Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-04-03

BUFFALO GAP, OAK, March &c. 'S6
EDITOR CHRONICLE Am glad to see
that some enterprise is being shown in
the make up of the weekly news of the
CHRONICLE, "A thing unquestionably the
town and county have long been eager
" awaiting. A little disposition of
pngracity on your part is fast awaken
ing contemporary journals Of the Hills
to necessary recognition Of you, and
your surrounding advantages, of what
will inevitably prove to be wealth and
push OF industry, yet unequalled in the
records of mining history. We here
must learn to realize that the interests
and means Of growth Of the two towns
of Buffalo Gap and Custer are identical.
True, the cap" has immediate sur
rounding advantages sufficient to make
a permanent town Of slow growth, and
of the average size of towns situated in
an excellent agricultural region. But
to get down to business and make n
Denver, or Minneapolis, We must
reach further into the heart Of wealth,
and work, and work hard for these in
terestS which are bound to make of Gus
ter vertable Leadville, even greater,
because of the stable nature, and mex
haustib'e quantity of its vastly rich
minerals. Call our attention, ifyou can,
TO any industry that can concentrate SO
much wealth in a region, we will say
not greater than twenty miles square, it
may be a trifle more, as the mining,
milling, pigging, and plating Of a suffici-
ent quantity Of tin to supply the worlds
demand. Can We imagine precedent,
for all our "tin plate" as yet, is imagin-
AIRY, of where such wealth has been
concentrated. Let US consider first, that
the United States alone pays to foreign
countries not less than $2O,0OO,OOO an
nually for tin, whether or not this is
pure tin, or tin plate, or both, we can't
say, large quantity at least is tin plate,
or otherwise; sheet iron coated with
tin, SO that the $2O,00O,OOO, estensiby
that the tin supply Of tie world is not
sufficient for the demand. $4,000 900
is quite a large sum to distribute at the
center, for Custer must be that center.
But is $2O,OO0,0O0 large enough? The
demand will increase with supply. al.
though the product may be maze
cheaper, the demand will be made 80
much greater. as to increase the amount
nf IL tr,1 tnl r.l
conjecture just how much greater would
be folly, SO we will say several fold.
This increase for home CONSUMPTION.
what will the foreign trade amount to
If foreign competition can be shut down,
no estimate, without protection, can be
conceived of the amount Of wealth that
will roll into the Golfers Of these great
tin magnates, and distributed among
the people from foreign source. The
miner, the reducer and the manufacture
er must get tEeir share for the labor
they perform. We imagine great deal,
but from the present outlook is not
there great probability that in few
short years all will become a reality.
and the tin industry of Custer county
be the greatest industry i'm the world :?
When the pure metal can, by promis
CuouS IOt vi Iuel DE reduced WI nOut
any previous knowledge Of the mode of
extraction from the crude ore, then it's
existence can no longer stand as a
speculation. Quantity and expense of
reduction then stand alone against the
-c::!!ys.i"n Of all our anticipated homes.
The quantity we feel confident is there
about the reduction we will know more
soon. Are there two towns i'm any part
OF our country with brighter future
than Custer and Buffalo Gap? We
don't know where they are. Neither
one can stand alone. Each is so stuat-
ed toward the other. that as one grows.
the other must follow suit. You are
our dependence, We are your outlet. il
is to be hoped that all interested i'm either
town. will work for both towns, AS a
common interest, and perform that duty
to themselves, and the ore county i'm
which both are situated
We could write for hours more about
this and other industrial subjects. but
have gone further than was our inten.
ton at the beginning. Was going TO tell
You something about what the farmers
in this neichborhood, and people Of TIE
Gap are doing bnt mus: not worry you
longer in this communication.
No DIssEMBLER.