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Show IT VII AM) ITS .MINKS. ' CltAMS. Salt 1ikc city i-s the great centre el . I tali and ii miuiu' Ut.-tncts, the cliiet city of the inoutitains and rapid:y be-1 coming the minlutr evutre of the world. ' Li has to-day a population of 2j,000 and a Iftating population ol at least ,,fWH. ItJixs already upwards of 2UO substantial bu-iness nou-es, a fair proportion pro-portion of which carry stock ul Irom ten to fifty thousand dollars; while the two loading houses are carryinL' tllcks of over one million d-Ml:ir each, and each is d'.ing a hu-duss of over two millions per year. There nwtorae feeders to Salt hike city, in the hac of small town", s-trlc:nent and mining districts, all of which draw their entire supplies therefrom. Mining Min-ing dNtiicts of great yaliu arc springing spring-ing up iu every tiircclion. "The celebrated Emma mine, known the world over, being one of the moi exteiiMve and richest mines on the niobe, will hip the coining year an average of 12i tons per day to the Kurojiean market, its ores will pay the owners upwards of from $2iM tn $;;o0 per ton. The Utah mining and Muclling company, com-pany, Ophir city, have mines at Ophir which are very extensive. '1 heir .-.nickers will turn out at lca.-t fifteen tons ol bae bullion per day the next year, besides be-sides the immense quantity oi' rich ores they have, all of which goes to the European market. This company claim they havo now over HfO,Outj ton.-of ton.-of good paying ore in sight, of at average value of $ 10 per ton. These are only two of many mines ul equal value and extent that could bi mentioned. There are very rich gold ' silver, leaO, iron and coal mines al - along the valleys south from Salt Lake lor a distance ot 6m miles. Lucre are ilso rich mines all along the valleys west and south a distance of o.H) miles, to the celebrated Ely district. In fact there arc mountains of rich minerals, north, south, cast and west; and it may almost be said that Utah is one vast mountain of rich minerals, gold, silver, lead, iron, tin, and coal without limit. jNow what is to follow this immensely im-mensely rich country? Our towns will become cities;ourcities will grow to those of great note and unknown wealth. Salt Lake city will, without doubt, inside of five years contain 100,000 inhabitants, and will be doing a business busi-ness of at least twenty-five millions per year. Imagine for a moment tho amount of machinery, quicksilver, powder, lumber, Hour, grain, groceries, grocer-ies, dry goods, clothing, furniture, glass, crockery, hardware and many-other many-other innumerable articles that it will take to supply this vast region. The increase of supplies for the next year will undoubtedly double that of last year, and will surely reach the neat little sum of live millions, exclusive of the hundreds of thousands of dollars in machinery that will couio to these mines. .Now, tho question arises, where are these supplies coming from? New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati Cincin-nati in the cast, and San Francisco and' Sacramento in the west, will all expect a fair proportion of this trade. The nearest point cast is at lea.-t 1,500 miles, tho nearest point west is S00 miles; the distance being in favor of the west. But this trade wiil go to cities most energetic, to the merchants that will sell good goods for small profits, pro-fits, and to those that seek the trade with a will, with the intention of giving giv-ing entire satisfaction. New York, Chicago, St. Louis aud Cincinnati, as for business, and so arc San Francisco and Sacramento; and we aro of the opinion that the Pacific Coast will be more energetic tho coming year and will offer greater inducements than ever before to our merchants, which it would be gratifying to sec. California has many advantages over tho cast, which if she makes proper use of, will : give her the bulk of this immense business; one great advantage being, that a majority of the new comers to this mining region arc old Califoruians, men who naturally prefer California goods and California people to deal with; another being that goods may be ordered by telegraph (at little expense) ex-pense) and they will be laid down in Salt Lake city inside of live days by freight and two days by express; another advantage is, that a merchant can go from here to Sau Francisco in-side4of in-side4of forty-eight hours, where he can make his own selections and uurchasc for himself. Thero aro some goods' that aro bouud to come from the east, but a large majority should come 1'rom the west. To oLTsct these western advantages, ad-vantages, the merchants from eastern cities arc coming into this market and offering good goods at a very smali margin. They want the trade; they see its extent; they look to the iuture more than at the present; and consequently conse-quently hold out every inducement to secure this business. They offer goods at a bare living profit, and in fact come here prepared to take the trade at all hazards. Their motto is "small profits and quick return of money." The business they must have, aud will sell low enough to make up tho difference in distance and in time. If California will sell goods for a fair profit, say duplicate eastern prices, with a small percentage added for the difference between coin and currency it would satisfy our merchants, and by this secure se-cure to itself a larger proportion of the immense trade of Utah, as well as that of Nevada, Colorado and 3Iontaoa;aud not only the present trade but the great increase which the development of rich miues will make them; and by working properly, the great advantages they now have will enable them to keep this trade in spite of the well-known well-known energy and enterprise of the eastern cities. Many are of the opinion that railroad rail-road rates are too high. In a measure this may be true, but let me say it is not all the fault of thi railroad company. com-pany. I am satisfied that if California merchants will seek the trade of this country, and manifest a willingness to divide profits and to sell for a fair per centage, the railroad company will willingly join hands with them and assist in this gigantic enterprise; and will most certainly make rates that will enable the Pacific coast to secure a large share of the business of this Territory, Ter-ritory, as well as- gthat of Montana, Idaho and Colorado; for it is as much to their interest as it is to the mcr chants of California; in fact more. ill San Francisco have her proportion propor-tion of this mountain trade? Or wiil it be left for Chicago (now a city it ashes) with her doubly renewed energy and enterprise? Question? Merchant. |