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Show BEsULT OF REDCCKD FRLlGHiS. Mesi-nt. & W. llowlftdd & Co. wl-verci.ifi wl-verci.ifi lor five tlioumuid tons of ilciiii ore. W jru-uuit! their j-tinjli iso of ore would nut be conliutd to llm tu;iu-tity tu;iu-tity .tIjiUi, it' it wi re Ml'-rud to tliem oo sale, but the simple fact uC their hi idverli-inp' mIiow.i what a reduction of freight on ore and buiiion over the i two brancliec!ut'tlio I'ucitie It. K. has pro duccd. Mining property ia now chunking lunula aluiu.it daily; iMpitul int iro willing to invest; purelia.ier-of purelia.ier-of oro wi.ili lo buy, for the ore can be profitably shipped off; and no smelters nerd keep bullion stacked up lor an indefinite in-definite periud, afraid to ship because they luvo no desire to lose money by the operation. The olliecra of the Central Pacific and Tnion Pacific way congratulate themselves on tho deui.iion arrived at by them during their lato meeting. And tho miners throughout the various vari-ous districts already begin to realize tho change. A ready market for ore, largo shipments, and proportionate returns, re-turns, am now in order. We havo no doubt that during tho month of July, tho shipments of oro and bullion over tho Utah Centra will be larger than in any previous month, not oven excepting ex-cepting last January when they were unusually heavy. Another result will be larger receipts of freight by rail. Apart from tho machinery which is now ordered and will shortly arrive, thoro will ho un in-crca.-cd demand for goods of every kind. And the activity now manifested manifest-ed in tho various mining districts will invito moro capital, will lead to the building of more furnaces, and the erection of mills whero they are required. re-quired. At least two twenty-stamp mills are spoken of, as expected to arrive ar-rive within a couple or three wenlcs; and preparations aro beiDg made to erect new furnaces in soveral localities. |