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Show OLD TITLES Ri-DIVTVUS. - Vi'Mivins MdUriH lUt-OTcry. IMltlV COI'V F- ASKX-... ASKX-... -i TLXCX 1 OUK.I' I (Mli 'liiK's Vc;irs Ajo. Salt Lakr, Sept. 2o, S7;!. h:-:i!-rj It. ml,!: In jdirMiing inv resrarehes for reliable re-liable data, on th subi.-et of "Did Thies," I have .ii-vov.-i A hook which forms a kt-v to thf -whT.le mvs-t'iy mvs-t'iy winch Ti.as her. tofore shroud'e-1 the early hist.ar of the ' Old . Titfos ;' in qiie-tiou; ;ual Le:Ue proci-aluiy tu diseus Uuir iQ'-rit. I wihii to refer to thnt Ix-K.k. It is a pamphlet, of -thirty-seven pages, rn tilled "The New-York New-York and Utah Prospecting ar.d Mining Company. . Capital 100,-0.U 100,-0.U suar-i-s, of the nominal par value val-ue of each. Oiliee No. 17, "Nas-, "Nas-, san street Foo:n "No. n, Nc-w 1 Voi-L- ' " Tim VROtax' -Tja-' ., ' Sums up the mining and other property prop-erty belonging to tins company situ- . attd in Nevada and Ubih, "at 10'J ."(-, covering a lineal extent of 27 o, 000 leet, or a little more than X'"'fU two mien; and if each he ,i)00 feet m width, as was claimed in Little Cottonwood, Cot-tonwood, would cover an area of more than M.000 acres of land. Besides "the company owned seven'' distinct tunnel lihkj, 2,-10 acres. of wood and arable land; and 'an "extensive Water power." ';:!'- . The writer . says ; ''The. wonderful results 'which had' followed the extensive ex-tensive and well-directed eflorts in hi Ivor mining in Xevada and Western Utah, and' ilte wel'.-gruundet-l belief that the great silver belt was not con-lined con-lined within the geographical limits of thai region, induced the org'-inza--; tion. in ISui, of 4he New --Vi.i;- tuuL . Utah l'rospeeting and Mining Company; Com-pany; the employment of competent ami cxperieneed prospectors and explorers; ex-plorers; and 'a, thorough reeonnois-anccof reeonnois-anccof thugreot mountain chain lead- , ing south from the "ashoo (?) range, it was confidently hoped, "would .result .re-sult in the discovery of silver mines Cqual. at ka.-l in richness, to those of .Nevada.;- 5i'' ,-r- o -!;;'--'. " In looking about-fur.1'; :.- io - .wi- 1 A SKIl.FLT, AND yClKN-TlFIc' l'U'.-OX 1 to conduct theso-rcsedrclies, the com-! com-! piuiy voere fortunate enough tb secure t) io services of Dr. O. H. Cougar, on, cxperiejieed- iucta.llui-giotf -as leader of. the expedition,-'; - v i ;!.-'" --."His -sciontitie, allaimneutd,-; fis -gfijloyiat. metallurgist and chemist, aflbrded a, rm-e eombinatioii of talent very desirable, de-sirable, in itliis work- of discovery. His extensive acquaintance with the miners and prospectors of the west enabled en-abled him, on his arrival at Salt Lake City, in July, lHoo, to gather around him a corps" of assistants; admirably I adajited for the enterprise. Tt '-took ! but a short1 time :o arrange" pfaiSs for I evploratioii, and, when all was ready, I a party was dispatched to Bingham 1 Canon i:unl:: 'i:ot'nvr : -i;t"ie? Litdo Citon.wood, region. The largest and be.-t appointeil expt-dition was sent into'' in-to'' South-western Utah, Dr. Cougar 'giving to that region, his special personal per-sonal attention. In' each ot these districts pumra-uiis . nnd -valuable dis--eoverits of silver,' copper, and other mine raTs, we rc "rn ad e ." Tlie titles" oU i all ' the propei,iir8uwertt'?tBA'ncc scientific tets were made by Dr. Con-gar, Con-gar, who v a & 73 5 "5 . . , V-I-ilTilD EVJEHY I.0UE, . il i ! M ; i j ' and noted the "comparative value of each." 'v'iThis vast aniouTilJ ot pK'pefty hav- j 'mg. heeu uc'-quirtlitb-U --Uie , organization seems to liavu been more than realized, anrialtitJiatJivmainetl .to be done, to crown the enterprise 'with complete success, was to find purchasers for the 100,000 shares at S-30 each, or the'-,iaiiotiu. To ensurn -Wa. i.lm property should be devel- ' oped; proveJi lo lie -viihiable nnfl iiay? a.dividcnd; .nil -of which this ompanyt 1ad done," n's wilfhe-" secri by-the Vol- ' lowing: " DEVEI-OrMENT OI-- Ol'K MIXES. The hxles in Little Cottonwood Canon, Mountain Lake District, and in Bingham Canon, W est Mountain District, have each been snlfieieritly -worked to lold;th.em imder thi liflji- ing laws of those districts." VALVE OF THEr"10Ti;TV. : "It would he impossible at present to ' plncc even an aproximate value on I a 'property of tJys ekscriptioh. p17' ; It is possible'that time will show that"' we possess several lodes equaling the great Comstoek Lode"' "vlfieh ln'is already al-ready yielded fully ..Vnt-ficc mil-liurjf mil-liurjf of dollars in si leer. Tlic present development of tjie Lif Lode shows better results and a more promising mine than the Comstoek did for the first year. Those who have examined both of the lodes do not' hesitate to rank tho LH with the Comstoek." This lode, together with the North Star and Kingston lodes, "alone," it ; was bcii-jvefl, I'uiighO toi.iaafee tho? stock of the company par." IUVIDENDS I'AlIt. . 'This company has paid, .-.in divi-. dends b,000 in cash; and -fO per cent, of tlic stock of the Alameda! Silvfr Mining Company, and now has in its treasury, to be divided, $ 00.000 of the par'v,ilmof.Lie stock . of the Crescent City Sliver" Mining ' Company.'' ' j There must also be facilities for I cheap and rapid transit, itc. This i idpn y.v -.to b at!'n-d, "Ti:r roni--pleCoii -of the tiiTaE" j'aeitieratlrfliKK. aeross the continent, will work an ; important revolution in the mining . interests of tlie Great Mountains. Cheap, lu Utr cau then - readily he .ob-sained, .ob-sained, and tlie eo?t of mining : upplics will be much economized.'' r k S ' "It reqifirfts no signeity-te pmliet i an uuexainplctl pmsperity and sue- I cess to those who have been fortunate uiiough U secure extensive mining I ' properties, withui auecssihic dit'inw.; i hi in Lii e -Paci tic rail roai lib i e .. ? . This is followc.i by a labund report to the President of the company by j Dr. O. H. Cougar. .-I .-mtr t:,,d' Mc- ' . ( tin, !.-, in which he p. views i I " ". THE WuUKlXC-- Xil XAfr;:fe. j In the form at inns of mir.csthea- gei ' ological and mineralogie.d el.ara-.-ter-f istics. and the '-,( dUtribution of all necessary . lttuiitie fop extracting ' , the precious meUiis from the eumpa,-i eumpa,-i ny's mines, and how the "'famous : mines of Chiii," ant I oi Pasco-Ci.ota, i and Huantaga, Peni.the iV'ti mines : and the Wonderful districrs of , tho t'at m'ti 'v, - in y M tt:co.' are-' 'generally of the same "d; e. sliicd diameters as those .obtained .in the t mines of Utah and X-:i-udi.'' In fact 1 the future nrofpecLf of Ll.c pioneers, ! operating fu the silver u;inc' of the "e;t. were encouraged by the hvpoih-i hvpoih-i esit tiiot tae t-i'.vir :ui:ies olV ji-.th .America a::dMexicu. n'.'A those of thu Witern Territories, were --t.xhi- j I und ru-riuiii-c.. In fact tlie report , i was well calculated to encourage pec ' ! uUtioii m ti:u sharc-s uf the Comoam', , which was the mauiiUt design o: the ' writer. - . By carelul tt-ts :t appeal-, thi-.t i " ' vroKn: :""!,' rsr.T- p; " oi'Fi ' v. t. v. uhi-iiiKd iV- : : i I:!-.1 oes of L;:;Ie C. :n..nwo.-U "hi -e oay." .... -,.r . !M;icc, i-rft- iSiai ti.-j "AW.tij Ca-!:."' Ca-!:."' "W. -t :i ,:::t.-::i." a:..i "A!u..r- : io Dr. C.n.r.f. :. '.ri'-.ly. : -.-,-rA:':pit:'vd.'; ' vah'l-'."vo'll .e'i',;..(h..i;'viii ar a:, i e.. ifiiul ' Thr fyh-wiir.- :? ... ii-i , .f ':. ' '.-n:i..L hy ::i- C' -In .':; y, -:to:Ud iii L-M'.-j C'vU.'iiv.'.adj .u.-.l 'vAil-Al V.LRjOii or a'e.ut the h'th of June. 1-S71 , by it- agents s.i!d to one J. W. Haskui, ! of ,'ai;.-jo. C.d.,".:'r th uhi ! one DOl.UMi: ' North St vr, Atlantic Cable, Vt j Mountain, Morning fc-tar. American Kagle. General Grant, Diiio, Brilliant i Star, Shenango. Mount Pleasant, (,'reat ; K-iern, Great We.-tern, Pine dmve, Mount Zion. Iron Mountain, and : GoluMi Euulu. j Ti.'se are the oU'-l "Old I Tiths" eoncerning which .so much t has U-ii e id, plead, written and : m'-.'v h and I shall come at once in my n.t to the manner in which they ' have in-en manipulated by the pur-j pur-j chaser. Vestvu-s. ' |