New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-13
NEWS EROM TIE MINES.

The new series of letters which our accom-
plished staff correspondent. Mr.. White, is now
sending to us from the mining camps OF the
Far West, is only one of many examples OF
the painstaking efforts The TRIBUNE is max
ing to give the public accurate information
concerning the industrial development OF this
continent. The letters from the same mana
published year ago, and reprinted III IT'D
une Extras Nos. 40 and 81, furnished, III the
Judgment of mining experts and others 1amn-
lar with the facts, the most authentic collection
of information concerning the newly deyel-
opcd camps and districts ever given to the gem
eral public. These letters were based upon
personal observations, made with dehoeTatlon
and thOrOughness, in REGIONS winch a lew years
ago were not only undeyelOped but unexplored.
-Four great centres Of wealth were described
LeadvIe, the Black Hills, Montana and Utah.
The starting point Of the new series is the
Hardscrabble District, or the extensive mining
region in Colorado of which Silver CHI and
Rosita are the centres. This is n section OF
ihe Far West which is comparatively unknown.
albeit it is now teeming with minersand pioneers.
Mr.. White is at present in NeW-MeMco eX-
ploring the region belonging to the company
the Presidency. The property OF this COM
pany will be examined, other mining camps
not visited last year will be described, ana
the great body of dlgested information col
lcctel last year will be enlarged and supple
mented. In laying these letters before the
business men and capitalists, large and small
OF the East. THE TRIBUNE simply aims to
ave them the solid facts on which any opera
tons in mining ought always to be based.
Tur TRIBUNE's efforts to supply the public
with the most trustworthy information re-
lating TO this subject have been justified by
the importance of these new fields of Ameri-
can industry, and by the increased interest
which has been shown by the community in
mining enterprises during the last two
years. So widespread is this interest
that an admirable agency for collecting and
distributing news from the mines has been
organized. This Is the Mining Associated
Press. whose dispatches give the daily mining
column of this paper freshness, variety and
range which they might otherwise lack. The
Association has in every principal camp
Trustworthy correspondent, selected for his
special knowledge Of the mining properties Of
his district, who t. instructed to send by tele
graph all important information. When re-
ceived in New-Yorl this news is then sent daily
by telegraph to leading newspapers in
philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Chicago,
Cincinnati, st. Louis, Louisville, and other
important cities. The Association has no pets
in properties or districts, and relying upon the
GOOD faith and intelligence Of its agents, rs
well as upon other sources Of information,
gives to the mining industry the prominence
and recognition which il deserves, not only
promoting thereby all legitimate enterprises,
but also exposing many iIlegitmate schemes.
Prominent mining operators may find in
this honest and systematic method of collect
ing and scattering broadcast over the country
the intelligence in which they are specially
interested a way out of a difficulty which has
caused them no little annoyance. More than
one needy little newspaper opened Il mining
department and impOrtuned the managers of
undeveloped and promising properties for adj
vertising and for stock. In some instances
the newspapers were paid for the advertising,
but did not in their turn pay for the stock,
and as soon as they got it threw 1t
on the market. Sometimes the companies were
asked for further contributions. and if they
refused them were abused, and could find no
easy mode of defence. When responsible
journals in so many large cities publish 50
much authentic mining news as they are now
doing. the managers Of mines have no further
the mining Interest has become so strong and
is in such a healthy condition that 1t need ap-
peal now only to the best newspapers.