Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1903 — How the Mine was Named. [ARTICLE]

How the Mine was Named.

Up In the Black Hills of South Dakota Is a mine with a peculiar name. This Is the way it came to be christened.

A prospector and his wife were one day strolling over the hills on a little 'excunsion. In stepping from one rock to another the man chanced to dislodge a bit of stone. As he picked up the chipped rock to toss it away his eye fell on a little thread of yellow. It AgftArgohL-———_— r _

I When the mine had been staked out and the claim filed at the land office, the question of a name was raised. His wife asked him to call It after her.

The man smiled sweetly. “It Is just as you say; the mine shall be named In your honor.” And from that day to this one of the richest gold mines in the Middle West goes by the endearing name of “Holy Terror.”