, 1901-09-03

las, the Centennial, the Owen lake
each of these different districts will
undoubtedly develop a life of populous
business activity.
To the northwest of us we have
Cooper Hill and Rock creek, two dis
tricts destined to come into promi
nence as gold, silver and copper pro
ducers.
Elk mountain district and Sherley
range district have been developed tc
be producers of more than ordinary
prospects, as attested by carload ship
ments of paying copper ore.
To the north we have the HallecB
canon, plumbago and Sybille
districts, possessing the largest gra
phite deposits yet discovered in all ouI
country-the same can be said of as
bestos-while large veins of gold and
copper have been developed to the
noint of being shippers in large quaint
ties.
To the east of us we have the Horse
creek district, possessing a large area
of mineral bearing veins, many of
which have been developed to prove
the existence of rich bodies of gold,
copper and molybdenum one.
To the south of us we have Tie Sid
ing and Diamond peak districts "a sec
ton of country that produces the lin
est copper specimens at the surface of
any district known, will some day, as
deeper development progresses, aston
ish the world with her marvellous
mines.
Further to the south of us we have
the Jelm mining district, just now com
ing to the from with both gold and cop
per mines destined to be a rival for
supremacy among any within the cir
Gle.
The Sheep mountain district, the
last to complete the circle, will be
among the first to furnish her quota to
the country's wealth.
Being thus surrounded by twenty
different mining districts, any one of
which would be considered sufficient
to establish the title and fact of a min
ing country anywhere, we should build
our hopes on nothing less than that
Laramie shall be the great central hub
to which shall center all the great pro
ducts of our surroundings, and from
where shall radiate the sinews of vi
tally that affords life and mean to
build each other up.
Laramie should grasp the situation
and erect a smelter at the earliest pos
sible date.
With ores on the dump ready for
market, a smelter now would be a pay
ing proposition. We should have a
smelter now, SO that from all the diff
ferent mining camps it will be said, all
roads lead to Laramie. The time will
come when We can speak of u smelt-
ers instead of a smelter.
In conjunction with this, our rams
portation facilities will be increased.
A town with but n line of road, how
ever great its facilities and import
ance, can be nothing but a station of
minor dependence.
We have the great Overland, of
which there is none better in manage
ment or equipment, yet with our
growth we must have more railroads.
the more the better. We hail with joy
the construction of the Laramie, Hahns
Peak and Pacific road to the west of
us. 1t will penetrate one of the rich
est mineral sections of our country and
be the means of opening up many
more mines by reason of furnishing
transportation of ores, lumber n 9TH
err supplies, besides bringing to our
doors the trade of a section of coun-
try now remote from us.
A short line railroad from Denver,
Colorado, to Laramie, thence south to
North park. also presents a feasible
and profitable undertaking. 1t will be
but a question of time when it will be
built, the great abundance and excel
lent quality of the coal to be obtained,
the forest of lumber and the timber
through which it would pass. and the
general traffic to be secured by such a
line, will insure it's construction.
AS the Laramie range is develop
ed and a smelter erected, a railroad
from Laramie to the north of us will
be among the possibilities for the
transportation of iron ore and other
minerals. Such a system of roads
would each be a benefit to the other. /
One business house, however ample its
ance, neither will one railroad. We
must have community of interests.
We are already feeling the pulse beat
of new life, every business and resi-
dence house is occupied, and the de-
mand is for more.
AS We expand we hope to renew this
social event we are enjoying tonight,
for as the years go by, We cling closer
to that friendship with which God has
endowed us, and, like the dewdrop that
clings to the tender vine until the suns /
rays absorb it's life, so may we cling to
the bright side of life and enjoy the
heritage of the boundless resources
with which we are surrounded.
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