, 1890-12-31

1t can be mined in Wyoming in great
quantities. Outsiders know nothing Of
u and must be told of them.
A lew prospectors can do much but not
all. Capital must come to open mines
and develop them. Prospectors are
working as never before and look to this
convention for aid. The newspapers
have lone and are still doing much and
will get their reward-in heaven. We
must enlist the press and advertise our
resources. If we build up the papers
they will build us up. The energy devoted
TO politics if spent on the welfare of the
state would bring success and hasten the
day when furnace hres will answer furnace
fires from every hull side and Wyoming
become the Keystone State of the West.
At the evening session of the conyen-
ton a large number of ladies were pres
ent. The first paper vas by W. G. Knight
describing the Douglas creek mining dis
trict. The paper was concise and full Of
valuable information. Prospecting has
been going on In the district for twelve
years. Two producing quartz mines are
worked, the keystone with an output of
100000 and the Florence with $25, 900
per annum A 20-stamp mill is running.
The Keystone has hosting engines and
steam pumps. The vein is n true fssure.
Copper ores are found which are rch in
gold. A complete description Of the pro-
cess OF treating the ores at the stamp mills
and concentration was given BY the
speaker. The greatest work done was In
July when .002 tons were treated in one
day. The cost for treatment is seventy
cents a ton, for mining $2.l2. All over
50. 80 received for the product is profit.
The placer mines of the district have been
worked since 1868. Over a hundred
miles Of gulches are worked and satisfac-
tory returns obtained. The camp needs
capital to put down deep shafts and work
the placers Systematically. In closing the
speaker invited all present to visit the
mines.
The chairman read a telegram from
Judge Merrill and a letter from Hon. NJ.
@. Brown. expressing regrets at their in
ability to be present.
Hon. +. w. Mondell read a well pre-
pared paper on the bituminous coal fields
of Northeastern Wyoming. He reviewed
the history of the various coal fields OF
Wyoming and told 10 an interesting man.
ner the scientific story of the Newcastle
coal formation. The newly discovered
coal belt is six TO ten miles wide and sew
entv miles long. The first work Of i'm
portance was in March, 1889, since which
time a magnificent mine had been opened
in which were coal cutting machines,
electric lights and the best appliances for
mining. Coke furnaces had been erected.
fifteen of winch are now in operation.
Within a few miles of the mines drills are
going into the bosom of the earth
toward the oil with which the region is
saturated. Coke manufacture solves the fu-
ture Of Wyoming's mineral development.
Cheyenne is the gateway of the state aud
only needs the united effort Of its peo-
pie to be a second P~IttsburR.
Gen. Miner was next introduced. He
had no prepared manuscript but talked
entertainingly Of the early days of Wyo-
ming. Ir 1866 he with his men located
Fort Sanders and were at Rock Greek,
Medicine Bow and Elk Mountain to pro-
tect prospectors and pioneers. Nat
Fort Hallock he used coal MING
men but neglected TO file on l60'S$ rs
he should have done. July 4, 1867, he,
with Col. Dodge of the Union Pacific,
Gen. Anger, Gen. Rawlins and Col. Sey-
mour laid out the site of Cheyenne. The
general paid a glowing tribute to the pio-
neers and prospec,ors who had been the
means of advancing civilization in this
great western country.
The session closed with the reading OF
a letter from B. p. Arundel, which was
read BY Prof. G. d. Conley, giving an
elaborate description of the Snowy Range
Mining District. TodaY's session will
commence al 8 o'clock. The programme
is as follows: Infancy and Growth of
Mining Industries. s. ". Downey.
Central Wyoming" L. c. Bartlett.
Mineral Deposits of Fremont County"
H. z. Nickerson. Iron Mountain in
Early Days" J. r. Whitehead. Goal
and Coal Mining in Uintq," W. t. Ram
say. Marbles and Minerals OF Sheridan
County" VIM. Brown.
A number OF specimens from Crook
and Fremont counties will reach here to.
day and will add greatly TO the presen
| display which is of itself a creditable one.