, 1891-01-03
OPPOSED TO SILVER.
Tho Mining Convention so Declared
Itself Yesterday.
Unlimited Coinage Not Suited to Its
Refined Tastes.
The Session Wound Up With Sew
eral Speeches.

being in attendance.
The morning session was opened with a
paper read by Robert Burkhart of Albany
county, on the manufacture of glass. Mr..
Burkhart gave a history of glass making
at Laramie, the cause Of failure and sug-
Restions as to making the enterprise a sue
cess.
Mr.. Sturges read an able paper pre-
pared by G. @. Hewitt on the Resources
OF Sweetwater County" Mr.. Hewitt,
recognizing the scarcity of water in the
West. mentioned Sweetwater county as
n of the best watered counties
in the state. When these wa
tiers are utilized in irrigation
Sweetwater county will take her place as
one of the most fruitful agricultural sec
tons of the West. Wyoming as a rule
depends upon n~eighhoring states for her
food supply, and a little work and mnney
would bring 3 large number of farmers
here who would add immensely to the pros
perity OF the state. As to mineral re
sources Sweetwater county Is not behind
the rest OF the STATE. 1t annually pro-
duces 4.275,00 0 tons OF coal which is
hauled hundreds of miles across other
veins of coal because 1t is of superior
quality. IL also has oil. gypsum and
building stone. Mr.. Hewitt made a STIR
ing appeal for the encouragement of i'm
migration.
CROOK CouNTy
Mr.. Harper read a very interesting
paper on the resources OF Crook county.
He mentioned the tin mines in the Niger
Hill district. stating that two companies
had been formed for working tin mines in
Crook county. One. the Cleveland tin
mining company. composed of New York
and Deadwood capitalists, had done con-
siderable work and had Just completed
surveying a tramway to rup from the
mines to the null site.
The Niger Hill mining company is
composed of Cedar Rapids and Dead wood
parties. In the Bear Lodge mountains
there are Lodges carrying gold reported on
by Maj. Powell and iarty in 1875. Eight
miles from Sundance local companies are
working silver mines TO an advantage.
Crook county also has oil and coal IN
abundance in veins from five to fifty feet
thick. The oil has long been used as a
heavy lubricant for the machinery in the
Black Hills. Natural soap is found up
there in sufficient quantities to wash the
world. Alum, soda springs gypsum. and
building stone in abundance are some of
the natural advantages of Crook county.
I'VE CROWN.
James Adams read a paper on the
mines at Silver Crown. He stated the
advantages and disadvantages of the
camp in a concise manner. While bat
little work has been done there is suf
fcient 10 warrant deep mining. There
are no exhausted mines to point to and
cay that mine has produced so much,
when the chances are it will produce no
more. Silver Crown is a low grade amp
but with a iair price for silver and copper
can be worked to advantage. While the
grade Is low, the aggregate in quantity is
great and will eventually make Silver
Crown a big camp.
SILVER COINAGE RESOLUTIONS.
Prof. Stanton called up the resolutions
presented by the committee the evening
before. These resolutions favored the
free coinage of silver and we're referred
back to tho committee for reconsideration.
The committee reported back the resolu-
tions with some alleged Objectionable
clauses cut out.
Ex-Secretary Morgan opened the dis
cussion with an address, citing the lack of
a circulating medium, the present con-
traction of the currency, he said, being
the cause OF the depression in financial
circles, He stated that the senators OF
the West we're standing together 70 gain
free coinage, abiding to the attitude Of
Teller. Plumb and other prominent
Westeruers as opposed to the gold bugs
Of the AS; and working for the interests
of their Western constituents. Mr.. Nor
gan made a very forcible speech, stating
the question fairly and without partisan
feeling.
Judge Groesbeck next got the floor and
one could see the blood in his eye. He
made a loLR winded political speech. He
accused the Western senators of having
private ends TO gain by advocating free
silver.
Mr.. Stanton was on the floor to defend
his friend Senator Teller. During his
remarks he claimed that the Wyoming
senators were pledged to the free coinage
of silver.
This Groesbeck excitedly denied stating
that Wyoming's senators were not in
favor of free silver. MIR. Stanton had
made the statement that Senator Teller
was in favor of free silver. Then why did
he vote for the compromise bill2 Was
that good faith? Did he not yield to the
gold bugs and break faith with his consti-
tuents when he accepted such a measure?
Groesbeck took exception to Mr.. Nor
gan's speech concerning gold bugs as 1t
was calculated to stir up ill-feeling be-.
tween the East and the West.
Mr.. Morgan got in the rctort that by
attacking the leader of the Republican
party in the West he was stirring up
strife between two sister states. By this
time the debate had become general but
Mr.. Stanton got the floor aud kept it.