, 1891-05-03
m%YoMING,s
what the Government Director OF the
Union Pacific Says.

From the Report ofJesse Spalding. Govern
ment Director, Union Pacihs.l
The more | inquired into the character
Of the people who are developing the
country in which these cities are situated
and into the resources at their command,
the less wonder | felt that their growth
has been so rapid or that their careers
have been so prosperou5. With the
wonderful resources of Wyoming you are
doubtless thoroughly familiar. While ITS
extensive cattle traffic gave 1t for a time
much fame at home and abroad and did a
great deal toward fastening the early set
tlement of many OF its counties and to
ward the building up of some of its
towns, yet as a matter of fact it has
retarded the general growth and develop
ment of Wyoming. 1t has done so by
divertinE the attention OF intending i'm
migrants and capitalists seeking invest
ment from the real resources of the state.
The cattle traffic of Wyoming, while still
great, has long since ceased to be a factor
Of first importance with her people. The
great cattle ranches which formerly at
tracted the attention of travellers and
tourists have 10 many cases disappeared.
The people are turning their attention to
industries of a more permanent and
a more profitable character. OF the
mines of the state those which yield coal
have alone been developed to an extent
EupTth pnanFtnnfn- .1tt--uL a. -.
area OF 100, 900 square miles it is known
to be underlajd with rich deposits of
minerals OF all kinds. About 10000
SQUARE miles Of the state are underlaid
with coal. Mountains of iron and large
depositso of gold, silver, copper lead, mica,
%clnnabar, tin, sulphur, soda, salt, borax.
asphaltum,, gypsum, graphite, mag
nesium, asbestos, kaolin, and mineral
paint are found. Also marble, sandstone,
limestone, granite, slate, and other
decorating and building stones. Accord
ing TO the first governor OF the state, now
United States Senator Francis L. Warren,
TO whose intelligent presentation of the
territory resources was due in great part
its admission to the Union, the mineral
wealth of Wyoming is more than sufficient
to pay the national debt. as will be
demonstrated by future development"
The petroleum fields of Wyoming have
been attracting attention of late, and
Eastern capitalists have been investing
heavily in oil fields, with a view of
developing them. The agricultural lands
OF Wyoming are capable of producing
grain and vegetables of every description
almost, particularly of the more hardy
species, but irrigation is of necessity
largely depended upon in the production
Of crops. Cattle raising will always
be an important industry in Wyoming.
as the plentiful yield of nutritious
Rtasses.. curing where they grow. furnish
abundant food for animals of all kinds.
The Union Pacific railway runs nearly
500 miles through Southern Wyoming,
and has contributed largely toward the
building up OF the state. CHEYENNE par
t~icularly feels itself indebted to your sys-
ten Tor its present prosperity. The shops
which you have located at this point have
established a nucleus around which man.
utactories will spring up IN the near
future. Cheyenne has nothing to com
plain of on the score of attention from
your management. Aside from the ex-
tensIve shops, it has one OF the hand
soonest passenger stations on the entire
system aud one that its citizens are Justly
proud OF. | believe that Wyoming will
become a prosperous state In the near
future, and that Cheyenne, Laramie and
Rawlins will become points OF much more
Importance than they are at present.