, 1901-10-04

ly competent engineers. who make
mine examinations a speciality. and
who in fact do nothing else but exam,
inc mines for their customers. Most
of them are well known men, and any
one of them is entirely competent.
After having received a report. on
first: As to whether there is sufficient
ore to be obtained to justify a smelt,
ing plant in Laramie. and. secondly,
as to what the class of ore is. then
to you to build a smelter of any ca
pacity that may seem to be justified.
and to guarantee such a smelter TO be
adapted to the smelling of the ores
as shall be reported by the expert who
you shall have employed and who has
made you his report.
We will undertake to operate the
smelter a sufficient length of time to
demonstrate to you its a%daptability
WI lh' 'olIlIllpiS liNpIN'N.
The following is the list, and we
recommend that you write to any or
all of these men to ascertain when they
can make the examination for yon and
at what prices.
Chester A. Beatty, McPhee build
ing, Denver; T. A. Richard. McPhee
building, Denver; John B. Parish.
Cooper building. Denver; William A.
Parish. Equitable building, Denver;
Denver; Theodore, Schwartz, Bank
block. Denver; A. F. Weunch. 1856 De-
trOit street. Denver; William L. Aus
tin. Boston building, Denver; B. B.
Lawrence, Boston building. Denver;
Francis T. Freeland, Aspen. Colo; H.
II. Taft, care Colorado Iron Works,
Denver.
we know personally most of the
parties, but not quite all of them but
nearly all have high regulations.
The last name on the list. Mr.. H. H.
Tafa. is not very well known here,
but is well known in the Republic of
Mexico. where he has done a good deal
of work. He has also done some work
for us and is a reliable man.
1T might be best for you to employ
some one Of the above who is well
known in your community if you can
get him. Yours very truly.
u. w. NESMITH, President.
The Colorado Iron Works Co"
On motion of Hon. A. Z. Miller. the
committee was instructed to CORE
spond with the gentlemen named by
President Nesmith and ascertain their
prices for making the examination pro-
posed. and when their services could
be had, should the committee decide to
employ one. The committee prepared
the letters and forwarded them last
night, II to each of the thirteen gen
tlemen named by Mr.. Nesmith. and a
committee consisting of Lawyer Glib
son, w. II. Kent and William Cordiner
was named to visit the business inter
ests today and raise funds to defray
the expense of bringing an expert here
and having him make an examination
of the quality and quantity of the out
put of the mines. upon which to base
the size of the smelter.
1t was determined that the whole
smelter proposition hinged upon this
expert report, as no one would build
q smelter until he knew the kind and
amount of the ore upon which a smelt-
er would have to depend.
1t was also urged that there should
be as little delay as possible in getting
the expert to work, as he should visit.
all the mines in this section, those al
ready producing and those expecting
to produce ore soon. as the winter
would set in, when getting about would
be difficult and sometimes impossible
in the mountains.
The intent of the committee to ac-
quit itself of the task vas manifested
last night when there was a meeting
after the adjournment of the business
mems meeting and the work in hand