The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-10-29
Commercial Boosters Boosting.

practical affair and all present were
pleased with the proceedings. 1t was
pleasant to see some Of our leading
business men as well as some of our
mining class. 1t taxes all the ele-
ments pulling together to build up and
maintain an Association that will be
productive Of good. The officers of
the Association want to see the men
who works under the ground attend
these meeting as well as the mon who
direct the mines or who are engaged
in business pursuits. One is just as
welcome to membership as the other
and there is no respector of person.
The invitations to these meetings in
clude everybody. There is not a man
in the camp whose name should not be
on the enrolment list for the reason
that whatever good is accomplished,
each and everyone will share in the
benefits either directly or indirectly
The membership fee, including all dues
for each year is only 81 50 and is with
in reach ofeveryone. 1t would be an
suit to the generosity, liberality and
intelligence of any class in the district
to say that each could not spare on an
average of five cents a week for so i'm
portant matter as q membership in
the Commercial Association. Its
principal object is to foster the mining
industry. for this is the basis Of pros
perity for other lines Of business in
this section
The meeting was presided over by
President A. r. Comstock. who kept
the audience in first class humor by
his original and practical way of con-
Quoting a meeting v. /. Noxon,
Editor Of the Mining Gazette, SUBJ
mitted q report from the committee
Of Publicity in reference to the folder
that will follow the postal cards of
which about 25, 900 have been sent out
The committee was instructed to get
out 25, 900 edition Of these folders
and they will be gotten up in fins ar
tistis style as we'll as containing proper
information relative to our industries.
w. L. Bush az chairman Of the
Good Roads committee reported in .
ussGf encossao&ness,Ands intsrsstine
manner He and members Of hin
committee will exert every possible re-
source to accomplish the desired enc
Of getting an easily travelled and well
graded road over the Floyd hill route
to Denver. He will call to his assist
ance every available element that car
be of service towards carrying out his
and others ideas of this important en-.
terprise. And he is going to succeed
if it is within the range of the possi-
BILE.
John Owen made a very optimistic
talk in reference to the conditions as
they now exist as compared with the
past several years and emphasized
the fact that there is a very healthy
mining situation throughout this dis.
trict, better than at any time for years
and it is growing all the time. The
largest shipment of ore in any month
during long period was in March 1907
when 1877 carloads of ore were shipped
out. The month OF October 1910 will
show practical averaging up with the
record of March 1907, as the car ship
ments up to this morning indicate. In
September 1909, 81 cars of ore were
shipped out as against 1923, for the cor
responding month this year. From
April first to November first 1909 there
were shipped out 6S5 carloads while
from April first to November first 1910
the average will be approximately S5t
carloads or an increase Of rs percent
These are figures taken from the re-
cords at the depot.
James Underhill reported for the
committee on Mines and Mining and
briefly but explicitly stated what hao
been done by the United States geo.
logical Survey. (Mr. Underhill is en-
titled to much praise for the interest
he has taken in this important work.
Editor) He read a statement of pro.
gress in this ami Gilpin counties of
which the following is general sy'
nopsis.
"Mr. Edison 5. Basin and Mr.. j. M
Hill of the U. S. Geological Survey
have left Central City for Washington
D. C. having completed the seasons
field work on the geology Of the Central
City Quadrangle This Quadrangle in
cludes Idaho Springs, Central City,
Empire, Lawson, Apex, Perigo, Csri
bou, Nederland, Rollinsvilie and Alice
and extends westward beyond the
summit of the range. The geological
mapping of about half of this are'
has been completed during the season
just closed, and the country aroune