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Show MINES AND MINING. Winter in upon us, and the different catsons have received a heavy installment install-ment oi' the snouH which were expected t'j iutcrlV-rc for sou.c month with mining min-ing operation?. Some distrioNarc meas-tinhly meas-tinhly free fiom thia impediment, aud m oilier places preparation have been ?o that work can be continued without interruption. But, while several sev-eral leading mines will he worked, a ldi ,;e number of prospector and others intcrx-Med in mining matters will have io l'lny on their oars" fur iomc nunths Willi the aUenoe of r-port-rd mining discoveries comes a decrease de-crease in the operations and attempted at-tempted operations of ' Vidc-walk millionaire' who if thy do not own mining properly worth an empire's ransom, have a happy way of trying to roako other people behove that t!ify do. Thora aro a few of t how wealthy Kentlomen around; probably we ouyht to cay iherei arc ono or two f.l' them, and take a pick out of a much larger number; but their operations and objects are very similar. They have mines good ones whoever saw huch gentlemen with mines that were not lirst-clas? And they desire to sell t hoso mines. Where they havo property of this description and desire to sell, it is in accordance with human nature to present it in the boat pomible light; hut to present the property of other wen'.Jas being valueless whon it may bo valuable is not strictly in accordance accord-ance with just buniuoss operations. This, we funoy, lias been and is being iiono in mauy instances miu uu uuuu- j phisticaled Ht ranger, who has never j boon in a new mining locality, nor mingled min-gled with such operators, after hoaring ! tho opinions expressed on different sides concerning different men and tho property they havo for sale, might bo apt to think they wero a tolerably "hard set," who wouldn't do to trust to any great extent. There are mines in Utah boyond a j doubt, many of them; and valuable i mines at that. There aro cumbers of hona fide owners of such property, and ; men of capital who have invested in various ways in mining interests, j These represent tho solid, reliable men ; engaged in mining operations, or aid- j ing in developing the mineral resources i of tho country. Aud there arc, at tho samo time, irresponsible men whose ' statements aro not reliable, and ' wild-cat" mines which are not 1 nnd never will be worth anything. any-thing. Taking these tiro classes into j consideration, it seems there should ba ltttlo doubt as to which might be the more readily relied upon when the question of tlw Utah mines is under ! discussion. But reckless parliea, to ! gain present and personal pecuniary ' advantages, often do not care what in- jury they iulliefc upon a mining locality; j and to accomplish their purposes they j make finch plausible representations ! that capital is eometimod deceived, and j then becoming disgusted influences other eapital to keep away from a locality lo-cality which has been thus misrepresented. misrepre-sented. The Heuald has aimed, 1'roui the issue of tho first number, to furnish the most reliable mining as well as other news, and has had during tho busy soasonan efficient corps of correspondents; correspond-ents; yet in some cases doubtless exaggerations ex-aggerations of mining values may havo crept into the paper, notwithstanding the great care taken to avoid it. But it is the duty of every man interested in tho development of tho mineral resources re-sources of this Territory, to exert his whole influence and intelligence iu lavor of truthful, reliable statements being made and sustained, rolative to the value of mines and tho prospects for mining operations. And this is a duty of to-day, ao that when the winter win-ter has passed and operations aro resumed re-sumed on a uioro cstousiva scalo next season, correct information may bo possctEcd by those likely to bring eapital eapi-tal here for investment. This is a suggestion which should be noted not-ed upon now, for the causes which have operated to retard mining development lor the past three months caunot, in llu very nature of things, continue muny months longer; and correct iuiormatiuii should now be collated and supplied to those at a distance, who may prospectively think of placing' capita! in Vtih for permanent perma-nent investment. |