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Show WT.STKRN MIXING (SAZK'JTKKR. perty which was spoken of in a complimentary wav bv Yosi mite in his letter to which we refer, and lmve selected only a few in each district to show that his statements in regard thereto were not reliable, in whole or in part. It is .strange that Dr. Baymond, Professors Louis Janin, Clayton, Both well and Newberry, should all he mistaken in their conclusions in regard to the great mineral wealth of Utah, t. and vet such is the case if Yosemite is If Yosemite had included Frisco, Silver Beef ami Park districts, he would have had them all, and we are at a loss to understand whv he did not. We may have occasion to refer to this matter again, but it will not take so lengthy an article only the publication of letters from Yosemite to well known mining men in certain districts only this, and nothing THE TRUTH, TIIE WHOLE TRUTH. II cal it u 4ljnn!l ;Oj'iscl(ccr. John C. Young, who air his ideas in the Knyineerimj and Mutiny Journal in its issue PUIlUfUUin WEEK!. V. of the Stii, under the twin ilo jjamr of Yose DKVOTKT TO seems to have suddenlv tacked and GOLD AND SILVER MINING. mite, deals hot .shot at the Bingham, Stockton, Cotou Adykj:tibks will jileasi1 r'iniinli-- that four tonwood, American Fork and Tintic districts, month. Subscription, postage pri'paiil: United States nnd Can Utah. Now, it is a notorious fact that Mr. ada, f.'t.OO er annum, layahln in advance. Young is no more competent to write a mining Kkmittanoks should h! miulo hy Post Oflicc Order, ISauk r is to Draft or liogisti red Letter, payaihh to (Iazkttkkr Company article than a second-ratof Communications in regard to the mining uml milling run a show, though he might furnish ores solicited. Deseriiitions of new camps specially desired. the monkey to pass round the hat for the CONTRIBUTORS: Professor J. K. Clayton, Dr. V. Dredcmeyer, C.E. & M.E. former; and it would not surprise us if there was Professor J. 11. Morton. not just a little spite on the part of this penny-a-lin- e pencil sharp, when he says, in all earthe Ontario Silver Mining Company nestness, that the mines in the districts named makes This its dividend. sixty-thir- d pays are played-out- . IIow docs ho obtain this inthe payments to date on dividend account formation when ho is never out of this city 83,150,000. unless from Dick, Tom and Ilarrv, who, in passing, give him a hit of news, Quotations received hy mail show Utah stocks to be selling in the New York market as which he dishes up as fresh and reliable for follows: Horn Silver, $1212J; Stormont, 82.75 the Journal. For a year past he has been hid, $3 asked; Empire, 82.50; Leeds, 20c bid, 30c blowing about the general prospect of this Territory, as the files of that paper show, asked; Ontario, 833 bid, 834 asked. (which we have,) and thus suddenly to come to The Committee on Mines in the Arizona the conclusion that there is nothing good in Sodom looks a little suspicious. Perhaps Legislature have reported in favor of the remind you, only jurlntj a little oil on the peal of the bullion tax and the report will probtroubled waves would make more difference in ably be adopted. It is also believed that the bullion tax imposed by the State of Nevada I, is opinion than the large weekly bullion will be repealed. The Nevada bullion tax is shipments, which he has assiduously procured Journal. injuring the best interests of that State by re-- ,rHowl-vit- . enterprising to wmo down to Imsimvs, does he mining developments. or dots be not lie about the showing in the disDuring the debate in Congress on t lie Sth tricts which he pronounces as bilks." Stock-todistrict lias not looked so promising instant, Mr. Bedford, of Colorado, said : want to say to my Bepublican friends of the!hr yeais. '1 he hirst National has several Fast that the time has come when, if the single hundred tons ot line ore on the dump; the Lion No. 2, Ilonorine, Mervin ami Falcon are standard theory is to be the policy of the party, we in the West will revolt taking out ore, and the Leonora was recenllv In his opposition to the adoption of; sold to (Jon. Connor tor 825,000, and the Qualiagainst it. ties unfair measure of gold-buorigin, Mr. Mary is considered second only to the Croat Belford voices the sentiment of the entire pop-- Basin in point of showing, The bullion shipments from the Crismon-- ulation of the Pacific Coast. r Mammoth, and the fine showing in theCrmsus, Tiie Frisco Tunes reports the total product of Tintic district, arc overlooked by Yo-- of the Horn Silver mine, for the past year, at Semite. re. Jn Cottonwood the following mines are $580,185.40. There must hi - some mistake, Wells, Fargo & Co.s annual bullion re-- j ing out ore: Eclipse, Prince of Wales, Deed port, furnished for publication on .the 1st in- - jit Benson. Oregon, Puttc, Vallejo and Toledo, stant, shows that during the past year the Horn Those extracting ore in American Fork arc Silver made shipments as follows: Pittsburg, Wild Dutchman, Miller, Milk Maid, 332 at tons 4, toil ... S'iKVJM 00 $30 lead, Al.nil , Ulplldli, MUHl, ii.umuii, and Lie 0SJ,274 oumeb silver, at Sl.ltl pvr nz 4i) issm-sur- e r e cor-rec- organ-grinde- first-clas- s To-da- to V y more. A so-eall- cd LEGITIMATE vs. WILD-OACOMPANIES. j n j an g 1 mi i - so-cal- tak-he- : ; j unrr-fini'.-l 530 ounces gold, ut S20 per oz j.r-- r fijivjii ll,u.Hi u.l ; i Total 1 ; is75,Si.)I 40 Even tliis amount is little enough for a mine like the Horn Silver to produce. We pect to see it doubled at least during the rent year : ; i mines. out, and Bingham district is also plaved . for tl,is 'vllH llaVl! a,v wirr-- "s n)1 examined tins remarkable mineral belt have l,lonflllllcc(I it the Comstock of Utah, and to see an old friend thus ruthlessly slaughtered Wl v ,'n-il,- a'r' by an ignoramus, is particularly painful The The Barbee & Walker is one of the most, Old Jordan mine lias, according to Professors promising mines ol Southern Utah. It has! Clayton and Newberry, over 83,000,000 in paid six consecutive dividends ot 10 cents a '.wight, nnd still explorations arc advanced. The : i Commercial, comparatively a prospect, has more gold ore in sight than was ever seen in the celebrated Indie mine of California, for the amount of development. The Stewarts, Nos 1 and 2, have been making regular and large shipments of ore f r years. The Yosemite is also making weekly shipments, besides a dozen others which ship from 10 to 25 tons each, weeklv. The Lead mine has the largest bodvt ot lead ore in sight of any mine in Utah, excepting the Horn Silver and still Bingham is 1 It occurs to us that our New York cotempo-raiy is just a little hit enthusiastic over the prospects of the Barbee it Walker. That the 1 Ncarlv every dav in the week letters are received at the Gazetteer office from Eastern parties who are anxious to obtain information in regard to the standing of certain mining companies incorporated under the laws of Utah, and not infrequently are we akcd for advice as to investment in the stock which , such companies have thrown upon the having personal acquaintance with the gentlemen who compose the directories, and having some knowledge of the properties upon the basis of which the companies are organized, it is an easy matter, as well as a pleasure, to supply this information, and occasionally tender an opinion as to the ml visibility of purchasing stock at quoted figures. But in other cast's, wheie little is known of the men whoe names are placed at the head of incorporations, and less still is known of the present or prospective value of the properties which tliev claim to own, the onlv advice that can be given is to let the stock severely alone. There are mining companies and mining companies. The legitimate company is not only organized for the purpose, but goes vigorously to work at the business, of mining for the precious metals, to that end applying all such moneys as may be realized from sales of its stock. The result is that in due lime if developments prove that the company has not been unfortunate in the purchase of the claims it is working the stock begins to appreciate in value and the investor realizes in But with the bogus concern, the proportion. so called mining company how is it? Organized ostenil)ly for the same purpose as tin legitimate company, but in reality for the sole purpo.-- o of lloating worthless stock on the market and thus defrauding the public, it is something to bo fully exposed by the press, and public, near and far. warned to touch its stock at their peril. Whenever it. is possible to get at. the true inwardness of anv Mich wild eat, schemes, the manipulators thereof can rest assured that the Gazetteer will give them the full benefit of an exposure, and publicly brand them a the frauds that thov are. Asa legitimate indiKry, mining has enough drawbacks to contend with without being handicapped by I hi odium which unjustly attaches to it from the nefarious operations of speculating bilks who, it may lie, do not, own a foot of mineral ground, and if tliev do, never intend to ex pend in work upon it any pari of tin moneys market-Sometimes- 1 Be-public- j j led tin-investin- -- mine is a goon one, we have every reason to believe; but that dividends will ho doubled upon completion of the extension to the mill, is something we cannot figure out so clearly. If the Barbee it Walker can only keep lip its played out It will be observed that, in the above list of present rate of dividends 810, (Hit) per month think it will he doing well enough. mines, we have left out the names of every pro realized from sales of their stock. ! MINING T |