, 1892-02-05
WHARF frFhe Daily Lsader" May be Four
AN ASSURED FUTURE.


While THE LEADER does not share in
the enthusiastic belief of some that Chey.
enne will have a population OF $4,000 peo'
pie in three years, still we consider 1t a
self evident proposition that the growth
OF the town from this time forward will
be rapid and substantial. We should not
be surprised il the population three years
hence reached %, 900 and the msjority OF
people, we believe, would be very well
satisfied with these figures.
cheyenne is now headed in the right
direction. 1t Is reaching on, for enter
prlses which will not only make all of its
present population self supporting, but
will add greatly TO the numbers. 1t is en-
deavoring to secure producers OF wealth,
to utilize the raw materials with which
the state abounds and TO secure such
transportation facilities that the sgricul-
tural products of our soil nay find a
ready market so that the money realized
from their sale may be kept within the
state and be reinvcsted in further i'm
pfovements.
The trend everywhere throughout the
state is toward mining. Heretofore all
work in that direction has been desultory
and inadequate. Most men scratched
the earth to a depth of n lew feet and
then rested content under the impression
that they we're owners OF developed mines.
Until within the past year or two practi
cally nothing had been done, We Dragged
rather loudly Of our mineral possessions
aud vet produced nothing but coal aud
building stone. Wherever a man went
he could find evidence OF hidden mineral
wealth embracing a catalogue which was
simply amazing in its extent and variety,
vet neither the state nor the people we're
realizing a dollar from it. North, south
and west OF US millions upon millions
we're being yearly added to the wealth of
Colorado, Utah, Idaho aud Montana, but
Wyoming. the veritahle storehousc of
them all, ambled along conteutedly, ap-
r~arently satisfied with possession and
trembling not at all about utilization
BIT a change has come DER the spirit
Of our dream and suddenly mining ven,
lures become all the rage. New discov-
cries are constantly heiug made, but best
of all they are being earnestly developed
We are not only satisfying ourselves that
the state possesses great mineral wealth
but we are demonstrating it to the rest of
world. Now, therefore, we can base our
belief on something tangible when we
predict the future greatness of Wyoming
and range the state side by side ia wealth,
population and importance with her many
older aud better advertised sisters.
The work which eliminated in this city
last night will have a far reaching in-
huence for good 10 Wyoming. 1t will
mean to the struggling miners everywhere
a convenient market to which they may
ship their products without having every
thing eaten up in freight charges. 1t
means a certain Immediate return for the
ole on the dump, which in turn means
ready money constantly coming in to war
rant continued development work. Fur.
Their than this 1t means the EXTENSION OF
the mining business in all parts of the
state, renewed enthusiasm in prospecting
aud thorough Development everywhere.
This will mean a closer association of the
various parta Of the state, a binding to-
gether by the ties OF a Common interest
and increased railroad facilities which will
readily come when they are needed.
The picture this morning presented TO
the citizens of Cheyenne is a bright one,
but very much work ia sill In he done IN
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future must be realized IN manfacturing
aud great results can be achieved IN that
direction alone. While forging forward
this tact mnSt mt no Lost sight nj Thu
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