Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

abound. At the present time the prospects
for copper output from the Copper mountain
district appear liable to equal, If not go be-
yond, anything heretofore resulting from cop
per mining in the United States. The Will
liams-Luman copper mine, located in this dis
trict, is beyond a prospect-it is an actual
producing mine, with unlimited supply of ore,
having a copper value of from $40 to $50, of
from SIS to $40 in gold and 81 to IS in silver
per ton. Near by is the Boysen dam approach
ing completion. From waters impounded by
1t will come the power for operation of copper
and other mining prospects that have been
located in this district, and for the moving of
the machinery Of manufacturing enterprises,
as well as afford water for irrigation.
In the South Pass or Atlantic City district,
about twenty-five miles south of Lander, there
are several mines and mining prospects Of
more or less promise, and the mineralized
district seems to be pregnant with all kinds
of precious mineral.
Coal is found in abundance throughout
Wyoming and is being actively mined at vari-
Gus points on the Chicago & Northwestern
railway.
There is no need of mentioning the great
stock ranges from which thousands of car
loads of sheep and cattle are shipped annually,
moving principally to the markets at Omaha,
Sioux City and Chicago.
The Belle Fourche irrigation project, near
Belle Fourche, S. d., is being constructed by
the government, and when completed will ir-
rigate and put under cultivation loo, 900 acres
of excellent land located on both sides of the
Belle Fourche river in Butte and Mead coun-
ties, South Dakota.
The crops that can be probably grown are
all kinds of grains, potatoes, sugar beets, al
falfa, hardy fruits and garden truck. Wheat
grass, or the native hay, also produces an
abundant crop when watered and sells for a
high price.
The lands partly belong to the public do
main and party are decided lands. The public
lands can be secured as homesteads by the
settlers. The, average ~irrigable area on these
homesteads is eighty acres. The land, when
in cultivation, will be worth from SIS to 500
per acre and the crops produced will no doubt
pay a good interest on this amount. An ex-
cellent chance for a man to secure a nome and
pay for the same from his crops.
The Black Hills region from its mines con-
tinues to put forth wealth seemingly unex-
haustible.
The development in the state mentioned
reflects future increase of population and the
establishment of industrial communities, cities
and villages. All these must in the end roy
upon food-producing soil. Nebraska should
appreciate it's advantage. Any existing
metropolitan city of the middle west, If it con-
tinues to grow in population and prosperity,
must keep in touch with things that are doing
In the regions named. F. A. WALTERS.
5000
President of the Chicago Great Western Rail-
way.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 22.-Tothe Editor
of The Bee: You ask me for my personal
opinion of industrial and commercial condi-
tions in the central west. with especial refer
ence to Nebraska.
There can be no doubt but, compared with
two years ago, industrial and commercial con-
ditions in the central west are, to use the word
most commonly used, depressed"
The human mind in the individual and in
the aggregate seems to be possessed at certain
periods with a spirit of optimism, followed by
a spirit of pessimism, to be followed again by a
spirit of optimism, and so on in eternal round.
From about 1895 to 1907 the spirit Of opti-
mism was abroad in the land; since then the
spirit of pessimism has been in possession,
which in a short time will be followed by an
other period of optimism.
Why the human mind should be thus af-
fected is beyond my power to tell. / simply
note the fact; let wiser men tell the reasons.
II all the people would
Just walk around the square,
Fill their lungs with Gods fresh air
And come back again and hope,
The depression" would be gone.
A. B. STICKNEY.