, 1885-10-29
ADAMS LENOX MINE.
One of the Very Best Mining Prop
critics in the Silver Grown
District.
C%heyenne's Interest in These Mines
and the Proper Way to
Develop Them.


Develop Them.
The people of Wyoming have known
James Adams for the past ten years. For
seven years he has been a most tireless
and energetic worker in developing our
latent mining resources. He has spent in
this pursuit all his own means, all he has
been able to earn, and at last, when down
to hard pan, has taken the pick and
shovel and laborcd from morn till night,
delying in the bowels of the earth, for
himself of course, but also in the inter
est of every man, woman and child liv-
ing in this section of Wyoming Territory.
That he has had substantial aid and sup
port from some of our business men. is
true; but who, but the .S,oi. will say that
he has been or is Il pauper or a beggar2
Who will deny that James Adams has
given the best ten years of his life to the
development of our vast but dormant
mineral resources in the adjacent rangeo of
hills 1t is mainly owing to his persistent
and indefatigable efforts that to day we
see the clouds breaking away from the
horizon, and that we begin to see the
dawn Of Il more prosperous future, the
opening up of a large mining camp so
near us that we need but put forth our
hands to grasp the vast and lastipH bene-
fits resulting from the successful opera
tons Of many paying mining properties.
Aside from the many other valuable
mines in which Mr.. Adams has an inter
est, he owns to-day the Lennox lode, in
the Silver Crown district, one of the best
developed claims and one that shows the
best mineral. Adams has done sufficient
work on this lode to prove its value. The
product is lead and silver which can be
easily extracted from the ore. A few
weeks ago Prof. Aughey, territorial geolo-
gist, met a Mr.. Saltiel, the agent of a
Denver firm who own a smelter in the
vicinity of Denver. Mr.. Saltiel mention.
ed to the professor that he (Saltiel) was
in search of lead bearing ores for his firm
in Denver, and Mr.. Aughey directed him
to the Silver Crown, advising him to in
spect the ore from the Adams mine. Mr..
Saltiel took the advice and visited the
Lennox lode. The lead ores of that mine
proved to be exactly what Mr.. S. wanted,
and like the shrewd business that he is,
he tried to find out on what basis he could
get control of the mine output. Aftera
somewhat lengthy discussion, during
which Mr.. S. says he was treated courte-
ously and gentlemanly 10y Mr.. Adams,
the former outlined to the latter a PROPOSE
ton, which Adams agreed to consider
and which is still pending to-day, subject
to a fuller explanation as to necessary de-
tails.
So much as to the %snubbing Mr.. Adams
gave TO Mr.. Saltiel, according to the
,Siut.
Without going into the merits of the
bargain which the Denver parties want to
make with Mr.. Adams, which is after all
only a private matter between the parties
interested, THE LEADER, on general
principles, doubts the propriety or expe-
diency, from a local standpoint, to put
the resources Of the country adjacent and
tributary to Cheyenne into the hands of
capitalists whose interests are wholly in a
competing city. Furthermore, We would
suggest to Mr.. Adams that his former ex-
perience with outside capitalists and spec
ulators ~iustifies his caution in compli-
eating an available and valuable property
with powerful operators in mines.
When the merits of the Silver
Crown mines are recognized and appre-
ciated by such experienced mining men
as Mr.. Saltiel and his associates are
known 10 be, the people of Cheyenne
may rest assured that the CAMPS future
is Frightening, and should recognize the
fact that Adams judgment is fairly vim
Dictated. As the owner of such a property
as the Lennox mine, Adams should not
be treated as a ward on the charity of the
community.
The Copper King, another mine deycl-
oped through the perseverance OF Adams,
is admitted by high authorities to be one
of the best prospective properties in the
country, and capable of running a 100
stamp mill at a profit. 1t is now kept
idle by INSCRIPTIONS outside parties, capt.
talists who are not satisfied with the lion 5
share that has been given them for the
use of a small amount OF money, but
wish to rob the original owner, who put
confidence in their honor, of the small
remnant Of the property he retains.
1t is folly to expect wealth and pros
perity in a country or community by put
ting productive resources in the hands of
outside managers whose interests are an
tagonistic and foreign. 1t is much better
to foster our own industries, reap our W
harvests of profits and represent our wi
wealth.
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