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DESERET EVENING NEWS SATUlttAY DRCEfflER jjJjM >
I ProsperitYI Expansion and Promise
InJYENNE Wyo Dec IGNol
C often In attention bcitowed upon
V any state aa mirk d as that
glen to Wyoming during the
phut your nnd with her rapid strldw
In all jUice of advancement agricul
ture Irrigation and rallioaJ building
Wyoming will soon be a tate not ucl
futurum hut ml piowntum great lly
tM opening of the gmit Shothon In
dhin reservation the eyu ot all parts
of the country north toulh N1It unit
west were turns towftrt thIs thrlxlug
state her marvelous growth and vu4t
retouroOT for AVyomlng will yield a
goad living not only to the tiller of thu
soil but to the on1 who rtl down In
to I treasure as w cl mnl fi w tate In
tb Lnlon can boast of r > ourtcg 10
ivoudcrful and Mo arlitl 118 can thli
l beautiful young htate which for M 111If
tlj4 hll been looked upon by caiterners al
f the home of Indians robben hlcve
l >
I and bandits but which In reality II
< troublwl lees with this clans of Individ
uals than Is nny of hor eastern aliter
itateo I
wiiuun uurrALOKS HOAMISD
For many yenrs tbo buffalo nnd
Tolves loved where It pleased them In
Hits Mint niifl unoultured domain iul
our fathers thought of Wyoming as th
wlldeet of all the wild western stiles
but gradually this condition and Mui
of things has till hanging and now I
upon tho wide roll li of Wyoming Iln j
thousands of herds of cattle sheep and
borne feeding on the abundance of I
wild grass grow Ing sleek and lit with
the cool summers nnd milk InUritniak I
lUg for their owners each year thou I
nands of dollars In profit mu making
for the Btoto of Wyoming n reputation
Fill ono of tho largest beef niul mutton
producing states of the Union Al
though tho acreage Is not large at yet
and there remains thousandi nay mil
lions of ncrea of liml untouched by
bund of man horo and there mi
MuiuctiiB up vnit lUMs of grain fields
of wheat oats barley vui and corn
while about the farmhouse may been
<
nen hundreds of young orchards Jntl
beginning to return to thrlr owner the
friilta ot their labor and attention
WOOl AND MUTfON
Irobably for no other Industry III
Wyoming till t 011 ai much tu for her
wool and mutton production tankl rig
eccoml only to Montana In this clans
In yearn iwat during WC ho very
nrnrly tiiuitliil Montanas record and
the quality and llbro of the wool wan
fo much bettor that a much higher
avciago price per pound was obtained
Thousands of men within tile borders of
Mjomlntf luvo mndo their fortunes In
tho production wool and no year was
belli Bulled lo their purpoao than was
1806 With the prices for tlw Ir produce
high ami tho rango and climatic con
dlllons tho best possible their profits
Veto large and their prospects for fu
ture growth better than over before
And not alone of the live stock Inter
tutu aio tho sheepmen prosperous for
the rattl men mo coming In for their
nhnre of the unprecedented prosperity
ot tho state as well Cuttle are com
manding a high price In the eastern
market and tho climatic conditions I
ivblob base been HO conducive of larlN
jirotltH to tho sheepmen hau treated I
tho cattlemen In a like satisfactory
mil 111111
A TAiurF STIUTCOU
hut both flit cattlemen nml the sheep
men are looking to a struggle In the
not distant future with the fulerti
manufacturing interests which It Is
unld are now forming their forced In
nn attempt to have the tariff on Ini
iioilatlonK of wool hides ltC removed
nnd It Is for this reason thut the grow
IM of these materials In Wyoming aro
organizing so strongly They rculU >
C that In organlzitlon thcio Is strength
nnd they Intend to leave 110 stone 1n
turmd when the final battle with the
1 eastern Interests takes place 1 ho re
moval of the tariff would be a death
Wow to tho cottto and sheep indtitry
or the state of Wjomlng as well as
other western state ant It Is tho rrtil
Jzatlon of thin fact that hI prompting
everyone Identified with these Intersis
to Join In tho movement to protect
themselves
Till HOHSn TtUDn
A lively Impetua has been given the
horse Industty by the advance In price
of this product Probably no state In
the union In better suited to the bleed
InK and growing of fine horses Here
tofore however this Industry has been
Uept In the biikgroimdfor while It wu
lirolltable It was found that a larger
jiinccntago of profit could be returned
to tho raiserot sheep and cattle and
tho horse raising industry was for the
I time being lelogatcd to the background
AVIth the advance In prices however
more attttitlon Is being given to tho
raising of line animals nml Wiomlnir IR
now supplying many eastern markets
with their requirements In this Inl Thn
nhlpmenl ot polo ponies from Cheyenne
to the New ioik market hI becoming
i Inrgcr each year
IKS8 ORE THAN IN 190S
During tho past year theie has piob
ably been less 010 actually taken out
of the mines of Wyoming than during
1505 but development has proceeded In
nil districts heretofore operated and
many new llelds have been opened up
Early In 1900 a dUa tron nre occurred
nt tho mines u the IennWyoming
company located at Kncampmtmt
Wyoming anti this dlmmtur together
With the lack of railroad faillltlas fur
uhlpment of ore which are looked for
nt o I early date In re nonnlhle for the
small output of this mine during the
I pant year With the advent of the Sar
atoga Knmmpment rallrond to thnt
point however Ihlo output of hit mine
vVlll he largely Increased over what It
has ever been In the had New and
Inrfrer buildings arc row being eu ted
nnd the company will have every riclll
I for tiflel t big Thin II tim > < mini
rsrrlsIUnKerty property which for M
mAn yam hat beon the largest pro
ducer of coppei In he ntlri > vvu
ANOTHER roPPHIt TI I1
Hut during thr ptut > ou lthl Itl
per Held has IIFOII i ire rri 1f urileh
promlaex In lImo in pruw ttn more
VftlimbU than tl Km inipmi in ills ilct i
J U kimw i coppor Iuirit ri fur nail
Is located about 1 mlks nnithiiit of
Shoihonl thl new town in Fremont I
county un the line of the NnrUwtiMirn
railway NVurly 200 rtilmi have Wn
slubed out in this district and nearly
nil bur promise of rich oturns an 01
as development work In marled ICnrly
In December thf most valuable find
thus far was unrmpred while the own
ers of n claim uto > oxcnvAtlng for I
foundation for a bulMIng This tnt is
almost Pure nntlv1 vvlll
IlmoRtllUI nntlV loppr H run over
S100 to the ton U 32 f ort vlile sail Its II
length has not yet bin determined
As soon as proper maihlnery is In
stalled It wilt he a119000 1 du v producer
And on both nliloi nf the copper vcii
t Is n rich vein d gnd which will Kr < > itiy
jrp
Innease Its vulue
WymiiR H at present on the verge
of the IHnt8t development In Ill inln
crll product Prospectors vcho havn
frtllfd in ihe Iolornilo nml other weitein
fields as well as prospectors who have
made tnilr fortunes hut tlll yenrn for
d
more nre turning their attention to
thlii as yet practically undovelopod
f Hole and great things arc looked for
In 1907
UElOIU COAL OUTPUT
Tho coal output has been larger than
ever before Die greater portion of the
I active mines ore along the hue of tho
Union Pacific but In neirly every sec
I tion of the stale coal ikpostu of mote
or I s value may be found One of tho
largest of thelle In the Oebo mine which
i has only recently started active produc
i tlon Already over 100 miners are nt
i work and more being emplo > ed atf
rapidly ns possible An entirely now
coal Held amid mining plant has been
opened at Superior some 20 miles north
of Hock Spring and some M miles of
ttwk has been laid to connect the
I mlnen with the Union Pacific Two new
I mines have been opened near Peltz In
of the state and
ire northern portion stlte nnl
two more at Ilnnnn Wyoming This
mine bj the way hns now entirely re
covered from tho disastrous accident
and etnloalon which took place there
some two years ago
mON MIXES
The Sunrise Iron mines which nro
Ucated nt lUrtvlllo W > o and which
are owned by Ih6 Colorado Fuel Iron
company shun no signs of exhaustion
Their output hnt been doubled during
the halt year amId noarly 1000000 tons
of ore have been shipped Large Iron
deposit have also Lc en located Raw
hue and Semlnof but llttlu develop
ment work has yet bon done on theuo
properties The rolling mills wero f
oremd at Laramle during tho past
jesr by the Union 1acltlc company and
many men are now employed nt thut
point
Rut a development which Is perhaps
the most requisite nurture to u lirgado
ls railroad
UloiHiient along other lines II rlrO11
building emil durlr the sear K06 Wy
oming WAR purtlcuiarly fortunate In
this respect For many year past
Vyoinliig has been watching and hop
ing nay oven praying for mote railroads
roads with which to get her products
her grain her ore her coal hor oil und
her stock to the market union With
only one line across the southern por
tlonof tine state another In HIP IX
trcmo northwest corner and another
along tho en tcrn boundary line It has
been hard Indpd for thr produi ta
place his goods un the market In > m
petition with other producers living In
u read accesulble 1101
flAhIItO1l EXTENSIONS
Put ttii oputilng ot the Shoshone In
dian leseivatlon In 190i brought to tho
attention of the railroads more forci
bly this Inviting territory and large ex
tensions wore made to both tho North
western and lUiillngton systems Tho
Northwestern Kxlonelon In Wyoming Is
leorporntott under the name of tho Wy
oming A Northwestern It Is 14 > miles
In length and connects Crisper In Na
tronn county to Lander In Fremont
countj Lander Is situated in a valley
thin In agriculture I Is Just south of
tho big Shoshono Indian reservation
and Is the lending town of central Wy
oming Shoflhoul a new town on the
oaslam portion ot tho s reservation
hsernlon
which U locute by tho railway In
terets hami just cutnhruUd Its first
birthday and shows the unprecedented
development of this legion A year
ago not I houao mild bo seen on the
preeorit site Today It has I population
of nearly 2000 substantial
lt 200 2lhltuntll store and
oflko buildings and two banks
utlO buidings oll with n
capital stock ot 25000 each And wlthtrl
wlhtl
this inns been a henlthy and not a boom
growth
CHNlm ItAILUOAD WOUK
Hut to return to the railroads When
the Northwestern announced Its Intel
then of at once beginning work on Its
extension to Shoshonl and Lander the
lluillngton unnonnccd that work would
bo rushed on tho cixttnslon of Its line
from Frnnnle In northern Wyoming to
Worluncl near the noi thorn boundary i
of tho Shoshone reservation and a I
once piocettlcil to mako good Its piom
< I
lie Today regular trains are running
through to Worlnml
thlolgh Worllll and work Is now
beliiK commenced on 1 furlher exten
sion of the line to the limbo coal mine
ninth thence cti to Tlicrmorwlls the
Irll hot springs city These springs
are iicrhaps the most noted In tho west
for their curative und health giving
properties nnd with tho
111 wih completion of
tho road to this point Thcrmopolls
will liccomo a great health resort The
springs at Saratoga W > o may also bo
rnpntloned In this connection All this
work was done previous to the oponln
of thu Shoshono reservation opl1lllg
last rcselltlon on Aug
HUnUNGTON LINKS
The Uurllngton line also announced
hC lurllgton lne the
at
sonic time ago that It would
curliest date potlhlo begin nn exten
sion of Us Him from Guernsey iS > o
Shil ls 1
west toward Salt Lake City passing
through tho entire length of tine state
throuEh
from tract to west This will give to
another great tianscontlncn
WjoniltiB nloth Hleut tlolSCOlllcn
that tho Bur
tul line for I Ii probable
llngton will connect at Salt Lake with
a line to the Pacific coast Surveying
parties are now at work on this line
and active construction Is expected tl
begin during 1907 In addition It 1
dAhl < that tIne IHirllngton also has
surveyors In the Held looking up a
line to connect tho Worland nxteiislon
to Denver on tho south the line cross
ing the propcmed extension westward
tuul ojienliig tho southern markets to
the northern Wyoming stock raiser and
agriculturist
SAHATOrJA ENCAMPMENT
During the year work has progressed
viy satUfaetortl though a trlllo
slowly on ha line of the Saratoga
EniMimimtnt llullway connecting the
1111 Wyoming copper minD at En
campmimt with the Union Pacific nt
Wnleott Wjo Tlie lino will pass
through Saratoga alt at 1 later date
will bo extended on south through the
North Park region touiinl Denver
cite Huns Peak Pacific Hallway
compan with headriuurtiys at Lara
lute Wyo has commenced construction
work on Its line from Laramln toward
the North Pni k country
An Important moro was made by the
Ililmi Pacllli by the double tracking of
over TB rrlles ot its rightofway In
dntral Wsomlng all by the announce
mel tha I II Its purpose to double
tHiCk its entire Wjomlng division
tHIk I Pltre olln t1llon ns
lap11 ni possible This will greatly
liuituo the elllclenfry of both the pas
> > iiixpr mid freight seivlce over this
llni ana put Wyoming lit closer touch
with both the enet and west
COLORADO SOUTHEUN
The Colorado Southern Railway
which ulr uty has a branch oxtemllng
from Cheyenno on the Union Pacific to
Orln Junction on the line of tit North
wel rn Is now considering the feasi
bility uf the conitructlon nf n line on
north from Orln Junction to the Cana
dian north n 991 poising
dlal 1IIInr through Wy
I oming from north to south A hint
I would then be built by the C S Io
pie connecting Cheyenne to Denver
The Northern Pultlc will In a short
lime begin the mnstructlon o n Ill
frum Red Lodge Mont southwest Into
the ixttcme nortluun portion of the
stunts where tht y will top somo of the
Wyoming COil fields Tho Chicago Mil
waukee fe St Paul are also sold to
hate under consideration I Jlno from
Dead wood S D across northern Wy
caning toward the cst
S1IOSI10NE INDIAN KKSERVATIOX
The opening of the Shoshone Indlin
rHiei iulon AUR t IMtl was onu nf tho
most important fetituroa of the Itti slop
rront of Wyoming during tho past year
to net of CongroM this
Aicoidlnsr lolKretl thll res
ervation which Is tho largest of tho
reservations opened to settlement was
to bo thrown open to settlement June
t lust but It ttns found that It would
i
HON BRYANT B BROOKS
Cat mirmlor of Wjnmlni Who Wil IIio irnt oil In lvo Xovrinbcr YcurA ABO lij u ini irgul IncrpiiMil Mnjorllj Over thl riBiirci of
10
RYNT U BROOK Myomlngs nblo chief ex
B ecutive who was iccently roulected by major
ities linger thom thoso Riven him two years ngo
when ho gained advantage through tho outpour
Inp for Roosevelt was botn In Ilernarilston Ma <
Teb 5 U < 51 his fnthor Silas Newton Ihooks vas
ore of tho mOll prominent men of MasknchusutK
and came of tho old Puritan stock Qovetnor Brooks
was educated In Powers liiKtltuto Deinardston and
tho public and high schools of Chicago Ho warn
mairlcil to Miss Mal > Naomi Wlllird of Alexandria
Neb March 10 ISSli
Governor Brooks came to Wyoming In 1S85 and en
gaged In tho livestock nnd lanch humucsi near Camper
per where ho has bullded oijo of tho finest ranch
ptopcitlcs in tho entire Htato Ho has also engaged
In mining nnd banking ami Is now president of
the Coal Creek Coal company tho U H Brooks com
pany and tho BrooksHudson company Ho Is a di
rector In the Casper National bank
Tho governor inns been a lifelong Republican
and has served his party as a member of tho state
legislature nf 1802 and as a presidential elector from
Wyoming In 1000 He was also a delegate ti > the lit
HHu uuOHOu Ouuou
bo Impossible to complete tho North
western and Burlington extensions at
that dale and tine opening was post
poned to Aug I Tho manner of open
ing was similar to that pursued In tho
opening of other Indian luservutlons
In recent years settlers corning from
all portions of tho United Slates to reg
ister at the various registration points
which were Shoshoni Ijinder Worland
mind Thormopolls Theso names wore
then placed on small cards nn l thor
oughly mixed and small hoys drew
them out ono by 0110 lUns Gerber of
Lummle Wyoming drew the first
claim and ho was later offered 15000
lfOO
for his roHnqulshinont Thousands of
people came to the various jiolntb
enumerated above and on account of
the vast acreage It nas necessary for
few to leave without llllnu on 1 claim
IOn CANAL SYSTEM
Before tho settlers wero allowed to
enter the reservation however I sur
veying party under thro direction of the
state engineer of Wjomlng went over
tho reservation thoroughly and pre
pared plans for the building of a canal
8stem which would irrigate 1 largi1
portion of the reservation These plans
were very carefully made with a view
to Irrigating tho very largest acreage
lgl
of Intuit possible n a minimum of expense
and In tho
pense nlli II best possible manner
Hints were called for for tint construc
lon ot tho canal system and tho Wy
oming Central
omllR Irrigation company was
tho successful bidder Under their con
tract 2JO miles of main dltchos nun
main laterals will be all
mlin lahmll wi constructed nt a
cost ot nearly 2000000 Tills sjstom
when completed will Irrigate 313000
acres of the finest land to bo found In
any portion of the west
Two main canals will be constructed
The lower canal Is called ho Wyoming
Central and tho upper one I called the
Fremont canal fine former will bo
approximately 40 miles In length the
bitter 33 and laterals will bo extended
In every direction A reservoir system
having 1 minimum capacity of 300000
acrefeet will bo provided thus Insur
ing nn abundance of
ni uhuncallce water durIng anv
unusually dry season
CENTRAL IHIUOATION
Tho Wyoming Central Irrigation
company which has already begun ac
tive construction work en this
10 constructon thll system
Bsteo
Is composed of
several
II compoled lovcrl millionaire cap
italists of Chicago anti there Is m
doubt us to Its ablllt to carry out Its
I
contract Active construction work
constructon
his already been commenced CO men
cOnmncel C
and learns being now cnpiged In ex I
cavation work Work will be pushel
forward next
torwn nxt spring ns rapidly as pos
ilble with the Idea of furnishing water
to nearly a third of the entire tract be
tore tho coMO of tho > ell U0i This la
piobably the largest irrigation eaten
prlstf ever undertaken In the Western
hemisphere
THE SHOSHONE PROJECT
Next In Importance to tho Shoshone
project In iremont county Is the North
Plat or Pnthllnder carnal and sub
s stems Work on this canal Is lielng
done under the direction of the United
States will goveinment ami when com I
pleted wi cover probably 100000 acres
of land In eastern Wyomlnpr and
laltlr Int Welt
er Nebraska Fortylive miles o thin
eanal were completed In 1806 nnd the
water turned Into Mine Work will bo I
pushed forward as rapidly ns rosslbln I
during 1907 antI It Is
hoped that tine
canal will be practically completed dur I
i tN < fM 2 i
tlonil convention nt St Louis In lSJi Ho was elect
ul governor of Wjomlng In November 1901 to seive
out tho unexplred term of Die late Du 1Vnrest Hlch
nnlH and so well did ho administer the affairs of
state that ho teas lonomlnatPd by acclamation at tho
Casper convention last August nnd the majortlcs
given him U one of tho best indorsements of tIne
conildcnco of the people that was ever shown u
candidate In this state
Governor Brooks In addition to being one of tho
leading grovveis of cattle sheep hordes and wool a
banker coal miner and governor Is a leading mem
ber of tine Masonic fraternity of tho state Ho Is one
of tho few 33 degree Masons In this section hns I
orvud ill Master of Kndosh In Wyoming Consis
tory No 1 master of the Casper lodge and has held
I
other high oltlcca In the order
Governor Brooks Is n regular attendant at chinch
ns well ua lodge Ho Is a clear logical nnd forceful
speaker and Is In demand In this and adjoining
states whom his addresses are always welcomed
Ho Is a great believer In the futuie greatness of this
jounc state aunt never misses an opportunity to
speak a glowing word Wyoming
Ing 1903 Tho Pathfinder dam which
Is located G miles above tho town oC
Casper Is the highest dam ever con
htructed Tho location Is In a Kraiilt
canyon about 200 feet deep SO foot at
tine bottom and 173 feet at the top 1
Is built entirely ot masonry the anca
covered being about 22000 acres and
the capacity a trllle over 1000000 acre
COt Time entire flow of tho Platte river
can bo stored In this reservoir The
stored water will be allowed to run
down the river to the headgates of the
spvcral ditches thus as In the case of
tho Shoahono project assuring an
abundant supply of water nt all times
ABOVE CASPER
The first ciimil below the reservoir
opens from the river about eight mallet
above the town of Casper on the south
side amid will Irrigate about 30000 acres
The Goshen Hole canal will open near
the town of Guernsey Hero I diver
tlpn dnin 100 feet high will bo con
structed The length of Ills canal will
be about 110 miles six miles being
through a tunnel About 150000 acres
will l > e covered by this canal The I
Tort Larnmlo canal as It Is known
heads Just above old Tort Laramlo on
the south stile of the river and will
cover about 50000 acres Part of this j
land however lies In tho state of I
Nebraska Opposite this canal on thu j
north side of the river U the Interstate
canal Here again a division dam will
bo constructed about 30 feet long old
raIses tho water 10 feet above the bed
of the river This Is tine canal upon
which most of the active work has been
done thus far and 45 miles of which
his hen completed I is nn enlarge
ment of tho Whalen Fills canal and
about 20000 acres of land tlnt under
the canal will be Irrigated by tho
Whalton Falls Canal comtuny The
cost of reclaiming all lund under the
North Platte project will probably not
exceed 115 nod Is
Clld It hoped that It will
bo considerably less
Other Irrigation piojects are licln
pushed In nil purls of tho state Much
land Is already under Irrigation anti nn
nbumlinco of crops tire being harvest
ed theso 1m
Among lay mentioned
the Encampment project in Swectwntcr
county the BIg Sandy project In Ulnta
county the Oregon Basin project In
lllg Hor county and lan other
smaller Irrigation enterprises
AGUICULTUUAL DKVRLOPMKXT
I The greatest development along agri
cultural lines In W > omlng Is looked for
during tho next few years a develop
ment that will place her among tine
first of the western states In variety
nnd volume of crop production lbs
entire state and people of the state are
just beginning to awaken
beglnnllJ Iwlkcn to the possi
bilities of the climate soil ami water
conditions of Wjomlng and large areas
of land are each year being brought
under cultivation The largest of these
Irrigation enterprises arc now located In
Premont Biff Horn and Sheridan conn
I Hen but other portions of the state are
destined within tho next few years to
sco sensational development In this tc
spcct While the stock mining Indus
try In Wyoming now occupies the at
tentlon of the greater part of the IK > PU
latlon agrIculture will In time supple
ment the slockralslng The eastern
farmer must however learn to use tho
water which 1s supplied him to ad
vantage anti It Is for this reason that
development In this industry Is not so
marked The Irrigation laws of Wyom
Ing are very favorable to the prospect
ive homeseekcr and offer to him tine
protection ho must have to succeed In
hIs undertaking
During the two years ending Sept 30
190ii 1U7 permits for now ditches were
Issued by the stato engineers ottlce de
scribing a total of 131501187 acres of
land to be reclaimed and providing for
208316 miles of moll canals and
ditches Tho total estimated Coat
I of construction Is 11727540 and
no better Idea can bo gained
of the Immense amount of land that Is
subject to the maintenance of homes
than from a glance at thee
figures This vast area Is cap
able of sustaining nearly live times the
present population of tho entire state
and Is the best evidence that can be
given of the development which surely
must take place In tho state during the
next few years As tho total cost of Ir
rigation work Is three times ns great
as tho contract price of construction It
rimy safely be said that Jll000000 will
bo expended In Wyoming In this recla
mation work on new ditches When
to this Is added an estimated cost of
tr 000000 for enlargements to ditches
nlrendy built the Immense amount of
work that will bo done Is evident
BANKING BUSINESS GROWTH
No better evidence of Wyomings
I healthy growth can be given than the
I Increase In the amount of her bank deposits
le
I posits At the qnd of 1905 there was
only 11100000 on deposit In the
banks of time state A year later wu
find on deposit a trlllo leas than 1
000000 nn Increnste of pearly 25 per
cent This makes the per capita rate
over 125 In the neighborhood
1 thl nehlorhoJ of 4n
new banks have been Incorporated In
the state during the past jear anti all
are prospering to a marked degree
Wjomfng Is proud of her publl
school system I Is one of the best In
the whole Unllod States In 1905 500000
was spent In tho state for educational
purposes near 25 for every child of
school age
According to the assessment rolls iho
present valuation of all the railroads of
Womlnl Is J7583SUO while the tele
graph and telephone lines are placed at
J3so19 > 95 The lands subject to tax
are w0thJ08UI S083J In the state nro
2S46SH sheep valued at 07753850
There are Ms075 G0
lre 1 cattle which are
jy MI23311 and 70571 horses worth
222369 a total valuation of over 50
000000 OKQ s WALKnn
I Rapidly Growing Town of Casper I
I SpJmTho town Jf Casper
C Wyo has Increased In popula
tion In thin past your from 160
to 500 and the growth has
been steady The extension of the
northwestern railroad Com Casper to
i
Lander nnd the rstabllihmcnt of a
division polnl nt Casper h31 had much
to do with the Increase In population
although the rapidly developing natural
resources have nlrocied many people
to this section of the state nnd Casper
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j5
1 l < E >
< Jr f i
in 0 Vyomin1
affording as low towns of ltn site do
I oocjul mluoatianul and other minivan
tnsiHS pUl been selected tint the homo
or tine famine of men Inteicaiid in
urloua enterprises In contiguous ter
tory
tile main unices of tho Wyoming
Niirihtt cstcrn railway tao extension of
the Northwestern axe locutpj here and
thu supply yards or tao now road ant
HlstliiK or lu tracks uo miles In length
anti liirnlHhniK empliymeiU for I luin
thud limits meii are within tho corporate
HANK SHOWING
Perhaps no mote curatu barometer
of tho liuluHtrlU cunuiiloim of u com
munity uxlsta than the rcjiutts of Ilmin
cal liijtliuuuim ami meaBtinM by this
stunduid Crispers prosjvrlty during
I the mutt > oa Is smnvn In the fat
t liming lUurea line MtntementM of the
two hiuiunul banKtt miulo II Nuvem
ber Uu3 show u combliud busltit a of
lo7 < OJI amid the HtutemcntH of tint
si inn banks made In NuNumber 1K01
shun a total business of l15UiCl
MINUKALS AND OILS
Mineral luida tributary to Caspur
have daeloptd to Ulte an extensive
degree during tho InLet few months
Tine munt Iinportant of mineral prod
ucts Is oil In this section hut an ex
tiiistxe asbestos deposit IH being worked
on Smith creek nnd tine raw mutctlal la
louled on curs at OisiU Owing to the
fact that capital hal been backward In
taking hold of thll mineral until u fciv
wcckx eunice uhcij n company was or
ganized with a jpltnl ot 1000000 the
work of getting the product to mirkut
hits been slaw Hut now the company
hag a IIIIRC force In the Held and
thllo It will reaulro tIme and an ex
prndlturo of miny thousand dallarK
ln foro the product can bo transput UH
from tho mints to CaBper with facility
tine excellent nullity of tho ore oh
tin I fled and the upiurent unlimited hen
of tho deposit warnint the undertak
ing The oil Holds on Salt creek BOIIIO
33 milts from Casper nrc producing in
excellent quality uf liibiicatlng lull
which Is rtllnul nt Casper And It will
not be out or place to mention that
Oasroi bOasts the only oi refinery In
the state A veil hus bion drilled n i
ttntly In the Salt creek fields which
nt n dent of 60 feet los S3 barrels
per day ami the product contains i
oil Considerable per cent of illuminating
GOVmN INT ncsKrivoin
Power for manufncturlng Is 1 prac
tical possibility with the completion of
O
river the great 111hnnf dll rr tho
rlor 1100 Crisper 1
onulr project er Tin5 Ibm 1ltl
Irject Is Ud
II 1 Rovernmt ft n
tlol mod wilt be tine nllt
worl oC tine ind m th eron hri
I completed ThviaJ
Tint
10rll Wh
Inrg
Ii
immaterial I amr1
Illterlnl such oi UInU C
i
I WJ l rat
I Dipped from here to q 11d 1111
torIes r
can bo 1rUf
Iroduct Whn Cohvett1 r Ijl IIbI 1
has been or
solved ni V po
than elsewhere lr hl311 bl
CArru
l JUtp
Thc live stOI
oC Wyoming tJi of
Is grI tls p
assertions of m grwnmg S OP51110 t
Pant several jlasV cnni rt
Ste I tin ft
always supporiiii 1M r le l
Hocks are lot h r 4 > Tt
rapli but h I
a b n ILtrl
tile slogan umonK all r d 1lmal
ITS shtep in t In u
with Cattle next o i 1rh
try Is also I v y info
old foul bctttiPii si 1 e IV
mat entirely vim I M m
I ClLI I u I
nether In POI T lIre
year was the larg P t
the
country titj i toryu
high 1 has iu l n a i av
dip In Natrona Ihnt a
con was 8000Wi ldt i
8OOOfIJI f I
C1TV VtT
h
Casper has i I
waterworks 1 r stem
Wllurworkll Whl1
watu conies ti i I TU
miles to I u is
the II
IIlS te tIls 1 I <
three oren
largo leviu n
distance 1 nit
llHtlllCO up th n 1 ril
of the Th for
watei In no COf
fourhorseponei i I J deo11
In
oral small 11111o t ° r M Sit
fl
such power II i Iros U
Many modern h u i InhUltri
ed during the past J Itt
me under miami n
nl con v 11
Ilbraiy was snur i t anll
11111 the Carnal I fur mlh 811
Cnrttilo furt Vri
OCO for the eroctInn E
IH now In course < Cf 1 Blllll <
clniiuh flr
ehuluh buildings n
to take the pin brIg u trurte
n I
The nmv bulldlns r
111 huILh i 1 r ri
crate sidewalks li IJ
nil the 1 I 0
principal I
11 princpal I ift5 1
KUtnmir sun at i
town council rJh i film
walks 111 1
construiu
i
rlnstnlto i f
actor tblt
In nppmrui i ul
wealth Inn bm i i i A q ti 1
111 I
thhlJ that goic hl
Elmble I I J
Ehlble place of r I hi
Imploved nrd Is 111 r In
which Isvij V re
Vty
pie II 1 gruiM IIg I i I
Rock Springs as a Coal Camp I
OCI SPniNQS Compnied uttli
R some coal mining towns In the
east this place IH u elY snlall
coal camp still when It Is com
pared with cent milling towns In the
HHt there are font It any that pro
iluce us much of this cOmmoillty
Since 1SS9 No 1 mine of the Union
Piiclflc Coal company hai liren putting
cynl on the market continuously Now
lit a depth of nearly 8000 feet the
quality of coal Is better than over
ThtH inlno has a double track slope
intuit nearly to the ills of tho coil
pcam Kmrleg are dilven oa hot
sides on a grade of about six Inches
to tho hundred feet The coal Is uoikcJ
pillar und stnll sjstem with rooms
parallel to the slope Where tho pitch
I steep enough steelHncil chutes are
used Card are gathered In tine en
tries by mules and hoisted to tho dump
by iv a Htccl tables ono anti onefourt
tiuhcs In diameter
Im hoisting engine hints two drums
uch eight feet In diameter two cylln
ours each 36 Inches In diameter by 60
Inch stroke and hoists 15 ears of ono
mid n half tons capacity each trip The
coal Is mined entirely bj hand sand lx
still the standby of the company
Time next oldest U p mine Is No7
This coalfoam Is above No 1 and U
the saniL1 as IH now being worked In
mines S 9 and 10
The sjstein of trunspoitatlun In No
7 mine is by n trolley or motorcar
llii through a tunnel eomo two and u
half miles long There mire three ten
ton motors each bringing to the dump
outside from 40 to 60 ono und fourth
ton cur each trip Tim coal Is cry
clean there being only u half inch of
shale The scam ts level and mines
In thickness from five and I halt foot
to eight feet Sonic of this coal la
mined by hand while Jeffrey and Link
belt mnchlncH aro used In other part
of the mine
No 0 mine la ioiked through a dou
bletrack jilano 800 feet long then Il
main haulage single track The cool h
tho muiio height as that of No 7 und
Is mined In tine sonic uuy
No mln I K I double inmiwtnixn
shaft 190 feet deep The toal Hcam IH
thicker here varying fiom meson to
eight feet rho coal Is hauled to tho
bottom of the shaft by electric motoic
Electric coalcutting machines mimi
drills mo used as well us compressed
air machines and drills Bomo of tho
coal Is mined by hand
No 10 mine Is 1 slope with l 15dcgreo
pitch for 1200 feet This was driven in
rock to the coal which pitches about
threo degrees Hero as In mine No S
electric machines nnd drills me In line
al o compressed air machines and
drills Mines 10 S 7 nnd 9 mire connect
ed In tho order named No 10 hell
tho lowest drains the others here two
electric pumps arc In UBP
The power that runs tho machinery
In and around these mines consists of
three 225 kilowatt C00olt direct ton
looted germ trim I n t
Iellertll aou I I I
Inch < J w
und 27xlj
n I
hell 2ixli I 1 mi Ult
101 unglneH TI
trolled and tin m I i i t u
an ulghtpami i iroi Sjit a
Current Is u m
CU1re11 Iscl rOl prann Ii
mining
IIlnlllg locomotlu two hIo5 i
hoists six coai uai IK nn i
drills one rtvchoi iio i and to
horsepower purl and two V hoi
thol
<
power ventilating frni > Thrr ui
about eight mlls of m uuiouud
icy lino for hauilng jiuricsc IOUld
All the mines In ihn lt < t a
good loots and ur unl aSIa > I
been free roan ga
There have been ten 1 V ot n
opened here Not 2 and 6 wtO u rk i
but I short time rOB j 4 1 1 i r
closed for good Tine I ara i i ot mi I
live mines now woikirig n h i s
per month Tlu aImgl iiuiui to
eight months of this 1 IU9 i
tons per month for ih mo n s I
August and Sptrbr i I i
felt short 33 13 i u n ui u
tons owing to tin t u itj of ti
During the mouth o N i h lie o
Decombei It Is cp < i > i Hi till r
bo an Imreasc in ih i i i tr
Over a million ail t in
rear One can 1lrJ t i thJiV
has been I uaII il Ito ai
W omlng with su I i nv L
tlty of coal Ixlug ITU I i 1 i >
juny
The Inlon Pail Hllhll
ban iiearly comilc i on i g i
I on the cast side of the tru ulJ
I connect It with No II mm I i
I they 1 be able to store V 1 t
coal The erection of n II
near old No 3 1Ur tin i u k
I amount may be stcrea n i nlI Ii
There Is more freight hInnntl I i
than In any town in tin 8 tat It
Is 1 railroad > ardnge of over 60 rn
rairoad
i Here also the Ctntra al ml ok
Co has two mln s uride thl manaee
i ment of Mi P P OrlJIes K
Spilngs Peacock ioil frorti theme ml
Is veil known nil over the west 11
wel have been badly hatialiap <
account of the ahoitago of ar bit
I they arc now doubting the t
i b
will
men ninth their output
Kldcrably over 1100 tarS per nab
urns UM a
Tlicro are other rod R nol
not yet been opent iuth < v
good work COt inan y ill > 011th
for many yenis in i f
tO
rite tOWI of Huk I Z < W
I that tomn of nearlY 7 J tot I
Ilatol oit I 1 r
of reprniontatus n ljf
tlony The Pt4 UI IL I y
tlltlty us well a > tn c nd c
ldeiiPB
all the ro r f t
Mr A Kcndal r ni
11
National bank sino U tJl
Nutonal much siillsf > t t rht 1
Bti > o so 81t f1
Ih
dciilly had II oi > p > 0 I ti
1
M
Th t < 0
tlon last May
banks two largo hot b V
t I
in
storms I I I X
eight largo stouij nn
morchandhe and a IWI
IlorchnHlse II
W ro
Mores with MHHM n I S
Ilorcl Ti 1 1 sa
nnd dry good
11 Hod Wi 5
In
thut seem to 11 I i I I
dry nlmosplHi iyl
ill 1 v rI
Welnlvo ft tll
lj
building with i u lr b i
hulllhu building I1 h t
smaller i 1 <
lnler hulllll 1l I ll
I I
work Is done In tU n ir
WOI > l
Itin1
HtilienNonof Dr 111
duperlntcndtnt of e < hn
S
4450 Id
To Chicago and Return
VIA4
CHICAGO MILWAUKEE
ST PAUL LINE
Tickets on sale Dec 18th I
Good returnirg for 60 days r
TWO TRAINS DAILY TO CHICAGO
Low rates to other Eastern Points
I
Call or Address
C S WILLIAMS
I Commercial Agont I
Salt Lake City I
106 West Second South St
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