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Show iHGLISH CAPITAL Big lirrfstmcni la Utah Miuin;; Properties Purchase of tlie Stew art Group or Mines. THE DEAL KADI SY ie. FCffLES. He is a Wall-Known Mining Expert-He Expert-He Speaks in Glowing Terms of Utah's liberal Resources. A well-known Colorado mining operator, opera-tor, Mr. D. D. Fowler, who has been in Salt Lake for several days, has just concluded con-cluded a very important mining, purchase pur-chase in this city, llo has bought what is known as the Stewnrt group of mines. ' ' Tim ruoPi-KTy. This group consists of the following: Stewart No. 1, the Apex, tho Mill City, the Golden, tho Crown, the Bobtail, the Constitution, the Olive, the Gold Ring, the Eulipse, the Pea body, the Edison, the Bulldozer, tho Phoenix, the Saratoga, tho Washington, the Hopeful, and the Casoo veins, lodoa and mining claims, Tho purchase of Mr. Fowler also includes the undivided half of each of the following follow-ing veins uud miniog claims: Highland Boy, American Girl, Scrub Oak, and Bonbam, all bearing silver and gold; and the following other property: the Stewnrt Stew-nrt mill site, the Stewart mill and machinery, mach-inery, and upplianoes thereof and therewith there-with used, and certain weter rights, water ditches, and rights of way. All this property is situated in the West mountain district, Salt Lake county, territory of Utah, and was purchased of the Bingham Mining company. Work on drifts and tunnels has boon done on these drains to the extent of 20,000 feet. Mr. Fowler, win will personally per-sonally superintend the work, will continue con-tinue the operation of theso mines with a large force of men. He proposes to start the mill within thirty days. Ho has already taken possession of the property. The capacity of the mining and milling is to be largely increased. utah's mining outlook. Mr. Fowler is a man of varied mining experience. He has been engaged continuously con-tinuously in the business for twenty-five twenty-five years in various mining regions-Idaho, regions-Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, Au-s Au-s ralia and Colorado. For the kst ten years be has been at Aspen, Colorado, where he has been quite successful. In regard to tho mining industry and resources of Utah, Mr. Fowler said: "Since I came to Utah, I have had, considering con-sidering tho short timo I have been here, a good chance to loou over the raining property in thia immediate vicinity. I was greatly surprised ' to find such valuable valu-able plants and leads of both silver and gold as I have examined here. My prospecting of course has been rather limited, but from the outcrops that I have seen I do not hesitate to Bay that there ore yet to be developed sow) wonderfully rich mines. "Besides the property which I have purchased, - I have examined ex-amined several" other properties near my locations, and have found them to ba gaining in wealth by great dopth, thus proving that the country is as yet undeveloped as to great mineral resources. re-sources. But I find that so far ns developed, de-veloped, the properties are all in good condition, and I should supposo are paying dividends, judging from what I can lea:n. ' POOBLV ADVERTISED. "I have learned one lamentable fact, and that is that this section of mining country of Utah has been tho poorest adverted of any thatl have ever kaown intheUni'od States. There are more good producing mines in this immediate locality than in any other region I over saw, and yet the outside world knows bnt very little, if anything, of them. "If the same amount of capital had been invested and the same amount of enterpr se had ben exhibited and the same interest had been taken in Utah mines as there have been in Colorado mines, there would have been an equal state of development here. But all this is yet to come. I consider this country as good as any part of Colorado that I have seen. BEHIND THE TIMES.- "I have never seen a place so far behind be-hind in mining. I can say the same thing in regard to the developments in this valley. I regnid Bait Lake- city as the future great city of the west. While Denver may be a great railroad center, Salt Lake has a great many more advantages advan-tages than Denver, and in less than ten years is bound to be a much lurger city. "Salt Lake is twenty -five years behind her rejiirces. This is due to the feet that the first 6ettler were Mormons and a very ignorant class of people. Hud the early settlers been of the same class of inteVigenca and energy of those who loca:.-"i in Denver, this city would today-have today-have been a much larger place than the capital of Colorado. "In the Salt Lake valley you can raise anything that grows in Califoinia. With her agricultural and minim' resources, this city of Salt. Lake has the g. tast future of any young city that I know of. But I want 1 3 impress upon the newspapers of this city the importance of paying more attention to the mining resources of Utah, and advertising them extensively to the ouUide world." Mr. Fowler le't for the oast labt evening even-ing on bus;ness connected with his recent re-cent purchase, which, it is said, was made for un English syndicate. Ibe amount paid for the Stewart group of mines is a secret. Mr. Fowler will return re-turn in about a mouth, and take personal per-sonal charge of the property. His headquarters head-quarters will be in Salt Lake City. Ho expressed himself as very much pissed with the cordial treatment which he received re-ceived from the business mon of Salt Lake. |