DESTINATION BLACK HILLS!
COPPER MOUNTAIN RANCH - AMAZING 240 ACRES
Completely surrounded by Black Hills National Forest lands! A perfect mix of lovely meadows with year round creek, springs, and a series of trout stocked ponds, along with high (6700 ft)mountain hillsides with long range views. A nice balance of ponderosa pine, spruce, aspen and native grasses. Views of Copper Mountain and/or Medicine Mountain from just about anywhere on the property and the entire Harney Range and Terry Peak from up high. So much work has been done by the current owners including bringing electric underground across Forest Service to the top of the property and having a well drilled! Plus all the work on the ponds, two track trails throughout, logging, fencing, and a nice metal storage building. Perfect land for riding horses or ATVs. Amazing wildlife all around. A beautiful private Black Hills paradise with great access! A one-of-a-kind property~ Copper Mountain Ranch, LLC had intentions of subdividing this property and went through much of the PUD process with Pennington County. They spent over $100,000 bringing the electric to the lot line; $10,000 on well; $150,000 on the ponds (plus $1,000 on stocking with trout); $7,000 engineering, road work, logging/ grading; $53,000 on fencing /gates; $67,000 maintenance shed (approx. 32X48 w/12ft sidewalls, 4 overhead doors, concrete slab, wired run by generator/no electric, and foil faced insulation); $3,000 soil tests perc tests, plus all the other expenses involved in the PUD filing/work. Some of the PUD work might transfer over if new owners had the desire to follow their plan. As it is understood , a person could sell each of the six 40 acres separately without county input if there were a group of friends that would like to share the cost of this amazing property or if someone would like to recoup some of their costs in purchasing. Lots of possibilities! Seller financing is a possibility, also. Call Faith Lewis for your own private tour 605-863-0725. Copper Mountain Ranch has an interesting history. The Custer Expedition crossed this land. According to old time resident's accounts, it was originally homesteaded by an African American family named Jackson. He was a known Buffalo Soldier. It was later known as the Davey Davis place for many years.