, 1901-09-20

To a close observer it looks as
though Laramie had made up it's mind
to build a smelter, and that if it did
not get one, and n that will suit, it
will pick up it's doll rags and go home.
A smelter seems to be as certain
as the fact that we are in the midst
of a veritable mining boom, and the
mining boom is in the heart of a mar
~velously rich mining district.
At the meeting of the business men
of the city last night there was a lare
attendance, showing the interest TAX
en- in the meetings. The prospect of
some encouraging report was enough
to draw representatives from every
business interest in the city, and fill
the seats in the city hall. The commit
tee appointed at the meeting "a week
ago to confer with the owners and the
managers of the Rambler and ether
mines in the districts around Laramie
newspapers had given a hint that the
report would be satisfactory, and these
things served to draw the crowd.
Chairman Holiday called the meet
ing to order, whereupon Mayor Spicer
arose and gave a verbal report of TIL
conference with the Rambler people.
He said the conference had been hear
ty and enthusiastic, and the commit
tee had been assured by the managers
of the mine that they would guarantee
the whole product Of the mine when
the smelter at Laramie could hand
it to the satisfaction of the wne c
the mine in other words, when we
have a smelter that can handle the
product of the mine, the product of
the mine will be ready for the smell
ter.
The Michigan mine, the mayor said,
had also promised it's product, and as
that mine had now become a shipper,
he thought it would be safe to count
the Michigan. The Rambler, he said,
would not promise Any specified
amount of ore daily-just its output.
Mr.. Fox, another member of the cor
ference committee, said the meeting
had Deer eminently satisfactory, and
that he believed the corner stone of the
proposed smelter had been laid. A
friend had recently told him that when
the undertaking had assumed proper
lions that augured success, he had $780,
900 to invest.
Mr.. Fox argued that steps should be
taken at once to get a test of the ore
made and an estimate of the amount
Of money needed to build and equip
a smelter the size and kind we need.
and suggested that some men be EN-
ployed to come here, go to the dir
ent mines and determine the kind of
apparatus needed. He thought this
should be done now, before We proceed
further in the matter. as furnishing a
working model of the enterprise. This
man should be the architect, upon
whose plans the business might be
built.
Judge Bramel, one of the owners Of
the Annie nine, in the Jelm mountain
district, said he hoped to report ere
long that the property had become a
shipper. A contract had been made
to penetrate the mine twenty feet fur
tber, and when this contract had been
completed. he and his companions be-
lieved the problem would be solved.
He did not hesitate to promise the Lar
annie smelter every pound of the ore
from that mine.
F. H. Eggleston favored the en-
ployment of a competent man to make
report as to the kind of plant to erect
here for the treatment Of all the DIFF
ferent kinds Of ores that would come
to Laramie. He said this man should
select his own ORES sad make his own
report