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Show INTER-MOUNTAI- 4 N MINING REVIEW. sible for relocators, in many cases, owing to the great depth of snow and inaccessibility of the claims, to take in the necessary supplies within sixty days from January 1st, the date upon which relocations must be made. This provision of the Raddatz bill is found in the statutes of Colorado, Montana and Idaho, and there seems to be no from the miners of those States. It would be impossible to frame a law that would not work hard- in some few individual instances, and while under the Raddatz bill some relocators might find it difficult to comply with the assessment provision, the instances would be extremely rare. The object of the bill, in this respect, is to prevent the location of an entire district by a few men who would simply set their stakes and leave the claims untouched for a couple of years. Chlorine from Our Salts. WRITTEN BY II. IlIRSCHING. State has such varieties of minerals as Utah. They are awaiting the transformation from the crude to the forms required by the arts and trade. It seems that the deg velopment of our gold and rocks has absorbed all our energy and activity. The great soda industry is entirely neglected. If we remember that in connection with it chlorine, which is very valuable for the successful extraction of gold from ores, can be produced, it is surprising that no one has paid attention to this matter. The new electrolytic processes now Introduced in England and Germany for treating brine waters should be an inducement for enterprising men. They should not permit the imports tion of the manufactured products to this section when it can be produced in this locality. The gold and silver miner should take an interest in the Many a good mine is doubtless lying manufacture of soda and chlorine from idle because the ore body is supposed ores of silver to be lost or petered out, whereas, our salts. The formations could be and little intelligent exploration work cheaply and successfully treated by the open up the vein. Accounts of am In fact, I chlorination process. new discoveries in old abandoned mines convinced that this process is the most are frequently seen, and there are many suitable for the majority of our others awaiting the efforts of the prac-ores. miner. To be able to follow the We have now electric power and in all its devious dips, spurs, faults nenatural gas, and, therefore, all the and angles, and to keep development cessary facilities to introduce cheap work far enough ahead of extraction to processes for the utilization of the constantly maintain an ore reserve re- salts of the Great Salt lake. This thorough practical knowledge we would set our men to work and good judgment on the part of the No other Western silver-bearin- low-gra- de related, he did not sleep a wink all night for fear there would be no mine was left for him. But the Eureka-Hi- ll left and he purchased it for $100,000, was glad to get it for that sum. After working the mine for a few years and taking out some very rich ore from the surface workings, Mr. Lawrence sold it to Captain Ward, of river boat fame, but Ward failed to make his Payments and the property reverted Lawrence. He, as well as others, lieve at that time that the best ore ba been worked out, and, as stated above thre is manr a sood mine lying reQuires but the touch of an exPrienced, practical miner to make of a PaynS property, I s-n- steam-complai- nt be-sh- ip An Unknown Bonanza I low-gra- de gold-beari- ng low-gra- de something from our stored-u- p treasure. The prevailing conditions would soon change and great activity would be the consequence. There is no better field for idle capital and no greater inducement than the building of soda factories and chlorination works just now in this section. All the chemical products manufactured at chemical works can now be produced by cheap and modern processes, and, in addition to it, chlorine can be profitably saved for the extraction of gold from ores. An interesting and instructive collection of samples of crude and manufactured salts was exhibited at the Worlds Fair in Chicago, but this exhibit has, unfortunately, disappeared, and I have, therefore, for the convenience of enterprising men, collected other samples, and I have them on exhibition at the mining academy. We must remember that the chlorination process has been lately improved, and is in many localities successfully introduced, where the cyanide process, for obvious reasons, cannot be used. As soon as we produce chlorine, many low-gragold properties now worthless would prove to be veritable bonanzas to the owners. It is a very important business question, and the Chamber of Commerce should take steps to advertise it, and idle local capital should be used for the development of this great natural resource. would produce de One of the objections raised to the Raddatz mining bill is that it requires the removal of 160 cubic feet of earth or rock within sixty days from the date of location. The principal ground of objection is that it would be impos superintendent, who is sometimes de- in this respect. Occasionally the vein is lost designedly, for the purpose of deceiving the owners and destroying value of the mine. An instance of this kind came under the observation of the "writer in Colorado several years ago. Two men had discovered and par- tially developed a very rich vein. They sold the property for a good sum and the purchaser employed them to super- intend further development work. In a very short time they announced that the vein had pinched out, and such appeared to be the case. In due course nt nt I time a third party, acting as their dummy, came forward and bought the mine from the discouraged owner for a Then the ore body, of course, was recovered and the mine de- veloped into a great bonanza. Apropos of lost veins, the owners of some of Utahs great producers have in the past been at the point of abandon- ing them. For instance, the late Capt. Jo.ab Lawrence thought he had worked a quarter out the famous Eureka-Hi- ll mere song. the EurekarHill producers today and is likely to outlive the present gen- eration. And this recalls an amusing story concerning Joab Lawrences de-- The present mining activity is the opportunity of the wildcat mining swindler, and the Eastern fakirs are now spreading their nets for victims. maJrity of the fake mines are caimed to be located at Cripple Creek, bu be atention of the Review has been calle to a suspicious advertise-woul- d men n ke New York Sun, that would indicate an invasion of the Utah field, sreat flourish the United States Gold Mining and Development com-lic- al Pany presents to investors the oppor-vei- n a iie time, by offering its tnnity soc a Per share, par value, and uner no circumstances will one share be sold under that figure. The capi-quirsock Is stated, but the pro-an- d moters announce that they ovrn 51 per cen f the capital stock of the Breck-ficieinridge Mining company, and that the mne Is located in Utah. They also, ciaim to own absolutely an adjoin-th- e ins property, known as the Horse Shoe, and state that New Jersey assayers have found values ranging from $143.31 to $651 per ton. A discreet silence is observed concerning the locality of the mines, size of the vein, amount of development work and other trifling details. The Breckinridge Mining company is not known to the Salt Lake Stock and Mining Exchange, nor to local invest- ors and few people ever heard of fc, Breckinridge or a Horse Shoe mine in Utah. We believe there is such a corn- Pany, however, with headquarters at es of of a century ago, yet is one of Tintics great d but in the local mining vrorld. He reached Salt Lake in the early seven- ties, and brought with him $100,000 in cash with which to buy a mine. A great mining boom was then sweeping over the country and the Townsend House, where Mr. Lawrenoe stopped, was the headquarters for mining men and investors. The night of his arrival he heard so much talk in the hotel office about this, that and the other mine being sold that, as he afterward Ogden, that has run a tunnel on a claim located somewhere in Box Elder or Cache county. The management is said to have maintained great secresy concerning its operations, no one "was ever permitted to enter the tunnel, ex- cept the miners, and it is not known that a pound of ore was ever extracted. A mining company that operates in secret and avoids publicity at home, the only place where an investigation of its claims is possible, and goes thous- ands of miles for the purpose of plac- ing its stock at $10 per share, is likely to be looked upon with distrust, and the Mining Review believes it to be its duty to expose every such scheme that comes to its notice. That was a rattling good speech that Judge Colbom made at the opening of the New York Mining Exchange, and he presented some facts concerning Utahs resources that should set East- ern Investors to Investigating. |