The windows miner is no longer linked on the OP.  Someone here says you need to dl the wallet/blockchain to mine. Seems incorrect:

https://steemit.com/chaincoin/@takecare14/how-to-start-a-chaincoin-mine-chain-coin-chc

I tried to mine it with CPU using instructions found on OP at Suprnova, which I've mined a bunch of coins at but it couldn't tell what algorithm I was giving it.