, 1890-10-11
THE FULL BENEFIT FROM
MINERALS

AAI SAAAAe Af~ III NtAA ~ $50 -
cent discovery OF gold in the Medicine
Bow mountains makes it a text for an
editorial article on What Wyoming
Should Do" Among other things 1t
says: Statehood was conferred upon
Wyoming. not so much because she de-
served 1t as because it was believed she
would deserve it If she had a chance, 1t
was expected that the recognition Of Wy
oming and other territories as sovereign
states would lend an immense impulse
to their development. Clothed With the
honor and dignity OF political manhood,
it is now 10 be expected that their people
will display the vidle qualities OF energy
and ambition that belong to it. About
Montana. Washington and the Dakotas
there need be no concern. They arc al
read well advanced in population and
ID development OF their But
Idaho and Wyoming vet remain very
largely TO be carved.out OF the Wilderness.
Take Wyoming, Tor instance. A sin,
gle through railroad skirts it's southern
boundary. Its great mineral ~sourc
as extensive and exhaustless as those of
Pennsylvania, and as varied as those OF
Mexico, arc untouched and but partially
explored. The census returns It's popula-
ton at sixty thousand, though nearly
twice as many were claimed when state
hood was pending.
How different is this Wyoming IRON
the Wyoming that is TO be, il the active
men who can make her future do their
duty. When the new state is ironed with
railroads, when settlers have been at
tracted to the rich agricultural valley,
when the natural streams have been made
to do duty for purposes Of irrigation, when
gold, silver, coal and oil have been brought
from the earth, when cities and towns
have been built up wherever the incrtas.
ing demands OF trade and industry shall
call for them, then will Wyoming have
emerged FROM the wilderness aud begin
TO assume the proportions Of the great
state she Is fitted to be.
We Apprehend that Wyoming's future
will be less iniuer ced by the discover
les Of gold than it will be by the develop
ment of its coal, iron, oil. soda and buil6-
ing stone, From these staple minerals,
from manufactures, from agriculture
within certain lines and from stock raising
in smaller lunches and more 10 accordance
with Eastern methods. will come our lu-
lure prosperity. wealth aud greatness.
The Bee Is altogether right when it says
that the minerals OF Wyoming are prac-
tically untouched" Capitalists from
neighboring states are reaching out 10
gobble up these mineral treasures. Thin
they are allowed to lie idle awaiting the
time when they may be utilized in manu-
features outside Of the state. Therefore.
Judging simply from surface appearances,
!. i56Hs AZ though much of the practice ]
benefit from wY%omTnss mineral resGseFeas
would be realized by other states.
We are in hopes that the nucleus Of
iron manufactures in Wyoming will be
formed in connection with the Union Pa
ci6c shop system in this citv. The scheme
luoiuuco = pi NhNoi iouhhtS NhlSu VIC
believe will be among the buildings to be
constructed next season. Such a foundry
would almost necessItate the erection Of a
blast furnace here, The Union Pacific
would be directly interested in such a
movement for it would mean great de-
velopment 10 the northern part OF this
county aud Tremendously increased freight
traffic over the Cheyenne & Northern. the
only road penetrating that section.
1t will be a glorious day for Wyoming
which sees not only the development OF
some ofits staple mineral resources, but
their utilization 10 manufactures within
the boundaries of the state itself. In
this connection it should not be forgotten
that unless the raw material is manufac-
tured here the state loses the cream of
the business and Wyoming is simply act
ing as a storehouse from which neighbor-
ing states draw their supplies of raw ma
teriAl and wax wealthy from their manu-
iacture into merchantable products.
There need be no fear Of the future of
Wyoming but the people should be alert
to utilize to the limit the which
nature has laylshed on the new state.