Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-02-06
Custer'a Condition.

intend TO deny, demands an explana-
ton, however, in order to show the
causes that have led TO such a conclu-
sion and the true estimate of the meas
ure OF quiet that prevails, which by no
! means reaches the deathly quietude that
general reports would seem to warrant,
Yes, Custer is quiet, but only by COM
parison with other points which, by
road influence, have been bounteously
doomed beyond all the reasonable re-
quirements Of the period. Custer, with
out a solitary event transpiring that
could have the faintest tendency to
create ripple Of excitement, or TO in
dicate the most evanescent symptom of
boom, has maintained the full meas
ure of business, and the full degree Of
confidence that she has enjoyed in the
past. While Buffalo Gap is experience
ing boom, the result Of the railroad
having reached her when the season
was too far advanced for further ex-
tension. and expectant Rapid City is
formulating plans for future greatness.
and envious Deadwood fills the trench
ant air with tales of silver brick, Custer
is passive. Yes, Custer is quiet enjoy
ing as she does her full share of the
business Of the Hills, she seems content.
Located, as she is, in the very heart of
the great tin belt, with undeveloped
character of mineral known to exist in
the Black Hills mining region, which
in assay value is not excelled in any
other mining district; with climate
that for all the essential elements that
go to make up the desired standard, is
not even approached within the broad
boundaries of Dakota; with location
as beautiful and picturesque as the
human mind can conceive; with her
surrounding scenery as grand and
romantic as ever held spell bound the
gaze Of morta. with her clear, sparkling,
health giving water that is SO conspicu-
ously absent in other booming localities,
and her other innumerable natural ad-
vantages, she bides her time. Yes
Custer is quiet. The prevalent mania
that seems to have fairly set in through
out the country, to create boom, has
not yet reached Custer. Relying as
she does, wholly upon her own merits
she is willing to await the verdict.
Being fairly in the Black Hills, she is,
as consequence, somewhat less easy Of
access than places situated beyond the
foot hills upon the adjacent prairies.
and does not expect 10 reach her zenith
until the true status of the mineral re-
sources Of the different sections of the
Hills has been fully deter aimed and their
true value clearly established. She is not
predicting boom without a basis. She
is fully assured that when future devel
the great mineral belt Of the Black
Hills. that she will occupy central
position, and that when q railroad sys-
TEN has been determined, looking to all
the advantages in such a connection,
which is now 10 some extent a matter of
conjecture, she dares 10 assert her full !.
and unwavering confidence in being the
railroad centre Of the Hills.
Yes, Custer is quiet. The history of
every mining camp in America fur
nishes examples of towns which have
languished, and in many instances been
totally abandoned, that have afterward
arose to prominence when development
that comes with easy communication,
determined the value Of their mineral
resources. And it is by no means wild
stretch of fancy to conclude that Custer,
at some time in the not distant future,
possessing, as she unquestionably does
such rare and varied advantages, may
yet attain to metropolitan city with a
hundred spires pointing in silent
grandeur to the ETHEREAL realms, where
her star shall continue to shine on
through all the ages that shall mark the
rise and progress Of her lasting fame.