| Show tilI WS METAtS OF UTJUf 11 I i Growth and Present Importance of the Mining Indeio orf I tryTho First Mine and Mining i Interesting Facts NTRODJCTORY I J I > Ht 01 ODE on which i F ° 9e Until exhibits in Jv 1 every future and every Ill J jlaic tin munificence II ir klndl j and fatherly of Vhe CreW r I con > ldlrUOn W > r ntor Some portions are If URed th In others some ire In ill I Is IIlu I I 011 rs arc inviting itli reduce lg 01 the tlung ht1 proJuce S1 r1D aod ui tut T life I most nhun i will3111 Ayanduith < 3 I III 01 notol I while arc d in all to cultlx itc and 01tinfare i highly produ me even Wheat Whe-at t Ii Itt labor and pJms hive been be 97 J upon Ihm but I each and V0 c pirt I has its ue none thc ry me be use un knoll n or R potIle allit nnuirstu us the very coal I ctyvshili a mil Ins anything bears witness to the hmdi < oIOiniolinie It was I once 04 by an onntnt man in recent TOT too of MilL that if the conli to sink into wt t ncre all it once de ths of the earth and the Van < oouhl alone hold may over the world II 1011 it occupIes lit Boi Odd be not one hit the IoirIt Simply represented dark I and dreariness in all of Str phases how greatly wide gt ihe nark the stitcmcnt waS we ut lost bepiiiing to have some ichl knowledge of vutlnn less than generations s fpan of the time eJhe rtcn the nords wire used So fir iron il being of no use to mankind Sti bmg of the dark conti i etall I of it that has become the p permanent habitation 1 of the civilized necss shown to be a region il ten such measures of wealth as W i never known to exist in where die are still stored notwilhslanding le many colossal fortunes that to teea liken out With so 5 i jh in so short a time as the re all I the selvage of the geograph d fibre here shall we place the Iii h a upon our imagination regard let i Ie great body of it Is it not 10xd subject so vast so nearly I ipfreach rg the illimitable that the is it mind seeking lo graj i it is as 1etually Infled as though cnde iv Otjlg to comprehend the endless g U3 art pit itec p-it t A thIS goes to show that the ejr in annul is I not at all times ifi 11 qu < fed I to bit m judgment lip0l sum con iiimnitions as have ueo ultugfii b I y a III > dom md a I iw and lor a pulp e superior to b h on It also illu itrates to us h m ft se n thing It t Wd s to so irrange < jl giial forniatnis that extract III the precious elds or precious 151 liirdro is I matter mvolv 1 9jor Lalt pelsevertriecand I ex Pc L Jo thai j 1u bodies ire stl I we unil COIILUUU ly or within I hOt times ol eaili utn r But for thil so lackIng in judgment and illillculaung is to th causi and air dfLl I 01 values III m i ikn d gold and Ver aid dllIlIonu and products jjthc aims aria lissuris of the i n1 oulj sta lose their regal Alltleil I by bcuming I common So 0 ill i all usindout 3r out a lit 0 ere and a Inch there soiniunns mi sometll irsh but never any olderabe k in l ritual of the rtc so long ii 11 I the V have value rlle and 11 Iron any fall I nessuhlth IIIV 1lSr I P031es as an lie 2uahlV Iron IS a much it u5cul niiial thin gold and Is J north nwrc ill mankind titan fund tnat j illamiaming the airdaiiolt thingband pre 19 flit 1 ir 01 ll A IIII h Me ever r named bCI 11 and the hid treasures th imire howy uFshive the pro mea Ier power when 11tiltorcill b Iii ri blhty 10 effect 19he > and I e their owners I the ht l tllne lho ei arc thief Ill Ili ir neighbors 41itre ivr 41I I Ql1e earth products 1 of o r I I lllIch I nOlle rwuld 1 I I w I I vllle what In De LeI I I On a IIIII off re yl I lIIee of such uthr I I palatial I J t lIId their is th 1 li ne In orrelondlt1l I the Ill 1111 h kxms and in ye 01 the I a ICLllrte a I IIurv I I llcy Ili the In a G1 I i notel is1I1 ill i ea or 01 an 1 tile I 1 l I I L tthe lIIall11 Let till tempera rt h tbe hth 1 tentral failure for it r It the United I ill I Or s II Ill il dollar in i o t h I in t d I 01 I being equal Jf I to I 11 11 n i uld shrink 111 I ill 1 0 v Mth AN half M l1rar h 1 or Jjhe 4 I 1 i uh of a barJ t till Ila DOt changed I I Iohl nee Olle I or ap I L II I tli I i olle sustain as ILI mre I md e no more mInt r I I IUt I is t by such rough a I fl e i Iuper estate land t > 01 pre mlUlk 1h e II I th al llIal ncces I I nd IU1 suffer diminn I Let ii such gbout lb e world failure and compared extend i I with wheat all the precious clement in the mineral kingdom would it once stand stripped of every vestige 01 intrinsic value It was therefore is previously siiLeesled the very per I ection i of w isdom tint ordinal different places fur ITerent thins and each dependent upon the learnIng learn-ing anti labor I of mankind lor devel opnicnt MINING IS SECONDARY So much by way of preface the object being to show that there call be no miaul g except as a secondary proposition the primary one being an agricultural 1 b Isis measure tha three grind divisions ofmdusttial life agriculture manufactures man-ufactures and mining THE FIbT MINING MERE There was no record made at least none Innd d dowlIof the first milling mill-ing ever done ill Utah Some time perhaps a very lour tune before the advent of the white race ill these mountain retreats the mduslr was carried on though of course m a restricted fashion corresponding with the prim live methods then in I vogue hire are now in various parts ol the State all 1 for that in it lir all over the Pacific Coast abun 1 ant evidences of the burrowing pro pen state s ol the aboriginal Mix leans and Spaniards These 01 course mined only for the more pn I cious ol the precious met ds and lor the useful ones not at all the a easons for this being obvious elloughthe could not with their means of ex fraction go very firm the matter of develop I milt so tint eertlun must be high grade from tin grassroots grass-roots to use a common mining ex I pnssion and the niichmism cm OR FS KN I I Zr t T I < I 0 V 0 1 t el 11 I 1 1 gv i ij qn vT r t1v I k AO e p gra l ty IP4 ff 1t W IB > r r < 10 if1J < t wINi I V T i r if J r i tr > el N Vlt W I JS EAP Z VA 2 V l P t y 1 Z i W r I sl T 7 4 I V 74 Wb 1i y X I i n 10 11t1 j V jHilITWr Itt 1fi Jf XiO f J t A11040 i i F 4 l11l1f rJfll I i i iliIIWW I Jt i Y I l H 11 i J lf f Wl t lI rn I i a vj N ri I r1 Ji I J ti JfiJiiM toir 1 I i Ac ill t I Ili i I lt fjjj f N 11 1 I I p fIJj I IIY I I I faA 1 J I flh Ilit rl V M1 ltfifA 111 1 f RRAl I li r I i tIV J 11th I i Wt I 1 4 fiP gfd 1 6 ylelv 11111 t I 1 I J iI i i il 1 I 14 V 11 f d I I II 41 fWfMt6 J I x 11 I I i k1h 11 tiilMllfiDJ a 111F 1 I I ViliHvfiA 1 1 I VJIWML I t t t iil 01 0 I ilAl 4r I < 1 rili 1 ijy 1 tl jftJ I f 1 T s llgll 11 I 1 I > I f 111 I 1 i j I i < I 1 1qai I VlrF I I GENERAL P E CONNOR The further this basis from the scene of the mining operation the more restricted and less profitable the litter I lit-ter become but when they occur coincident both the I inner and the miner hue an immense advantage as compared with either when extremely ex-tremely remote front the other In Utah this happy condition prevails thc two industrial element being sometimes blended the producer of golden mineral beinj also a producer of golden grain the oracle of the ha field acting at other times is 1 a factor in the accumulation ol an ore dump Nothing that is useful should I be astcd no talent of man ought togo to-go for naught Utah has been from the beginning an agricultural laid stock raising commonwealth the mime necessities of life being the firt consideration These being placed upon a secure foundation the search for and min Inl of the prccioui metals became a perfectly legitimate enterprise which they certainly would not have been if presented to the detriment of the indispensable pursuit No one realized real-ized this more thorough or upheld it more rigidly than the leader of the Pioneers in and to Utih It Ins I tJIthl h nedan been 1 charged by some few tint he was hostile to the mining industry but thc ficts do not warrant 211Y such conclusion lie was not in favor of a people surrounded on every side by a desert wistc racaa lyn ly-n thousand miles from organized civilization civ-ilization in any direction and thus entirely dependent upon themselves inflecting the life sustaining plan to 1 engage m my other which under no I ousting circumstances could blip them i ni in the slightest t degree With I I an agricultural basis fully and finial established ill things else which were useful or ornamental would be so much added to the wealth and I comfolt of the people who were in every case restrined and labored I with until such time came It could not with the influx from distant parts which thc completion ol the transcontinental continental railroad created be held back my longer laid through its being held back as it was the community com-munity was ready for its advent The great leader was not then op Posed to mining nor did lie seek further fur-ther to restrain 1m people from engaging en-gaging in It asin bu InC > Otherwise only advising them never at anytime any-time to neglect their firms the rewards re-wards from which vv ere sure and as much as ever the foundation of real prosperity The wisdom of I such policy Is before m Wherever we turn our eyes the evidences of an independent Prosperous progressive I and capable corIvonity greet the vision vis-ion one which upholds in plocd In the reduction of ores could onlv handle the best grades without Saving ill the metal even in them Alter they had gone is lirona fissure or deposit is I their capabilities would permit it was apparmllv I their cm loin lo fill up the cavities I at least the mot ol those old < 1 finds that have I been unearthed wire so treated either by 1 the Mexicans orb nature the chances greatly favoring the former These are good property as a general < I thing when found forth for-th reason that not want ol itenaU to work on but the means of getting the in iten ds out was oftener than otherwisc the cause ol abandonment Such mines would not m all likelihood likeli-hood be found hy adhering to the rules gencrilly obtaining imong the prospecting fraternity these rel first upon lloit or smdl detiched fr laments of a vein or outcropping rolled < l to the place here found from a higher altitude the exact origin being guessed at and looked for and when found if found at all fire settling to the untrl ned eye an appearance ap-pearance as much unlike the commonly com-monly accepted idea I < of a repository of precious metals as possible In the case of the Mexican or Spanish I in i ne not an upheaval but i < leproti I I I slot in the fAce ol nature is tin nng Ito Ito I I-to look for and there being many ot these caused bv other igene es than thc I el handiwork of an fen t follows that one IIIILIII I work fur a long I time m getting out I the I filling oly to find at list that there w is htrrill nothing in it II one should < l I be strinl however there woull prob ibly be I a vastly different tale to tell but there have been very few such instances up to due THE PIONEER MINE AND DISTRICT The first mention that was given to the extraction and treatment of I ores in a o stemitic way Vlated entirely en-tirely tu tlitbc uh cli are IIHhopens I able to mankind ill lin civilized state I iron and had the former not hav I mg received so much attention As fir back is 1858 it became known 1 lint there were gleit veins ml deposits I de-posits of lead near the then young ton of lmeraville ill IIIaler 1 omit also tint Iron county I abounded in the ore from which it derived its mine In the uis eol the lead I deposits it was deeni advisable to work them to some extent for l the purpose of keeping the selllirs in that laid I some other parts ol thc I Territory supplied with bullets fur protection against Indi uip and wild beasts also for in my other tin ijs old ol-d nlv requirement Accordingly work was commenced on a I fissure which yielded Inmlson ly from th beginning m1 I has since contributed many thou < ids i of doll ir in gold silver and lead to the world vefth I tic 1 It w sa quite i an item for those das ilia supply points so fir away and 1 freights so high to be able to pro dun ill the lead which the people needed at a trilling cot but it was done and kept up for some time All J the while ai depth was gained it was noticeable that the metal became gradually harder and without any of the scientific apparatus in v gue with which to make tests intuition and exper ence united told the workers tint the cause of tin increasing hardness hard-ness w as the presence in an enlarging percentage of calls dno > t invariable invari-able associate silver It then ceased lo be a merch intible article for1 tme for two re > onsit wai a loss 1 ol money to sell the white metal at the colt of the blue and there were no available me ins at th it time of eparitme the two THUS it wai that Utah h 1 ad In the early sixties ceased lobs i lictor of commer in the rernloi of l Utah but it was the foundation I the beginning l of th it mdustr in this nmonlty I have been reading account which places the credit point In Little I Cottonwood canyon another locating it near Stockton is the work of Colonel Connors soldiers In 1862 Neither of these is an where near correct and for the benefit of those who require re-quire exact iaf i jrmilion on the subject sub-ject the foregong is prescntc 1 is the ficts in the case Not only was the extraction of ores from the old Rol lilt < lead mine as it wits called in 1858 the first mining done m Utah but the region of country In which it is situ Hid became ihe first ore i Hied mining district m the Territory this was accomplished In lS6l thc name Lincoln being given it which name was also sub equentl given to the old lead mine It I and the adjoining properties have since been worked systematically and thoroughly by capitalized comp inns rep leseiUmg other parts ot the Union as well as Utah and in the dIstrict other locations loca-tions have been made In later I cars until now there are fully too recorded record-ed claims Some of these have I been great producers and will prob ably be such again as while I the total I amount of work done in the district represents hundreds of thousands I thous-ands ot dollars the development Is comparatively superficial As Lincoln I is I the pioneer district and contims the original as well as for a long time thc only mme ot Utah It is i entitled to a little more than a mere mentioi in this article Pel hips there was not on soul mitten m-itten hncc I hen the virgin soil was I broken and the glitenin gilem liit reflected the I light ol the sun I nor any one else into whose mind there entered eve a sugWdtioa that ollotting in the wake ot that rule i I beginning i in the cirs shortly Ito I-to come I would 1 be in industry i rivaling rival-ing all others in our midst and 1 second I sec-ond in importance on si mlir faults 1 of occupation to thoe ol but very few in the sisterhood commonweilths I but so it vvatl lint other locdties were prospected mines located and some few worked before thc pioneer 1 district bee line tener illy known 1 to the commercial world through I its i product and its productive capacity I I ca-pacity 105 not tike from it one ut or tittle of its right lo the I title deeds I filling to it is the Genesis of thereat the-reat industries in our midst nor dies the other and providing fact I that it Ins been iiKasuriblv idle for several eusc > ntrimite in the least I toward d n inishmg its we ilth of min I erils laid away ill the great storehouses I store-houses of nature and vv iitmg for the further enterprise and boor of man I I I to bring them into the light of dy md make them use ul tj our race and ti ne LINCOLN DISTRIT I Has been beset by misfortunes some of which are common to ill mining centers the others j ictihir to itself Ihose vv Incline common are the act ol Congress of 1873 which at one tell swoop sent silver into the financial finan-cial scrap heal to be ikcn t out as re qu red and dispoed 1 of not as the Imperial Im-perial 1 suh > lance II hid it was when permitted to circulate freely with gold but as a debased article whose only royal quality IIS the fictitious one imparted bv law Hits of course reducing as it tli I the quantity quan-tity of basic money hy nelry il not quite one half laturdl brought I inn the price ol ever lime else since scarce money mi ins dear money and eith r measuring the title of things which they purchase causing such llnngsto shrink in proportion pro-portion to the inflation Imparted to the remaining circulating medium Among the thing thus uTccted and most seriously were lead copper and zinc ot which Lincoln I dislriet is or would be under other circumstances circum-stances a most prolific producer It Ins also produced considerable gold but not m t tulTic ent proportion to enable it to stem the tide ofadversity i which hostile legislation inaugurated and has kept 11 operation to tins day with no more of promise regarding redemption now than at any time I I during the tvvcnt four dreary years t I 1 Irt t 11 r Ir4 j M 6 r t it tto s U r VZ71r lL I Wtrr 1 k I U 1 10 Fi FARe e I I r ua I Al Y1 I I ifjf C t sAmfili A Ikyur I Q nI I I t W t IfIlllrr 7v n 1Z > I I 1 1 J iAM 1 It r I 4 1 < f < 1 5 Agn t 1 I IF it 14 py t r Ill q ji 11 < i 355N 91 V = I 7 l I r r gr EI U I Ifff IT Ml 1 II i F a V ta5 1 = I i I N r R 11 I T I I I 1 A I I it 1 X I I I I ll = > t i tk I 141i 114F PIFNIIIIR f f91 1 Uiij I vc i A I 11 m it I I I L A Z U1 41rif 5 J i I P1 IIWit1 IIWi J6 I 4 1 I I I it I 1 tl tonam R 1 1 Jw q J I ri I 1 H E i ii I rnH Ji < i 1 1 I Ill I tftf i Ii > I 0 q WTOiS i i = 1 I 1 t i H i 11 Ill N I SSi 11 i il I Lb V 1 I i I 51 I Ir 11 1 II 1 I I i6 MiS 10 li 13 o iOT I Ib y t 1S R I j6hXl i JJ1 I I I iC i Ak 1K I I I t Kr t i S I t 17 14t 11 1 I < k 7 i 1 r z I i I RI I Zlfa t I A 0 J I Ao m I 31 4 z 2 = i i ii Ew it P1 t WWI x I P1 t rm7 K I r N ft io F I0 J 3 X I i4E 1 41 I > fltf f 4 Ili 7C 0f f 7 4 1 11 Uof k A 0 A fH I r t 0 11 v ll i J t rl I 1 Co I 1 a Z r 4x vis Q I 1 I I = A 1 t if It 7 1 Ii i I A r I 7 e r 1 q 17 n 3jo 5 4 I t V Wilft 4 1 11 I 4 V e C r 3 = V 3 1 t VIA1 I ft v t K t > i I I 1 IN oW ff I I tt Ik ifji t > iJ Zz Y > < I 447 r f 4t r J zr = X a r 2 x < La tt rZ i tiarzt4 I i 1Z 5 > SNTARIO MINE AND MILL which have clipscd since the beginning begin-ning I The I special draw backs to the pio nr d > strict h ive been partly natural I anti 1 partly artificial the 1 uter being I chielly inexperience ignorance mum mu-m in iecmcnt and < I I In inability to cause spccu ilor and I investors to understand 1 the situation i as it is The I other detriment is i a vein of liv mg 1Ilter cut through at a low level m i the mcoln I shaft This I vv is in 1872 when a town or camp of considerable proportions had gathered gather-ed in the principal gulch some too houses having been built and 500 or 600 people ocellI Ing them with all lines ol business peculiar to such places flourishing Ihe I Lincoln I IIIS then in the herdI of pro penty many men were employed shipments ship-ments were regular and as the property pro-perty exhibited no Symptoms of lie elinm l in either quantity or quality ol its products a great flit lire sun cJ 1 lo be m store for it Not only th s but by reason of its operation ml promise other mines in the district were being vvorku d 1 with will some shipping i ore and 1 others nearing i is rapidly is possible the point at which this coul 1 be done the Un I coin being thus a sort of mdti trial enosure or nucleus for i the others Inch acted more r 5c 7 ib I ZWrJr J V 1 < = 1C6I 1m I I 11P Q < 1 7 vNi 1 rll rl I I I ItIL 7ZJX lo I Ood i I t Li 6 y 1 sP t I rt i uZNJ 4 rills tffo 1 J W 121q r-ills I t 2 rj Ill II f wT iIV 1 IN I 11 I I < < a < 1 Ilta I I 11 ii 5 91 I 1 F AI J11 A I W 12 I tJi I 2F J < fA41i X I f 1 7 ti 0 flrif i I fl f I I nit 1 h I I I it irti 71 J r lJ J i 1 i k i I I I I I N 01r SCJo j I I rl J I 1 fJorPJ il = fl C1 I > j w zx to 4 = i J JagW JO 0 jthr I t I 7 W 11 1 I 1 1 f fi r 7 I I I ift 5 r l rrFr 1 I 17 J YID5 fli1i J I 11 fr r 11 I I Z r 1 11 IM11 N I THE rinST BULLION PRODUCED Ill UTAH or less in sympathy with it Vhen ihe water was stru k the matter wis not considered is of vcr Lrave concern although looked I upon with no little chierm which advancing lime ripened into actual dismay laid < 1 when assessments took the place of dividends with no i nine diite pro < ptct of helter things the inevitable colh I se took place The amounts expanded in the endeavor to overcome the obstructive element were something rmous aggregating > aggre-gating In iclnncr laid labor alone and leaving entirely out of the computation com-putation the suspension of produc ton t something like i > jO ooo II I 1 the force of sympathy and the 1lLk 1 of cxmilc most ol the others quit work at the Mine time although I some of them were actual l1y in pain pa-in ore when the order was given to I quit The Lincoln I was then like most other properties which once take a dOli nwanl turn involved in litigation hich has been drawing its lull length along ever since until recently when the property was sold l bv order of the District court it Icucr being bouijit in for the in significant i sum oftooo foi 1 istcrn owners by their represent Hives There is I now a promise lint work will be le > lImed and as the mine and Us adjuncts are 111 thc hinds of those who hive abu d int capital which will be necdul the promise may be kept A good man people m that neighborhood and elsewhere sincerely hope so starting up the Lincoln again would mean a gen cral revival In the pioneer district of Utah THE NEXT MOVEMENT of a sstimatic character In the direction di-rection of mining development was by the enlisted men of General Connors command at Fort Douglas Dou-glas In i > 6i the general issued an order announcing with more or less high sounding phrase the existence ol wealth bearing deposits in the mountains ol Utah and assuring those who desired to prospect and open up the treasure houses ot nature na-ture that they should have encouragement encour-agement and protection if need be or words to that iffcet What or whom It was the prospectors were to be jnelected against was slot stated since the Mormons while refraining re-fraining as a a class fiom engaging m such work themselves for re isons already al-ready stated were not averse to lining others engage in it realizing that the time if not ripe was ripening ripen-ing Cry fist Not only I this but the soldiers themselves were given permission to scale the heights storm the crags and reduce to per sonal a possession the profit be inng fissures of old mother earth The 1 nr following or at least not long after the promulgation of tins remarkable re-markable edict several companies troop were ordered to Rush Valley Iooele count where there was better bet-ter grl11n grounds for the animals than anywhere near the fort Larkin Lark-in the blaring of 1864 this detach I P4 ajun4 at what has smee been I the town of 1 Stockton anti 1 prospecting I il I tin I t-in bu inn one of the fir > t and mot I 1 r I assiduously followed employment I 111 y soon oigamrel as i part cf i I I West Mountain mining district this I 1 being the second I believe in the I lerntor covering an cnoriioui f seope of country which embraced I 11 Uinili im canyon the miners on the l 1 west side ol the Oqu rrh rmte sub j sequcntl however m < t mil o gan iel separately is Rush I ke Vwv i district Many locations I were imde I i 1 t l 4 some of which I proved to be very 1 1 rich but the vast majority as in mot 11 1 I I other cases not amounting to much ion i-on the avelje The fortunes of I this region have fluctuated consider I a ably and it this writing seem to be I ac on the up I grade with tome vhat I more of a promise of stable prosperity i I A prosper-ity I I It 1 THE r M14ES OF BINGHAM I i lIere tli eoentI the slme year all I f si pcrhaps I It little irher titan those ol t I 11 J 7 I the west title of the range but there I A I I 13 i less definiteness regarding > the f I event or events I since front ill ac N i counts there appears I eiol have been I a j I series ul them vv th nothing definite I a I ofreiord is to the first location It 11 a seems to hive been regarded at first i is I isdverleul district but subse I I I quentl developed gold mil copper 1 I t I m large quantities Its sluicing op I eritions for line gold 1 and nuggets I r hive been a marked feature fr eMS I I I I ind are still going on with more or I I less profit to those en ijcd in them if The Old Reliable n it is cilled I 1 1 rI j thus affords many a dollar to those I I I I v who otherwise ould be unable to 11 j I I get it ItI ri I A SHADY BEGINNING I I 1 I 41 The first mine to bring Utah into I I close communion with the outside It world but I not the first t discover as i l mm fa6ely imagine nor an1 here I I near it was the notorious I mini of ir LIttle Cotlonwood With its advent Ili 11 l upon the held of commerce came al It Iso I-so others in the MIme neighborhood f s 1 and the camp hich grew up in the I 1 1111 sumnnls of the mountains at the head 1 i I 4 1 of that canyon vas appropriately i I I I o 1 mud Alta It was a very Iilely r I I 4 little I place for a time containing at i I I I I ilh different periods as mmy as looo I I l 14 I 1 lj jfl I crsoiis clucfl men although there I 34 f1 Ial I were i few families I It w u a rigor J I I ll I f IOU I > phce to live in during the winter I 1 t j win-ter seas jn the snow sometimes be I > mi tivenl fut or more m depth I L p j I I I nl I I several lives were lost there by 0 It 1M leI > on of avalanches It must also I 01 le sill ol the I mini tint it did not j 11Agh stop with making for us a new com J mereid chain with the great centers f i x ol the earth but dune near dcstro t Itl f 1 it mg its off prmg by precipitating up i > I 1 Ion I on thc mining mdustr pecificillv I I I l JaI mJ the hole lerntor inca Ja-I I f k upon II Icirritory mu j t 1 dint II one ot the mot slupui lom I J I and ih Busting frauds ever vvorl eel 11 I IIt w upon an unsuspecting world of 4 r I NIt which liter c 1 j1 I The Emma was discovered In i863 It f1 II I by a couple of pio pcctors who 3 I t scented to hive no pirtieuhr object I mi JJ in i icvv bit I were disposed to kiep 1 it hear I I eyes ojiiii I ml be ever on the 11 Jll lookout lor the in un chance The I 1 j r r ero p IILS or top rock projecting I t i V from It Icdj e above I the surface of the I 1 f point 1 which was alte wards christened I I it i as above attracted their mention and It f It after examination it was decided to I Ji j J 11 is make a location Not much was A clone m the way of development and l i I I n 1 the work went slowly along only till f Pl about one hundred tons of ore being 11 1 411 liken out the first year Subse 11 I tf I quintlv some Utah patties the I I l i1 y oodhulU Captain Woodman I j 11R Joseph R I Wdkir and others ol I I greater or lesser periods ot resi t I 1 il I I Jl J o O o I deiiee became owners then came I It rrcnorW 1arkandII I I H I 1 Baxter from I I iR i theEt 1 who ilso icquir d interest > t in ftta I the I which I hid been under 1 rTm property I e 11 1 i iill I I going some litigation I nic attention i I 1 of others w as attracted to the property I i I 41 and Inn irringetnent entered into on I I It the bisis of ellectmgan injish I sale I to C and here we hive the foundation of I I io 1 the great icmdal It 13 related not i jo In I it as a a matter of recorded history but J t gOf i fr iJ 11 as something passing from mouth to if I I v mouth that the highest valuation I h ever placed on the Emma previous i11 to the advance made on our foreign li I cousins was said to be 250000 and I I III of this after the ledge hid narrowed I ct 1 oJl down from one goodly proportions v jc I to the thickness ol a kmle bhde and I ill was followcd until it opened out into 1 lie tr a chamber ol ore hose who are i I t rt I familiar l with either geological laws or I l t I Its practical mining to a considerable ex ill tent will readily endorse the state ili 1r talent that chambers I thI tmnttlmgnit Lencrilly tI I run out in about the same way I that I kr they come inall at once rhey ale I l 1 t lo likely to be Immense while the > immense last f l or and with people who ire new to the fi I business to deal with and in a virgin it 11 i > Ila IT district such deposits for fleecing I 11 zrL purposes cannot be beaten Of I course the speculators knew this and I they did nothing to diminish their I i1 i t II I I stock In trade This h is little if my 0 1 1 I 1 reference to the Utah owners and in 1 t 111 vebtol s who seemed to be acting in good faith all along and through 1 1 I J Ilion whose operations the first lot of bullion I bul-lion ever nn out in Utah was produced I F i 16 It duced this was placed in i a wagon J f I I I md 1 paraded in triumph up and dow n I j tit Mm street of this cit 1 th An cistern piper which seems to I i till I I I be in possession f I thc i records in the IN I I ise or at least to have kept prett II I 4 Jose track of the details sas that I I d ll L I I l there were features ol the Emma 1 mine deal that in idc it one of th I most notable Inns t lit u intl In the first plaeeihc i i e u uen llemcn Mrs Iruor Vilnn I Park and W M Stew irl Unll u d t Stlles Senator from Neva It fnm < I that while they bole excellent I credcnli there vm no apparent liitc on tie part ol the investing public to like the propcitv olf their Innds A bold stroke won the recognition re-cognition thc > sought Gencrd bchcnck uhonibit that lime United States minister at the court ol St r James vvis not particularly well off I linincially md m arrangement wis made whereby he wis untried to I purchase nn intercut i in the property I with moue advanced for the purr pur-r > pose mdvvith a guir mlee of a sub ilanlial piofit on the irmsiclionm in any event It thus happened says that uithor I lly tint the mine ol tin nnn who gave poker to nglmd I figured J prominently in the prospeclus of the 1 new English company With his name to tritle on when backed I by Bevenll nghsh honoril and 111 1 Is theAmcncin gentlemen sold the Emma mine for i million slerl ing Never were prospecls brighter nppircnlly There wis v icport from Professor Silhniin of i ile 1 dilit I ing with great technical cxiclness on I the richness of the ore he hid i > cen I during i careful inspection of the I property Mr Pirk reported in Ins official capacity tint there were ore and accrued profits iggregilmg 6oo ooo in sight md tint the ore previously shipped to Lnjjand hid re dized nc irly c3S per ton He mentioned incidentally tint the cost ol preparing it for flupment was less than 15 shillings i ton thus showing u tidy little profit The net yield per innuni iccoi cling to his figures J would be not fir from joo ooo mil I if they could erect smelters which I they should do is i matter of business busi-ness it could be made to yield jjbooooo The terms of the sale were so arranged ar-ranged that the profits over mil nbove iS per cent per innuin were to be held back til the interest charges for one year hid iccuinn litcd the imounling to clSoooo nnd after being sitislied the whole rate of 36 per cent i jeir wis to be f 16 fscaI sntOtl paU regularly It is shown I tint falk had in his employ nil expert ill i the matter of dressing the money mukct tliiougli the newspapers md otherwise his mine wis Grmt md < he saw to it tint the leading public were lIer short of miteri d for perusal peru-sal regarding the gieatest mine on cirth For 1 over i year dividends amounting to 18 per cent a year were reguhrly pud the ore chmi bcrwis no sin I ill affiir a performance perfor-mance which I I hid lt the effect tl sending send-ing the stock up to 23 a share and many large deils in it hid been made Not to be in owner of Emma stock it such i time seems to hive hid the effect of i sort of os tricism from certain circles the hlnrelcss one was not in the l mhO m-ho to peak All it once md w ith out warning the payment of divi dends ceised the lirilish courts were filled with htigition the Amencin house of c < rds hid tumbled to the ground In plain I nghli the great deposit as previously herein prefigured pre-figured Ii id run out there waS nothing noth-ing for the stockholders but i lot of buildings machinery md i huge hole in the groun 1 Vile Emma I The authority above quoted says further that hen the facts were all silted from ilie iietmn it was found that the totil ouj il of the mine for the thirteen months during wlnel div idends had been paid out of the purehise money had been 235 ooo worth ol silver of vvhieh 90 ooo worth Ind ben dug out of the prop ertyof in adjoining compiny alld had to be refunded The dctul supplied by Mr Piik had been lib ricated Share tumbled from c23 to c3 cich md the British public promised itself it would keep out of Yankee mines in the future Am it is still diffi ult to market m Am cricm mining property in njmd 1 It can be done hovvevir md is done once m a while Hut ill ir ins actions are Irgitmnle of lite years the American ovuier Ins ilmost en tircly given up wild cit and silting schemes and the I nghsh mm knows what it is th it he is buying buy-ing before liu inone leivcs his possession so tint m mvestmen nowadays 11 a tolcrablv sile proc pro-c < euin for both p irties tn it Certain it i that with the exception excep-tion noted v inch occurring so e irly m our mining career finds the one excuse ol I new ness and l correspond inly raw conditions Utah has bee as in everthing else a sliming mirk No community md no class ol people peo-ple cm it ill lunch md in every case control mdividuil icts so that even IIQV fru ds may be ittemptn and ev en crrid out on i sm ill calc but these ire so sternly frowned dovvn bo little nd or comfort is gien to the perpetrator tint the example made u nn cfleciual preventive ot I infection and it is noiv perfectly proper pro-per > to show to the world that min inj m our mid t is on Ihe same pllIe as arc otlu legitimate enterprises I being amplj encounjod by leults md lully protected at ill stages b > hwIt It is proper that such showing be mule l it tin < point u ordr I tint it mt act is a fn t i olhr i il dirkcr pres m It no i IN i i is chronoloRie 1 ui fh I > n1 d 1 IIICIIun ulih I 1 DO means exhausted btm of this httlo ulre ion md L i nlJW ul cnup whcieitw temp iv hid down I Tl JTIC I ISISG DISTRICT I 1hs ill tret comes next in then the-n r I in I kcncrd mention ivmg been esi ibhshed in 1869 1lle 1 in the jcir In the Sun lemi location is I ccrcdited the distinction of being Ihe fist though some little pros J > ccting had iken place before The district B now mil Ins been for nirs the home of some of the great eit mines of the Ilorhl 1 It is ten lij fifteen miles m area the lon way running north md soulh The ores vcrige hiLJier m v ilue md the lower worl ings ire freer from witcr than is the case with my of the old 1 distnets of the State md while ill the other hle to feet ilong with not more thin one town of crn iet1 Ot II rir fcfnience cieh I lintic his live Eureki Silver Citr Mimmoth Diamond Citv md Honnnsviile The firt of these his ilniost reached i z j1J tl l im J tpil r if i s C Wf 1 < iJ r Mfli i Tia gss mY tfW 1 tJ i W Sg x < = kl1 < tiw fl1 I i fc L t f l t H J v F > 1 > t Ji l WM i J j u1f o iS a ii P JlW t f = lt7j 10 Y 2t wr < J7k tH l1 Jj 1 jJ i fIt A i ffJJrJ p r > 4J J t j fBi P r I t WAt1 r4 J I 1 ti I f r ff I < 2 iJy C = = S Y 1 0211 f 47 n > iT 0rc < f I 1 Jj z = 1B dJt Cc r HOW MltllNO tS CARRIED ON mctropohtin proportions being ic irly if not quite is populous md jusmess like is 1uk City The belief tint untie s best days ire ahead of it is quite general with hose who know and comprehend I mil their futh is one lint each dIYs levclopmcnt does but tcnd to strengthen hen The 1 list of mine contained m this district and its environs is i most brmiilible array It is cstim ited hit these produce in value one hud of the totil ore shipments of he State PARK CITY UINTAII DISTRICT Where isnovv the large md flourish ng town of Park City waS the scene of the next big mining ittriction in chronological order The beginning here vv is mule with the discovery of the greit Ontario mine m iS2 md isis thecise nearly everywhere else when the first find proves a good one others illow I in rapid succession I In this cise those which followed l proud in n ir Her number of m stances th m usual to be l worthy ns sociates of a great exemplar As I elsewhere the Irk Ins hid Us shire of the tribul I ons consequent upon deinom ti itu n and its concomitant evils llu pi ice eirlv outgitw Its purely mmnu cmip ch meter and bee tine i th irou h going pushing town of the fir t rl w i city m con temptation ol law King i mcoipor fl Jlo nted is sueh with i schoolhouscs elmrcliis fine buildings lirge mer emtilc estibl tune us two nilrouls md ipopuhtion which has been aq mnili is 5 ooo but is now perhaps a thousmdlesi CAMP fLOYD DISTRICT Tlli di 11 0 t 1 Ol 1111 in 7 lr I I 1 111 ng I 111 inenecd in that er and orglll1za I tion lollowcd hint upon It waS buff ted 1 Iv fitf for some time now I up mil tin n dov n but c teller d 1 vv i until fimllv it dropped out ofsjht ho tin r nd I ime an lion in Il11lnlllg circles This only kcrvesas I another imple of the solemn fict I tint tin I ropiuous conditions in mm I ing ire to the persevering and 1 cip bie oftener thin otherwise but the fe > reiminers of pro > perity mturc i Iiaving dour her part will do no more her children must do the rest In 1881 i Gernnn prospector located the Mcrcur min ard spent a conoid enble sum in labor md means de eloping it but fortune eluded him bcause 1 of the gent ill ignonncc i of maul md at tint lime with tint chsu ol ore and not knowing how to treit U It could not of course be kcpt I i secret or ever md is well enough Imown 1 of ill men now at leist ill I ol thine within the churned circle 1 Wlnt was set down is i worthless piece of property is now one of the greatest producers in the country and is surioundcd by numerous others oth-ers some ol them quite is pronn mg A town of fully 2 ooo inhabit mts his trown up I and it is i quit as fir fiincd is the mine This plnse of the subject will close with the following ubjoined statement ol organized mining districts dis-tricts of the Stile lo be foliled with some spccnl mention illustrative ot incidents connected with the di covcry charietenstics etc ol some of the prmcipil mining properties MINING DISTRICTS OF UTAH Amtrlcin I otk Moi nuin Laic Asl brack Ml II My Iteivrlil 1e Ml rLo ng Connnwond re on IMutUdT NotlhMu ue Moonlin Nonh Tin no Elder Ohio MnrJlvate BrodhAw Ophlr Camp 110rd Mereur CArLole Pnlo Iron CI Iak CljcHnl Mnprlt Iroo 1 U flon Uep Oeck ocky CAGE On rLEVA ron IN OPERATION Covo Tush Iky l > no1l ban IMTHICC lIorD I > ay Silver 1I horn Sher oke ry n 1e Creek Ene On png Crek Deep 1 hI In Cr < < k On SI g I dl Jdnl deool n nnll II4dbbl Tooele II < Y Ulnla ruk Clly 1101 R Uah Iron pnn Whlnglon t h Side Ve Mountain Ding t ngtoD J eirl ntlc LlnoIn Uh is Cinyon Henry 1111 COllonwood Canyon to er rler Wnhrd Jeep Creek LuCIo Willow I5prlogl INTERESTING INCIDENTS Till ONTVUIO 1INU i 11 in I ill literature of Ilte 1 Yt It m u 1 I the 0 < 1 r 1 oil II A o-il HI i 1 c hi t i v than tlir 11 counl ul the Undine md subsequei history of the Ontario mine Park City fraveler bound lor ill parts hid pis cd over the ground and doubtless in m mv CN pLed their feet upon the identi i I i ol where the lirst piece of ora w is found and which finding wi the forerunner of millions md millions of u tilth being added to the resources of the land None of them could see anything there but stunted brush sun baked stones in abundance of bushy foi iige and indicative of my thing on earth but the roof of one ol the greitest treasure houses ever con tuned within the v ist nether domain ol nature Hov elY true it is that one person can see is fir into a mountain is mother No man wonim or child knows what he I wilUscv every div perhaps eery hour < mil itls ill things considered jut is well tint it is i so Letthe I cobbler stick to Ins last t There is i I time and a me ins for uneirthmg the presently uneirthcd md when the tune comes the me1ns will he < it hand Not to exceed one tune out of a I tundrcd < ire great mines the result of a studious il lijtnt search for them they come is i rule is the poet sivs ove comes without our nil as Ihe Ontario came without previous nowlcdge belief or guidmce md veil after it had been born and was mn feit to ill manner of vision tilth in its stability producliveness < md worth were still withheld pending a full mil fur understanding It iso is-o true lhat we cant ice into the ulure my farther ih m we can into mountain On i warm summer dlyit being the iqth of July i prospcclor in Prles Pirk made the location I Inch Ins since become furious in the annals of mining His mine was Herman Iludden and he was of Ails run nilnily but cime here from Cihforiui He hid fjllowcd the Business of prospecting in the neigh orhood ol where the locition IIS nde lor some months mvarnbly ilhout success After one ol his uslonnry fruitless j mills when oniing down the lull < md near the ottom his eye happened by the 11 rest chance to rest upon i pro ectmg rock which looked so much like many otheis in the neighborhood neighbor-hood and at many places where he hid been that it is the greatest vender in Ins tired and more or less f1 hearted condition that he lopped long enough b it he las made of the mitcrnl of which the true prospector is composed and he proceeded to knock oil i chunk oft I of-t with his pick liking the pieee dung wilh him The more he examined ex-amined the rock the more impressed was he with the belief tint it cirned ninerd md he decided finally lo make the location which was done as above stated Hid he been is easily discouraged is licking ill tenacity or as short winded is borne others who have lollowed the business busi-ness that I know of there would in all probabihtv h wo been no Ontario On-tario mine with Us grind retinue ol great we ilth producers and ill Ihe adjuncts of civiliralion md pro resin res-in full sway along side it but Bud den hid the necessity qu dines md the willing opportunity seized him as he pissed His hesitilion afterward after-ward hid ilso to be overcome for mere finds by prospectors were common enough and Jew indeed there were who would risk a dollar or any other sum on them It was in net and is yet i rare thing to gel i willing inveslor lo make the mills pensibly prerequisite trip lo ihe discovery dis-covery since lloil is also common and by no means an indication of the presence of a ledge simples ire cisily obi imcd almost anywhere mil a bloomIlut is a small fragment of good rock capping a worthies v cm or projection is sometimes some-times found These and oilier things operate detrimentally to get ling a cipil ilist lo undertake the discomfort or undergo the expense of sending a trustworthy represent live lo examine the find But the silent and unseen agency which brought Budden to the outcropping rock dissipated one by one the other obslirles Next diy after the location loca-tion he md his partner went lo work on the him Alter excuilmg a fen feet mil finding the vein lo be not only a true one but slctdily widen mg out they concluded lo sell outlet out-let it go to nirroumg again a la lmm1 mil it vv is offered for 45 ooo Nobody wanted it so they kept on the continued development hiving the effect of steadily rusirg the price mil after it hid reached 30 ooo a bond vvis taken on it lor fifteen fif-teen dus by Mr Al Gmwitz well known here ibout About this tim lion K C Chambers who wi then operating mining property elsewhere else-where in the joint interest of himself and the lit Senator Hearst of Call lorma WaS in Salt Lake City am i the biter hiving heart of the Ontario On-tario prospect suggested lo Mr Chambers lint he mike an inspection inspec-tion of it which w is done Hi idenlity being known and hi wealthy connections understood lie was unable to secure the mine at my thin like i reasonable figure as it VMS then considered so i thin arty was brought into the play 1 he bond previous given hid run out and the stranger secured the properly for 30 ooo A large fore was it once put to work the great lode benmc greater and Chamber wis ill al once a milhonauel III partner had been one previously bu b s fortunes were grcally reinforced bv ili t Ifltlll > > to pureln which up to due his yielded ibout 32 ooo ooo paid nearly 14 ooo ooo 111 one CARS H USE ividcnds and is still one ol the I reitcst properties m existence TIMtC DlbCOVrill I I Under this heading a grcit deal of controldictorr mailer is extant It ecim impossible in such cises here no records were kept mil Ihose who were on the ground wiuey sepiritcd by death or distance dis-tance to fet at the exict ficts is to very tenure It should ilso be emcmbcred tint bcciusc different > titements ny they ire not of eceisity thereby filse nor is i either them Being the hOIeol one of the most inunilicent dividend payers on he 1icific c03tIhe Centenmd ureki mil oni not so very fir ehmd i I it i the Bullion oIY k iV Champion is well is nnny other ugh chss mining properties the ustory ol Tint is something which hould be preserved One mthoritv tives the location of the mine lirst namcil as being on the 2nd of June 1876 md Pike P-ike is the discoverer It does not follow however that Mr Lake or any other person issociitcd with him or otherwise w is the first to dii overpiy ore on wlnt is Known as Eureka Hill nor does the honor 1111 to anyone in so recent a period lime The writer his hid i per oml interview with i some of the icn I who were first on tint no v Mils one ground mil the event occurred in 1869 These were W I CrolT now of Minersville John Heck of Ihis city Peck Brothers Dim in alton S ilncy Worsley mil some others They found fine lent sun r r jJ r I r II I r Iff I I I I I I l 1 1J 11 fA J r k jilr 1V j Pi1 81 ji i i 1 IJ 1 6 f 1 iif fMI I Y 1 f 8 J I llf j m L J JJ I SHIFT HEAD fOR WORI < pIes on top of the ground They discovered the Eureka I and Eureka Twin mines and did considerable work on them like Mirk Iwmi they were undoubtedly millionaires for a while but didn know u Soon after this the Mammoth mine waq discovered md waq then called the Crismon Mmin oth from which I have seen samples that were ibout one half pure copper the rest pret y much pure Lold the locators mil owners were Charles mil George risnion md the Mclntyres Other locations it ih it time or following soon after were the Sunbeam Morn n glory Undine and oilier which hale iclueved wide reputations I 11VKD TIM1S OBJECT ESSOSS The course ol the Oregon Short Line rl way soulh takes it through i long monotonous and exceedingly crooked canyon which forms the bed of the bevier river Near the western end is i rambling spiroely populated town cilled eimington I mil 1 here is an object lesson m the existing statu of many mine it jcmg what is called the Detroit smelter It I vv is projected some four asth oil yeirs igo for the purpose is its name indicates of ireilmij the ores from Detroit district though unquestionably un-questionably it would hive received grist from whatever source such might Invc come hid it remained m a condition lo receive any at ill It is i splendid t structure or rather I series Y them as smelling I arclulec lure goes and is presumably as com plcte and well appointed as anything mils class It was the fortune of the writer to piss and repass many I times while the worl of construction w is going on md it hid the elTect of impirtmg to Us sev erely pastoral surroundings 1 sur-roundings an air of activity strangely strange-ly at v mance with the all ilong quietude and m some measure solitude soli-tude elsewhere strikingly m evidence The new order of things being emphasized em-phasized somewhat by the status ol the locality exhibited decided symptom symp-tom of a boom A railroad bridge w as constructed and a svitch built ov cr it and tapping the trick of the Union Pacific now Short Line rail vviy was laid this alone meant employment em-ployment for man and bust lo no trifling extent and a still Teller number were kcj m i state ol constant con-stant activity on the smelter A commodious boarding ho ie was an e irly consummation follow cd by the i inevitable saloon md if the boomlet had held on but i short time longer doubtless the seldom missing newspaper news-paper come to stay would ilso I hive reired Us crest mud the age mil cactus so luxuriant hereiboul I All this except the paper ot course mil prlnps other things lint escaped observation were there T the tune of a certain trip the net one a few months later the serenity of nature as U had bee from the beginning was iijiin holding way File fires hid been lit m the firnice the billowy bil-lowy smoke had rolled hzilv from the tall smoke stick out upon the ambient air the boirdmg hoiue hid been active by div and a > rt of beacon I gilt to the wayfarer by night and Hi saloon hid un ues Uomblj disposed of goodly or bully quantities of bottled dernorihzilion in a rushing sort of way bin if ill ItS off Of course there was m imtmdiue as well asi remote cause for ill this md para oxical as it m ly aj peir the remote cause was the lulhor of the oilier No enlerprise cm be conducled for i grcit length of tune unless the difference between Us ic ceipts and expenditures is on the I ivcrage in fuor of the former bv some means or other The cise of the Detroit smelter was not greitly different from that of many others I which hive gone the same dreary wav in Utah md elsewhere There vv is md is no lack of materials lo work on no dearth olhbir skilled I md unskilled lo be hid at as cheap rates as could conscientiously be isked and ripid Irmsportition brought everything lo mil look eveiyllung from the very doors of the workshops But it would not hive mattered then mil does not matter now if such irans poruiion involved no expense what sver The 1 trouble is the smie with Detroit is it is Vv ith man other districts dis-tricts Providence Ins mule the overwhelming majority of the ons ill our hills low gride tint Is so low tint it takes several Ions of them to mike even a small fortune when my fortune it ill is made md large ones from such sources are not counted on it all Just us surely as f 1rtc r that I the Pyramids ire composed o Horns tint the drops mike up the I rivulets lliese I Ihe rivers mil llic river the oceans tint the small trmsictions in life such is are measured by nickels md dimes mike the great volume ot tride just so surely Ins nature arranged her treasures Great deposits of rich minerals ire rare Ihose which ire very great in volume ire not exceed mjjy rich ill through and the very rich product conies in correspond mgly small quantities while the ten market and the silver circulation ale almost exclusively the offspring of such properties as have lo shutdown shut-down by reason of hostile eish tion 1 he Detroit smelter is only one of many each a medium btween the creations of nature and of man passing the one to the other in available shape for use but beciuse things have been so arranged tint the greatest source of supply Ins been shut off such structures stand like the skeletons of tried md true sentries who hive died at lliei posts not through what they did but through the rust and rot that came ofliving nothing to do OUR COAl MEASURES Neither coal nor iron by some sort of conventional perversion figure as precious metals hence they are here considered separately As prcv tously suggested m this ar tIcfc l I ltl tlcle iron mining wis carried i on to a limited extent earlier m the fifties than was any mining event recordei herein This was in Iron county where at Cedir City a furnace was built an1 1 some ea > tings were made These were not equal to Easter work by any means one c iT tides cast was a bell which e I mounted l for public I ell1ee while it la ked m resgnanr vibtatory power somell hat It t el I I ce f the puhin enll 1 and lenaCI l q purp se of Ihe sNtler I he I orkll of Iron een m such a crude and pntt manner prlsupposes the fi an < luse of coal of wlh Iherei lll t b r rh b 1 of cheap tranportatlon CI forced its way into thc or n r to any great extent 111 Jlh pects spoken of In Oun I urelj destined to stride to th t no dstmt day mil 0 urdYln nn there As a niercmtil 111 i iopo ition coil mn LI n I gau nen when the iou II OIL ovstmds llu HI UI a gricultunl conimun I 110 W II Smith Ahnso orlon Andrei Williams bun JJlned mis Wilde after I cITecling Then G i lorn I ranV n i n blnN eph Stalhngs Coal cropllng previously been ohierd d In places but it wis not unlll I Ihe < settlement w is some tho vcn tint the measures were tacked 1 systematic determined manner made to yield in abundmcc dusky diamonds wuli w lllIeh wereclnrged One 10 on lo another in rapid sueeelon aid t coil business grew into one r proportions mil eelll orgj companies spr ing into stcnce is impossible it this ti n to m let ills regarding the grouh present proportions of ih mdu the figures ire too v mod Vltt fir reaching Great c il Imdj h been mule in oilier m I ns 0 t Sine notably inSinpt rm p Carbon counties but 11 I hcl11 1 I nothing yet uncovered hI I is P motcly ipproichel n v istmr I accessibihty the great dlPOll I I j mcdiitely surrounding CoiU It probable lint Ih totall of the State is i not inn h short million tons per annum an ment of wealih to the few md In fort to the many wliuli s not la I rmkcd rniong the small th1 our grcit md grow ni coimut wealth by any means Tin IUST COINVCF In Ibis connection it is note place lo mention lint lh fir igeof the precious mi tils out r Pacific coast was not irromp it cither Sicrmiento or Ciwn I it Silt Lake I City Return r jersof the Mormon Until on k irought small sacks of di nuggets with them from CT nia which together w th some h desultory finds in the I ncighboiW rer1 1 1 re sr nd mode the ruddy I metil tolern plentiful for i tune Hut pis particles of gold from hind to ha t is i mean of effecting cxcha vis i ruher clunis perforniL md necessitated the cirrviiorL ng conveniently it hand a pac pa-c lies with which to deteranefi qumtity So it was determncdt eitiblish i mint for loral pnrpK CNchiMvcly m which nothing ml similitude ol Uncle Suns con j d should be brought 1 forth but mrt pieces without illoy beirmgd Tt < dev ices and stamped vv uh the a cl the metal which they conn The first dies were mule bv T Ku and consisted f < f mil r Jio denonumli ns but work was so unrtistii llv pcrte that U was deemed best to to something beller whereupon t cording lo Whitney Historf < Ihe request of C > ov ernor ounj M Birlow Sen iieweler I hadcr sisucled in his office i set of da 5 pieces whose product was p nounccd excellent and vihcbr kept up until ordered disconlt by Governor Cummin An I curate picture of these coins appt herewith r pJl ISI UTAHS FIRST COINAGE statement fr Thus ends i md yet J enough it would seem sufficient proportions to contain r tint is of interest regirJng mines md mining oflIlha r industry expinding md unfoi net treasures every day Utah will soon be second to no wealths1 i producer of mineral assured |
