, 1901-10-01
None
CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
BUILD SHELTER IN
LARAMIE.
Propositions to be Submitted
That Show That It is Ore and Not
Capital That We Have to Produce
Letter from Boston Smelter
Builder.

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tons to discuss. and ont of the three,
it is likely that at least one will be
deemed worthy Of consideration, if
not all three.
w. X. West will say hat he is ready
to furnish the smelter for a bonus to
be raised by the citizens. Another gen
tleman. many times Il millionaire. will
tell the business men, through his ten
porary representative here, tina, he
has all the money necessary to build
and equip the plant. and the letter OF
the third will be read.
\ letter has been received by Judge
Bramel from Z. n. Breitung. who is
well known to many OF our citizens. and
who is said TO be possessed of a for
tune estimated at seven million dol
lars, in which he says he is ready to
finance the smelter at any time. There
can be no doubt of his financial abili-
ty nor of his knowledge that there is
plenty of ore here to justify the smell
ter. He spent some time in our midst,
and at II time was interested in min
ing here on a large scale.
This morning Mr.. Fox, a member of
the committee appointed by the bust
ness men, received the following let
ter, which is of a good deal of import
ance at this time. 1t is written on a
letter-head OF the Boston Gold-Copper
Smelling company. with offices at 6
fremont Bank building, Boston. and
lO3 Cooper building. Denver, and with
a smelter at Leadville. 1t is dated Bos.
ton, Sept. rs, and is as follows:
&c. w. Fox. Esq, Laramie. Wyo.
Deal Sir-Mr. w. A. Mcintyre OF
Keystone camp writes me that the PEG.
pie of Laramie are anxious to build a
smeltCr for the benefit of the town and
also intend 70 raise the funds to do
so. As you know, it is not so much a
question of money as it is "A question of
ore. and If you have an ore supply that
is available and being moved. a smell.
ter in Laramie would probably pay.
IF you will advise me of all the con
d%itions, | can probably help you to de.
eide whether il would be a profitable
investment or not. | can build a smell
ter to handle such ores as might eX-
list in that district, but | would not
build a smelter under any conditions if
there was not an available ore supply.
rs | nave a reputation to sustain and
cannot take chances on not having ore.
Trusting you will advise me at
once, | remain.
Very respectfully yours.
Wv. B. DUVALL."
This letter, it would seem, covers
the very things hat Laramie is lust
nov vitality interested in. Mr.. Duvall
says he would not build a smelter
where he had rot a sufficient ore sup
ply assured, and we would not wish one
built under such circumstances. Lara
ME, too. has a reputation at stake.
But we believe we have the ore SUD
ply, and are prepared to demonstrate
to Mr.. Duvall or anyone else just what
we can do in that direction. One thing
We do know-the Rambler is an un-
questioned IN an u~ndoubted producer
in large quantity and members of the
company operating that mine say that
the output can be increased many fold
when there is provision for handling
the ore. Another thing is certain, and
that is that the owners of that great
mine are ready to favor Laramie when
Laramie can favor the mine by taking
the ore n getting it ready for the
market. Moreover. the owners O the
Rambler have placed themselves on
record as saying that they would pay
81 ton more to have their ore treat
ed here, where there are so many 9TH
er advantages, than they pay at En-
campment, where the disadvantages
are vast.
The West proposition, when it be-
comes better known, does not appeal
to the people of the city. The days of
bonuses in the smelter field. if they
ever existed here, have passed. and it
is not necessary to beg the people to
build a smelter here. The business
men We're told by Dean Cope. whose
knowledge of such matters is quite
broad, and whose loyalty to Laramie
and its interests is not questioned, that
upon his word an endless mount of
English capital could be made availa-
BILE for smelter and other investments
here. This he was told in London by
a broker whose business 1t is to seek
investment for millions Of pounds ster-
ling in good American properties. He
has but to recommend and the stream
of gold would set in Laramie-ward.
Gentlemen speak in high terms of
Mr.. Breitung, and realize that the
amount Of money required to finance
the Laramie proposition is but a drop
to him, and that he is willing to invest
that amount in any way that will bring
him a fair return Besides, he Is in