Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 39

TEN MILLIONS IN UTILITIES All Towns and Cities of State Enjoy Mod- ern Conveniences; Natural Gas Guar- arantees More Development There are few communities in Wyoming, even to the small- est, that are not supplied with those conveniences which add much to the comforts of modern living. Contrary to the rule of development which has applied to so large a part of the country, there are towns in state which had electric lights before they had railroads. Through the telephone, sume bave enjoyed Eee] tohewed by the Union Pacific with advantages of wire before they have! 610.12, Chicago & Northwestern with enjoyed the advantages of rail com-|278.35, Colorado & Southern with 153.19 munication. Every town worthy of|/and Oregon Short line with 125.: the name has a water system—many | Small roads make up the remainder of towns owning their own plants—and | the mileage, which for the state totals tnt Wyoming water, coming as tt does | 1935.05, from the mountain and snow covered heights: is as a rule of an unusually high quality. Aside from rafiroads, there are no large public utilities in this state. Réla- tively «peaking, however, there are a large number of small ones. The last complete reports filed with the state public service commission are for 1920. ‘These show the following investment property investment for electric, gas, ‘water and telephone utilities: SUNRISE IRON MINES REOPEN Announcement nas. recently been made of the resumption of operations at the Sunrise mines at Sunrise, Wyo- ming. The Suurisd «mines, producers of fron ore in the form of hematite, are one of the most important assets of the eastern part of the state. In 1918, the greatest year for the production of steel and iron, these mines turned out 433,473 tons of ore. In 1919 the Production amounted to and In 1920, 455,280 tons. figures past are not avail- ‘The majority of the mines are owned by the Colorado Iron and Fuel com- pany which ships the ore directly to their smelting mills at Pueblo, Colo. Tho Wyoming product is largely re- sponsible for the growth and prosper- ity of that city. Plans are now under consideration water |whieh will make it possible for Wyo- ming to smelt this ore within the borders of the state. This will, of course, involve the construction of mills at some point yet to be chosen. —————_—_. Seedless Grapes for Certain Regions Seen Considerable work has been done by the director of the New York Bot- anical Garden, in co-operation with the state experiment station at Gen- eva, in connection witn the develop- ment of seedless grapes for the northern and eastern states. in the investment in gas utill- due largely to a number of ad- towns being supplied with na- Loder Previously operat- i | ut i iy steam rafiread track in Wyoming; The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad company leads with 693.37 miles and is . | Med us today, we would be completely ‘and these great storehouses of nature two great mineral producing states of thelr minerals on a large scale but in of this great state. type and purpose of men whc have WEALTH WHICH MINERALS ASSURE IS BARELY PITAL IS NECESSARY IF VALUES ARE INVESTED °UTSIDE cA Coal Would Last 10,000 Years of Present Rate of Depletien, Report BY W. H. KITTS. Qfining Engineer, Casper.) In archaeological research we find that the nation that mined and used the mineral products, were the people who took a lead anong their con- temporaries, for the simple reason that they could attain an advantage in civilization without their time and research has shown us that this fact is due entirely to mining Mevelopment during that age, and warrants the statement that mining jhas been the greatest factor tn elevat- lug mankicd to the stage of civiliza- tion he has attained today. Should our access to minerals be de- reverted to savagery within 100 years. ‘Where would we be without our rail- roads, telegraph and telephone lines, ‘automobiles, or method of transporta- ton except to walk or ride a horse? ‘What would we do without all that stands between us and the savagé whe still uses his bow and arrows tipped ‘with flint or bone? Without a scien- tiflcally developed use of mineral prod- ucts there can be no civilization, The people of Wyoming are not be- hind those of other states in clvilza: on, but they have not developed the mineral that have, for vast centurics lain exposed to the élements. This lack of development ts not due to lack of discovery, but has progressed won- erfully considering the immense handicap under which it has’ been held. Wyoming has wealth of miner. als second to none of her aister states have been sadly neglected and are an. nually wasting away. Lying between and adfotning the Montana on the north and Colorado to the seach is Wyoming with strata cor- rellat.ng through the three states, Montana and Colorado have developed Wyoming in years gone by, when laws were jax, unprincipled men organtzed mining companins, even though they did not own nor hold one square foot of Wyoming wealth. They sold stock or shares and became men of wealth at the expense of the confidence of friend, stranger, and: the succeeding generation in the mineral development Another factor to consider is the come to the state. A leading factor iv the stockman and well did he do when he camo here, but mining was nothing to him. Then came the off man, in- tent on drilling into Wyoming's great wealth, instead of digging in with a Pick and shovel. He has well served his purpose in providing us with oil 4nd gas, the cheapest of fuels for man- ufacturing and smelting. Today Wyomign comes into her own. Her mineral wealth ts so vast that her eftizens alone can never do: velop them. Today Wyoming has lawa second to none in the United States and you will be fully protected 000. In this institution classes in Because of being) manual training and domestic science thereby. . Early Mining Eistory. Gold, usually first in mention aniong’ metals, but not first in yalue, was dis- covered near South Pass, Wyo., in 1842, just seven before the years great California excitement, by a man from Georgia, whose name is lost to us. While endeavoring to return to industrial and household affairs of the world as well as for educational mat- ters, i Greybull is often referred to as a working mans town. ‘Chit is truo. There are manj opportunities for men who are in earnest and willing to work. It is a good place to live and comfortab! Ughted by a system of boulevard light- ing. There is plenty of natural gas and an abundant water supply from deep drilled wells the water of which is clear and absolutely pure. | ‘One of the longest gravity pipeline of! delivery systems in the world is here. It carries oil from a distance of 80 miles by gravity. ‘The people of the city are enter- prising and welcome-the stranger within the gates. Those who seck a permanent home, determined to bet’ ter their conditions, will not be dis couraged many of the stockmen hav- ing started thoroughb: strains. The great production of the farms adds materially to the wealth and prosper- ity of the community. ‘Work is now going on on a federal government irrigation project, which ‘when completed, will mean much fer “Lincoln Mining District’ Pass City, with W. H. Shoemaker as president and John A. James as secretary. This start toward development is one that safety, he was, more than likely, killed by Indians. He disappeared and the verdict in those times was “Iilled by Indians. ( ‘The next action toward development that is worthy of mention was a party of 40 men who went to the head of the Sweetwater river in 1955. aia not accomplish any development wot did their best ‘These men of note, but the fact that they is the factor in mind. Next .comes the organization of at South Wyo., on Nov. 11, 1865 will remain as a vital date in Wyoming and with it should be placed the year 1842, the discovery of gold just 80 years ago. Since then Wyoming steadily in- creased in minerals production to ap- proximately $20,000,000,00 in 1916. This Gate is here used because of heavy fluctuation in values between 1916-and 1921. THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE AND WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW Feeding Elk in Winter in Jackson Hole, Wyoming a Se oe During severe winters elk are driven by the snow to seek feed 2nd often congregate in herds on feeding lots of ranchers in the western part of the state. elusive of petroleum, nature! gas and mineral waters, which ate seperately written. Suffice to say at this time that Wyoming has a hundred oil struo- tures that nave never had an ofl drill set up upon them. Why? The task is to great for us alone. The mineral velop. Consider for a moment that there are vast supplies of practically every material, both metallic and non-metal- Uc, existing in the world, exposed and undeveloped awaiting only capital and Jetermination. Wyoming’s minerals, both metallic and non-metallic, Include petroleum, natural gas, mineral waters, coal, gold, iron, silver, uranium-radium, asbestos, lend, manganite, mica, feldspar, graphite, chromium, cobalt, tungstan. pletinum, osmium, iridium, tun, sperrylite, tellurium, molybdcnite, rine, silica, glass sands, gypsum, pot- ash salts calclum, aluminum, mag- nesia, bromine, tale, antimony, sul- phur, phosphate, alum, epsom salts, kaolin, fullers earth, and any other clay products, various types of build. ing stone, Ime, cement, mineral paints, garnets, sapphires, agates, chaleedony, jasper, amethysts, opals, rubles, and diamonds. Coal Resources Enormous. In 1865 Wyoming produced 900 tons of coal and in 1916 produced 7,900,000 tons with a total of 140,000,000 tons: between and including those years. Yet Wyoming has not even been pros- pected for coal, The United States Geological survey estimates. Wyoming being able to deliver 1,078,620,000,000 short tons,-or more than 560 billion carloads at 20 tons per car, the equiva- lent of @ continuous train reaching 16,000 times @round old mother carth at the equator. In 1920 Wyoming produced 10,360,- 000 short tons and, if this production should continue at this annual figure, it would take 10,392 years to mine and remove the available supply in this new Pennsylvania, Coal in commercial quantity is found in every county of the state in veins ranging from two feet to one yhundred feet in thickness. The large tins majority of the mines opened for pro- abhi ‘duction are restricted to close p: imity to raflroad shipping faclilities. ‘Wyoming has within her boundaries with commercial coal, ranges from the through the semi-bituminous on up to the equal of Pennsylvania’s best bi- tuminous grades and there are thou- sands of acres entirely undeveloped. nium-radium ore is shipped annually from Lusk, Wyo., and good yields of piatinum have been shipped from the Rambler mine in Albany county. : this state and some of them are wittin easy reach of rail facilities with good auto truck roads to the deposits. So: of the material will square eight by ten inches and even better, $1,500,000 annually and produces ap proximately amount. The balance ts imported and Wyoming has sufficient on the sur. face and outcroppings to meet tho na tional demand and export annually for the next hundred years. After that we may be compelled to sink shafts and work under ground to be able to continue the usual output. All of the Tica that bas come ‘+o the attention of the writer Is the true Muscovite, which is the highest grade known, | inexhaustible. jtically undeveloped and the supply warrants a scale of mining with a steam shovel. The quality is as high as 68 per cent pure graphite, sntirely free from silica, to the knowledge of the writer, quantity, quality and acceptability of materials essential “in construction. Besides yast forests of every type of timber in the Rockies, ited supplies of building stone, ranging from a tough sandstone on upward through the limestones beautiful dior- ites, siliclous slates, silicious serpen- are very few lime kilns in the state. 97,594 square miles, more than 40,000] We have vast deposits of portland square miles of which are underlaid)cemient and they are entirely unde- veloped today. Our clays will mold to the coal in this any type of brick or tile and bake to See eee eel auIEE edual:t0 ‘enng-irmacutactered te the world. posits of kaolfn, fullers earth. glass sand, mineral paints and mineral dyes, second to none, and having presen: of Wyoming’s tron deposits are new/|Close to raflroad end entirely ande- Mesaba ranges. Gold. Mines near South Pass City and At- lantic City have produced fortunes in mining is sulphur, and vast fields are gold. This district has barely been scratched, waters ara barely beginning to de-|range in the state carries commercial values in one or more of the common minerals. while every mountain Urantum-Radium and Platinum. Large shipments of high grade ura- they Mica. ‘There are vast deposits of mica in The United States markets demanc 30 per cent of tha red In Graphite. Our graphite supply is practically oty. A brief mention will be made of the @ have unlim- granites, and the equal of Ver- most beautiful marble. Our Ime is unsufpased and there gas. per’ Besides this are vast de-|'s!as: Of vast importance {s the tron which|T#ilroead grades cutting through the is mined in Goshen, Platte, Converse and Natrona counties. There are im- mense deposits in other -counties as well, but they have not had he ship- to their development. The usual grade is 70 per cent or better of homatite iron with large associated deposits of|can be recovered via the ‘These values are ex- nually more than 2,000,000 tox: Ihromium or manganese, late war this state shipped out an- During tho/route and lacks only the one essential that of perfume, and it becomes the Some equal of our imports from France. veins, thereby exposing them at tho surface. All of these materials are within easy access to railroad trans- portation and need the one essential, ping facilities at hand that would lead| ‘that of capital. Tale. Another of our boasts is talo..which ‘am shovel bean completed there will he 225.000 acres of reclaimed land froin which the city of Groybull may Craw for tts ‘wealth. WYOMING high rehool building at a cost of $125,- HAS AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF ‘NATURAL GAS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES AT REASONABLE RATES GAS CO. Adjacent Is an Inexhaustible Supply of Raw Materials Used in the Manufacturing of Cement, Glass, Lime, Gypsum, and All Clay Products. © Free Manufacturing Sites Conditionally You Will Like Our Town BASIN, WYO. plant near Shoshoni, Wyo., to refine aluminum sulphate (alum), of which sium sulphate (epsom salts), having many million tons of tt. Both these sulphates ure to be mined with steam shovels, crushed and liquidized at the mine, run through wocden pipes to he lower plant at the shipping point ind evaporated, reducing the liquid to surified salts of commercial grade. chey have every element at hand ulred, and will import nothing whi sme 6,700 acres of land that is cov- sources are precious stones, some of which are imbedded in the proper strata, while others hav found singly In local Sggrations. Those In strata deserving of mention rubles, sapphires; garnets, opal, jas- per, chalcedony, and amethyst. Those most prominent in the late aggraded deposits are ‘the diamond, the equal of the Arkansas product, | 2umeroce sapphires equal in ever white ssainera): 19. DAS | reapent'ts thoes, tine: the Yogo mines of Montana, and large quantities of agate, especially the moss agate vari. Gispute the supremacy tn production, both in quantity and quality. Both states are internationally known for their moss agates. Natrona county, with Cesyer, the largest city of Wyoming, as county seat, may, well boast of her mineral resources, During the late war she shipped large quantities of chromatic iron for war purposes. She has vast deposits of glass sand, in every repect the equal of our imports from Bel- glum, lying at Casper's very door. Under projects now pending an aerial tram will convey it into the city at a very nominal expense and the city has an immense surplus of natural of gas here is sufficient to accommo- ‘date a city of 150,000 persons, yet Cas- Gold has been found tn PAGE FIVE HLY SCRATCHED AECEDPTS STATE ARE REALIZED SECRETARY JUMP All Counties of Wyoming) Tf) GREAT cllM | Boast of Deposits on Large, Varied Scale | - '$350,000 Paid in During in Natrona county and there are many n Prospectors who are keeping up an Year and Net Profit nual assessment work until that day M4 whem the outside world realizes that | Contiues to Grow there is something here. In the moun- : tains near Casper has been found cop- wv per, asbestos, silver, mica, aluminum,| Gross receipts of the secretary of ) Manganese, chromium, magnesia, cal-| state's office. accoriing to figures sub- di cium, mineral paints, ime building ary Chaplin,amounted 3 stone of many types, beautiful moun- feast She a . tain streams abounding with speckled | | this de beauties that will even condescend to|>*ftment one of the foremost \of the grab a hook baited with @ piece of | State revenue producers. The expense colored cloth. of doing Dusinses amounts to about six Casper mountain and adjacent hills cept of receipts according to Mr. lying almost to the city limits of Cas mitted by Secre per, have not been really prospected, hicle licensing, described tn *™ yet they produce commercial asbestos, $a the snbece ar sae chromatic iron, copper, gold, and con- so handiee © tain many other minerals that can be business 2 brought to a commercial basis with/ s re little expense. s Asbestos. a |} Asbestos mines are situated in Na ec trona county on Casper mountain e | p P preress ers ESSE (nf the:n is on the north side of this N mountain a short distance west from Garéen creek. Another ts at the head ¢ coureae- ani of Garden creek and the other two thes o.ck pkaeee 7 are located on Smith creek, which soca St thee = drains the south side of Casper movn ng business, according 78 tain. The first two are within eight have been peotifie te. miles, while the two latter are within that lave had no Grae. O veloped. Bulph 20 miles of Casper. eam than to sell stock. te ~ the head of Garden anomalous according te Another steain shovel proposition in} |The eget ce) it a mill with a daily |those familiar with the situation thee © dean capacity of 75 tons end the upper prop-| © *tate should permit the organization ™ recent Sek. “manporversatea. pebtia Smith creek has a mill with a] thousands of business concerng °% byeryciehsy ay otek tos aed ode pe ae ‘of 100 tons, In 1916 the| Without ing @ stronger hand upon > and mine it. oatas of the asbestos used in the| their financial operations, but under ™ Alum and Epsom Salts. United States was $3,889,602, of which| isting laws tn the United States fnleni6 of et here is the Wyo-| $3,441,288 was imported. there a ttle, it i» claimed, that « Ez ming Chemical Products company, is an do in the way of regulation which ts completing the erection of a|,, 1% 1% conservatively estimated that)" Dine “ne” Jue Neas Of rei oss there is morw than twenty million tons of asbestos available in Natrona coun- ty and the ayerage price per ton will run approximately $18, or a valuation of $360,000,000 ready to go to market as the need requires. These figures are based on the report of C. A. Fish- er, consulting geologist and engineer for the Midwest Asbestos company. Our Future in Mining. As the old time prospectors, were wont to say “Gold is wherever you find it." There is ample gold un- claimed in Wyoming to entertain a great many miners for years to come. ‘They will find that a great deal of the gold hero is what miners call brittle gold. This is very difficult to save, or rather has been in the past. ‘There are new methods for handling this mate- rial now. There are vast copper deposits here that were taken many years ago and the annual development work has been faithfully done, but the owners have not the finances required to erect a smelter on the ground, nor to build +}a road to make the property access- +| ible. Among the coming industries of Wyoming are the manufacturing of chemicals of many types, chinaware, pottery, brick, tile, plate glass, port- land cement, mica cutting plants, smelting, steel works and others too mention. The subject is the space allowed it. Amateur Radio Flashes Cross Atlantic Ocean filed with the Wyoming secretary of state articles of 1,073 corporations, feos from which aggregated $59,404.55, Two fees from the Standat Oil com: Peny cf Indiana made up more than _4 one-third of this entire sum. ‘That company on one occasion increased its capital stock by $70,000,000, make ing necessary a filing fee of $14,005, and at another time by $40,000,000, re = quiring a feo of $8,005. These were - = have great deposits and magne- the only large fees received, tho other filings being for various corporations ™ small emounts. With two exceptions corporations doing business in the state have com- piled with the laws of Wyoming, and have accepted the constitution and paid the fees required by law. These two concerns are now involved in Htt- gation regarding the right by others to use their names in Wyoming. Tho last session of the legislature (elegated administration of the so- calle blue sky law to the secretary of state. Its business has not yet as sumed large proportions, although a considerable number of corporations are required to mako filings and re- celve permite under the law, Accord- ing to Secretary Chaplin, the law does not possess the teeth that a thor ough blue sky law should possess, merely requiring that heads of corp- orations making application shall bear an honest name among the people and that they shall not mirepresent their business to the people to whom they are selling stock. If they make a correct report on their assets and lin- bilities they are permitted to sell thelr stock. However, as Mr. Chaplin says, “bine sky laws are of iittle value in*protect+ ing the sucker who has not sufficient brains to take care of himself.” Other activities’ in the secretary of state's office have to do with the re- cording of notarial commissions, exec- utive proclamations, requisitions and various papers connected with the ex- ecutive office and penal institutions, all of which embrace a large amount of detail work each year. r that purpose, They have with the raw material. Precious Stones. i this great state of natural re- only been are In fact Wyoming and Montana Natrona County. In a recent ten-day experiment, by the American Radio Relay league, 26 amateur wireless stations in the United States succeeded in sendivg test messages across the Atlantic ocean. These messages were official. ly received by Paul Godley, the rep- resentative of the league in Glasgow, Scotland. A message was recetved at the league headquarters, from P. R. Coursey, editor of an English radio magazine, stating that some of the test mess‘.ges had been picked up by & number of British amateur receiv- many places! ing station: It is estimated that the supply Population is but 25,000. A plate factory is needed. The year 1922 will eclipses, which {i ber for any ye see but two s the minimum num. BUSINESS . 2 SOLICITEDS On the strength of the friendly, helpful and , personal interest that we feel for each of our customers, you will be benefited by a Banking connection with us. '-. We offer you every service known to mod- ern Banking. Your advantage, unquestioned safety of your funds and business affairs is our chief aim and the basis of our claim to your patronage. We Earnestly Solicit Your Commercial and Savings Accounts. The Stockmans National Bank —AND— The First Trust & Savings Bank COMBINED RESOURCES OVER TWO MILLION