The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-12-02
A Prosperous Future

butit is confidently predicted that
the coming year wil! more than
make up for the lacl; OF operations
OF our mining Interests during th-
past season or two. Que thing We
may br assured uf is TINT the pan
icky times hav- past and the .ouu-
try is now in settled condition SO
far MS financial conditions are con
cerned aud money is ready for nI-
mos. any kind of legitimate iu-
yestmrnis. An era OF prosperity
has started the country over, which
never uas seen the likes before mud
it Is especially Witnessed in the
stale of Colorado where new indus
tries that haze recently started are
meeting with the greatest success.
I rhis mry he noted in agricultural
I interests among tire beet grow rs
where mu, - few yenrs buck the
yield gnyc but O few hundred thou
sand dollars against ns nnuy nj o
ions Tins seusuu. Another indus
Iiry is the production OF mnri.r in
( oar own county which has niregdl
assumed bis proportions aud bids
tnir To grow immensely ms the fin.
, i,nei product Reaches the various
uurkrts over tine world. The qunl
ty Is snid t1 10. uueNcclird else.
whte- ia any country and pTouuun
ced superior to the liaIinu marbles
which have brrn shipped across
ucruus aud continents for cen
tury ar more past. There is no
rrnsun why our marbles should not
:, To both the Atlantic and Puciiic
c as's. tn r. II he placed upon v's
sells which 20 10 ull INtts Of the.
So-id Broad gnge railrOads lead
IN either direction nnd mrs may hc
iouded n, the mar.5ir works for EeT
York City or San Francisco and
viii not Le touched uuul they nre
uuluaded at one OF the Gth-. point
Completion Of the ID 4 x O. system
% the west const would enable one
company to take the eutir. h1ul ia
tuat direction while the Gould sys-
TENS would Laudir il east. TAis Is
nut one OF the mining Industries
" hose nosstb,iiues app'nr unlimit-
ed Ia the county of Gunujs1H. Tine
coal would seem uext III line for
growth of production and shipment
a, it already exceed, IN tonnage
all else aud the advent of hrond
.ngp lines tp the mines will mean
cunl haulage without transfer to
every state on the continent us the
product from our mines is well
hnuwu to hc equal In quu!ity to
the best Pennsylvania Goals which
have been brou@ht across the
plains aud OVER the Il Y muuu-
tuins in competition with ours 10y
reason Of having through lines aud
braud gnge cars. This We shall
have in the near future which viii
enable Us to 20 against a.l cumpe
tiiiun and the demand Iucrsnsed to
such an extent thnt production will
have to be doubled and put twice
as MANY minsrs ut work digging
cual Oar metal mines are in a
primitive condition Us yet which Is
well known fact and all that Is
needed now is better trunsporta
ton facilities and more miners dig
ging ont tue precious metals. There
are hundreds pf good prospects
with abundance OF pay ore nt the
surface provided treatment and
shipping opportunities were offer
ed. We uo not ntsitatt- in tie
statement that the very best and
most promising properties in the
county are idle from the lack Of
necessary facilities to handle the
ores in sight. Much more might
be done if the mining public was
better acquainted with the actual
facts existing here in the several
mining districts which surround us
There has been So many wild cat
schemes started by mine promoters
vtInrsl.v thonsunIs of dollars bnva