Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-08-31 | Page 28 | Other States Are Full of Prospectors

OTHER SITES ARE FULL DF PROSPECTORS Same Conditions Should Exist Ex-ist in Utah as in Other Commonwealths. An engineer who has included within with-in his numerous duties tho responsibilities responsibili-ties of finding and sifting mimnjr propositions prop-ositions for tho. eastern capitalists m control of his organization, mado tho siatoment on Saturday that out of the innumcrablo applications for financial help on the part of tho prospect owner tho vast majority como from Arizona, Nevada and Idaho. Only a very few como from hero in Utah. Investigation demonstrated that other engineers have been having tho eamo experience, and it proves boj'ond question that tho difficulty dif-ficulty lies wholly in tho little or no prospecting now being done within the hills of Utah. The engineer in question is at a loss to account for tho deterioration of this highly important branch of Utah mining min-ing when other Btatos which must of necessity bo governed by the same laws and rulings at Washington as Utah are enjoying the most prosperous and successful suc-cessful prospecting eras in their history. his-tory. Thero is only ono explanation, and that is merely the disinclination of the Utah man of means to put a small portion of his surplus income into tho development of the natural resources re-sources of the state. If other states can overcome the 'new restrictions placed upon the prospector, Utah should have equal facility of so doing, while the abundance of opportunity within Utah and her unequaled railroad and smelting faccilities, and her generous gen-erous distribution of wood, water and game, all should make his state far more attractive than any of tho other western states now enjoying wido prospecting. pros-pecting. The argument has "been made that capitalists prefer to follow the excitement, excite-ment, and Arizona, Nevada, Idaho and Alaska during the pa,st two or three years have afforded abundant' attractions attrac-tions for the investor. The only answer to this is that if Utah men with tho means and the ability would do a little lit-tle better work on their own part, and where the chances are more than favorable fa-vorable for generous rewards, they would stir up plenty of excitement and desire on the part of the outsider for Utah mining properties. Utah appears to lack the nervy operators oper-ators who have produced a Park City and Bingham.