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Show TUE JllDGrTS DIGEST. A Coloradan Detects What He Conceive! to be a Sequel to the Famous Camps. THE KEY TO THE BOHANZA The Bullion-Beck, the Ontario and Other! But an Intimation of What ii toFollowi If nature ever decreed that there) should be a sequel to Virginia city and Leadville." remarked the lion. J. E. Rockwell, as he divested himself of his diggin' clothes, "the old miner ought! to recognize it over at Tintic, where development de-velopment is steadily unlocking its richly laden vaults and placing it to the front as the most formidable rival these famous old camps have ever had. No man can inform himself as to the possibilities possi-bilities or upon the magnitude of its-present its-present resources without Perianal Inveattgatlon. And it requires time and study to do this. Of course a man could give months to its geological structure and yet be imperfect in bis knowledge; but there can be no mistake as to the ralue or volume of the ore deposits while the course of the mineral horrizon is even more definitely defined than any I have ever studied. There is but ono thing that can delay the inevitable boom the lack of confidence on the part of the original locator in the sincerity of capital. One cannot possibly get along without the other. Now in A Resent Crulie through the district my attention wai called to a number of abandoned pros pects, or, more correctly speaking, ta. the suspension of work upon them. This action was dictated by necessity. At superficial points the owner was able to handle the vein, but when ii was necessary to follow its dips to lower levels machinery was required and for this expense no provision bad, been made. The result was that so much silver, lead and gold were left flletplog Id Their Yaaltl. and of no value whatever to their own. ers. Who can say how many Bullion Becks, Centennial-Eurekas and On tarics are thus left slumbering in tho catacombs below. It took months to demonstrate that the great Iron-Silver mine at Leadville and the Comstock of Nevada were simply keys to a doen more equally plethorio in their riches. I conceive tiiat the same thing will de raonstrated here but it cannot be dona without capital and to secure that influence in-fluence the miner and locator must pur sue A Liberal Peltry. Now there is the Eagle, to which ref erence was recently made In your columns, col-umns, that has been undergoing development devel-opment for eighteen years, and yet it has just been shown what it is capable of doing. I am informed that an order has been awarded for a plant of ma chincry at a cost of $00,000. With these equipments there can be no doubt as to its ultimate productiveness and dividends. divi-dends. There is an abundance of ffrouna over there of the same kind on which capital is seeking to get a hold, and if it succeeds, tho hum of machinery will be as incessant throughout through-out Silver City, Mammoth and Eureka as in any mining camp in the country. And let me inform you that Salt Lako City's future is most Deeply Interested in the active development of these) miues, the prosperity of which means an early realization of all that fancy and the broker have painted. Denver would yet have been a mere dot at lha bate of the mountains had it not been for the earnest attention that was bestowed be-stowed on the mining industry, and when I select it as an ex-amplo ex-amplo of what may be accomplished through the metals, I mean to say that there is the same kind of elixir in equal if not greater abundance in these hills to nourish this young city. Take care of the mines and real estate values will take care of themselves. The bonanza bon-anza king will build the block and dwelling and Zion will become the parlor par-lor city of the world." Judge Kockwell is very enthusiasts and has secured options on a number ol claims at Tintio. |