Show aize mines mims of utah it A word to our Fa farmers the light is dawning ou on the people of utah the day of prosperity so long deferred is breaking and the unmentioned mentioned im though cherished hope whose fulfillment has for years been withheld wo we believe is about being realized the discovery of mines of precious metals near these great valleys and at the very hearthstone of this thia people opens a wide field in the prospect of a near future of prosperity and increased wealth if the apparently well founded anticipations of many in our midst be not too sanguine and altogether groundless there inn can ber be no doubt that ere another se aca a r on ron shall bill have passed away these valleys now sparsely peopled by an industrious plotT plodding ding and 1 tolling oiling few will resound with the hurrying g feet of oc thousands thousand 6 seeking labor and wealth and new forms of investment for capital and these now f now clad mountains silent as the primeval wilderness or resounding only with the wood choppers sturdy Lewill ring with a thousand picks delving for the precious ore while every stream find rivulet now bending its course to the plain tributary only to the husbandman bu s addman will nv ill give up lip its ith pure waters to the miners sluice and furnish the motive power to the rattling machinery of a hundred bundred mills the indications of the existence of silver liver r lead copper and in some places of gold not far distant front from this city grow every day in number and importance in and when the opening of spring shall knelt away the winters snows prospecting for those metals will ivill receive a new impetus and we sire rouvin cod be attended with the most practical and successful results we are unable to lay before our readers at present exact information or perfect perr act details as to what has already been done in in the matter of prospecting the country for far mineral wealth or to state definitely the results at tiled we may however say that with nith the imperfect tests within reach and improvised for the occasion the presence of silver gold copper and lead b has bis is been determined ii without doubt in r sev cr nal localities it is a misfortune that canno cannot tat at present be remedied that there is no competent ri PE sayer here to make thoroughly azcui ate essays assays mid sufficient time iris ins not yet elapsed to have received le turns flom san francisco whither inells of silver and gold bearing ore and quartz libio joac been sent from several claims now being wo we know of erf one instance however where some loose earth and rock the outcrop out crop pings of a claim where a shaft is now being sunk in west mountain was sent to san francisco francis co for desay and at d the showed 57 14 1 4 per cent of lead and silver at the rate of to the ton whether this is the true trite character of the vein below or whether the silver will is as in similar ces cases in levadi territory increase in richness the further it I 1 ii explored Y we c have no means as yet of knowing with nith certainty enough however lio wever has been done and discovered to establish beyond a doubt the existence of silver pi ii the mountains ab about out great salt like and there 13 no reason why they should not yield as richly as the tha hills and mountains in ne nevada wada territory the miners of the west 11 ho years agone left their homes bomes and mends in other lands to seek riches and wealth in far off C california who have delved lor for gold and then wended bended their toilsome way over the sierras sier m to eashoo wal boo and trencer peopled people cl with a ivirty industrious wideawake wide a wake and 9 go o ahead race the barren hill bill sides of tile the reese river country conn try will not stay their course at the latter place pl ace but will soon be sw aiming anamong in among us bringing we ave would fain hope as they have always taken elsewhere entel prise commerce advancement and prosperity it is our duty to note not ill the advancing footprints of the near future to mark the important events which are swift rushing upon us its and to prepare to receive and we trust welcome the thou thousand new newcomers comers whose eyes are arc now bent on oil us Is and whose footsteps will soon resound through our streets we would remind the farmer tint thoe who will probably como come hibb hither er with the carl early y spring in search of the glittering ore will look to these valleys for food and it behooves bim binm to prepare for the increased demand for the espies S of life there is no time to W waste ditc itc and preparation alf must be made early for in urge emps of wheat and all other grains which will 11 certainly orta ialy find f ad a profitable marlet market eve even n befort before of U utah fall are arc the valleys tile the next dext lial veLt time food for three yen yea amply capable of producing bit ta them acin but lio ho now DOW gumbei i ton tenfold fold th the c true in physics as aa a of old ns it 1 ins is true now th sow not neither shall ye in als I 1 re ip ll 11 nl asye sow so feh c lot Let every man m in then to do to 11 his is means if he have not ten tell talents let mm hinr nse me to good purpose nhat he hath ei cun vii if it bu but tile the one talent the light or of utah now but a kindling bpark cannot long be hidden under a bushel bubel but will soon baist forth with we wc doubt not renewed and 11 already during the present selbon have bare we ave seen the effect i which aich the demand for hour flour and grain to supply the bannock mines miles diskint di stint lias has produced these articles W two and jr in souro cases ducally liti li inac ti e i ii en ell in ill price 0 threefold three fold i within athin a few months and even predict ft a here for home ionic wants let our farmers then take warning no not nv warning but lot let thein pi in the future by the experience of the pit and preside for the mouths they will surely it ive to feed there need be little fear of overdoing tit the thing the discovery of mines miles away awa has sensibly increased the price of all products of the farm and our agriculturists are reaping g a rich harvest what then may they not expect expect if profitable mines of silver and gold shall be discovered and opened at their very doors thousands ii will ill floch hither billier this city will be bathe the busy mart of A now new tra and a wider commerce and trio the money which pisses through the merchants and the traders li innas toads must find its way at lat la t to the ci pocket of the producer Z everything bids fair tolt to make inho this city and tile the surrounding ur country prosperous in ill new sources of and e trust to cival livahin in richness wasla washoe oc and r kaw bew river if not win the golden crown of callum herself despise not the day of small things the striking of a single silver vein in tit all the ft wasatch asarch range nill aill give an onward impetus to the progress of this territory and the prosperity of its people little dreamed of by those who have toiled on in the wilderness in patience and amid trill looking only to gaining a pr acari aup livelihood for themselves and families the kiture future is bright let the people be true to them seh es s and mark those 11 coming events which cast their shi shadows dows before let this be done and all NN will ill be well |