Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-01-01
THE OLD AND THE NEW YEAR.

! Ii may not be the pcasalltest task III the
world to review tie dOings and savings.
! the successes and failures Of a year OF
| ones life. but we guess it pays IN the
! end. II at least gives man chance
| TO see what was the cause of his failures
and what line Of action contributed 10
| his success. 50 that he can set MP sort
! Of moral guide board at the dangerous
spots appropriated marked, and can by
means of his precautionary measure
avoid driving into the same mire hole
1 the next dime be passes that way
/ year TO look back upon seems very
short space OF time, he last New Year
! l. but az yrsl trday, bat 10 '2"'; ahead ut
! appears TO draw on, 10 ;U nltrnlnab!e
! lcrgth. 10 those r.I. aust underg" a
year of patient wl'i'g for thc attain
| mont uf .onc G.-:eCd end, how far oil
| the al seem. Yc.. thc wheels Of time
will ccrtaul,'hrin2 il around ard at the
same tinic places II, just 50 nlrh nearer
the nna. haven, which We al hasten
! forward to with 50 muci cagcrncai bat
So murh dread to ever reach. To the
! CuHuNu1E q retrospect ofthe past twelve
months shows no very dismal colorS.
nor vrt any rainbow hucS of high aims
ACCOMPLISHED. Nearly one ycarago this
paper started ont with iitt!e to back it
beside faith in the future OF
the county on which ii depended for
support. Although we aS well Is all
others. havc been obliged t" exercise
our stock uf patience, rather more than
is altogether desirable. yet we can at
least nutter our,tlve, that We have Sc
cured abundance assurance that Our
| faith was not wholly misplaced.
Oae year aco tni@ own contained per-
hap, huy iuhah'mts. Al tn" election
in the fail OF 1879, only about - votes
were pallrd in the en,irc county. AT
/ the late election nearly 50I We're cae.
nd Custer city has grown to be Town
Of no mean importance with thriving
pnpulatjun Of about five hundred, with
all hrFache- of business hc' ~ success
, full, carried ON. and with permanent
-ett cntcn, ,,urroi. ding II, which l. en-
.qgcd ia miuiag and agricultural pnr-
iii-. Ouc year ago this was simply +"
matter nf speculation ~ " ltat would h'
thc result. Too many were saI2ulh'
enough to believe that we would mol
merely cJn;injIe With Il healthy eroWl!
10 increase ia size and importance. bu'
n;t We would at once spring from :
stare Of struggling infancy int" the
ru)n!al ,treagn OF Il fun tlcd@cd bullloI
prohriay r.lnr, All such Visionary
,rralncr, have necessarily been doomed
80 Iis!l,nuillmcnt. Bot thu," who WCr,
mere ..iod,r rate ia thcir desires have nc
cause 10 feel discouraged. One year age
wc had not a mine which could com
mand the attention of an investor from
outside oar own county. To-day W.
nave many of them among which the
most prominent ~" the Junction. Hart
tnrl Mammoth. Old Bin, PcnobScot!
lightning. Old Charlie, Old Ben, #n'
many others laying on the dilieren
nelt. that surround three sides OF Caster
one wear ago we had not stamp IN th'
county. To-day we have ffty-tivc with
in our limits, and twenty more to To
brought here within 80 days. We haV'
innumerabe shafts down from 80 to l~
feet which one year ago were ncr
tporhcr holes. All these things show
!, satisfactory degree OF progress. In ad
ditinn to all this the Battle Creek Flnm
Company has during the year bull
, work, costing not loss than SiUooot
which next season will be not only civ
= ing lucrative employment to hundred
of men. bat will he trrning "rt thou
sands of dollars per moa.H .i wiI
show to the world that ue >outherI
Hills is the place aao Investment
We have also wiz" .;> year develop
ed another soUH.c y. aealth which
likely 10 BET very importan
factor, and one which Custer count
seems to claim exclusively, that is tn
production of mica. Several thousand
of dollars have been made in this, IT,
past season, and 1881, is likely to si!oN
this up 10 be one of our most lncrativ
industries
A glance ahead into the mysterou
future gives: almost certain promise {
success, and il is safe to predict tha
1851. will be a grand year for the south
=. @g.:N Ull-. Min-s ,Mill be .nnt -ln solhl.1 sohl1
to produce bullion at a small COS
Water viii lc brought into the county
a railroad will at any rate be near u
and any one with energy and pluck ca
. have an opening, offered to lhak
money if he only grasps the golden OF
i portunity at the right moment. SO IA
as the CHRoyIcLE is concerned our fait
is founded on rock, that Custer count
will become one of the greatest With
the territory and will increase wit