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Show THE "OI.U HK.M.i BLK"'lHTKICT. At last (he nttention nf capitalists from abroad appears- to be attracted to one of the. suburban mining districts of Salt Lake City. Fortunes have been extracted from Bingham, or West Mountain district. Except in rare instances in-stances such fortunes have resulted from hard, plodding labor on tho part of working prospectors, who, with limited lim-ited capital and uuder great difliuitlties, have opened lip mineral treasures for other men of less enterprise and larger bank accounts to draw upon. In Tuesday's Times a reported interview inter-view with Mr. Fowler, an agent of foreign for-eign capitalists, gives assurance of a large investment in the old Stewart No. 1 mines and mills in Bingham. Fifteen or eighteen years ago, (he consolidated con-solidated Stewart mining property was covered with prospectors' dumps, so that the sloping hill on its surface resembled re-sembled a prairio dog city. Mineral, lixed or float, varying in quality and quantity, was found all over the sur-, face. Soma men witli money became interested in the properly, and a consolidation con-solidation of adjoining claims was effected ef-fected and a good mill built. Lawsuits, witli accompanying ways that were dark and tricks that were vain, clouded the situation. At last all was quiet on tho Muddy, and Stewart No. 1 mill, under the folded wings of a close corporation, cor-poration, ran steadily with good results. For tho last two or three years tho noisy mill has ceased pounding out gold, and rumors of a negotiation for a salo at largo Ugh res, appear to have come to a head under tho engineering skill of Mr. Fowler, from whom the important im-portant information in Tub Times of Tuesday was obtained. Tho gold belt of Bingham district, ou which Stuart mills Nos. 1 and 2 are located, lo-cated, will yet be heard from with good results. It is barely scratched at present. pres-ent. Tho average gold ore from patented pat-ented claims lying farther up the mountain than the Stewart property and on Carr Fork, shows richer results by fire assay. Another An-other consolidation of six or seven gold-bearing gold-bearing claims, with clear titles and at reasonable prices adjoining tho Stewart mines, is within the reach of canilal and enterprise. The possibilities of this great gold ami silver bearing district,' when properly .dovoloped, will undoubtedly in the immediate im-mediate future astonish the men who have hitherto lot golden opportunities pass by unheeded. |