Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-28
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The weather at this point has beer
beautiful beyond description and oul
people, we rejoice to say, are both hope
full and happy.
The b. < NJ. are now cross sectionine
north of Crawford, and are headed IN
this direction. 1t is but a matter Of q
few weeks time .when they will reach
this place.
The Elkhorn people are closely
watching the movements ofth b. d NJ,
and will no doubt make an effort to
head it off, and be the first railroad to
reach this place.
Parties connected with the b. & VI.
company have this week secured a
number of lots in this city, which is
regarded as an indicative straw that
shows conclusively which way the wind
blows.
Many new and important tin discov.
cries have been made in this immediate
locality in the past month, among which
may be found number of locations
which compare favorably with any yet
found.
The Emmens' company, under the
direction of resident superintendent,
have inaugurated operations upon the
various properties upon which they
hold options, and the highest confidence
in the result of their operations is uni.
versally entertained.
A large party Of gentlemen connected
with the b. q M. arrived in this city on
Tuesday by private conveyance, and
departed on Wednesday for Beaver
creek, forty miles west of this place,
where that company is extensively en-
gagged in the development of coal lands
The hopes Of Custer people never ran
so high as now; and with two railroads
pitted against each other in race for
the place, and the ample assurance Of
the establishment of a mining industry
in our midst Of surprising magnitude
which contemplates the production of
tin in quantity sufficient to meet the
demands of the nation, it may not be
accepted as being at all strange that
Clusters hopes have reached the acme
limit.
Mr.. James Wilson, Of the Harney
Peak company, the main spoke in the
drive wheel of Black Hills tin enterprise
is expected TO arrive here at an early
day, and it is confidently believed that
in view of the superior advantages here
offered, he will at once establish the
headquarters of the company in this
city. The location of Custer City, in
the very heart of the great tin belt, sup
piled with abundant facilities for tin
reduction, may well be considered suf
ficient reason for the belief that the
place will be selected as the point where
the main office Of the company will be
located, and where the principal plants
for the reduction of the tin ores Of ad-
acent districts will be eventually
erected.
The recent bonding Of tin and gold
mining properties near this place to the
amount of $4,000, by the Emmons'
party of New York, and the expected
crowning event in the history of this
mining camp; the taking up of the tin
bonds, aggregating a quarter ofa million
dollars, by the Harney Peak Tin COM
pany, are the all absorbing topics of
interest, which are now being discussed
in this city. The time on the tin bonds
referred to expires on Tuesday next,
and at this writing every indication
points to their being taken up by the
company, and the money pad in full.
This event has been awaited with the
deepest interest for the past seven
months, and should the issue result
favorably, the immediate advent Of Gus
ter's first substantial boom may very
reasonably be expected.