and prepared
for stays OF several weeks There
is still lot of unpatented ground
in the vicinity of Deadwood. but the