Show I 1 MUCH AIT ich interest is being made manifest in minin mining t and industrial ci circles over the report coming coming r from los angeles L that hon W A dark clark the montana millionaire mine owner has purchased a one half interest in the los angeles terminal railroad and that it ls Is his intention to build to salt lake by the way of san bernardino what the connections will be is not stated but it is believed that it will utilize the road which leaves the santa fe at blake and that the utah pacific will give the balance of the way to salt lake such a line would open up a large scope of country that is ia rich in its fis mineral possibilities such a road would give an outlet direct to the coast for the iron and coal of iron county as well as an excellent market for a agricultural k products it will be a great day for salt lake when its destinies are bound to those of los angles by band iron and steel NOW is an opportune time to revive the subject of the erection of an independent smelter for utah it is true that the state really has or will soon have ample smelting smelling sm elting facilities but when this is stated the whole truth has not been told as all of the erstwhile independent smelting smelling sm elting plants devoted to custom work have gone into the combine so that now there is no competition the result being that the producer is at the mercy of the combine and with him it is only a question of take our price or take your ore away when settlement is made with the only ore buyer in the field consistency is a jewet jewel or should be with the smelter trust as well as with associations conducting other lines of business but it does not look consistent when the smelter trust tells a producer before shipment is made that his ore will be treated at 14 a ton it is not consistent to tell him after his ore is loaded on the cars that the charge will be 15 a ton and it is not consistent to tell him after the ore has arrived at the sampler sam plew that he is to be charged 16 a ton this is not consistent on the contrary it is robbery the taking of a mean advantage and this is one reason why the producers feel decidedly sore at the smelter trust there is ia enough idle money in salt lake to build an independent smelter and the enterprise would be a paying one capitalists however are afraid of the trust it is a scarecrow that puts to flight the very thought of entering into direct competition with this out growth it of combined capital and political power still the bark is evidently worse wo arse than the bite and men with capital and courage could successfully combat it and by so doing give to utah another industrial enterprise ter prise and at the same time promote home industry and keep at home the mint of money now going to neighboring states in the way of ores sent out for foreign treatment THE future certainly has great things in store for salt lake for utah old timers here who for years have enjoyed the blessings 11 of a perfect climate of mineral resources without peer with agricultural advantages which cannot be excelled with scenic attractions which are difficult to duplicate and with a location commercially which cannot be surpassed have become so used to all of these 1 gifts drifts rifts of nature that they have become callous and have lost their appreciation of what all this means to them and to future generations the stranger the newcomer new comer however view all of these advantages in a far different light and the wonder with them is that salt lake possessing such numerous and varied resources and opportunities is not a city of a hundred thousand souls instead of a population of sixty thousand As a matter of fact the future possibilities of salt lake are most alluring and pleasing to contemplate the growth of the city although steady and substantial has not been such as its s surroundings would justify the visitor from abroad realizes this the day after his arrival here the tourist and capitalist after a week spent in investigating into our mineral and agricultural resources after enjoying an outing in the can canyons and parks of our magnificent mountain ranges and after r taking a dip into great inland sea are free to confess that nowhere else have they found a section so blessed and favored and they also venture the assertion that at no distant day salt lake is destined to take rank as the greatest commercial and mining center of the west and that it will eventually be regarded as a second chicago this being the he case it behooves our people to make more of an effort to show to the world woi ld what we have to justify such a prediction to take a little more interest in the welfare and growth of zion and of our state the picnic mine at silver city has been leased to E H buchanan for a term of one year during this period he is to keep five men constantly at work and is to pay a royalty to the company of 25 per cent of the net proceeds from ore sales mr buchanan is is sanguine of success and believes that he can begin the payment of royalties inside of ninety ninety days work is soon to be resumed in the operation of the daly mine at park city such is the announcement given out by superintendent R C chambers under whose able management the mine has paid over in dividends in the past A special from price this state states that thirty teams are employed by major robt B stanton in hauling gasoline to the Hoski nini placers on the colorado with which to run the machinery and dred dredging iino plants lately installed in that section the majors company is expending large sums of money of soo on the river with the expectation taking out fortunes in the yellow metal of london is the venture syndicate deals dea clodin closing up one of the largest mining ever recorded in this country the properly involved in the transaction being the COP oa J r of bird mine near ophir colo the owner is walsh this thomas wals magnificent producer produce rg the to receive and 40 per cent ol of stock of the new company to be formed forme to operate the mine which is to be capitaz capita at 5 shares |