Mohave County miner., 1900-06-09
An Era Of Great Enterprises.

III was recently announced that one
OF the German steamship lines had or
dered the construction of monster
steamship 752 feet In length. Now
comes the report that plans are being
prepared at Glasgow for the building
Of vessel 800 feet long. The 1000 foot
vessel is in the not distant future, for
this is an era of great enterprises. In
ls40 a little steamer Of Loo tons bur-
den arrived at Boston from England.
1t was the pioneer steamer of the Eng
lish company, carrying small passen-
ger list and cargo upon which the
duty was only 30s. Today the same
company has two steamers, each 600
feet In length, running at speed of 20
knots an hour, and loaded with pas
sengers and dutiable freight. The
first carried 1,2~0 tons, the two latter
carry 1880 tons, Another, the Ocean
ic, is 7l0 feet in length and cost over
4,900,OOOs. The 1,O0O.foot steamship is
fast coming.
1t is not In steamships alone that
great enterprises find expression. They
can be seen where the ambition, the
inventive genius of man aud the com
mand of resources individually unite
In one person, or an exaggeration of
persons. The vastness of the briny
deep, the terror of its anger, aud its
destructive power, inspirt combative
spirit in the breast of man and ne rises
to meet them. He builds great vessels
of great tonnage capacity, propelled by
immense steam power plans and safely
riding the waves with precious cargoes,
but though the ocean has its victors,
the land also has its masters. The
western continent is about to be cut in
halves to unite the Atlantic with the
Pacific; they have both, long since,
been brought within speaking distance
by electric wires. Railroads have an
initiated the space between them. The
equator and the Arctic circle is becom-
ing intimately acquainted through the
same agencies. Truly this is an age of
wonders.
Fifty years ago this great country
west of the Missouri river was howl
ing wilderness. Today it is inhabited
by an enterprising, aggressive people
who have developed the greatest gold
and silver and copper mines in the
world. They have added billions of
wealth to the trade channels of the
world. "No pent-np Utica confiDes
their bounds" They strive to reach
They live in and breathe the bracing
ozone of the greatest aud longest and
loftiest mountain range on the face of
the globe. They feast their eyes on
the grandest scenery of the world, aud
they drink the waters of the longest
rivers upon the continent. The great
ness Of their surroundings inspire
them with exalted ideas. The most
stalwart of stalwart conceptions, alone
seize their imaginings. There is moth
ing diminutive in their mental make
up. The truly western man spends his
thousands as readily as the tenderfoot
does his nickels or dimes. He delights
to live in harmony with the magnificent
possibilities of his great surroundings
In Montana, where the greatest of
great mines are still only in the pro.
cess Of development, great enterprises
are being planned, and in many in
stances under way. The foremost OF
them all is the contemplated construc
tion of the largest and most extensive
copper smelling plant in the world
When we say sin the world" we mear
it will be the largest, most costly, mosi
complete, and will reduce more copper
ore and produce more value in day
than any other like plant on Gods
footstool. Still it is only an expression
of MOntana's neutrality-suspicious. il
wealth, greatness in the volume of tn,
states mineral output, and greatnes.
of the enterprise of its people. Indeed
this is an era of stalwart undertakings
Western Mining World.
II the ore brought up from tn,
Needles district of San Juan count,
by d. B. Graham is a fair sample, tn
Mastodon Gold aud Silver Mining Com