Show WHO is the mining king of utah 11 this is the substance of an inquiry addre addressed ased to THE MINING REVIEW a few days ago colorado and montana have their Ali mining nino 11 kino kinos kings s and certainly utah is entitled to a dignitary 11 of this character and yet with the successful mining operators with which the state is thronged thron ged it would be difficult just now to name the gentleman who is entitled to this distinction years ago allen alien G campbell was regarded in this light later on john Q packard was looked upon as being beiner the richest mining magnate in the state and almost contemporary with mr packard was hon B R C chambers while A E holden before his return to ohio was a formidable rival of the parties already named to say nothing of the standing of john beek beck during the period alluded to lately Latel years ears however have been prolific of new crops of millionaire mine owners while not a resident captain J R delamar has entered the arena as a campeti tor for the distinction and he certainly has a strong pull for first position among the other new aspirants for the title so to speak may be counted hon john dern E H airis hon david keith hon thomas kearns gill S peyton and col S B milner with the data at present available it would be difficult to state positively who has the honor of heading the van as mining king but THE REVIEWS seeker after knowledge in this direction has a goodly list to choose from and should he succeed in satisfying himself in the matter an interesting public would gladly learn of his conclusion |