The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-05-18
THURSDAY. MAY IS, 1882.
MINING IN
The Editor of The Leader:

To The Editor of The Leader:
That there is a grand future for Wyo-
ming mining no onc who has n single
particle of good sense, can dare to dis
pute; it is an assured fact. When |
first addressed the people of Wyoming
last spring, OF my advent into your ter:
ritory, l f~oreshadowed to you the pres
emit time, when it was the height of good
judgment, as well as fashionable, to
judiciously, cautiously and economical
y invest capital in the mineral devel-
opment of these mountains, the fruit
full source of so many Of the ordinary
commercial (such as copper, lead, etc.
as well as the more noble or precious
metals, gold and silver.
Only about thirteen years ago Colo
RADIO, like Wyoming, was comparatively
to fame unknown. Now, she controls
the silver market by her product OF the
metal, and stands at the apex of the
pyramid which represents the prOduc-
ton of the precious metals. 1t was by
advertising that Colorado was built up
to the position she now occupies-judi-
cious, honest, truthful advertising
never saying other than the exact truth.
Last spring, when l said to our people
that copper would be the great econom-
ical industry of Wyoming, and that her
mines would form q very important adj
junct to her prosperity, it was consid-
cred by a great many that | WAS a false
prophet, and that my enthusiasm
warped my judgment. II Ii people
will look back to my statements of a
year ago, they will Gnd that they have
been verified and established by facts.
When | told them that one of the most
important copper camps IN the United
States was lying ut their very thresh'
hold, 1t was accepted cum grdno sails,
and with a certain hesitation, the par
ent of doubt and distrust. Now, every
one begins to think, in view of the.
thousands of dollars which the proprie
tors of the 'Green Mountain Boy at
COpperopolis, have taken out, that real
ly there must be something in this
beautiful green copper ore, the rival of
the Russian and Siberian Malachite
and the Turquoise gem. They begin
to have an iudistinct idea that there is
really a mineral camp at this out of th'
way place away to the north. The
visits of capitalists, spectators and
smelter owners to the COPPER camp ol
Wyoming-the cry that Cooper i,
King" that is running through tn,
United States like a cyclone amongst
the metals-the freighting of the many
wagon loads of the rich mineral, begins
to tell upon the doubling Thomas and
chronic growler who cries Fraud" a
every sound OF the tocsin of the miner.
Quietly but surely the boom for Wyo
ming is coming, and it should be the
lrst thought of her people to encour
age, by every legitimate means in theii
power, the direction Of the vast crowds
of the denizens of Europe and the op
pressed of other chimes, to the ricl
mines and industrial of on
country.
We must, however. with it all, b.
careful in our advertisements, careful
In our statements TO the public. 1t will
never do to allow the publication o
such wild ridiculous statements as W,
have occasionally listened to, abou'
fairy lands and Aladdin caves hanging
with silver and gold spangles. a state
ment that 81, 900 in gold to the ton of
a~liuvial mud, and SlS,O 900 in silver in u
material, has been found, and
which, when an investigation has been
had, no trace can be found of any pre-
cious metal, and upon an Assay by dis.
interested parties,
Like the baseless mbrlc Of q vision
Leaves not n rock behind.
Must be frowned down by every good
and honest man; must be denounced H.
unmeasured terms, and the author ar
raigned at the bar Of public opinion,
and if necessary punished by the laws of
the land, as we would punish n maj
guilty of petit larceny. 1t Is not igno.
rance, it is dishonesty. The man who
Intentionally makes a statement to an
editor which is not true, with the object
of drawing public public attention to
property which is not what he repre-
sents, is guilty Of an intention to de-
fraud, rob and steal, just as much as II
he picks a pocket, butchers a maverick
on the plains which is not his own,
steals a lariat with IA horse at the end
of it, or approprlates U. s. bonds from
n bloated bondholder in New Jersey
and has his mail sent to Europe, or nc
necesSitate RET. Our people must frown
down this sensational Misrepresentation
of mining properties, and visit most
summary condemnation upon the very
next example which occurs in our
midst.
The grandest of mineral resources
needs no meritorious display to enhance
its value or bring it so sensationally to
the attention Of the world. Let us tell