The Ordway new era., 1908-11-27

80 w. noniiis, one OF the proprie.
'ors OF the Post. however has. Other
eoncerhs nave started samplIng works
at georgetown. Central City and Boul.
aer' but have not ben able to continue
on account Of lack OF ore nroduct,on
ne iieid Is certainly an open one for
anybody desiring to engage In tbot
line of business.
, me statement has been made by
.ne Undersigned that the American
oinei'ihg q Refining Company is not
ana mas not been In politics. This ia
absolutely true. In one county in the
sute where the company has been bit.
terly assailed and most uniustIv djs,
crimnated against in the matter n,
TAX assessments. 1t has felt constrained
TO put few facts before the public.
o"t IL mas never at any of its places of
operation proposed any person as a
candidate for any political office. nor
mas IL been politically active In any
way IN the aid of any candidates for Of
flee
Senator Guggcnheim has repeatedly
ueciared his connection with the Amer.
lean Smelling & Refining Company, ex.
ecutiVe and financial. has been severed.
AS lar as the undersigned knows. this
Is also absolutely true.
The GugGenheini Exploration Com
pahy has also nothing to do with the
American Smelling 4 Refining Com
pany affairs. excepting in so far us any
ore produced by the former is smelted
NJ the latter's plants. The Guggenheim
exploration company has spent many
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
Colorado In the prosecution of mining
enterprises. Gen. Hall suggests that
because OF an unfavorable financial
outcome of these ventures in Colorado
the American Smelling & Refining
Company has iAIposed additional
charges on the other mine operators
OF the state. He wishes to know
whether it is unfair to make such Il
suggestion. Ii Is not only grossly un-
fair. 1t is outrageous and indecent. Can
Gen. Hall cite single instance In war
rant of his suggestion?
Had Gen. Hall desired to do so. he
could have had all of the facts bearing
on smelling charges and ore conditions
before the publication of the Post ar
ticles which seem to have been actu-
ated by political malice and sinister
motives rather than by a desire TO pub
lish the truth
Had he so desired he could have
made the fullest investigation and all
of the facts would have been gladly
presented 10 him. for the American
Smelling & Refining Company has
nothing TO conceal and nothing to mis-
represent.
THE recent villification In the Post
has not and cannot harm the smelling
company In the least. for II had already
suffered severe blow in its Colorado
interests by the decadence of Colorado
mining camps. 1t has. however, great.
ly injured the state by directing forci.
BILE attention TO the fact that the Amer
lean Smelling & Refining Company has
been Obliged to close n number of its
plants. and many inquiries which are
being now made as the result of those
untrue charges will reveal the fact that
the curtailment of the ore production
in Colorado is not and has not been
due to the levying of unjust and bur.
donsome treatment charges, but to the
exhaustion of many mines which once
ranking as prolific producers OF good
grade ore now are entirely depleted or
contain only mineral too low In value
to be mined and smelted under govern
ing metal prices. Finally. there Is the
failure to discover new mining camps
"In drawing the public's attention to
this deplorable condition. the Post
the result of its misguided course
which can only reflect itself in driving
away from Colorado capital for mining
investments which otherwise might
have come here.
las for the smelling company. It will
continue In the future the course which
has characterized Its policy in the past
namely to so act as to aid and stimu
late the mining industry of Colorado to
its utmost, and to retain that respect
and confidence of its patrons which II
has secured by fair and just dealings
With this declaration the undersigned
must beg to be relieved from further
newspaper controversy for which he
has neither time nor inclination. He
Is most ready at all times, however, as
he always has been, to discuss In his
office with any ore shippers, business
of mutual interest.
"FRANKLIN GUITERMAN,
General Manager Colorado Depart
ment."