Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-08-04

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OF the +5th parallel ofnorth latitude and
west Of the l02nd meridian, and all that
portion OF Wyoming lying north of the
i3d parallel and east ot the lnlth meri-
dian, and embracing about $500 square
miles, or l4,5O0. 900 acres, ofwhIch about
onc-fUurth is agricultural. the other
three-fourths being mineral and pastoral
lands. About 400 0o0 acres, all of which
are in Dakota. have been taken under
the homestead, pre-emption and timber
culture acts. The balance is now open
small portion lying east OF the banks of
the Cheyenne river and the 1924 mori-
,iian. The farming lands of the Hills
are as productive as can be found n
place in The world. Fifty bushels of
wheat. 90 of barley, 10 of oats, 400 of
potatoes and 600 of onions have been
raised per acre Of ground. All other
kinds of vegetables do equally as we'll ;
potatoes that will weigh two or three
pounds are common, and some have
been raised that went as high as four
pounds. The soil is Il rich vegetable
mold, strongly ~imprcgnated with gyp-
sum-, Of which there is an in~eXhaustible
supply, and consequently the land need
never become impoverished.
The timber lands Of the Hills are es-
timated at 5000 square miles, the timber
is principally Norway piEe, With some
spruce, cottonwood, willow, aspen, oak,
ash, elm, etc, along the margin Of the
streams which rise in the mountains
and flow on TO The Cheyenne river on
the north and south side.
No other country in North America
can offer equal inducements to the stock
grOWer. The finest and most nutritious
grasses with plenty Of good water and
shelter from the winter winds and
scarcely any snow. cattle keep iat rG the
range the year rpund, nevcr knowing
what it is 10 be- fed; the stock raiser can
have choice If Ave different railroads to
hip hi, stock, thereby getting the low
est possible RACES |" l"k' lh'ih |" mar
set H"ceP 81" equally IL wen a. '"''Ie'
ana horses a. het''r'
Large herd, ufbnlflodrC nuW swarm
ing over the ranges north and west Of
,hc !iillS, With many thousands ot cattle
mixed in with chem. Two years ago.
the hardest winter e'tr known in thc
Wet. Tie Loss cf t4.t!e V.> only ;,Lou: g
Ter cent, white in lAe states ami terri
tories south and west OF here the loss
raN from go 10 - per cent. There are
at the present time about 100000 head
Of cattle on HE range in this vicinity
and room for l,GAU,GVO more without
oy~cretorkino the count v.
cold ,niai,u is carried en- from Bear
,nl,h on tine north to Custer CIV in The
southern ,.rt ofthc Hills. u distance of
.uiu,tv mics. and from Rockford d "A the
Ye.; - RochcryilIr on INC east. In 40
other c~,aintr, iY tbc world are there SO
many and extensive mines of cold as in
lhe BACK Hills From tie noiihGn t..
the southern and from the eastern to
lie Western extremely GOLD i. found i,
nearly oypry rulch and ON every hin
Niuin the mineral belt. In other min
ING countries il il onlv found over =
small area of country. covering but .
lew mics Of tcrritcrv rt The most here
there are about t.2o0 >1aare miles in
y hat is called iLc mineral. and cold l.
found ~ almost every square mile of Tho
POO. The lodrs vary in size from 10 to
p, GOO CcnI H. width. and some ~ much
as IN miles in length. The GREAT MAORI.
fl mines ar, low Grade ore. but
with the immense bodies Of pay ore and
rood MANAGEMENT these mines have
he.u made ia my better than any 9th
ers IN the United states. Ore that will
oo 50 Ger ton will nav To work while
tbat which Zoos from ~ 10 $40 her ton
Will pav largely. The ore which is
worked hy the great IIomcstake mill
NJ Lead CITY docs not average g ner
ian vet that company has paid fftv.one
successive monthly dividends part of
which have been 100000 per month and