, 1877-09-20
A GOLD MINERS SUGGESTION.
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KANSAS CtrT, No.. Sept. t4.--if The enter
pr.sing people Of Chicago would establish
Mining Board In that city It would systctnutlzc,
eryatal'izc, and centralxs the vNst mlning inter-
ests of tho whole Weatcrn region there. Tic
mining country lying in scmIclrcle OF which
Chicago by nature and art Is tho centre, consist
iug Of Colorado, with Its rich aud extensive si!-
yer ore In san Juan. tho Black Hills, with their
gold and silver, Southwestern Missouri aud Ar
Kansas with their lead, silver, xInr, etc., gonss-
tutcs what, once developed, would pour out
treasure of bullion and metals supcrtur to auy
region Of like extent On the Pacific slope, even
recognizing tiat the Comatock has produced over
*.Oo.0U0.0o0 slnce ls.Xf / spent some twenty
lnost Of ths mining localities here enumerated,
md can say tho 3iRtk Hills tlayc as much, or
more, orc than TUT Cotsstock ever Aad nut ~
high grade, but vastly easier produced anl
net ptoft. d. In ali thesa Jeaions sa mentioned n
good mines arc suffering, mol alone for capital,
but syktcln to develop and make them proauc-
tive: How tan thcso bo suppltedt Let q Mir.
Ing Stock Board ha formed Ut sumo centre Ut
business. That doue, persons having lniues, Of
merit Will 60 there, show 10 few what they
have, Incorporate . COMPANY, list their stock
on the BuaFd, and send out competent super
intendsnt to begin e. dssslgpment' snail al
tho mine, aud orc aud bullion sent to slu
Office 1t headquarters, where all may see and
know what ptogrekA has been obtained. HJ this
simple mode every l1l:ar thus expended On q
property u merit uufoitl4 u latent interest Of
i've, ten, perhaps q hundred, to every Olu
where none Has known to exist bcfore. Here,
then, Ia real unfolding, development, nut
speculation. All thts ~ accomplished BY aEGfs-
Boasi, that 'o;hersas Would have pre,u:ei
nothing, aud . vast, lasting, and beneficial To-.
dustry born. Bus for th!. system, which was Of
slow growth at 1rst On the tAcile Coast, beng
born gradually Ut necessity, the cu,nstoSk
would tu-tlaY retain >taree-fourths of all the
bullion sha laa prvluteG.
tan name different mines that Struggled iu
spFimitiva way for years III develorulsnt, iu
come ot whIsh partners wore themselves out,
others became dtsleartencd, aud SUNS cuul.
mi&ted suiglIe until daally thrse 1nlura, falling
ioto ether hands produced, and still are pro-
duc.ng, somo millions that, had there then bcen
well Understood aud arranged lkosk boards,
would have been vastly more productive years
earlier. and much Iental and physical suffering
savc0. Once stoGk toarl unlef war. and theu
few mtnes scndIpg bullion aud declaring diyt-
dendsa! In few years stream Of bullion would
be pouring tnto that city that 1t would now seem
chlmcr.cal IT, nas0c. This system would bo
to mining tnteresta what = bank l. to
. eomuun!ty,-;~hat, CLEARING house u to
Ianks. A demand would be created
I've, prompt, thorough businessmen would Ia
attracted thcrn ~ lau1.a theaa interests.
Where these Interests were handled, there
would tho bullion and metals tad home The
days of Gno aud rapid improvements, largo
arcretEonx Ut capital fsou. foreign lands, rapidiy
and refinement III business clrlles, deinaud for
works VI art, aaa III that Euxs ~ m2ks up .