, 1902-09-18
GRAND %ENCAMPMENT.
Wyoming's Great Copper camp-Many
Mining Properties Large Electric
Light and Power Works smelter now
Being Greatly Enlarged.

The people of Grand Encamp-
ment W to Mr.. John = Cary a
debt of supremest gratitude: in
deed to Messrs. Emerson. McCaf-
frey. Cary. Henry and Knapp is
entitled the credit more than any
others. for the remarkable strides
of rapid development that are now
going ON in the copper fields of
Southern Wyoming. Indeed it
is almost impossible for the pres
ent or future historian to write
the story of the Grand Encamp-
ment. Wyoming. country without
also recording the achievements
of these men The transition from
FIVE years ago in this country town
is marvellous. Then it was sage
brush: today Grand Encampment
has over 1000 inhabitants, a sys-
TEN of gravity water works, al
electric plant is now being install
led, five large stores that are do
ing a volume of business of any
where from 5000 to S25 900 every
thirty days. a transportation COM
pany that employs a vast compa-
ny of men and more than 250 head
of horses, a fine public school and
two church societies, and the town
is surrounded by n rich agricul.
tural country that is rapidly filling
up on the one hand with farmers
and n mineral district surrounding
this little city on the south and
west reaching out like the spokes
of a wagon wheel from the hub.
At this time it is estimated that
there are thirty-one mining prop
critics beside the Ferris Haggarty
that are 50 promising they are al
most ready to begin shipping ore
and he classed as mines instead of
prospects. The celebrated Doane.
Rambler mine is located between
the Ferris Haggarty and Grand
Encampment, some two miles off
the tramway line. 1t has long
been noted MS the producer of rich
ores, indeed many carload lots of
selected ore have been shipped
from this mine with an average in
carload lots of II little over 81 per
cent. copper, the like of which has
perhaps not been known in any
other part of the mineral world.
The rugged strides of progress
that have characterized develop
ment work in Southern Wyoming
have certainly been phenomenal.
Within four months the great
water power will he harnessed, the
concentration built, the work Of en-
larging the smelter finished, aud IL
converter installed. The electric
light plant will also be completed.
electrical wires will be stretched
to the Ferris Haggarty mine, Ii
miles away, lighting the mine and
operating all of the drills, lifting
the HOSTS, etc, by electricity. 1t
is estimated hat the electrical
features of this great company
will save an annual coal bill of
almost S2OO,O00 to the North Am
erican Copper Co, and it is said
by those who are in a position to
know that this company will be
able To manufacture blister copper
for four cents a pound, which is
cheaper, it is claimed, than it is
now being manufactured anywhere
in the world.
Thus does Wyoming, an empire
of but partially developed resource
es, merge from a state long cele-
brated for her countless focks of
sheep and vast herds of cattle, in-
to II commonwealth that from
henceforth will rank rs one of the
producers of precious metals in
the sisterhood of States.-Grand
Encampment Herald.
Rambler Telephone Company,