Show 11 l I i i J t j f i 7 i I I I I I i3 t General View of Grand Encnmpment I r FACTS ABOUT DISTRICT Number of Mining Towns Have Been Opened l RED METAL EVERYWHERE I I Ore in Carload Lots RunnIng 60 Per Cent Copper I I i I City ot Grand Encampment Has All tho modern Conveniences With I Exception of n Railroad I Grand Encampment fortyfour miles the nearest point to from S talcott the Union Pacific railroad Is on thc south lilde or the North Platte valley In the soot hills oC the Sierra Madra moun Divide range Its tolns or Continental altitude Is i326 feet I The town was Incorporated In 1J01 Hon W C Henry now State Senator I was the first Mayor elected and bas continued ever since The original locators or the townslto company were Capt O Conch Tom on und James Rankin The townsite was taken up In 1596 by Villis George I Enler60n and 1tr McCafferr and W C t Henr acted as agent Previous to lS96 I iL L there was nothing done but the city 1 now has n population or 1600 and 3000 2 i people trading In the place OTHER TOWNS LOCATED I i Since Grand Encampment was estab Ished several other towns have been located lo-cated on account of the development In the mining Industry The town oC Battle I Bat-tle Lake Js twelve miles west on the Continental DIvide very summit of the End Rambler fourteen miles west Rambler being the home ot the DonneRambler Copper mine from whch bas been S1l1ppcd In carload lots ore runnIng better than 60 per cent copper cop-per the most remarmble output except I ex-cept the Michigan copper mine in i America Rudefeha sixteen miles northwest or Grand Encampment Is the hr 11e or the I j FerrlsHaggart property which recently a re-cently sold for 1000000 to the North American Copper company Dillon one mile west ot Rudefeba ias incorporated lat fall Downlngton ten miles cast of Grand I ncampmcnt on Beaver creek Is the center or a large number or good I properties Riverside one mile north oC Grand L Eiicampment which had n postofficc be J tore Grand Encampment haM a popu atlon or GOO with a large hotel printing 1 plant several mercantile stores etc and 18 a thriving little city The growth or Pearl Cob thirty miles from Encampment Is largely due I 1 to the developments around Grand Encampment En-campment Pearl has at least fifteen p promising mining properlleJ also a newspaper FACTS ABOUT GRAND ENCAMPMENT ENCAMP-MENT GraIlI Encampment 11118 the longest aerial tram In the world sixteen miles II long Has the banner office or the Rocky I lounlnln Bell Telephone In Wyoming Has a smelter or Ci01 ton capacity and j concentrator At the 200lon concentrator the works are operated b3r electricity and waterpower L water-power the water beIng brought down four miles from a dam on the south 10rle or the Encampment river In LL tour toot wooden pipe and has 0 fall of 175 feet The town Is lighted by electricity 1rom this plant besides It furnishes n flne system ot hydraulic water works The streets oC Grand Encampment have an been nicely graded The city 11US a fine volunteer fire company with tour hose carts t SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES There Is a fine public school building and another to cost GO Is now build l I I 1ng Pror Joha L Jones Is superln tendent or schools assisted by Jennie Jones frs E C Allen and Minnie Vnlker Thc postoffic employs three people Ed S Drurg the postmaster who Is serving hIs second term is gIving gIv-ing universal satisfaction Fowler M E church or which Rev I Samuel Blair formerly ot SnIt Lake Is I pa8tor will eLect a new edifice this summer to cost 5000 The Peoples Presbyterian society meets in Herald hall Rev Charles Crots Is the pastor I The city has a fine city hall which Is I used for enterlnlnmen etc I rhc Copper State bank which will soon be housed In a large new three story brIck building will be known after movIng 05 the North American Trust company Its capital 1M 50000 HAS SPLENDID NEWSPAPER I The Herald Publishing company pub 3hhes n weekly Thc Grand Encampment Encamp-ment Herald 15 n newsy paper ot eight stages and la ably edited by Earl R Clemens The office employs some r seven peoplo and 15 one ot the bellt plants in the Slate ot Wyomtng and I has the only typesetting machine of the railroad town In Ute world The cIty hnH two fine hotels which accommodate about sixty guests each There are fourteen saloons two drugstores drug-stores tour general mercantllo stores four hardware six groceries and several other special stores The city hag eight attorneys six physicians three assayers and a large number oC real estate and mining brokers The city has n line lLtflI the 1lllls George Emerson band or fifteen pieces CHAMPION BALL TEAM A baseball team which has the Tepu tflllon oC never having been worsted by any other team In the section Is also a feature of the place There Js a fine tennis court and Samuel R Ned is among the enthusiasts en-thusiasts of the game The Encampment club Is n feature oC the city It hm n membership oC teentyOc representing the leading men oC the city who will build n fine club building this summer to cot 5000 All the secret orders are represented viz The Masons Odd Fellows Woodmen Wood-men oC the World Modern Woodmen Red Men and Maccabees The ladles have n literary society ot twentytwo members and a ladles riding club There Is I 1l dally nmll and express service from 1rfllcott whiie the city Is the stearting point for several stage lines to smaller towns In the different mining camps SOME OF THE LEADING CITIZENS B cCafCerr who has been In Grand Encampment during all the construction construc-tion oC the North American Copper companys improvements Is n native ot Canada a man of 62 yetrs who has been In the manufacturing and pro I moting business all his life and Is avery a-very conscnCLtIe man who does not know the word fall With him Is asso elated John S Gary president of the Mine and Smelter Supply company also al-so 1 president of the North American Copper company Charles IJ Knallp oC Chicago who assisted the promoters of the Smeller find Tram company Is also associated with 111 McCaftery He Is raisIng the necessary capital to put In 01 the Improvements and make Grand Encampment a great city Vllllg George Emerson who orlsl nated the Idea of making the Improve meats and building up the city and who Is first vicepresident or the North American Copper company Is also a standby of Mr McCaffery B C Rlblet of Spokane built the great tram The smelter construction was under Arthur Houle or Michigan and the electrical department was under un-der I C Dobbins of TellurIde Cob The tram was built In seven months from the lime Jt was started and the smelt In four months The latter started on June Sth The city has a 100 which rivals some of the clUes who boast of a large population popu-lation and on a railroad fulIdress Is always al-ways the order YELL EQUIPPED CAMPS I A large number of the mining camps nro equipped with steam machinery and are expecting lo build spurs to connect with the tram There Is no doUbt that the town will double In IOpulation In twelve months rost oC the buildings arc substantial and show artistic construction etc The MoonAnchor mine on Green mountain nlnc miles from Encampment Encamp-ment Is equipped with a steam hoist all compressor and drills and waterworks water-works The shaft ig down 10 feet and in J copper ore all the way down It was opened up sixteen months ago The corn pan wIll soon build a spur to connect with the tram Mr George Kuntznien Is fiscal agent or the company at Encampment En-campment GREAT SMELTER PLANTS One of the finest plants jn the district Is the smelter and concentllltor plant which cost i50Ooo It has had a plant or lQOton capacity daily running up till last fall when Jl was enlarged to GOO tons and was started on June 2Sth equipped with all most modern mllchln cry for reduction works known and while not the largest 1M one oC thc most complete plants In i the world It Js owned by the North AmerIcan Copper company which has a capital of 20 000000 The officers oC the company arc JohnS John-S Cary president Willis George Em eISon first vicepresident C P Collins Col-lins second vlceplcsldcnt C E Knapp secretary J H Fcnncssr treasurer B H Leonard assistant treasurer Edmund F RIchardson general counsel The directors are John S Cary C P Collins J R Leonard Leon-ard Wlllls George Emerson John J Carter Kenneth K UcLaren und Joseph Jo-seph Seep LITTLE GrANT MINE One of thc recent discoveries In the way ot new mines Is the Little Giant by F E Hunter located one mile from Battle Lake near the Doane Rambler mine The owners arc ifesrs Woodruff Wood-ruff Jones Kirkendahl and Hunter There Is an eightfoot veIn oC copper ore of a very high grade The company has been offered 60000 for the property prop-erty It has sunk a 1oofoot shaft The property consists or 200 acres und there Is n fine showing all over the property Fifteen men are working now und will soon be Increased to thirty this Prop lrty joins the Portland and Htcules mines which have steam plant2 The SllrutogaEncampmcnt stage line or which C If SCIlbncr is proprIetor pro-prIetor and manager runs a 8ixhor5c daily ttnrc wIth three relays It carrIeR car-rIeR the mail dally also passengers and Is one of the finest and fastest stage lines In the country makinG the distance or tortYCour miles hl SiX hours GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL The Good Shepherd hospital Dr E Perdue superintendent and manager = Is one oC the largest blocks In town and WRS completl last October Il contains fourteen rooms has two wards to accommodate ac-commodate five Iatients each seven Private rooms nn operating room kitchen rnlng room hath dud n superintendents su-perintendents office Mrs Lcttie Wells Is matron It la the only hospital in the Platte valley the nearest other hOB pitai being nl Cheyenne It Ig n great thing for the mining camps around and the cattlemen in the district It COlt I 5000 and Is CortCour miles from a railroad The photographs for the pictures ot Grand Encampment and surroundings were furnished br Smith BIOs ot Grand Encampment I straight QI n crow cnn fly to the smelter smel-ter at Grand Encampment on a grad ual downhill incline to nn elevation or 1200 feet The tramway embraces 3iO lowers and carries 64 miles of cable Sit buckets buck-ets each bucket holding about iOO pound of ore The average distance between tOWers Js somethinG like 200 feel and In the snow belt these towerg nre from 35 to 40 feet In height There 1M one long Jpan howcvEr the toweri being a little I over OOO feet apart This WOOCoot HIHl11 reaches from the top of the cliff at J3ridger ncak to n point near Cow creel and In some places the ore buckets buck-ets will be swinging In mid air 2GO feet above ground It Is worthy of special mention that while Mr Emerson secured thc contract con-tract for constructll1r this tramwny he has DCrformed but tl small part of the work Thu next thIng to do WM to I t1nd some one fnmlllul with niining affairs liS well as machinery and ILt the I same limo possessed oi sufficIent finan clat ablllt to understand such a herculean her-culean piece of work COST OF OPERATION NOMINAL Different machinery men from allover all-over the country were interviewed and finally 111 John S Gary president of the Mine and Smelter Supply company I of Denver was broached upon the subject sub-ject As aoon as he read over the con 4 t 4 t l i t q t I c W ic r b t e I t I i C n t I I i j JrfL 1 rr ± ij I 17 f I tI > fl4f fj1 JI1I i 1 4 i tj f W t f hrcJ1 i iJfft > t > j 21 r oii I 1 t ihrj 1 1i 1 i vt 1 zi1t j 11fIJ V > JT 04 twjl JIi iib 1ti f d2j J l f W n i t1tr ll I iojor r r f t I f J1of ft t1 r t f < J l J 4r r r < tJ T i1 7 clrrP 12UJ 9 0 t t F Jt4f ft i r 1 F tlrtf J i ftJ p f t J t 1 i i l i 1 f fg 1 fitlr i lrn 1 ffl 1r O i l 41 J 1f11 r ik 1 i IT Jwf 1 < tJ iWtJre t < < lw 1f 11t I W 11 1 > rf V c t t i IJ t t i ji4 A + t i t1 ftl rt r Ie f11 fh 1 ilf i 1 fftft rm rt v u i l IJo1l 4i t jrji1it 98 iill P 1ft IW 4 1 Smelter and Reduction Works of North American 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