Show KNOW UTAH By By ALBERT F F. F PHILIPS I E Early Utah m mining hi ry has hus tho the th theme thenie and a n astory astory stor story which E. E D. D Bu Bud BueI l had furnished t to T. T II H. B. B S Senho Stenhouse se vh s ni history toty of tho R Rocky k Mount Mountain ln S Saints gave detailS detail w vas wis s r resurrected The dl coer of or precious metal caused ft- ft stampede to tho ho find In hi Can Canyon on and It was ne necessary t to o s send nd several veral troops of ot cavalry there to preserve preserve- order H re cever att after Hv two y years years' n trial J 1 ff wd ivas t found that th the mines minea could riot not b bt be profitably forked on oil n a. a account count of or the Immense cost ost the tho troops troop were ere ded The troops volunteers and they were b by In th the army Tho The ds- ds ov In Stockton however hoever were werl under a n. t ban an fora for a a. long JonG time S S S Tho The first discovery v- v sl silver bearing in l lead ad lis made by Colonel C Conn Connor 1 oi- oi In iii th V li tango range go in iri LitHo Cottonwood canyon on nt Lit Mo Mountain Gln l k lake J In 1864 64 but ut little was done In lri fI fh S vay iy 3 o d dev development t until the le district was wa organized rg rC lz d In lii Th Then th the tho first shipment was made bt t ores fr from ni the tho Emma mint ri and d mall shipments p of ot J oro or-oj f r made niad by ty W Woodlan Wood Wood- dc I man lan Co Wall Walker cr Br Brothers th rs and aid fid W Wo dh ri Brothers S t S SIn In and the tiie tig i Industry li came cameo inO to o the tho front wh when r sith shipments ts of ot fe proved d a i s c d- d cos es t particularly In the C Cottonwood district f arid and nd from fron such ml mines s as is h ho Emr Emma a Flagstaff N North S Sf tar ir i 1 others irregular SUlar weekly shipments pm i ts is of r fi from m 00 to tons pc per pe week ver ei made In ox ori one mouth month the 10 Walker brothers shipped tons S 4 While rich el de developments b being i presented r ed fn Little Cottonwood In tho ho E Emma Un In Hi particular iU t f horn liver lher wa was as s found hi In what Is now the Ophir district and ind nd the first location made was i given the mi name of the tho ores ores b being adapted to mill ti treat treat- t- t ment Forty tons tonu of r ore oro from this property the first workings of or that mine by W Walker lk r Brothers r netted 2 S S Details lIs of or the opening up of ot the Ophir district given telling of or the fl finding df g of or boulders rs r's with fortunes In them and tho the s stories from the district i Induced new capital Invest in them Building of or the Woodhull Brothers furnace south or of f Salt Lako Lake In 1570 was f followed llo-ed by the building of the tho ho Badger StAte Smelting works also south of ot Silt Salt L' L ake e City Tho The first bullion w was ls produced March l is 18 8 1871 At Warm Springs north of or Salt SnIt Lake Jennings Jennings Jen Jen- and Pascoe erected furnaces Then followed what i is designated as the b best beat t designed works of ot any bull built In tho the territory ry until a m much h later ator period Tn These se were wera those of or Colonel D. D B. B Bud Juel which cic erected at the tho m mouth th of ot Littile Cottonwood canyon th smelting plant of or Buel Bateman In m following folIot S 5 S SIn In East can canyon In 71 1870 Jones R. Raymond mond r ted furnaces to tr treat jt th the lead ores from th that t strict and a no now deal l was wa made mado there Then e c nie mo moth til th he f TIntic district a new on one and the tho construction O n nor or of f a there In sixteen months thero were constructed construct con con- sixteen furnaces S 'S S Buels Buel's stor story Mory says S Few Fc of or the sixteen furnaces continued In active operation and fewer te still sun woi-J woi worked rIth regularity n necessary t ss to success ucc ss A history lik this his must b be the result of or Ine inexperience and It Is buta but t ta a a. repetition of or th the thO course courie of t affairs In hi Nev Nevada Ne di where men nen accustomed to io tho amalgamation of ot gold un und under under- f- f took ook to treat silver silve or ores which require lr n. n i v very vezy iy different j fent nt process The Tho disc met Ij by tho si smelters were ero finally overcome and the tho progress ss of ot mining i g h his as b been n wonderful l. l lt A. A |