Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-19
The Black Hills.
Black Hills Weekly Democrat

There is probably no other portion Of
the world where the people enjoy such
perfect and uninterrupted health as
they do here, being high enough to be
above malarial influences, the thousand
ills that are directly tracable to that life
and health destroyer, are here unknown.
Another reason for unusual good health
here is the dryness Of the atmosphere
and the absence Of extreme sudden
changes in temperature so common to
nearly all parts OF the temperate zones
Such a thing as a warm night is un-
known here and no matter how weary
the brain or hand worker becomes by
reason Of his labor he can look forward
with a certainty to a night Of rest, free
from sweltering heat and the vicious
hum OF the musquito, and when morn
ing calls him forth to his duties he is
fully refreshed and ready to do royal
service Were everything else equal
and the Hills had nothing else to offer
as an inducement to the home seeker
every foot Of vacant land ought to, and
would be occupied within the next two
years, for what is dearer TO man than
health and long life. n u n
Millions Of dollars in gold and silver
are being mined in the Hills annually,
and hardly a day passes but that some
new and rich discovery is made, nor do
gold and silver constitute the most i'm
portant mining interest, they are found
in many localities, while tin, that useful
and practical metal is found in only IA
very few places in the world, and in
paying quantities in only one other,
here it is being found in scores of local.
tiles and is the richest yield found any.
where. The mining and smelling Of i.
is bound to be one of the leading in
dustries at no distant day. Copper, iron,
mica, gypsum, coal and coal oil are also
found here and as soon as the railroad
system is completed sufficiently, will
become prominent factors in our pros
perity. The Hills are covered with n
growth Of pine timber from which lum-
Der is cut for the supply Of the home
demand, and will soon be used to sup
ply the sod houses of ~treeless Nebraska.
The finest building rock in the world is
Quarried from the hills; brick equal to
those made in Milwaukee and st. Louis
are produced here, nor is there any lack
of material from which TO make them.
All through the Hills springs of pure
cold water burst forth, and these com
bining form numerous rapid streams
that flow out through valleys as beauti
full and fertile as the garden Of Eden.
Alon, every stream are numerous mill
sites, and as they are all fed by springs
having their scources far up in the hills.
the supply Of water never fails, and
when once they are harnessed to the
busy wheels of manufactures there will
be no stopping for lack of power. At
the south end Of the Hill range is found
the Hot Springs, the waters of which
are acknowledged to be the most potent
and general remedy ever found. While
but few of the residents of the Hills
have to visit them for any thing but a
pleasure trip, thousands of afflicted ones
from the chilly east come to them and
find the blessing Of restored vitality.
No other part of the phenomenal west
has developed so fast as this, that labor
ed under as many disadvantages. For
the first five years after white men be-
gan to settle here it was a go as you
please race between them and the Sioux
Indians, with the government largely
on the side of the noble t?) red. Every
pound Of food, every implement, and in
fact everything but the fuel and house
logs that was used by the early settlers
had TO be hauled hundreds Of miles,
over unbridged roads and through a
country infested by warlike savages who
were ready to kill the men and steal the
teams whenever they could do SO with
impunity. Yet despite all this, cities
have grown up that would do credit to
the thickly settled east. The largest
quartz mills in the world are found
away up in the center of the Hills. A
narrow guage railroad was built and the
equipments hauled in, and a thousand
other things done that has taken mill
ions of capital. But with all this dis
play Of energy the toilers were com
paratively few, and the faith of the
many who came to look was weak SO
they went back to the states and told
the lies we have quoted to you, and are
now regretting that they could not fore
see the end from the beginning. Now
attention is aroused, the people are
pouring in and yet there is ROOM.
To those who are willing to work and
have means enough to make a start.
come to the Black Hills, regardless oil
what the dissatisfied mes tell you, that
is if you want to secure a home: if YOU
are only coming to get a soft job, at big
wages and stay a few days, you are not
needed here, nor will your expectations
be realized il you do come. You need
have no fear of getting beyond the pale !