Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-08
CUSTER,

1
To the stranger, who is endowed with
the faintest symptom of love for the
beautiful in nature, the first emotion
experienced upon approaching Custer
is that of profound admiration. The
lofty mountains, fringed with pine. and
capped with gigantic rocks, present a
scene of surprising grandeur, which
cannot fail to attract and hold the at
tention At no other point in the west
has nature been SO profuse in the be-
stowal of her scenic gifts. The land
scape scenery is as varied as it is grand.
changing with every step, thus aflording
an ever varying panoramic display Of
natures grand and majestic handiwork.
| Nesting at the base of towering noun
tains, upon a valley Of exceptional
beauty, sheltered from the piercing
blasts which sweep over the western
prairies, where water, pure and cold as
virgin SHOWS abound, blessed with eli
mate of surprising excellence, and phe
nomenal healthfulness, the future Tin
City is most delightfully."- located. Her
resources are as varied as they are inn
portant. Situated in the heart of the
great tin belt, whose massi"e veins of
high grade ore, after having been sub
mitted TO the most thorough and careful
tests by the most distinguished and
renowned geologists and mining experts
of the world, have been pronounced
unparalleled and unprecedented in
every feature which serves to give COM
mercial value to mineral deposits Of this
character, this particular resource may
| be justly considered, among the many
here found, to be Of the highest relative
Importance. In addition to the vast
and immeasurable deposits Of tin which
environ the place, there are known to
exist very extensive bodies of refractory
gold ore which have been thoroughly
tested, and found to contain gold in
sufficient quantity TO make its reduction
| by means Of process suitable to its
character, highly renumerative. This
resource alone, when fully utilized, may
reasonably be deemed ample for the
support of a much larger place than
Custer is at present, and may be con
sistently classed next to tin in its i'm
portant bearing upon the future ad
vancement of the place. Various other
minerals are known to exist in this
locality to which but little attention has
thus far been shown.
While Custer CITY can not Justly
claim TO be located in what would be
denominated an agricultural country,
there is nevertheless a very large
amount of the soil, in its vicinity, de-
voted to agriculture, and thus far with
the most favorable and satisfactory re-
suits The average yield of grain, in
the immediate locality the past year
was not exceeded, if equalled, in any
other part Of the territory.
The late move uDOn the part Of the
b. q NJ. Railroad company, in letting
extensive building contracts upon their
line extending west and north from
Alliance, their present western terminus,
may also be factor for consideration in
forming an estimate of the future i'm
portance of the place, as a branch line
from the main line referred TO has been
already surveyed to this point and on
north through the interior of the Black
Hills proper.
Custer City has progressed more
rapidly during the past two years than
any other town in the county, and not
withstanding the fact of her being with
out railroad communication, is distanc-
ing all local competitors in the race for
commercial supremacy. Her outlook
for increased advancement is most fiat
tering, which to her residents and all
familiar with her wonderful resources,
and exceptional advantages, is most APP