Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-04-06


The signs Of the times, viewed at
present from Custer standpoint, are
Enthusiastically fraught with the deepest
significance. Never in the history of
the place has the finger Of destiny
pointed with such unerring certainty to
her rising prosperity. Delightfully."- To-
Gated in the heart Of the great tin and
gold belts of the Southern Hills, where
every indication points to the Inaugural
ton Of the most extensive mining enter
prises ever undertaken in America, who
can for moment doubt the measure of
Custer's assured prosperity. Favored
by every circumstance and condition
vouchsafed by nature, embracing the
purest water, the most salubrious climate,
the grandest and most picturesque loca-
ton, the most productive soil, the finest
timber, the most nutritious grasses, the
greatest variety. of minerrls, and absolute
immunity from cyclones, tornadoes and
earthquakes, Custer may be justly rated
the most desirable and attractive point
TO be found in the west for those who
are seeking permanent location.
The comparative quietude which has
for some time prevailed in the various
tin camps in this vicinity is already
being dispelled by increased activity,
and 1t would be no surprise if the rising
ofa July sun in the present year should
awaken to industry in the tin fields a
thousand men, bringing life and bust
ness activity exceeding by far the meas
ure enjoyed by this place in the palmy
days of rs. The positive character of
the published reports concerning the
early inauguration of extensive tin
operations by the Harvey Peak Tin
company in this vicinity is such as to
warrant general belief in their validity,
and upon this basis we think we may
now safely estimate the extent of Gus
ter's coming progress. The benefits
which hang upon the issue of tin devel-
opment are manifold and far reaching
Indirectly the advantages which must
follow, can not be definitely reached.
Certain it is that successful tin opera
tions would, at once, give us railroad
communication with the outside world
and our situation is such as to be above
all fear of the curse Of a single railroad
line into this place. The vast volume
of business which an industry of this
magnitude would create, would be the
means of bringing competing lines,
without which, no town may expect
substantial benefit through the medium
of railroads. With the acquisition of a
system of railroads, which in the event
of successful tin operations, Custer can
not escape, comes everything which
serves to advance the prosperity and
prestige Of the place.
The future Of the place is then assured
beyond a peradventure 1t is fact,
that Notwithstanding all that has been
written concerning the wonderful tin
discoveries in this vicinity, Custer is
comparatively unknown abroad, but it
is gratifying to know that her star is
rising. and that in the near future, by
reason of her favorable location in the
tin districts, her fame will reach from
ocean to ocean, and cause the tin-plated
cheek of Johny Bull to turn green with
sheer envy. With Clusters exceptional
natural advantages and glowing pros.
poets, it will be strange indeed if she
does not progress rapidly in the future,
and in the course of few brief years
advance to position in the front rank
among the leading cities of the, to be,
great and grand state Of South Dakota.