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Show 5 A "VORN-OUT" CAMP. Stockton S-ntlnel. Under the above caption tho Snlt 'r Lake MInlits nevlow of tho ICth Inst. has tlip following editorial and com. ments on a few of tho "Worn-out" mining camps of Utah, Including our ' local camp: "We doubt If anyone has' over s'-on a 'worn-out mining camp. . "t have often henrd of tho expression expres-sion t!;.it jiich and such a camp has ben 'sfin out,' and we havo known of casc3'vliero tho aseertlon eemed, n' th moment, to bo fully Justified, but fciibsequcnt develop ient and operation oper-ation have proven that tho statement was ntruo and unwarranted. " 'Once n mine always a rolno,' has long lnce been accepted as a truism In th mining camps of- the wefct, and th tume applies to a mining camp that hart bad its &caon of production and iirobiierlty , "W't"nve henrd of big producing , mlnen which havo been declared to I linro been worked out. and many of 1 thene, todry, ate rtlll jiroductlvo. Now I pnd Important strikes having been I mado in their workings In rcw nnd formerly unexplored ground, tho most I recnt of Tie dhoortriu having I been matte in the old Mammoth mlno, at Mammoth, Ttnh, nnd In tho Dam-ticrger-Ui l.minr mlno at Dol.nmnr. Nevada; these discoveries being of such a untur" to lead In tho belief that these old-llrao and famous bonan-7as bonan-7as will, In tlmo, inoro thnn duplicate their marvelous rctords of the past. "It Is ofcon that on old and practically practi-cally abandoned mlulug camp preeonts a bitter and more promising Hold for Investment and operation than do the nowly-dlFcoerrd districts thut are coming Into puch prolific c.lstenco almost al-most at every hand, and thecu old camps, rejuvenated nnd infused with new blood, air Riving strength to the assertion, so oficn made, that mining Is Icgltluint" mid prntltabho. "It Is but p few years ago that the old camp of Hinghaio', Utah, was looked upon n.i a 'dead one.' ' At ono llmo It was nlmoft abandoned. Hut look at It today. In the past It produced pro-duced Itu million In gold, sllvor nnd lend; rc-awakencd, it Is now producing Itu mlltfom) In the ,rcd metal, Is still prolific In Us output of the precious inctal'i, and Its mines and stocks nrc now more popular in Boston nnd In tho eastern market than nro tho mines nnd stocks of any of tho rcw mining camps throughout this Intermountaln region, and Illughr.m has now greater prom-loo prom-loo for tho future than at any other time In Its history, "Alta. tltnh. Ih another 'abandoned carip.' That b, It was prnctlcnlly descried de-scried and abandoned for a number of years becauiflt was 'worn out.' Now 11 is a hcav" producer of silver-lead and copper oft, and when tho numerous numer-ous enterprise tnerc nro well In hand, and further production shall havo followed fol-lowed the cxtonslvo exploitation to vlilch thh ancient camp Is now being cubjected, (hero is hardly a district In the west wjilch will bo turning out a greater tonnngo of good, pay oro: and the end is not yet, for another year or two will place tho 'worn out' camp of AUh In tho list ns a largo and regular payor of dividends. ' ricferrlng to another Utah camp that was a famous producer In 'ye old-cu old-cu days,' but which, for Bovernl years, wu3 virtually abnndoncd as 'worn out," wo might mention Stockton, which, under tho quickening Inllucnco of capital, cap-ital, modern methods In mlno development develop-ment and operation, Is rnpldly coming to tho front again with now and wonderful won-derful produccru whose foundations are built upon the remains of old and 'worn, out' mines, and theso mines. In tliylminonslty. In their valuo and uunilBjHl be moro to this old camp thnnlBBKo magnificent wealth-pro-duceBBB&youngcr days, and t Is safoBflflfls,' what "10 futurc lma In 6toriBBBH?tGcktoltoTAeyeedtf6il-. culaiBflflWid tho conception of tho raostBBVueed nnd optimistic mining min-ing nmmW "Anwrcan Fork canyon. Utah, Is another an-other iTistnnco of the resurrection of a once nctlvo nnd prolific enmp, and similar sim-ilar Instances aro to bo found In almost al-most every mining nute nnd territory In tho west, Nnture Is limitless, but man hns his environments, and guided by, his blinded Judgment, his prejudices preju-dices nnd lack of real knowledge, ho is prouo to condemn nnd dcclaro na valueless that which Is better far, not-wlthhtnndlng not-wlthhtnndlng barren walls and worked-out worked-out 'oro bodies, than new bonanzas found In now and virgin territory. "It Is well to talk about a 'worn-out' mining camp; that Is, sovcral hundred years from now. To do so In this day and age exposes ono to an accusation of Ignorance, for In the west no camp of this character la truly known to exist." |