Show I II I RAILROAD ADDS TO IMPORTANCE I OF WYOMING'S I GREAT COPPER DISTRICT I Tho The event of the th year of perhaps greatest n Importance n to the tho mla min mining ing Industry of ot Wyoming was the completing of ot the railroad to Encampment Encamp Encamp- I mont moat where tho the Penn Wyoming Copper company owner of ot the famous I Ferris Haggerty mine has hns In tn operation a smelter with a Q payroll of ot I IQ a Q month which turns out from 4 to pounds of at blister copper every evory 2 24 4 hours The Tho Haggerty Ferris mine alone hn has hns produced moro than of copper Upward of ot distinct copper discoveries have havo been made mado In tho encampment field nelLl it la lIS said and moro more than GS 65 properties are equipped with power plants planta The dl district Is IB rich In copper gold silver Sliver lead mica and abe asbestos One of at the tho few tew mines of ot the world with whose ores platinum is found I In commercial quantities Is in tho the Medicine Bow range tributary to En En- n. n II Coal of at good quality Is IB abundant In the tho region and strong stron Indications of oil abound i iThe The coal mines of ot Wyoming nr are making about their normal production production tion Uon and some somo now fields are being opened Several producing wells wolla have bavo been added RIMed to the Spring Valley Held field and it Is promised that that I field will show production that will warrant the tho building of at a n railway 1 There Thero has been renewed activity In some of or the gold cold placer pincer fields and ond altogether the mining Indu Industry tr of Wyoming Is making progress I |