St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-01
The World Can Be Supplied
When the Ore is Brought
Out to Light.
English Capital Being Sc
cured to Develop This
Great Wealth.
Some New Railroads That
Are Needed and Will Be
Secured.
Snecial TO The Globe

Special to the Globe
RAPID CITY. Oak, Nov. 30.-Among
other prominent topics of public inter
est in the Black Hills, and especially
This portion of the hills, is the tin III
dustrv. There is possibly greater and
more general interest in this than III
any other feature of the region. The
reason for this is apparent III the fact
that tin is an article in daily use III
every household in the country and ab.
solufeIv Indispensable i'll many lines OF
trade and industry, and consequently
the public is more directly AFFECTED by
it than by any of the other
BLACK HILLS ENTERPRISES,
all of which, other than the tin, are or
more OF less private nature. But TIN
is an article in which every American
citizen is inferred, and it gives the GLOBE
man here some pleasure to state
that indications now point IN the dlrec-
ton of an early solution OF the question
as to whether in the future the United
States will go to England for It's sup
ply. or whether the metal Will be pro,
duced at home. At present the United
States consumes over tWo-thlrdS, almost
three-tourthS, OF all the
TIN USED IN TIE WORLD,
and in this consumption contributes
annually millions of dollars to the sup
mort of an army of aliens in other conn
tries. Every American householder
contributes his share i'll this levy, ana
every American manufacturers pays
tribute TO the tin miners OF England.
Now, that the actual existence or the
metal in paying quantities III thiS coun-
try has been concluslVely proven, IL
would seem that its development would
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rhusiasm of all good citizens. 1t IS to
the shame of the entire nation that the
strongest opposition that has been met
with in the efforts to develop this
all important industry has been raised
by American citizens. And not only
has it been opposed in this country, put
when the promoters of tin mining
turned to
ENGLAND FOR CAPITAL.
After having yainly tried to enlist home
money in the enterprise, Americans i'll
their excess of zeal. went to London to
oppose it. OF course they are directly
interested in not having tin found here,
They feel as one English tin Smelter,
who, when he had heard the reports OF
English experts on Black hills TN, eJa-
culated, ~ pray God it be not true:
But neither prayer nor opp0Sltloh VIII
il is found, and the efforts made to sup
press and throttle the industry have re
bounded in its favor. More careful and
through investigation was called for,
and the closer the scrutiny
THE MORE WONDERFUL
appear the deposits. And now there is
every indication of steps looking to the
early development of the industry and
its building up to the full cX
tent of IFS great possibilities. The lIar--
vcy Peak company has large force OF
men at work doing the annual assess
ment work OH its property, and now 1t
is expected that visit will be paid this
week to the property by high officers OF
the company, at which time arrange
mentS will be made for the erection OF
huge reduction works next year.
Among those expected is Prof. Vincent,
the eminent English expert whose re-
port, published in August in London,
lid so much to silence the assertions of
the
OPPONENTS OF TIN.
There is now on the ground represent
atives of the Stevens company, and they
are Offering cash for desirable claims.
While no intention is expressed by
these men, the impression is they have
already arranged for erecting reduction
works. Capt. David Cock, of Cornwall,
an OIL. tin miner, is with them. and will
have charge of the works if built. This
company also has large force of men
at work on developing the claims. So
also has the Glendale, and the Occi-
dental is intending to put on men at
once. Everything in the way of a tin
claim will be represented, and a busy
season in the tin districts is well inau-
gurated. The men who are interested
in this line here feel correspondingly
encouraged. 1t is needless to enlarge
Rapid City's interest in the matter. Tin
cannot be developed without building
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