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je making of the mine. All three are essential, and the
-qdependent upon the other. ‘The promoter cannot well
arthat he is the whole thing, for he makes mistakes.
fhe prospector cannot acclaim his infallibility and the
ralinical man cannot arrogate everything in connection
sith the success of the industry to himself, for he makes
nakes. It required the expert services of a Nebraska
aapenter and a Kansas farmer to prove that Cripple
Creek was a rich mineral-bearing territory after the geolodits had placed it on the map as grazing land.
“he lines of the American Mining Congress should
le long enough and strong enough to drive these three
dements tandem. It should be established upon a basis
that will make it a representative of the entire industry
and above and beyond the petty quarrels and jealousies of
alleged conflicting elements. Tts success will bring a Te
newed interest in Colorado as the central, or pivotal point
of the most profitable industry in the world. ‘The failure
of the congress to establish itself along these broad but
substantial lines would work irreparable injury to the
cause of attracting capital to develop the undeveloped resources of the greatest mineral-producing territory in
the world.
“Coming down to the essential featur
what disjointed talk. Last October I traveled extensively
in the Territory of Arizona in quest of a good coppe
Proposition. One day in going across the desert, where
It is so level that a jack rabbit is visible for twenty-five
miles, I saw an old building out oF the barren.and storm
tossed sands—forty miles from water and probably. <2
many more miles from mineral. As we approached a
; ot could see that it was an old coppst amelter, 5 a0
Jent as 4 mausoknow how long it had stood there a5 S ae
lem. One thing about it, howeve!, attractec ae
tion, Over the door, in letters fully one foot in heights Th
e of this some-