Show MINING MATTERS I 1 TUB 01 F ton attle I 1 hive have been by very many of my friends and even by tome some that are arc not so RO graciously friendly to write my anil and opinions upon the mining prospects of this territory anil and to give my esti estimate of what is in in store 11 lor altah in the years to come made mada the mines of utah a study for nearly two years past pa stand abid seeing the feeling of despondency pon POu dency that is il falling upon the more impressible of the people I 1 will tile take thia his occasion canion oc to comply with their wishes alto allow w me to say ay in uke first place that th hero ere mai ig nothing at this time for tiny ny one to get gloomy about the age gc of ollio 1110 mining I 1 life of utah is ia much with the flattering pro tessal ready made aa to inspire hope and u a confidence and leave no room for doubt or despondency the mines of utah were not fairi fairly y known know until about the middle of the season of 1869 it was oaly a venture then few men looked after them or caved cared about them that fritton fritson cload d with hut but very little blida done or known about them except that tho I 1 had opened ot to bo be a very good mine at t a depth of sonic thing over I 1 00 feet the season of isa 1870 j 0 late i in all campi except ophir where a email number pitched their teats for the winter all the camps in the range with willi an embargo of scow until as a lato into as juno june 1870 during all this preceding intern interval ai of f winter winte rift lit W was 0 ophar r district t a alone one that ho hope pe of utah mines and even there but tic was accomplished during this time the keen bugi Dems enterprise of Walker Bros fora the future of utah ll ih raines lames and ci tended to them a tel hand in every direction tho the miners then in tho the camps campa wire acro mostly wrecks off of fur or tuut tune at staking ling their timo time and energy which ill waa 11 they the y hid had upon the turn of wheel tor for uck and success in the mounta iia of utah I 1 to 0 ez proceed ee e with their they baj riot and rid the example of waller Walker broa was waa followed by miny others in in this city nail ind elsewhere who put up ue the grab stakes I 1 ond anti implements to pio oa laines under this thi influence no less lem than twenty one districts were orani organized bcd daric the yer year 1870 and nil in ophir ulu baug ham anti anil gintic tintic the results wore were more than en cours ging then the he gracio graci gracieua oua us emma emm pour her hidden treasures into th a coller sot the fortunate ae owners most and tho the attention of iho world was wag directed to utah As ao abo season waved leavy wines very tory many bid bad boon been discovered aud and not dot a few so go far developed developed as to prove then thaw enidis of ff wealth wet z anay I 1 man y debert ib macii men were vier rewarded rew added for their pori leverance and io in duttry ly by obtaining ai that should kaiim ith wulf wolf from their doors forever and i a greater numb dumber el after teni ona and bard struggle with poverty secured their prue only to lo squander eq uander it on the maloun na loun the balilea or 11 brotsch broth ch bor ir with will the he fluh fah of jiin ins roppe rily cline caine the social ocil par tra to fid d upon the friece beci ne ci i athe country adventurers adventurer afif of 11 all II kinds were d down wn bither by tie the fame of t the be anines s and nil the season of 1871 opened wi th abbie of promise tile tow now mines to discovered could be sold gold while yet at only prospects prospect and the e rich lich chlo 3 ride and and ores of tome some districts furnished the mining camps sod od their people with money produced from their mints mines great was waa being addea to the wealth of the alil on cn tiro tire country from the treasures produced trout from midas mines the imperial emms and a few of her neighbors were sending down their heir ores to swell tho the hirram of treasure and everything went on dissipation pation net met in it with ith force and continues rew few sales rates were made at that time and they only at fi excepting the hie time we late of woodmans Wood mans mins of i a interest in the emma lor for tho the same interest having recently been sold bold lor for As tile the season of 1871 1811 advanced many film of mines were made ag gre gating farinato tho the bluch oath of this n went into the pockets oft of I 1 the minar whom the more student invested invest cd it or lert left the country lor for homes in tile staica while very many of that ca who lio cannot bear pilosin rity gave bittler bittle to lie tigor and sought A to relieve themselves of their burden same gomo funds by baitty ga nty nod fiat fast life small mines and adall interests grad nally merged into the hands of compa camps a vies ms were not thug scattered and patient industry and healthy enterprise taken the place or of the rush and rapid that thai preceded rw few salea are tody to dy being I 1 mode made the capital ista anti mining operators operator are looking on and nd wailin wailing to tec ace the of their investments in the meantime the work of developing the mines goes bravely on and the mining markets are plethoric with minea fur sale no not all mines the majority of them only prospects the mine owners in many having exhausted their stores and put their mines on the market before being fully developed the rush flush of sales and tho production of rich surface ores having in a gr great cat subsided cub sided of lif coarse courso money becomes scarce with this ibis the more improvident class of mien men nl they wait with distressing impatience for thi the sale gale of their 1 ets and get gloomy and loii all liobe weila the drones who live lito upon the honey pro deuced by the honest laboring bee scry out that the country is retrograding the facts are that capital is rapidly fliming into the country ti be bc invested in safe legitimate enterprises es that will pay nay tiring living dividends mines are arc being developed that will astonish ile world with their treasurer and sales are arc being made that will give hundreds and thousands thousand of men a competency for life ila us luck back and compare the past within at a period of two years and ree ECO how rapidly 1 I the mines of hito licen been brou brought bt to fruition and ask ir if any other mining country not including placer mining min inc ever came forward so 60 rapidly or had buch bright hopel and f r 11 3 irren irr rn progress of the mines two caara aa agot they lioy were were nothing even one yer year age they were but pr prospect 0 aspects ate t he kaima ealma to day the emma is is still pc erlen levi yet her satellites are assuming high magnitude to name a few of those these I 1 will begin with atle little cottonwood and refer to the ilac flag atair just reported sold for this will advance the mining interests of utah to a great degree then there are arc the south star and grizzly z ly each of it which are mines of immense wealth and bid fair to rival tho the Is imma adia itself 1 POl lowing these come the davenport savage montezuma Montc zama crown prince and a dozen or more other mines and aad half a dozen or so of tunnels on amma hill th that at aro are soon to astonish the world with tle treasures they ion contain tain then in ill dig big cottonwood ari are eucla sues mines na as sailor jack reed beckwith mullen eldorado scott and a host of others but chief among which is ill tho the richmond whose value now is unknown in little cottonwood again is i the wellington I 1 and a best hos of at other her rich mines in the south part of the 60 district whose who aa stars stara aro jat now dow ascending tho the horizon then in american rork fork district dietr i let are the miller live yankee silver glance champion pittsburg and aid dozens of other good mines immense mines minei whorl who wealth is now being delved for slid and whose real merits are still buried beneath tho the limits of their works aid tah white tina and enate e greek creek district i have all good wines mines whose value lean ican only vouch fur on bear say but from the best bast and most aced ni ncr who pronounce pronoun 0 ab bem 0 elt I 1 to any 0 K then loin in B Bing ing harn hain there is tho the im galena mine the mines of the utu ush co cc saturn kitura silver hill spanish grind grand cross par excellent end anil other mines anso value waiting capital aada enterprise to deuitA strato their worth and this capital will be forthcoming soon boon for tunny many of of these mines are arc now in ia stock and the new owners owner will open operations in antho the spring these ores are generally low grade at fans the surface eur face but grow richer As they go jo downs the immense inam bitici of ores in district can employ and nd purport thousands of people for all time stockton district L tomo same good mines that time will soon goon prove up ophir dia brict is is looming up to wo rue the llie zenith with vilh light increasing as time rol colliton liton her mines of the first magnitude are arc named legion tho the mon lion being mug diug on the hill of that name lias las placed ophir on a par with tb the e p fame of white pine itself the liou lion u is said to have proven a ilauro voin vein it way be no and it if not it is certainly 9 gush guk voia vein of 0 great str strength anth TUI tile Tige Ti gerou roo the same bill followell by the silver chief virginia Virgi nM sunny sile side monarch if a rab silver exchange and along list of 0 f other mines rich and valuable pa an adjoining lill h is ia thi the dental il cata chloride Chlo ridi illia ind aad many anany others to the north of af ophir city the silver shield abl velocipede the severe grant and a lod joo aist of others oll nira all good and valuable to the cast tile the dixie Iu 11 tulsi fo i chloride ch lorido gem feni 0 san ajo joaauin 11 a min nd kolberk vp 1 p the hit hill mile above the h shield S h beld is IB a IG of minin ewh an ell ini m vair fairview view pith Antl Antel cipp pi california i and a groat many others othro avar cr the summit is i tins treasure lilt hill ot on r inch is the falong hidden T arco r ea luro wine mine a v va a u leor altof wealth in itself sod and surrounding it in various locations are tho the chicago ah or july KoMBar Roaro arge gc swansea and very many annot innot others while tile tho foot fool hills or of ophir are filled with nith rich mines so farj here canvassed not half hair the district i of this territory and tee ce what a galaxy of gems gab it ii jakes hy by mentioning only a few of lit Lre altures dig played here and thereby only two years yeara opera rr a tion surely there is ii no play out to such acta or of pro prop crity it is ia not evey day ay that man can filkel milkel a strike or male a sa sale to and W we should not nol notice thera them who alio mourn holic holics S the lettire iq brig briglia lit with luck let the ing two 3 cars all a murli much a the pat two beirs have iino mail will outrank liny ally place of equal extent on top 0 of earth 94 B a rich mining con conniry conn fry I 1 SP tern |