, 1888-01-14
FROM THE MINES.
The Leaders Fort Laramie Cor
respondent Visits H~artviIIe.
Two Railroads Will Reach the
Camp This Year.
Those Interested Confident of the
Future of the District.
Correspondence of THE LEADER.
ONLY 100 MILES DISTANT.

ONLY 100 Ill DISTANT.
Fort LARAMIE, Jan. 10.-The Hart
vile district is located in the southeastern
portion of the Black Hills range of
Rockies, about 100 miles almost due north
of Cheyenne. The mines developed
prove that the copper in this section Is of
a high grade and that the ore can be
easily reduced. Iron deposits also exist
in the immediate vicinity of the copper
belt.
PROSPERITY COMING.
With the steady advance in copper,
nothing can prevent the r%eopening of
these mines and the settlement of the sec
ton. Within eighteen months Hartville
will be the l~iveliest mining camp in the
West. Prospectors are already on the
ground. Heavy snow storms, the draw
back to mining in Colorado and portions
of Wyoming during the winter months,
seldom occur here. Surface indications
can be noted as well in December as in
August. The Hartville copper belt is
twenty-five miles in length, extending
north and west that distance and many
times approaching the banks of the
Platte. Like all rich mineral sections,
the country is broken and rugged.
EVERY ADVANTAGE.
Nature has provided many facilities for
the development Of the mines in this sec
ton, leaving man to enrich himself very
easily. Wood and water are plentiful,
and an abundance of both is most essen
tial. Lime and first-class building stone
in inexhaustable quantities are at hand,
making the erection of all structures eco
nomical and speedy.
" W RAILROADS COMING. II
The Cheyenne & Northern railway is
now completed to within eleven miles of
the old Hartville smelter, and your cor
respondent is assured by competent au-
thortY that a spun to the mines will be
constructed early next spring.
The future of the section is not at all
dependent upon the action of the Chey-
enn & Northern. In the first place, with
copper at its present figure the transpor-
tation of mineral from the mines to the
present terminus of the line will be
the order of the day if
the company fairs to fulfill its prom
ises. But better news is in
store for those interested. The Burling-
ton & Missouri is constructing an extern
sion of the Broken Bow line up the
Platte river. 1t is violating no confidence
to say that the writer and a number of
other land owners in the Platte bottoms
have been paid cash by the representa-
tives of the Burlington & Missouri rail
way for a right of way through our
ranches. The sales were made with the
explicit understanding that the road was
to be completed and trains running within
twelve months. The volun-
teered to enter into a compact including
this provision. Everyone in this section
is confident that within one year from
date two railroads will tap the wealthy
copper region of Laramie county.
INTERVIEWING HARTvILLE PEOPLE.
In a conversation with Mr.. John Burns
that gentleman said: 81 am the camp
blacksmith. The last order l received
was for the sharpening of picks and drills
for thirty men, the work to be completed
SO soon as possible. l own a mine myself
and expect to make a fortune out of it.
Chas. Nilen is s%torekeeper and post
master. In connection with Ed. Barnes
he is developing the Mayfower mine, an
excellent property. Mr.. Nilen is conf
dent that a boom will strike the camp
early mex spring. and hat the eyes of
the world will soon be upon Hartville."
Mr.. L. s. Bartlett, manager of the
Fairbank smelter, is well known in Chey-
enne. He greeted your correspondent
cordially and among other things said.
THE company | represent here will COM
memo operations in a few weeks. Within
a short time Hartville will be the largest
camp in the world. The Laramie county
copper belt is the richest and most extern
sive in the country since the fire in the
great Calumet and Hecla mines. This
coniagration is still in progress and daily
diminishes the copper output.
The mineral must be secured some
where. The demand must be supplied.
Wyoming offers gilt-edged inducements
to copper dealers. The deposits are prac-
tically inexhaustable, transportation facili-
ties good and the mines can be developed
and smelters operated at eastern figures
on account OF the water, timber, building
stone, etc, in the immediate vicinity.
w. L. q.