Telegram-herald., 1891-06-18

san-bllnd observer of affairs. and he
clearly sees the coming TN industry OF
the United states. He mas an official
report 10 MS government IN which he
taxes very sanguine views OF the future
OF tin mining and manufacturing m
dustry IN America. He officially IN
forms the British government that:
Companies are already making tin
plates for the market, and are extend
ing their works, and others are also
projecting the erection OF mills for the
manufacture OF plates to supply the
large demand of the packing business
ami the house and car roofing manu-
factories. IL IS confidently believed that
the appliance of new process will lower
the cost of production to such q point
that IN few years foreign plate will be
entirely excluded from the market"
And yet Democratic papers persist In
saying that not one cent has yet been
invested IN the manufacture and will
not be so invested. They also assert
that no real American tin-plates have
been produced. Mr.. Sadler knows
better than to lie so to his home govern
ment.
As TO the tin mines of South Dakota
he says that many American and En-
glish experts have visited the mines
and written most favorably as to the
richness of the deposits which are said
To- DO inexhaustible. The Glendale
null, the property of the Tin Mining
Company, of Chicago, Was the first to
actually place American tin on the
market. The expense of mining and
treating the ore compares favorably
with the cost in Cornwall, while the
mines are considered to be many times
richer. Entering moro fully into the
particulars. he says that tin deposits
were discovered in the Black Hills
eight years ago, but the excitement
caused by the discovery died away
lntil the passing OF the Mckinley act
directed attention to them once more.
At first no one in Dakota knew much
about tin, aud il is said that some of
those vino bought up claims at the out
set discouraged the idea that mining
could be successfully carried on, alleg-
Ing that IL would be found impossible
10 dress the ore. Samples were. how
ever, sent to New York. and mining
~ he lie
were soon shut down, and reports cir
culsted to the effect that they could
not 90 worked st a profit. About this
time the Eta mine acquired q large
number OF claims, and three years
later 10 was consolidated into the Har-
ney Peak Tin Mining. Smelling and
Manufacturing Company, of New York
aud London. This company own over
four hundred claims, which are being
carefully prOspected. There are sew
eral hundred men employed. and
about five hundred thousand tons of ore
arc ia sight, with, It is stated, an assay
OF IA per cent, while selected speci-
Iltu- Hit AepOtAtN W ha't cboMH do
much as 30 and even 40 per cent. The
company are erecting n large concen-
trating plant and smelling furnaces,
which will probably be ready for work
ing this summer. Nine other CON-
paules IN the district are engaged in
similar operations.
We have quoted thus fully the state
rnonts Of Mr.. sadler, for his report is
Official and IS a complete refutatlon Of
the Democratic claims that tin plates
cannot I've made in the United States.
Common patriotism, if that party had
any. would prompt Democrats to in
terest themselves in any attempt to
build up anew industry in the country,
but having started the false cry that Is
establishment is an impossibIlIty. they
prefer 10 make their assertions good at
the expense of their country's interests.
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