Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-05-02

district as well as TO his company, TO nave
| these excursions run from the east and get
people here who are liable to make invest
ments in the district. AS long as we have
homeseekers excursions to the agricultural
sections we can see no reason why an in
vestor's excursion to the mining sections
should not prove proftable-the one is GER
tainly as badly in need of capital for develop
ment as the other. Every encouragement
should be shown this new idea by the citi-
zens. If good will come out of it let us
have all the good possible
.s1ss
There seems to be a pretty general i'm
preston that the new transcontinental line
will go through the canon sometime during
the coming summer At Empire the peo-
pie claim they have hunch to this effect
and there is no argument that would change
their opinion in the matter. During the
past two weeks it has been intimated pretty
strongly that certain territory in the vicin-
ity of Empire was in demand and that GER
tain railroads were desirous of procuring it
for their use. This really ought to mean
something but whether it will or not is a
matter for the rai1roads-it may be a bluff
to make some other road believe that some
thing is intended that is really not intended
Whether or not Idaho Springs is placed on
the main line is proposition that makes
little difference. 1t will prosper and -four
ish Just as we'll off the line as it would were
it placed SO close to Denver on great trans
continental line where Steamboat Springs
would be made the first stop. We would
like the idea of broad guage road and be-
lieve that it would be good thing to be
connected with the Pacific by direct route
but at the same time conditions are so very
good here now that it would be wicked to.
wish for too many good things at one time
.S.%.&
have a communication here from a
gentleman in Be1videre, ILL.,, in which he.
incloses clipping from paper, the Daily
Republican, of that place. This paper con-
tains letter from one Morgan, who appar-
emily resides at Fort Collins, Colo, and this
is the way he writes concerning mining in
the state:
''To my friends in Belvidere and Popular
Grove:"
81 address my letter thus because I be-
lieve have many friends at both places
If have not 1 trust no one will undeceive
me, for take great pleasure in believing
that my Boone county friends are many and
true and loyal
Colorado is a wonderful country in the
diversity of its occupations. Agriculture
and stock raising lead all else. Mining
properties are among the. smallest of the
items on the tax assessors books.
This will seem queer statement to east
ern people who have been taught that Col
orado is land of gold and OIL And this,
my friends, is just the reason l write.
We have gold here, mountains of it, but
it is very hard to obtain. AS rule, only
the men with hundreds of thousands of
dollars and much mining experience stand
any chance at mining. Gold mining is the
greatest gamble that ever marked itself as
legitimate business.
Only the experienced miner knows how
easy it is to start work on a good pay vein
with hundred thousand dollars, and lose
forever all the money he has.
If the legitimate business of mining is so
hazardous for the experienced, how foolish
it is for Boone county farmer or a Belvi-
dere merchant or professional man to think
that he can WOO the golden stream from
the hard bleak rocks! You, my friends.
are trying to do this, and nothing but abso-
lutte failure can ever grace your Efforts
Now Fort Collins is city in little val
ley where the people raise juniper berries
goose berries, ninety-day corn, pop corn
and dwarf pumpkins. This represents the
r.
ture is concerned. In the live stock line