El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-16

, yet no place. But in 1873 in Paris the
department of mining and metalurgy
was inaugurated. In 1889 at the expo
) sition at the French capital the depart
ment of mines and mining again took
a standing equal to the more favor
ed industries. But it remained for the
Columbian exposition at Chicago in
1893 to rear magnificent temple to the
Honor and glory of the mining and met
alurgy of the world. And I daresay
that at the late Paris exposition of 1900
there was nothing else that could be
compared to the triumphs of the min
exhibit in that, the grandeSt exposition
| that the goodness of God has yet Al
lowed the genius of man to accomplish.
This intense feeling for the welfare
of the mining industry throughout the
world is one of the great thoughts of
the modern time, brought about simply
by the quick and phenomenal results
with which the success of the first
trials were crowned.
Why should not Ell PaSO follow in
this glorious path the example of the
leading peoples of the world? No safer
investment, no Investment promising
quicker returns. could be made by the
business men of the southwest than the
building up of an exhibit of this kind.
We are here on the frontier where ev-
erything is new. The minerals them
selves here in many cases offer new
features which are not encountered in
other places. We are yet in the in
fancy of the business. Every year new
mineral discoveries are added, and if
we could devise means by which he
who goes into the field to look for min
erals could be instructed and posted as
to what minerals are in most demand
the march of progress unquestionably
would be very materially fastened. OF
the minerals which the country most
needs and which 1 have already enum-
Grated in the production of 1898, a
great many can be found in the south
west. All that is needed is that they
should become known so as to be easily
recognized when met with. These re-
sources could be developed SO that the
railroad traffic would become so heavy
that new lines would be a necessity.
Allow me, gentlemen. to raise the
curtain and show to you the panorama
which will be the common sight in
very few years to the people of Ell Paso,
if We only give an opportunity for this
development to take place. Smoke
stacks will send up into the air thous-
and of columns of smoke, each one of
which will produce necessities that not
only will supply the local demand but
will leave an excess for transportation.
The veins of manganese and iron that
today are receiving no attention from
the mining investor. afford, with the
help of railroads and the vast supplies
of fuel at every corner, great manufac
turing possibilities. Deposits of other
minerals are abundant on the noun
tain sides and on the plains Even the
desert which at first glance appears to
be waste and empty space, is sometimes
the very seat of most desirable and
useful minerals. such as soda. gypsum,
alum. salt guano. soda ash borax, inter
and others.
Now then, gentlemen. and mining
and see whether we can achieve the
success that other people have achiev-
ed. Let us all stand together and each
one in his line work to reach the ter
minal point. l take the liberty of sug
costing that this assembly be cast in
a permanent mining association. SUCH
as they have in San Francisco. in Los
Angeles. in Chicago. and in many 9th
err places. Let us have home, central
and open to everybody, home in
which we can meet all our fellowmerl
interested in the achievement of this.
success, where we can come together
and discuss our new finds, and learn
the practical way to convert them into,
articles of commerce and wealth. a
scheme even small may be great task
for the individual, but to an associa-
ton of strong men, all pulling one way
ity.