Show IS RICH IX MIV ERLS S AV Scar Tells of MInlnff Property in Utah The Chicago InterOcean of March 6 following regarding one contains the folowing and the mineral resources of mahs citizens sources of our stateS sourec state-S W Sears of Salt Lake City an ex Utah legislature is in member of the Chicago on business To a reporter Chicag InterOcea who called upon afternoon he said him yesterday alteroon There is not much known about our mining country We have not tried to boom it and people out here are completely com-pletely in the dark concerning It I am not a mining man myself but I have answering questions ever since I ben ansWerim questons eve have been in the city Our state is one of the foremost mineral min-eral producers in the Union Ten of our mines have paid out 28000000 in dividends divi-dends Among the ten are the Ontario Daly and BullionBeck These mines yield both gold and silver The latest excitement has been caus od by the introduction of the cyanide process which admits the working of the low grades of gold ore with profit We are now able to work fields which have been known for twentyfive years which have been unprofitable heretofore hereto-fore The old process required the expenditure ex-penditure of 8 to 9 a ton while the new can be used at the rate of 2 or S250 The ore that is being taken out now averages about 6 to the ton Prospectors have covered a territory of about thirty square miles which is blanketed with gold bearing dirt to a depth of from fifty to seventy feet I I resembles the Johannesburg 4 district more closely than any field in the United Uni-ted States There are now 2000 people In the Mer cur camp and there will be fully 10000 this summer The Mercur mine pays 525000 a month and the capacity can be quadrupled at any time There are also rich fields in the Blue and H nn mountains in the southeastern portion of the state Our mining property is held locally and J W Donnellan president of the mining exchange at Salt Lake City is kept busy answering queries from astern ast-ern capitalists The state is young in manufactures and we send out 25000000 every year In payment for merchandise I is proper that this commerce should be reciprocal As our mines develop the state will become more and more a I market for manufacturers |