El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-28
MINING EXHIBIT
A Call For Prompt And United Ac'
ton In the Enterprise

May 70, 1SOO
Ed itor HERALD, Citizens and Cham Der
of Com
While the mint question is being
considered at Washington don't let US
lay down our oars. Now is the time
for Ell Paso to strike hard and strike
fast.
Our next enterprise should be the
reproduction OF the old "MontezuDa
Palace" that existed 500 years ago,
precious stones. We should start this
summer one of the grandest exhib Is
that was ever placed before the mining
world, drawing on Arizona, New Me xicO,
California, Co orado and old Mexico.
1t can be done. The great state of
Texas 1 know will come to our rescue
in the way OF help in putting the
mineral palace on its feet. 1t takes
work, push ard pluck to accomplish
united press, it can be made grand
success. So off with your coats and
let every man and woman 60 to work.
There ought to be some effort made
to BRING the people Of old Mexico into
closer business relations, WITH the peo-
pie of Ell Psso than exist today. The
northern and middle portion of old
minerals of all descriptions and in
inexhaustible quantities. Would it
not be good ioea when the new quar-
ters of the cham Der of commerce are
completed and in good working order
to invite old Mexico to join Ell Pa>o
and New Mexico and Arizona in get
ting up one of the largest permanent
dis plays of minerals that was ever
placed before the pu bile in the whole
Rocky mountain region?
A display that will sstonish the min :
ing men of the whole north, west and
of the east. 1t can be done and Ell
Psso is able to do it; it's return will be
hundred fold TO us and 1t would give
an impetus to the whole great south
west.
know what the mineral resources of
fornia are. have visited every mining
camp from Albuquerque TO Califor-
mia on the A. P. railroad, and every
mining camp from California to Ell
Paso on the Southern Pacific, and
know 1 can see the future of Ell Paso.
IF we but make hay while the sun
shines Ell Pa has but to let the world
hundreds OF miles all around our city
when mining men with capital will
pour In TO it by the thousands
The relations are growing closer
every year with old Mexico and the
United States, and believe u commit
tee from our Cnam DER OF com MERGE
should visit old Mexico and ask them
to join US in the exhi bit. They would
only be too glad of the opportunity to
do go. know of nothing that Ell Paso
could do to draw as many eastern ca
p talists as this mining exhibit. Ano
make 1t a permanent institution, where
the thousands of people that pass
through our city would stop off and
visit it. 1 know the American and
European mining men of old Mexico
will do all they can for an exhibits of
this kind.
With the pluck and push of the citi-
zens of El Psso this exhib t can be got
up. The railroads c-ntering here
will do all they can. They never lag
behind in an enterprise of this kind.
reduced rates and free transportation
for all exhibits.
This summer let our business men
and cham Der of commerce talk this
matter over, and perfect plan where
by this grand display cen be carried to
q success. Gentlemen of the chamber
OF commerce., you have put on the
harness, there must be co baking.
The people look to you. You are in
the lead. The people will push every
pound CT their s;-c-Rth and you must
pull this grand mineral display
through, and bring millions OF cap
ital to be Invested all around US. And
the old grey haired men of today will
see Ell Paso reach the SO. 600 limit.
Yours respectfully.
s. M. DAVIS.