Show LEAD ORES VALUALEI I Producers of This Metal Bound to I I Win in Time The Minerai Age of Denver contains con-tains the following hot shot in relation re-lation to lead nines j For the last few years gold has been i the cry of the prospector miner and I investor in Colorado Gold was wanted I want-ed it has been searched for and it has i been found in such quantities that the I state has taken the first place in the production of the yellow metal a position I po-sition which continual discoveries promise to Insure to i perpetually But we believe there are just as I good opportunities in other directions for a fortune as in the discovery of a gold mine Lead is one of the great needs of the state and there appears to be no doubt that plenty of I exists in certain localities At present Colorado is obliged to import lead for the treatment treat-ment of its ores The few great lead camps in the state are not sufficient I Is a fact that Leadville the leading camp does not produce sufficient of i to smelt all its own ores That is if all the ore taken from Leadville mines were treated at home lead ores would necessarily have to be brought in The Denver and Pueblo smelters de pend on Idaho and British Columbia mines for their lead ores The ores from British Columbia are an specially special-ly desirably product for the smelters The large percentage of lead they contain con-tain assists materially in the profitable working of Colorado ores The British Columbia ore shipped here and to Pueblo in bond and the smelted product prod-uct is shipped from the smelter to its purchaser in the same manner But the smelter has had the advantage of its use in connection with other ores that could not be smelted without the lead leadThe price of lead is very low at present pres-ent but the demand for it is bound to force the price upward within a few years But it seems to pay largely at present prices and it is safe to say that a good lead property would prove a bonanza not surpassed by many of the gold mines A few years ago many prospectors made systematic search for lead properties but with the falling prices the search seems to have ceased The wise man however will not neg lett opportunities simply because a I temporary depression has weakened prices |