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Show MIRES Of ra Miners Leaving for Nevada Greatly Impedes Work in Local Properties. MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHER STATE Surface Values and Higher Wages All Provide Much Moro Attraction. There Is ono complaint that has become I so general as to bo heard from noaiiy every camp In tho State of Utah, and that Is tho great scarcity of miners. Many operators of propertied havo sUited within the past month that It has beon practically impossible to accuro experienced experi-enced men, and moro properties than aro generally supposed aro either running short-handed from a numerical standpoint stand-point or operating under tho dllllculllcs that usually attend tho brcaklng-ln of raw material, Going- Into Nevada. Ono prominent operator stated Monday Mon-day that during tho last year he had an extra line forco or minora. Tnero was nothing lacking, but of lato tho moro experienced ex-perienced man have been leaving for Nevada. Ne-vada. Thero aro weveral reasons why tho practical minor wants to get Into that State In the llrst place, ho Is paid moro for his work. While his expenses may bo greater In comparison with what they wero In Park City. Bingham or Tlntlo. there Is tho Held of opportunity opened before him In Nevada that does not attain at-tain In any other State. Opportunities Not Offored Here. A mining proposition In Utah Is an uphill up-hill proposition except for the man with ample means either to work It or spring It upon the Investing world. In Nevada experience has been that location got for everything. Properties that are located lo-cated near ono that Is producing good results find ready purchasers although not a pick has been driven Into the sand. And should the locator dcslro to hold hla possessions. In many lnstancos, as at Manhattan and Falrvlow, tho great values val-ues closo to tho surfaco present strictly a poor man's proposition. Thcro undoubtedly is a scarcity of miners In the Utah mining camps, and that Novada is attracting thcao men Is a matter of established fact. In epeaklng recently nbout this lack of labor, the Park Record said: No Lack of Work. "As Is usual nt this tlmo of tho year, there aro many men leaving the Park for other parts, and a particularly largo number this spring on account of tho Nevada Ne-vada excitement. But It Is entirely unnecessary un-necessary for them to go on account of lack of work, for thcro Is omploymont for at IcaBt ISO men in this camp at the present time, while tho demand for laborers la-borers Is growing dally. Properties Need Miners. "At the Dalv-West tho management Is unable to work as thoy deslro In tho Qulncv ground, owing to lack of men. thcro "being employment thcro for 5 or 100 At tho King thcro Is work for almost as many more, whllo the Kearns-Kelth Is ready and Indeed anxious to put on 40 or 0 men. There Is no mining camp In tho country which Is more pleasant to llvo In and tho mines are as agreeable to work In as will bo found anywhere, the wages being a credit to any camp. Demand Will Be Greater. "While Nevada may be advertising for men, there Is absolutely no need for any ono to go away from homo to seek employment em-ployment at tho present time, and with a number of new properties opening up big, tho demand will bo greater in a month or two." |