Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1900 — Rich Country Opened Up. [ARTICLE]

Rich Country Opened Up.

By the first of April the completion of a new extension of the Burlington Raiiroad system will »i>en up an entirely new section of country. A territory never l>efore accessible for lack of railroads, but which is wonderfully rich in mining, grazing and agricultural possibilities. It has already been completed from Alliance, on the Burlington’s line in Northwest Nebraska, thirty-seven miles south to Bridgeport, on the North Platte river. From there a line is rapidly being constructed, about 100 miles, along the north bank of the North Platte to Guernsey, Wyo., which will probably be the railroad and commercial center of what is known as the Hartville mining district. A period of commercial activity neter excelled in the history of the West, is about to be inaugurated in the Hartville mining region. The stock business further back from the river is carried on extensively, and thereis reason to believe that Guernsey will be a busy shipping point for live stock. This new field of industry is attracting the attention of all classes of people. .1. Francis, the general passenger agent of the Burlington Railroad at Omaha, Neb./ states that he is every day receiving inquiries about the new country from all sorts of people.