Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-10
THE SHELTER IDEA,
What a Good SmeIter Means ia
Community.
A TIM ELY ARTICLE.

The business connected with a good
smelling plant is not only it's own, but
also that which is the result of the
operation. The former consists of the
traffic, the transportation and unload
ing of material, ores, fluxes and fuel,
and the roasting of sulphides, the
smelling of the ore and the shipping of
the products, the sampling of ores, as
say and analysis of the same, as well
as of products, bullion, mats and Stag.
The employment of much labor is an
absolute necessity whatever the i'm
provements in economical working.
But this is by no means the only ben
eft derived from the successful opera
lions of a smelter. Miners shipping
their ore to the works frequently fol-
low their shipments and often go first.
The hotels are ~patronized, so are our
merchants. Mining companies having
stores of their own, or associated with
them, will buy goods where they sell
their ore. A tie of commercial rela-
tons Is being established. The build
ing of the Omaha & Grant smelter at
Denver, followed by the removal of the
works of the Boston & Colorado from
Black Hawk to Denver, was the begin
ning-the keynote of her prosperity.
And after all, Denver's location was
not so favorable as that of Pueblo, not
even of Albuquerque. There was only
Boulder Ignite coal for steam and
roasting kilns; the oil of Boulder had
not been thought of. Nor do we con-
slider the which lie in the
almost unexplored regions of western
New Mexico. Yet they are there all
the same: coal, salt, alum and other
minerals in bulk. A smelter at Albu-
.querque means a better market for ag-
r%icultural products on account of in
crease of home consumption in the
| city as we'll as the mining camps ben
Gifted by our ore market. 1t. will stim-
ulate prospecting and development
work, attract outside capital as well as
brain and live e There is probably
no capital city in the United States, if
we except Washington, that is looked
upon with so much reverence as Santa
Fe by the majority of our population
and We think it almost sacrilege to
talk of removal of the government seat
to any other place. Albuquerque does
not need 1t. This is strictly a business
community, the most centrally located
for New Mexico in every respect, with
| oDPol NLld iCoOdl1So IL hboNC
the little possibility that might result
from aspirations for the seat of gov,
eminent.
Live and let live" should be our
motto and the aim to become a great
commercial and manufacturing city
guide our actions. We shall find
friends then everywhere in the terri
tory soon to become a state. The smell
ter's business will keep foundries busy
as well as shops. The banks will gain
The Denver national was the bank OF
the Omaha & Grant; the Colorado Ma
tional of Denver that of the Globe; the
First National of Pueblo that of the
rueblo Smelling company. Today the
banks are the backbone of the trust
with the command of as much eastern
capital as shall be needed. There is
no better security than ore paid for
Then let us get a good smelter anC
parties that have proved by their pas
that they know how to operate them
1t is not only the knowledge or scienc,
but the business capacity that is need
ed. All this, however, is useless if thu
Santa Fe does not see it the way w
do. The company knows that We G.
get the fuel. II knows more abou
that than anybody else, as to the orr
let one of their experts accompany
man of our selection through tn
mines upon which we rely and if hi
report verifes our claim let the com
pany decide if we shall become a lvl
state or a mummy.