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Show 1.AKOK TOG KT It Kit, In preparing for the mining activity that is awaiting us it behooves all Utah to join hands and speed the (lay. Salt Lake City by reason of her dominant position is expected to lead the van, but there should be uo potty jealousies and bickerings on the part of other towns to hamper the elTort. The capital capi-tal has no other feeling than tbat of sincere fellowship for a'l her sisters, sis-ters, since the improvements made in any part of the territory must redound re-dound to her benefit, directly or indirectly, indi-rectly, and it is therefore that every enterprise, no matter where proposed, receives due support or encouragement here. In pursuance of this policy we hail with pleasure the project of a Tint io railroad, whether in conjunction with the Deep Creek railroad or independ ent of it. The main thing is to build the railroad, and nil others which might aid in the work. We agree with the Provo Dispatch that "after the completion of the railrod, people may look fur the erection of smellers, for they will come, just as sure as the night follows the day. Men owninga-railroad in connection with the richest mines on the continent, conti-nent, are not going to pay exorbitant rates on ore shipments, when by a little lit-tle inducement they could prevail on eastern capalists to como here and do the work. This city is the great center of the (luxes used in the reduction of ores. We have vast coal beds, mountains moun-tains of iron, and hundreds of ore producing pro-ducing mines in Utah that would all contribute to the business of the smelters. smelt-ers. Vehae no hesitancy in saying that in the event of a failure to induce eastern capital to erect smelters, that the rich mine owners of Ulan will incorporate in-corporate and do so themselves, because it will be to their interest." 5JS It may be note 1 that steps have already al-ready been taken looking toward the erection of large smelters in Salt Lake and the scheme will be urged on with irresislablo force when the increased output, of ore renders the establishment inevitable. We have the mines here, and the railroads rail-roads and smelters and other works and industries will como in ns a necessary neces-sary conscijuence, the momeut we develop de-velop the form ir in a systematic way. Tbat has been lacking thus far due to various causes which wo care not at present to discuss. Hut a new era is dawning upon us; an era of unprecedented prosperity, limited only by the limitation of human industry. The time is auspicious to luing Utah forward to her rightful place as the foremost mining state in the Union, and that is an object for which we all can well afford to labor together. Let us do it. |