Show emy emp mw 1 v SALT larm LAKE city july loth 1870 coeditor editor ewa news aa ais there still appears to be some doubts lingering ila lla gering in the minds of a few who have become financially interested in the success of the little littie cottonwood mining district as to its merits and demerits I 1 again address myself to the task of enlightening the minds of ot those who are today to day engaged in working with a blind falth faith the wild cat caty claims of that rapidly failing mining region I 1 have made every effort to obtain the mining statistics of the territory for the past few years I 1 but have failed consequently I 1 am under the necessity of calling attention to the facts as they do and have existed for the past four foun our or five years that utah is possessed of mineral wealth no doubts need be entertained bulit built is of that class of mineral that thal sooner or later becomes the support and stay of the state i 1 e ironhead iron lead ac and not gold and silver it is that class that requires the steady persistent effort of a determined will to make it valuable and not the lottery speculations of thrice over disappointed gold seekers the time la Is certainly not far df distant stant when this source of wealth will be p developed and will become a source of revenue to its bona nide fide citizens that will be of a permanent character and not wild cat 1 for the past six months an unhealthy excitement has prevailed throughout the territory in regard to mining prospectors have been busy and almost every mountain side canon eanon and gulch from the colorado to bear La lake kehas hag has been beeh carefully inspected by experienced men and the result has been that the mass mrss of great reat expectation capitalists have settled down to the development of little littie cottonwood something near five years ago the first work in the carlon cation was done and from that day to this persistent efforts have been made in season and out to force from the bowels of the earth something like adequate compensation forthe for the time toil toll and means therein expended with what success they who have been the sufferers best know and it only requires a visit to the canon cablon by an impartial observer to ascertain the true state of affairs the abandoned tunnels prospect holes and smelting smelling sm elting eiting works chatara th that atara ara are today to day to be seen are abundant evidences to any one who does not go it blind 11 but coolly calmly and daber deliberately calculates lates the chances chance of the investment he expects to make and the probable results of an investment in mining claims ilat ila have been repeatedly tried for a number of years and agid have bave been as often abandoned affer after wearying fruitless efforts to obtain the precious metal I 1 I 1 the discovery of gold in n ua cottonwood is not nov of late date as many mans suppose but experienced miners pro it a failure an ind a humbug many m months ago only those who i are willing to risk their all or the cast of a single die or those who are destitute of this worlds goods would take hold of so unpromising a it prospect with the expectation of bettering their con cpa financially to a ee certain rtin extent these men have won but where one oue has succeeded five hundred have nave nailed failed and so llvell con continue to ahe the theand he end endi the exerts exertions ons ong will be hp made th thel el health and the prosperity of many swill be placed in jeopardy and a as a result we shall have me men n w who ho might have succeeded any vocA vocation tion tiou in life broken down at ht tw tue commencement of lifes cifes career some idea of the number of stories these few build their castles on I 1 ei extract tract from the e correspondence of the of june salt bait lake city to t the e missouri democrat the tho the woodhall bros broa iule lule are itie erecting smelting smelling sm elting works for the reduction redaction of the ores of cottonwood eafton Ca flon fion which is believed to be the tha richest mining region in the world and the last successful discoverer is I 1 patsey marley an eri tri english glish t Is up he has ha a number humber of ree meira for him alay aily the elal elai crail cdail m is esl esi maed at d diandr dol dollar laeli larli i pa P r e c B e j 1 y why not sa sap say Y one hundred million at once onee and be done with it and not hot stoop to the paltry insignificant bam sam of ot oui one hundred thousand tho n A mana organs of gullibility extensive to swallow sub bub osh and then oh ph top fop jbf bf the to work with a ipa the t ho prospective the of the quintessence of cred creda L V shy thel esit that can be said rhen TheN vath rath is ig in regard to the development of mineral in this territory that for every dollar received and obtained by the most strenuous st renous exertion exertions we have bad to expend five hundred look at nagat abandoned and deserted I 1 an acknowledged failure the same with the sevier mines that conw promised so much and meadow that valley vailey alley ailey another monument of the folly that induces men to leave lucrative employment for the uncertainties of a miners life and in almost every gorge throughout the entire extent of the south dismal looking prospect pros eel holes confront one on every handT hand ving living testimony to caution tl e unwary of the certainty of pecuniary loss lose in the event of Jn investment vestment in the mines of that district nearer to the city we find that tintie was the place after all but what eventually is the result twelve fiery steeds drew a golden car that 91 glittered with precious preciou gems and the tho carriage lamps were diamond clobes globes an and were mounted on golden stems my orchard was loaded with golden fruit and ana I 1 supped cupped upon golden wine and the whole of my glittering golden goldea wealth I 1 drew from the tintie mine much more morel I 1 dreamed in a similar strain As I 1 rolled in a golden bed but I 1 woke at length from my ljay dreamy spell to find that my gold was zead lead 11 what of bingham canon canlon year in and year out the work has haa gone one o forward by apparently and aed today to day many a poverty stricken man mab can trace his first downward step to the mines of bingham canion cannon while the 0 only ply men that I 1 have ever heard of making any money in the ca canion cannon on were killed by a land elide before leaving it rush valley vailey shared the excitement andio and to judge by what information can be ga gained 1 11 of a reliable character of that region it is on a par with the rest men who were possessed of a competence have left it scattered over the hill sides in the shape of ore that today to day will not pay for hauling to salt sale lake city to say nothing of smelting smelling sm elting shipping etc north south east and west look which way we will we find only the ever recurring evidence of repeated failure abandoned mines deserted shafts smelting smelling sm elting works and the usual castaway cast away debris of defunct mining claims to judge by the evidence before us there is a certain class cf men who prefer to follow the certainty of defeat in mining to the uncertainty of success as artisans arti or husbandmen utah mineral gold and silver wealth wealthy may be inexhaustible but it apparently is beyond the reach of those who are buying lottery tickets to 0 db b etain tain it utah has heretofore amassed olid wealth rapidly through the efforts leff orts oTts of her hen farmers mechanics and merchants new avenues for forthe the accumulation of means are opening up dally daily prominent among the number can be classed scotton and woolen factories whose chos e ejk eal spindles will ere long iong give gle gie employ employment men t to hundreds who are today to day looking to the mines for bread and this will be permanent employment and the em aloyes are not great expectation capitalists ita lists but steady going hard working citizens who will build up a country bou not tear it down who will pay its taxes and not involve it in debt as havedon have done doue ethe the miner miners of nevada I 1 the state that was born with a golden poon in it its mouth but which today to day with all its yield of gold and silver is so po deeply involved that while its citi keena feena ens are groaning g ro aning unde under rits its heavy taxation no way opens to extricate them from the dilemma into bilto which they have bave been forced by the mim wim lilg irig ID interests they posse possess 1 to enter into hito an argument to prove that the rold gold and i liver viver ilver mining iriti interest of utah j amounted anion anlon anted lo 10 naught would deem eem oem to borne home some uri necessary unnecessary labor hut but I 1 than 4 til tai all sll the evidence that thai thai ig Is self eyl dent deni faid and aud incontrovertible uen nen men will wil 1 still talk of f rich mining claims worth h 1 oe thousand and little i it L va the 11 tai taa affords v suppose for one moment they do pay vajk and find that cau can bo adea would all fb the gold egold af ar the gems gams of golconda us nr the demoralization of atour our dur the he fever of df excitement excite men 4 ahto i D which our territory would be and arld the bringing into our oun midst of bf a class that area are a detriment to any country I 1 uhe the vigilantes of wholesale murders and hangings hannings hang ings of montana montina the road agent work of nevada the long catalogue of terrible acts s gehe generally rally raily that characterize every mining camp of any size are too fresh in their minds for the people of this territory to seek for their repetition here hurdy gurdy houses bouses gambling hells and whisky saloons with all their attendant evils are not the characteristics acte of the quiet dwellers of thi the e valleys ot of utah and it is the duty of every good citizen to frown them down the condition of oday today o day exists e istrin in little cottonwood will spreads throughout the territory provided the false and lying reports of interested parties are allowed to go let the truth be known and let those who live at a distance understand the true nature of the case let them know for themselves that the mines in utah have from their first incel inception 1 11 sunk money and that only speculators specula tony toMy are being bene fitted by the report of mit mir mineral terai teral wealth men may say that this that or the uther man has haa made money certainly they have men make money at the faro table at cards at lotteries and at every game of of chance that exists but point to one single person who has been perma fermai bently derie berie fitted by money so gained where is the man in our midst today to day who through the influence of mining has gained for himself a competency and gathered around himself the requisite to smooth the rough places in life to add to his happiness happl happi nes here miners here are who have made money but it has gone as it came very rapidly and on our streets can be seen every day financially played out specimens of the mining fraternity who have followed the footsteps of the fickle goddes until broken in name in fame and ini fortune they wander to and fro iro over 1 the earth without aim or object and are a re doubt doubtless lesa wending their way toward the barren cliffs clifia cottonwood canton canon as the dernier resort the last hope hops the flickering in the socket of the lamp that has indeed proved heretofore an ignus fatus 11 to them soon this last hope of success wili will be ve denied them theta and again they will commence the weary march in search of better diggings t out upon the mistaken philosophical priti principle ciple elpie advocated by any man or set of men that brings poverty to the dobrof door of an entire class of our citizens and renders them unfit for the practical realities of life brings trouble to the hearthstones hearth bearth stones of ere while happy families very respectfully J mort MOEt oan fAN |