, 1901-12-12

give Wyoming a place among the ma
tons gold producers.
silver and lead have received but
little attention, as the known valuable
ores have been marketed in compare
lively small amounts and no public
record kept.
In copper the record is more com
plete. beginning in 1881 with about
$4,000 pounds and continuing with va
rioug ups and downs to 4.203, 40
pounds in 1900. and. with the new ia
%cilities Tor local treatment OF ores the
production for the current year Will
considerably exceed these figures.
AS the copper coal. iron and oil in
dustries are discussed in detail by gem
tlemau who are specialists in these
subjects, will not trespass further
upon their territory.
1t is a significant feature OF the Wyo-
ming mineral discoveries that the best
known producers Of the state have
been developed at least forty miles
from a railroad and under adverse cir
cumstances OF transportation. The
new Rambler is forty miles, the Rude
feha and Doane Rambler fifty miles and
the Carissa at South Pass sixty-fve
miles from steam transportation at
present. but this condition must soon
change.
During the past two years the atten-
ton of the mining world has been di-
rected to these mines and the posi-.
bilities of the state and the work al
ready done has justified the faith ex-
pressed in our
In the Encampment country discov-
cries have been made in unexpected
places. indicating the extent of the
ore deposition and, also, more atten'
ton is being paid to The low gold val
ues often associated with the copper
sulphides.
The Wind River and Snake River
country has been active in a quiet way.
the results of the season just past have
been especially gratifying to those con.
cerned and new interest is being SHOWN
IN the ranges north OF Rawlins and in
the Big Horn and South Pass districts.
The new discoveries and r%eopening
of older workings i'll the Mill country
extending from the southern state line
through the Silver Crown and Cooney
Hill districts to Casper have directed
attention anew to the wealth lying un-
touched at our doors.
Prospecting has been general this
year throughout the state and is pro
ceeding in a more systematic manner
than formerly, with encouraging re-
suits.
The mineral industry of the state is
in better condition today than ever be
fore in the history OF the state and is
on a more solid working basis.
What We Must Do.
The future OF mining in Wyoming
| depends largely upon the development
of the properties now prominently be
fore the public and their ultimate sue
cess or failure will influence the allied
industries of the state to a very con
siderable extent.
It is therefore necessary that the
investing public should be kept in
formed of progress here, of the diff
culties to be overcome and the time
required for the development of a pay
ing mine after the discovery is made
and the necessary arrangements fol
work completed, as well as the posi-
bilities of the different properties and
districts.
While it is gratifying to be able &c
state positively that some of the rich
properties of the state have been pro
| titable from the very start, it should
| DC TeCOSlizeu as q AeCessdiy SoLuilioL
that continued and perservering devel
opment under competent management
will along bring success in the MAORI
ty of mining enterprises, and to this
end the energies of the mining mer
of the state should be directed.
The development of u mineral re
sources is OF primary Importance tt
the whole state under the conditions
i found hnrn ac tho SnnarQtaI nnSitinns
of the different mining localities, eacf
with it's adjacent valleys and farm
lands, afford a ready market for al
the products of the soil, increased ia
%cilities of transportation and commu
nication and puts ready money into
circulation without interfering in any
way with the other established indus
tries of the state.