Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 36

ur er PAGE TWO $28,000,000 WORTH MINERALS PRODUCED Mines of Wyoming Give Up Huge Total Despite Lack of Precious Metals on Large Scale; Future Brighi Some day—possibly the beginning of that era will be 1922—-Wyoming will take important rank among the states which are peosncers of precious metals. It is a singular fact, however, that with the exception of a few brief intervals in which production was limited to a few localities; it has not been of importance in that respect although bounded on the south, west, north and northeast by|the end of the year. Four camps so states which for many years have|*fected are Kiennburn, ool and r |Deits, all in Sheridan county. De- ranked high in their production of] spite the fuel situation during the precious metals. That vast riches in| year, however, there was some new Precious metals le locked in Wro- | deveiopment of Wyoming coal yaeas- ming’s mountains—the same moun-|Ufes, chiefly confined to the opening tains which are so prolific in Colorado, |°f small workings to provide coal for Utah, Idahe, Montana and South Da-|Purely local demand. One phase of kota—may be regarded as certain, but |@ctivity, at least, was important—that the geological situation in this state/Of the Homestake Mining company of is such that development work under-|South Dakota in the vicinity of Gil taken to date has not resulted in the/!ette, Campbell county. This corpor- discovery of nature's hidden treasyre| tion sank a number of shafts during | vaults of the fine metals. In a lesser|the year, these revealing coal meas degree the same may be said of Wyo-| Ures running as thick as 40 feet, and ming and the base metals. Tremend-|Ptions taken on the prospected lands| ous deposits of fron exist in the state, forecast extensive coal producing op. but only one has been developed com-|@T@tions by the Homestake concern, mercially, that being the Sunrise de. posit controlled by the Colorado Fuel |°f fuel for its smelting plant in South and Iron company. Many copper de-|Dakota. Coal production on a large posits of importance have been pros-|scale during 1921, was confined to pected but none sufficiently Geveloped|eisht of Wyoming's 21 counties, the to reach a steadily producing basis'large producing counties being Lin- a fact in most instances due to the|©olm, Carbon, Sweetwater, Uinta, remoteness of the deposits from rail-|Sheridan, Hot Springs, Weston and the purpose being to provide a source f road facilities. Coal Mines Lead. Wyoming's mineral resources, aside | from and in addition to petroleum during 1921, produced, in terms of dol-| {nage as Lincoln and second largest lara, $28,000,000 of which $24,000,000, or more than 85 per cent, came from the coal mines, The industry, in com mon with all other forms of industry, | suffered from the econdémic situation maintaining during the year and the 1921 production was approximately $4,000,000 Jess than that of the pre ceding year, $3,000,000 of this decrease being represented by the reduction in coal production. There was a sharp decrease in the volume and value of the state's iron ore production becaus~ of the shut<lown of the mine at Sun rise, but a tic figures in regard to this reduction in output and value are not available. During the preced the Sunrise mine pr ) tons of ore. demand for coal re sulted in a falling off in 1921 of Wyo ming’s production from more n 10, 000,000 to the ) production, to, p approxi did t camps days a ely 5,000,000 tons. and fall at times ked five that {otis of stance | Fremont. So low't Casper Trades Sweetwater county, as has been the case from the inception of the mining industry In the stats, was the greatest producer, outputting ap- proximately three times as much ton- producer of the southern portion of the stato, and more than twice as much tonnage as Sheridan. county, the inrgest producer of the northern part of the state. Approximately 40 per cent of Wyoming’s coal produc tion is taken from Sweetwater coun ty. The production of Lincoln coun. ty was adversely affected during 1921 by another factor than economic cond. itions, one of tho largest producing mines of the county early in the year been long out ‘of commission of flooding. No disaster in occurred ge 1921 Other Minerals $4,000,000. Wyoming's production of minerals other than petroleum and coal during imated to have been of the » of $4,009,000, a decrease of 25 nt from the value of the produc- the same varieties of mineral acts during the preceding year. Wyoming felt the ef- general aconomic situa: ction other than that of al and iron including gravel, railroad and plaster, fire clay because volving unusual loss cf life in the imines of the state dur! tone, ballast, To ny soda, a little asbestos, some sulphur and small quantities or gold, silver, platnum, uranium and other precious metals, During the latter part of the year the Colowyo Gold Mining company, operating near Centennial, Albany county, broke ito ores running from large bodies carrying gold in | com- mercial quantities be bonanza streaks assaying from $3,000 to $10,000 a ton. During November the Electrolytic Copper company, operating the old Rambler, also near Centennial, shipped 75,000 pounds of ore to "tah moelters which acarried a high per- centage of copper and good values in gold, silver and palladium. During October this corperation’s workmen ran into streak ore carrying at some points as high as 60 per cent of cop- per and from $40 to $50 a ton in prec- fous metals. Announcement was made that the company would erect a leach- ing plant to handle low grade ores at the mine, and that eventually it probably would engage in smelting overations at Laramie. Another of the year's gold mining developments of importance was the completion of the Grand Canon Mining and Devel- opment company of a placer plant to take gold and platinum values from the sands o fthe Snake river in Lin- coln county, a few miles east of the Idaho boundary. During October the Cleveland-Wyoming Oil company, drilling oar Kaycee, at a depth of 700 feet broke into a gold formation carry- ing nearly $1,600 to the ton, and lans for mining this formation are under consideration. During the year important gold discoveries also were reported in Big Horn, Park, Fremont, Crook and Sweetwater counties. At the end of the year preparations are under way for reopening the fron mine at Sunrise and the sulphur working near Cody, and .or material Increase in pla'ter production at and near Laramie. Largest Americen-Made Twin-Screw Motorship Tho “Californian,” the largest twin- screw motorship built and_ fully ulpped exclusively in the United was recently launched at . Pa., and it will be followed n early date by & sister ship, the “Missourian.” They are considered the most efficient typ} of motorship for long-distance voyages. ‘Their dl- mensions are, 461-ft. over-all length, 59-foot 8-inch beam, with a draft of 28 feet.at a deadweight tonnage of 11,- 000. The power equipment consists of two six-cylinder single-acting Diesel engines, each rated at 2,250 indicated horsepower at 115 revolutions per min- ute. The contract speed !s 13% miles, and the normal fuel capacity is 1,400 tons, with a reserve capacity of 760 tons, giving # normal cruising range of 25,000 miles. the following, enclosing stamp for reply: American Legion glass sand. copper, mecicinal : THE CASPER DAILY 7RIBUME AND WYOMING WEEKLY STATE LOANS ON 30-YEAR PLAN GREAT AID TO FARMERS, FUND STILL AVAILABLE IN WYO. Unemployed There are over six million out of employment in the United States today ' Here in Casper, Wyoming, We Have Our Quota of Over a Thousand Unemployed Before making a move to Casper, write for conditions to any of the Building Trades ment adopted at the general tion tn November, 1918, ard ing for the financing of the real- dent farmers of the state D¥ means of long time loans at a low rate interest, the moneys to be cured by first mortgages on farm sion, the legisiature in laying “o- foundation for this ald by the state to its farmers acted conservatively by providing one million dollars for loans, apportioned to the different counties in the state according to their avsessed valuations, and by. the imposition of certain safeguards with respect to amounts, valliations, etc., calculated to prevent the loss, or tmpairment of the school funds dedicated for this purpose. Loans Beneficial. . The new department opened for business July 1, 1921, and while since that time thera has been nothing extraordinary as to the vol- ume of business, there has been a steady and continually increasing expansion and increase fn volume to such an extent that it % antict- pated early in 1922 there will have been loaned tp the farmers and stockmen of the state in the differ- ent counties the first one million Gollar allotment. The impression seems to prevail that the bankers of the state are opposed to the operation of this law, but this fs not in accordance with my observation for I have found it to be w fact in numerous counties of the state that the local bankera are encouraging and assisting the farmers tn secur- ing the long-time, low-rate loans af- forded by the state. “The loans are for 30 years at ¢ per cent interest. The payménts are on the amortization plan. For {llustration, The annual payments on @ loan for $1,000 amount to about $73 per year and this - pletely lquidates the loan in 30 years at a rate of about 7%" per cent to pay both principal and in- terest. ¢ The operations of the new de- partment and the interest taken by the farmers are Silustrated by the following brief summary: July 1, 1921 (beginning of busi- ness) to December 1, 1921: INDUSTRIAL EDITION. GUERNSEY REGIN RCH IN IRON AND COPPER ORE AWMAND POWER PROJECT ALSO HOLDS Bl PROMISE : < ‘fled, 183; amount tnyolved, $363,756. other reservoirs for its supply of wa- of rejected P rn wal Oil Devolpment Tests ot 68; smount involved, $152,250. . ‘. ‘The reservoir - szmer cf aesinatine pentioe | Eastern Wyoming — |Erc".,“wir "itm tie ietane| Industry to Region isan bedebtanece ea oi Soe es ree ree Nutiber. of foquirtes received and Mich Kmge titan anh cept orn as} cue conbrcontian at the Gack by-(@07, oO ‘The antmal, tn altppisc, ‘Average ‘cost of app ashi eceaate Seine, ea eererentaes orta petbecios _f8 <apatuinien ot | hacks PNA ee wee oan, $12.16. Se ent in ~ fertile acres for agricultural develop-| hydro-electric machinery as may be de-|ture anf disclosed @ picket of ora - ment, Guernsey and the section of|/™#ned to utilise the low water S17 .The ore was first hauled, overiand to 5 for Platte county immediately adjacent to| "sm by snesca of storage reguktion [Cberenne, and shipped to the closcs: Raised-Letter Copy ) the town, show potentialities for de-|The current generated will be avail-| smelter which aappened to be at Phila. Blind Typewniters Used | veionment wnsGrpassed anywhere tn|able for local use and for tranamis-|eiphia. The prospectors and develop ad ’ the state of Wyoming. Nature has|*on to all parte o= the valley. 3t is |ers of that first copper prospect cams ed during the late war to use type-|state and the future years will wit-|for the needs of the territory it will| Since that time has come the deve! Writers as © means of earning their| ness a rich harvest to be reaped from|ferve tv many years to come, assum-|opment of the Sunrise mines by tho tls bnlictiinice yeu P a Don howe sng its vast natural resources. Jng a normal growth of industrial and preeercaadict cee ee 2 ag Re government. ve Sunrise mille a: prepare copy the greatest benefit for | S°™=™! neat 88 Fueblo running for many years ani the Guernsey dam and power project, which was acthorized by the yote of ) the water-users along the North Platte valley last October 10. The estimated cost of the project is approximately $2,615,000 and it will make that part of the vali entirely independent of pany there is sufficient tron ore de- posited to last 100 years. The Har vile uplift, which this district is called, gives a grade of ore that ‘s almost self fluxing and carried off tho (Continued on Page 3) raised letters upon a tape. Tet- ‘These ters are’ “reat” by the blind typists, who use the highly trained sense of touch in their fingertips, and ‘after. ward write them on a regular type. writer. $ in the vicinity, owes its discovery to a fal! of a cowpuncher's horse, so the H. E. GRUDE CORPORATION GENERAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Phone 381 108 So. Center St. Casper, Wyoming “Money makes money makes, Benjamin- Franklin once said: money, and the money that makes more money.’ + . ‘ ? You will readily realize how true this is if you ae have a little money in a savings account on which the interest is compounded twice a year. ‘You worked for your: money, now make it work - for you. In our savings department it works Assembly Dr. W. H. Snoddy, Adjutant Council J. B. Leonard, Secy., Box 1622 Carpenters Bakers and Confectionery Local 350 R. G. Sehnert, Secy., Box 1557 Barbers Union Local 726 Geo. Webber, Secy. 246 S. Center St. Boilermakers Local 596 A. A. Johnson, Secy. 26458. 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