Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-21
MAN OF VARIED OCCUPATIONS
Willis George Emerson, Mining Promoter,
Politician and Novelist Visits Omaha.
IS DEVELOPING RESOURCES OF THE WEST
Talks of the Grand Encnmpmcnt Cop
per District, and of Novel Writ
ing, in Which He Spends
His Spare Time.
IS DEVELOPING RESOURCES OF THE WEST

Willis George Emerson, well known in the
Mississippi valley and the Rocky mountain
region, was in the city yesterday. Emerson
was the electoral messenger from Kansas
in the Harrison and Morton campaign, when
the state was carried by the largest re-
publican majority even given any candidate.
In the late national campaign Emerson was
selected by the republican campaign COM
mittee to answer the arguments of "Coin"
Harvey at Lockerby hall, in Grand Rapids,
Mich. The speech delivered there by Emer-
son was afterward printed and circulated
as campaign document by Perry Heath,
now assistant postmaster general in whose
hands the distribution of campaign material
was.
Aside from his political character Mr..
Emerson is a promoter and organizer of
various schemes for the development of the
resources OF the west and Is further
writer OF books. At the close OF the last
national campaign he moved from Chicago
to Denver and engaged industrlously in the
mining enterprises Of the Rocky mountain
region He sends syndicate letters on vari-
Gus subjects to 10S newspapers, but these
are only a side issue to his mineral in
terests He closed up his Cripple Creek
operations last March and netted S23 800 on
one deal. He has lately become interested,
together with Judge ID. NJ. Heller. in the
development OF the copper mines of Grand
Encampment district of Southern Wyoming.
The Ferris Haggerty mines a part of these
properties are located about sixty miles
south of Rawlins, Wyo. In the early part
OF last September one-fourth interest in
this property sold for $3.50. On the 25th of
the same month a grade vein of Peacock
copper ore was discovered and more than
$50, 600 worth of ore was taken out and
| shipped to the Blue Island smelter at Chi
cago and the Argo smelteT at Denver.
| Other mines of this district are the "Doane, "
| the "Charter Oak" the Meta" the Cop
| per Queen" the "Victor," "Buckhorn, "
! "Ledbetter," Golden Eagle" "Cox" and
the Kurtz and Chatterton properties, all
! producing ore. These mines have all been
opened up in the last few months and it Is
claimed that their ore has a higher per-
centage of pure copper than even that OF
| the famous anaconda" of Butte. Mining
experts have prophesied that there viii be
not less than 100 producing mines in the
district before snow flies. From ten to
twenty-six men are going into the new
district daily.
New TRANSPORTATION Line.
The object Of Mr.. Emerson's present vis
| to the city was to conclude arrangement
with the Union Pacific officials for new
| transportation company and stage line
which is being put on between Rawlins ant
the new town being built at the junction o
the north and south forks of the Encamp
ment river. This town will be the point o
entrance to and departure from the new re
gon According to present plans six
horse Concord stage will leave Rawlins ever!
morning and. by changing horses frequently
will reach the new town in eight hours, Tn
stores which always spring up at the open
ing of any new mineral region have beguI
4 to make their appearance and railroad eX