The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07
CUSTER CHAT.


Custer is one Of the oldest towns in
the Hills, and is situated In Custer
county, the southern county proper of
the Black Hills range. Forsyth coun-
ty, bordered OIL the south by the Ne
braska line and on the west by Wyo-
ming, is attached to us for taxable and
judicial purposes.
At present our population is 500 and
is steadily on the increase-we are o.
500 feet above sea level.
The town is very prettily located on
a broad fat of French creek. At one
time in '75 and rs there was a popula-
tion of 5000 here, but with the advent
Of rich strikes up in the Dsadwood
country, people left here by hundreds,
and u town in the summer of Ut,
'7s and 10 contained 25 persons and
l,5OO vacant houses, which were burnt
and torn down so that there were net
o than $50 in the fall of 10.
The Atlantic mine was then discov-
+ and proved to be very rich in gold,
and from that time our tewn has been
gaining. New and valuable discover
les have been, and are being, made
every few days. What we are in need
of Is men who have experience and cap
ital to come here and take hold of
these low grade gold mines, and with
the outlay of money, valuable proper
ties a be made. Our county is full
of low grade mines, but we are isolated.
No one knows who we are or what in
ducements are held out to men of
means and experience.
Our mica interests are simply won
derful, and in less than five years we
will be the mica producing camp of the
United States, If not of the world. |
am making no boastful assertions, a
tour of inspection is required to satisfy
as to my statement. What will help
bring us forward as soon as anything l
can think of at present is the advent of
the mail and express service direct
from Cheyenne to this place; that we
are very DESTROYS of having and have
done all that we can possibly do, and
we most earnestly desire and request
that you people of Cheyenne do ever y
thing in your power to assist us in this
resquest. We have no direct mail or
express communication with the out
side and are compelled to rely on these
little one-horse side Understanding In
here from the main lines. We are
treated unfairly and uniustly; we are
all well aware from what source it I'M
mates, but all hail the day of our de-
liyerance, and we will work our teeth
and toe nails off for a completion of
our object.
To Cheyenne with a daily mail and
express communication we will be
worth $4,000 a year, all of our express
and passenger traffic will come and go
that wayne won't allow any one to
go out any other. We want to be
placed in communication with you, for
our interests are identical. Your cap
ital is in our country, and we are very
DESTROYS of trying to retrieve some of it
to you in the way Of trade, and good
words to our friends in the east, who
are DESTROYS of coming out here. We
will instruct and command them to
come via your place by all means. In
coming In or going out of the Hills,
over the other routes, you are compell-
ed to stop at and put up with the most
inefficient accommodations on the face
Of the earth. A lick out of a bull
whacker's trying pan is a Delmonico
compared with them, and their hospi-
tality would be a brilliant example for
some of the so-called hotel keepers to
pattern after.
In coming in OF going out of the
Hills via Cheyenne, we will show, as
everybody does, that we are at a place
where we or our friends a and will
be Hospitality entertained and their
every want supplied; that we are in a
place that represents more wealth and
intelligence than any other place in the
United States, in proportion to size and
population.
Onr weather has been simply beauti-
full, and has been 80 for the past six
weeks-pleasant and cool-making the
incest winter weather manageable; no
snow, and we don't look for any until
January or February.