Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-11-19
COT oRADo WEALTH.

which are seldom thought of as Of
great Importance. The fact Is they
have great value.
One source is the mineral springs and
the other Is pottery clays. Either one
is natural resource of the state,
which at some future time. will almost
certainly attract here and support 4
population approaching or exceeding
whnt the state now numbers. This
statement Is based upon a knowledge
OF what similar resources In other
states and territories are doing.
Little as 1t may be appreciated. the
existence of mineral springs has done
very much In all ages to attract popn-
latiOn and build up states. All the old
writer's spoke of pllgrlmages to heal
Ing waters, and OF cities built around
them. Heroditus, Aristotle and Pliny
tell Of temples Of Aesculapius, the
Greek God OF Medicine, which were
erected around them. The only change
erns erect fine Baden-Baden. Congress
Hall, Hot Springs and Manitou hotels
where the heather built temples.
In spasmodic and unsystematic
way Colorado and some OF Its organ
iZatiOns OF business men have rccOg.
nizcd the value OF these health giving
waters. but the efforts have not been
persistent. or perhaps well directed.
The railway companies lave done far
more than all others to make known
the states resources In this way. \
few years ago the General Asscmly ap-
propriated 5000 for the purpose OF
having analysis made of the mineral
waters of Colorado. and the money
gave II job for Denver assayer for
some months. II any report was ever
made of how the money was expended,
or what analysis We're made. or what
Information was impaired TO the pub
lie. or what benefit was derived by the
state from the expenditure OF the mon-
cy. We never heard OF 1t. The Den
yer Chamber Of Commerce has fire.
Qucntly called attention to this re-
source of the state: and these sum UP
all that has been done In this direction,
unless We except the ridiculous pr"v's'
ion In the bill creating the Bureau n
Mines. which provides that the bureau
shall keep samples of mineral waters
on exhibition.
There Is nowhere any reliable ana
lysis to bc obtained nf the water of any
considerable number Of Colorado
springs. The state has more Of them
| than any other In the Union. In n gen.
crai way we know there are those
which deposit iron oxides and sulph-
it,cs. cinnaiar. silica and probably a!l
tho alkaline mctalloi,ls. Bu, no one has
ever classified the leading ones TO tell
MS whether they are alkaline. saline.
acid. non.gaseous or carionatcd. etc.
Coupled with colora,io's magniii.
cent hcnlili-Giving climate. these
springs will some ,iay make the state
as famous as Baden is now. or
as the Fountain OF Eternal Life was
IN the days of rnnc" dc Leon.
The probabilities In the way Of cnor-
| NOUS developments of pottery mani.
f, faciurc here are little understood.
These rest upon the wide variety OF
| clays found In Colorado and the fact
| that tho industry in the western half
| Of the United States would he protect
cd 10y the very highest freight rates
over long lines Of railways.
Some years ago when the editor n
| the Industry was investigating for the
Denver Chamber OF Commerce the Iron
ore deposits tributary TO Denver. mis-
attention was called TO various clay
deposits. and he began making n col
lection from them. and securing or
making their analysis. Almost every
form Of clay which Is used In pottery
manufacture has since been found.
We would not bc surprised to find cv-
cry one OF the known forms Of clay h
| Colorado. either for commercial use "r
scientific cabinets.
Under the head OF pottery we class
I everything from the little brown jug
to the finest porcelain. and there Is
in Colorado the clay for every species.
The magnitude Of this manufacture In
the United States is little known. Last
year. the geological reports say. II had
value OF S3OOOO.OOO. The finer kinds.
| such as are used for table ware. were
not made In the United States until
during our civil war. They had al
ways been imported before. and paid
for In coin. The premium ON coin dur.
ing our war made their cost so high
that 1t stimulated the manufacture.
which has continued to grow. until the
United States now manufactures some
kinds OF goods In this line as fine is
can be found In Europe. 1t is an In
dustry which IL bound to grow and
develop until all the porcelain and
china ware used by our more than TO-
OOO.OOO people is made at homc.-Thc
Mining Industry.
Rev. Minot ]. Savage. the well known
Unitarian. In speaking of the recent
election, says: There is still another
cause for congra ratulntion. and that is
the destruction Of the popular fallacy
that people are better In the country
thnn In the cities. Every large city,
in spite OF the concentration of Vice.
Ignorance and poverty that is supposed
to exist In 1t, voted for honesty AMI
honor. except Denver and New Or
1onnu