Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-06-18

r-iety. il yoa only kuew fiosr 70 t,e -tzzsea-
able, which yoa have no sevse q the
meaning. wrote tbs article Msth sisE
i 70 calling oat the best t,T4ins ii the state
IN discussi9a Of The points rssaese- Epu
are rot II this class and Therefore ezdase Z,
You ceTtzifsiy bare q roer idea as - the
vaine Of Tire properties Of c1ear Greek
ooun,y 70 say that 10 company waz.f te
Organized tcr fs1oFe than 20 eesifs 4 rug
1 suggestions vere adopted. nnles . r1H
was used h.y politicians, arsd il the selali-
uess Il your ofiHioai al fsen are sizaazess
and fulass be worked BY paii--Eeh
gg5uld Fr'5bahig apply very nestlg to asea
/ u ya1r character. telisse that are
oae OF the persons The investor 50 liaIi ts
protected against. asad This fro-ze.i9u
silould come D. state la~s rather tHaa ~
self spYo;utsd knoekers H0xsTrr
have seen ta. very few companies a-za1-
ize8 IN Clear Greek county hat afe 1ot
based On exceptionally az1u feuil -zs
and n5ast geHerziiy on large hoisiifz i,h
prospective vailses ulaay fianes tsore taaa
the cspfiaiizzsi0a. zs compared w5.a lie
Companies ami rroPestiss osgsHizaI ia
other parts of the state. This fart Is z1-,=l
bv the eastern irivess1r, and iaasg -za
beard It coufaeutei ur,oH
/ DO uot clairn - kngw all Of sTr 1ili-
lers IDEAS, and DO rot kuow wheths- te
re.ly understands sseiH hiuszzlf - -.
bzt do beiieve tilzt the control si lie
. Organization q mining companies =a-'3
. * sestei IN 8 pral.=r person ard Fe,zalai4l
by cur tasss. The Principie reason 5-sse
f5r this l. 70 coluteract the very .alsg
IA. he mos Complains of-fakiue t.ie
f. organization d the companies OFT Il t'l-
haads = fes q ihe mighty and Efirg
Ntile miner an equsl sllo% log the erra=eet-
. i've taiae of his psofestx gith iir -zu
thar has the pull YOU cannot deas #
SOS ever tined to pisces a fHeTitorious pro-
F. position helt that you had frs b. sn
approval y q fe-s of the mighty or. 70
y-..gr proposition before Fon could -e
yoaI.I sFseriy, of have tl1azn 20 fgh, exec
aise7 sish aii thc CHANCES that they lia
hsse The say IA the end. This apIsa.al-
is most instances. have found tIus te
t-aaght for - many dollars and cent. The
-.sH5e as ssraet railroad franchise iiss 20
t- b1ugit q 3 city council in cit -8e
ssse Of Denver for an example. Yoa Try
tiIc promotion of company withous fhr
sfproy4l u three OF four men in i=allo
. Springs and =se how they gst their say Il
y0a 10 not believe me. no matter hoz
.-ozri proposition you may have. 4
+ state isasl1l ai commissioners ~onid COX
over yoar proposition and give sou tAeir
approval. which in itself would carr
great weight with the investor. They
s9ald L. controlled IN their estiaasie
solely en the prospective valtae q The
f property you might be Offering and aaae
other souid have a ssy. It would axe
from the hands of the mighty that
. power ihat they nov control ahao,ateiy.
and which al ~iii FuH against uHless they
are Of the ring. believe that sbcre are
honest men that car be selected far this
board, and ti9se that would - pisred in
such a high position would hil u T. the
very t..st of their ability. and I'll II with
out the advice or saHction OF the fnaa with
the pull a. yoa express it. SurroHnfiings
and locations would have very iittIe % do
with their opinions, and il %, eeTtiiniy
ans proposition IN Clear Greek eoaHty
could not suffer on this account
You object 10 the state assaysr and his
corT1 Of assistants as an orgsnizatiq "A OF
ward -healers and robbers. This su.ges-
ton was made for the direct benefit Of
the nIiner. What resources have the min
.rs nov Il the sinelters will no, pay him
whssi his ore is WORTH II is an easy nat
ter to check an assayer and tell whether
he Is fayoTing the trusts OF not. 4 few
dishonest assayers on the part Of a tate
deputy would very soon put him out Of
his commission as deputy state ASA yer.
Do you find many dishonest deputy sur
veyors2 you could not buy one oi these /
professional fnen with love or money. So
Their assays could and would he 1ken
as official.
The smelter trust get their power by
organization and the miner viii have TO
fight them on their own ground toge, the |
Justice due them The miner Can only
perfect his organization under the laws
OF the state which he can control II he
will Only in organization is there pow
cr which is thoroughly understood by the
trust Please read the following which
comes from a rr-rSpu | know very ,-alt /
and who has been mine manager for the
past twenty years to my certain knowlege
and has had charge of some Of the largest
mines Of the state:
Cripple Greek, Colo, June ?, o.
DEAR GREyHoFFER,