The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-05
PREPARE TO MINE TIN
10 ADD THIS ACTIVITY TO INDUS.
TRIES OF THE BLACK
HILLS.

ward IN the Hill Slly TN mining DIS
trict for the adding OF another indus.
try TO the mining activities Of the
Black Hills-the production of tin on
a large scale. AT the Cowboy mine,
now under development, a raise from
the 800 foot level to the surface has
been completed, by means OF which a
third compartment will be added. A
force of men Is at work timbering the
new compartment and this work will
be comDiy,ed in thirty days. Then the
work Of soaking is expected to begin.
The mill at the mines also is being
Oyerhaulcd ana the latest machinery
Installed. 4 new smelter is being
erected L-Ir the mill, the company
having decided TO smelt its own prod
ucl. At tie Mohawk mine Of the com
pauy arrangements are belng made TO
take out hundreds Of tons of lOUd tin
ore. l.Iucl development work also is
being done On the Annie and Tin Boob
mines OF the company in the same
group Of tin mines. The men who
have taken hold Of the development
OF the tin deposits OF the Black Hills,
which are almost wholly III the group
OF mines now being developed, are con
seryatiye and are feeling their way
carefully IN developing this new indus
try, with every confidence that when
the tin mines are placed in active OPP
GRAFTON tLey will be able to produce
much OF the tin used in the United
States.
The ru al credits commission will
place anotler issue OF bonds upon the
market abuIt the middle OF September,
probably 0ifering 5000, 600 at that
time, whic3 will provide the cash for
some time in the operation Of its loans.
Up TO the present time the commission
has loaned farmers OF the state ap-
ploXimately $4,000, 600. These loans
are scatta ed III every county Of the
state, a j.taI Ct 3,764 loans having
been approved, which places the
amount OF the average loan at a little
under $4,000. This department, the
only state rural credits plan which has
been in operation III the United States
up TO the present year, has done more
to b,ing down real estate interest rates
IN this state than any other one. thing,
not only on the loans they have made
directly, bit from the fact that private
loans had to compete with the rates
charged Tor rural credit loans.
An important meeting between the
county commissioners Of Harding and
Butte counties, attended by Governor
NOrbeck was held in Belle FOurche re-
Gently. The purpose was the construc-
ton and Improvement of a highway
from Belle Fourche to Buffalo. There
is already q highway north from Buff
falO to Bowman, n. D., and if the re-
mainder &C the road between Belle
Fourche and Buffalo were put In good
condition, it would give almost a
straight run from Belle Fourche on
the Northwestern to Bowman on the
Milwaukee. Half of the Butte county
end Of the road is already in good or
der. There was no definite arrange
ment made, but a tentative plan was
worked OFT.
Apparently some county officials IN
this state do not believe in the old
maxim Of mot looking a gift horse in
the mouth" At least rumors come
floating along that some OF the coun-
ties are not greeting with happy ex-
preston the trucks donated to them
by the federal government for their
highway work. The complaint appears
10 be that these trucks have been used,
and the maintenance charge and re-
pair bills are so high that they are an
expense to the county rather han a
benefit.
Prof. p. G.. Holden's new educational
theory for rural school teachers is
proving highly successful in those
states where it is being tried, and since
he began its Introduction In South Ia
kota rural teachers are becoming more
and more imbued with the belief thai
it will revivify the rural schools OF the
state in such a way as to create a new
feeling both in the schools themselves
and in the homes.
The Sioux Indians Of the Sisseton
reservation are making elaborate prep
for their annual fair, which
will be held at the agency on Septem-
Der IS. 26 and q. The Indians take
pride in these fairs and plan making
this years fair the best ever held by
them. The entertainment features will
be numerous. There will be races and
sports of various kinds.
Rayinia is putting in r. and 14-inch
drainage pipe to run into Lake Andes.
About 5000 feet of this pipe Is to be
laid. Preliminary and permanent sur
veys nave been made and the contract
Tor the work will be let next month. 1t
Is estimated the work will cost $780,
600. Bonds for $4,000 will be Hoated
In the near future.
Engineers for the state highway
are surveying the Wash
highway, preliminary to grad
ing and %graveling it. The driveway |
proposed is to be "a feet wide.
There ia c~Onsidarahle excitement |