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Show Tin. It would be well Lr persons to be on their guard now that mining enterprises en-terprises are "loekieg up," ao that they may noi be deceived by bogus claims and base metals. It ie n t many years since there was great eje- j citement about "lin" ores tin deposits de-posits at Ogden. Many of our citi-25ns citi-25ns purchased claims or interests in j deposits of tin, and the claims and ' deposits of tin turned out to be fictitious, ficti-tious, unless tbe claims were those oi sharpers from their innocent victims, and their tin deposits were the deposits de-posits of dollars for "shares in the Ogden 'tin mines.' " The methods for making dupes were simple enough; tin ore was found there, of that ibere can be no doubt, but bow it came there is another question. Gel Borne trustworthy assayer to examine the ore and cer tify that it contains tin; then exhibit tbe ore in as public a plaoe as nncnihio irith H, 1 r , ,.u uo bw)w g wiicuer. Then, begin to bleed the victims who are ever credulous where promises of making large fortunes are made by lbe investment of "only a Jew dollars." dol-lars." "I've got an an interest in the 'tin mines' of Ogden, only $50 !" said ,ine gentlemen, who is proverbial for thriftineas and general care in business enterprises. "Have you seen the tin mines?" inquired a more cautious investor. "No; but it has1 been examined in this city and declared de-clared to be tin." This did not satisfy the sceptical inquirer; he went, as any sensible man would do, to examine exam-ine the claim, before be would invest in it, and be brought down some of the oie to the city to examine it, when it turned out to be a form of specular iron in a green hornblendic lock of no worth whatever. A day or two afterwards the "captain" who had inaugurated the swindle was non est inventus, and from that day to this tbe "Utah tin mines" have been well, it ia impossible to say; perhaps when the new gold mines are examined exam-ined there may be traces of tin in |