Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
GIGANTIC NEW ENTERPRISES
PLANNED FOR THE SOUTHWEST

valuable connecting link In the Den
yer q Rio Grande system.
The development OF the gold-bearing
resources OF southeastern San Juan
county has already been started. A
! l.500-horse power water plant in the
Rio Grande river will be built this
winter. near the mouth OF Bear creek.
by the Bear Creek Mining and Reduc-
tion Company. An electric power plant
will be constructed here to otransfer cur
rent six miles up the creek to the Good
Hope and other mines that have been
under development during the last
year. These mines have furnished the
ores for the practical test of the Gage
chemical process. Although they
yielded little when treated by the old
processes. they return values as high
as $32 900 ton when treated by the
Gage process. This plant will he in
the center OF an area twenty miles
long and eight miles wide. which Is
rich In tellurium and gold deposits.
The company will make Its head
quarters in Denver. and Offices are TO
be opened very soon In an uptown
building. The preliminary work has
been transacted In temporary quarters
In the Continental building.
Before starting Friday night for Sill
verton and Durango Mr.. Gage said:
''All our articles of incorporation will
be filed very soon. We have had to
work quietly. for business reasons. but
the final details OF the project are be-
ing finished In Pittsburg now. ! am
not mt liberty to s,ate the names OF all
the eastern financiers who are inter
ested. IL Is our intention to not only
build the railroads mentioned. but the
sKA .l.., E.s, La. n..I atu..l
plant. We Will have In operation all
the latest improved methods OF treat
ing ores. including the Gage electro
magnetic patents.
'-Ihe erection OF the steel plant Will
be under the personal direction OF
George G. Carson. inventor OF the Car
son process. and James +. Cullen. who
was superintendent OF the Jones K
Laushlin structural steel plant Mt
Pittsbur. for thirteen years. The min
ing properties that come into the
Southwestern Fuel and Iron Company
through the consolidation are the for
mer holdings Of the Bear Creek Min
Ing and Reduction Company. the Good
Hope. the Giant. the Wonder and tho
Jim Cullen group OF mines. the latter
Mt the head Of Elk creek. II will take
some time. OF course. for the smelling
piuhb, thc power piuutn unu tuc o'ucf
work outlined In the plants. to 10
started. but we have guaranteed the
railroads 5000 tons Of freight next
year. We have ordered all our heavy
electrical machinery from the wcsting-
house company at Pi,isburg. and Il
will not begin to arrive for thirty or
sixty days.
THE men behind the Southwestern
Fuel and Iron Company have carefully
considered what they are doing and
arc satisfied they are tnkin. no risks
In maxim. nm invcs;mcn; Of $4,000. 900
In the state. As ! said. We have rs
much money behind us as tho Amcri-
can Smelling and Refining Company.
and We can handle all the ores sent us
not only from tho san Juan district.
but from the state Mt large. I nm no.
cSnrgcratinI when ! say We offer sal
walton to the mining men of the state.
Indirectly. the Denver & Rio
Grnndc and other railroads are Inter-
cstcd In the Southwestern Fuel & Iron
Company. but to what cxtcut and
through whom I am not authorized to
| state"