, 1901-06-25
GRAND ENCAMPMENT SHELTER
WILL HANDLE OUTPUT
OF GREAT NINE.
Thirty to Fifty Tons a Day of High
Grade Ore to Be Treated for the
Observation-Disclosures of Smelter
Men Of Laramie for Looking Al


about by the closing of a contract
with the owners of the Douglas creek
Rambler mine by which the entire out
put of the mine is secured for the per
iod of n year. This means at pres
ent from 80 to so tons per day of high
grade ore, with prospects of a largely
increased production with greater de
velopment
Hauling will m as soon as
the road can be built from Encamp-
ment to the mine which is not expected
to take more than two weeks. or three
weeks al the longest The work of
building the road will be commenced
next week and pushed through with as
large a force of men as can be secured.
The smelter will be ready to receive
the ore as soon as ii can be delivered.
The new" Rambler. as il is called
bier at Battle Lake, is located on
Douglas creek. "a miles east of Grand
E~ncampment. and is owned principally
by Laramie men. 1t is. in some re-
spects. a phenomenal mine and has an
interesting history dating pack to 1869
when il was first located as a gold
property. No development 10 speak
OF was ever lone until within the past
year, when a very large body of high
grade copper ore was opened up at a
depth of about 100 feet.
The ore is similar in character Il
the Ferris-Haggarty. carries about the
same values in copper. Shipments OF
been made for the past w or three
months from this very small devel-
Opment. The amoun of ore that will
be brought to the smelter is expected
to average no less than so tons per
day at present. and if the deep shaft.
which is 10 being sunk. should show
not be surprising if this mine alone
would furnish sufficient high grade ore
to keep the smelter running continu-
ously at the full extent of its present
capacity.
DR.. Godshall. the manager of the
smelter. feels extremely kind toward
the attitude assumed by the Laramie
business men in looking at this matter
from a broad standpoint. While at
first ii was contended by some that to
divert the hauling of the Rambler ore
from Laramie would be detrimental to
that city, upon investigating and look
ing at it from every point of view it
was seen and admitted by all that it
is the much better policy to ship the
ore to the Grand Encampment smell
ter tina to take it out OF the state.
There is not at present sufficient ore
in Douglas creek district to warrant
the building of a smelter there. nor is
there any one ready to invest in such
an enterprise under existing condi-
tons.
II is true that there has been consid-
cradle talk about a narrow gauge rail
road being built from Laramie to the
mountains and on to Grand Encamp-
ment: but even il it should assum def
mite shape in the near future. the fact
that the Rambler ore is to be shipped
to Encampment for one year will mean
that the district will be opened by
roads and the inevitable result must
be that other properties will be open
ed and in a year or two be in opera
tion. and by the time a railroad can be
completed it will find a large and ex-
~tensive business awaiting for it. for
which they will thank the Grand En-
campment smelter.
The temporary loss to Laramie in
the diverting of the hauling of this
high grade ore from that pokt-low
grade ore could not be shipped from
Laramie at any rate-will be more
than ~counteracted by the very largely
increased amount Of supplies which
will be shipped by Laramie merchants
to the Rambler and other mines of the
district. And the advantages which
will necessarily result from this con-
tract in the way of new roads and the
creation of a near market will
the development of many properties
now unopened and perhaps when OPP
ened containing such low grade ore
| that II could not be hauled to Laramie