Mohave County miner., 1899-09-16
Colorado's Outlook.


mining in Colorado few seasons with
more promise of activity in all lines
than that Insured in by the closing Of
the strike of smelter employees. In
every department of the industry there
is stir and hustle that means much
for the future and assures that, with
the end of the dog days, there will set
in an era of prosperity greater than
any state has known since the panic.
A prominent feature of the coming re-
vival will be the demand from the east
and from across the Atlantic for Col
orado mines. There was never a time
when the interest was stronger nor
when so much quiet searching for pro-
ducing mines was under way. Scarce
ly a leading mine of the state, on
which an option of some kind has not
been given, can be recalled, and if half
the deals now on are completed there
will come an enormous influx of out
side money into Colorado mines be
fore the end of the year. Cripple
Creek may have set the fashion in
this through the sale of the Independ
ence and other big ones in London,
but the interest in Colorado mines is
in no sense confined to the big gold
camp. The San Juan hiss received a
large share of attention, and one
we'll Informed mining man stated
during the week that there was
not in San Juan county producer of
| high rank on which some deal was not
in progress. Leadville has not been
overlooked, and some of those which
have long been the pride of the car
Donate camp may change ownership
any day, while the number of new
propositions in that camp that are
now under consideration in the east is
greater than for many years past.
Boulder county is sharing in the
awakening and receiving the notice Of
capital for which it has long striven,
and the old districts that dropped out
of sight many years ago, because the
things necessary to make their ores
| profitable were then lacking, are men,
toned daily in connection with new
enterprises and sales calculated to in
fuse new life and bring them under
production.
This reviving of old districts is best
to be accomplished by the building of
mills, and in this work the machinery
men see an opening for their commod-
tiles. Offices of dealers in mills and
owners Of processes are besieged daily
with mining men on the hunt for
estimates and business is good in these
lines. Possible contracts are closely
guarded from competitors and it would
be unfair to call the roll, but the mum.
Der of plants TO be built in the state
before the end of the year is larger
than any previous year since the min,
ing era of twenty years ago ran it,
course. From all the camps come tht
same reports of increased outputs and
congested ore bins. The smeiter man
ayers forssee that for the remainder Of
the year there will be rush of orr
that will tax the smelling capacity o.
the plants, and it is freely predicted
that the yield of the mines will b.
many millions in excess of that of 1893
in spite of all the drawbacks of tn,
heavy snow and smelter tie up of thi
year. A distinct feature of the situa
ton is the prompness with which tn
merits of new camps are investigated
a. well as the careful consideration O
former producers in old ones. Pro
moters and brokers in prospect prop
critics are on the watch for good prop
ositions wherever they may be and tn
7 time is ripe for the prospector to Sc
cure a hearing on anything he ma
have. This condition means mucl
1t shows strong demand, one whic
the two months of suspension in th
= actual work of mining has not serious
4 ly damaged. The best fruits of thi
demand are not to be harvested befor
October, probably, but there are deal
to be closed next month that wi
. prove all that has been said-that
4 great sensation for mining activity lie