| Show SALT lae LAKE E CITY july 14 1870 editor deseret 21 bews dear dent sir D do 0 the mines of little cottonwood pay so recently have a afew anew few new mines in this district been developed that it is only those possessing constant knowledge of them who can answer this question aa As matters of fact I 1 present the following statistics concerning concer nini a portion of that district in july 1869 the first shipment 0 of ore was made the number of persons engaged in mining raining including cook foremen etc at that time not exceeding ten up to february 1870 the number mining and prospecting did not exceed thirty up to that date tb e amount of ore shipped was two hundred and eighty three tons of the value of it cost to mine this ore per ton excavation sacking backing 1030 10 30 hauling to sa salt sait lake city 1500 15 00 freights to sa san ban francisco 2870 28 70 hauling sampling assaying com commissions and other fees 1020 10 20 exchange exchange and discounts 3 80 or a total cost at market of 70 00 of which amount 2730 for hauling sacking gand and excavating is left in the territory this leaves a margin of profit as exemplified by the lobor of thirteen men actually mining of 24 add 2730 2780 per ton or 7 and we have a total of net income of 31 if worked on the operative cooperative co principle this would average these men in round numbers 2444 each for one months work three hundred and five dollars per month is certainly fair wages for laboring men and this would have hav e been the result if the work was done on cooper co oper active principles As the facts really alethe mine owners paid and continue to pay good hands to per day and board and any industrious man can not only obtain this but can at the same time learn how to mineford mine for for foT it is just as essential to know how to mine to make it pay as it is to know how bow to conduct any other branch of business or trade inexperienced men grasp a pick and oveland sh after blindly gop hering a dozen or more small holes hoies cry out in disgust that mining dont pay now there is as much difference between mining and prospecting as there ia is between harvesting and ploughing sloughing hing if I 1 dont know how to plough and seed I 1 am not likely to obtain a harvest again to enable me to make my mining harvest as well as my agricultural one I 1 must make some investment on any other principle what a bhame shame it would be to place or in woolen mills before you can obtain a return from since february 1869 there have been shipped four hun hundred red and thirteen tons more of valuable ore arid alid the daily product of paying a ore is now from twenty five to thir thirty ty tons per day if there is any one place in utah that brings as much money into the territory I 1 shall be glad to know it the export from this one district and mainly from one pinehas mi mine has been to the value of now it is only too evident that lne lae the mines of utah under the present outcry against them will be and are rapidly being worked by foreign capitalists who will make it pay and it seems to me ill advised in anyone any one who has the good of the territory at heart to deery decry a business that brings in so much az and carries away so little ignorance of the facts has doubtless led to misstate mis state ments but with the present prospects of this thib th 18 district and of the many others in utah I 1 hazard the statement based upon my professional examinations that no richer mineral district exists in the united states and that little cottonwood canon cannon is probably the best base metal range yet discovered and we might as well expect men to abandon california nevada vi montana and colorado because some few are unfortunate or unskillful enough not to make mining pay very truly yours C L STEVENSON mining engineer SALT LAKE lare CITY july 18 70 editor deseret news sir there are rumors floating round the city that on saturday nominating conventions were held at a 06 city with a roman boman name the base of whose walls valls is laved caved by the classical waters of malad and bear river sat waif which c h the names of certain gentlemen were put forth for the sus suf frages of the people of this territory as their delegate to the next session of congress delegates from this city it is said attended that convention their names according to madam rumor being strickland white pewter co now mr editor I 1 would like you yon to satisfy my curiosity and that of the public on these points were there two conventions held in that notable burgh were the two persons named chairmen of those conventions and did they nominate maxwell and beadle these ara arb are the rumors and I 1 woula would like to know if they are true A mass meeting was once appointed in this city to which the public were invited come one come all the public deeming the invitation bona fide responded to the evident disgust of the manager managers bof of the little game did the recollection of that meeting have any influence think you in prompting the selection of the classical retreat described above as the place most suitable for holding these conventions another question did indge strickland say at the said convention which he attended that they did not ex expect act to elect their delegate this year iut but would next and that president grant had told him to go ghead and he would sustain him 1 I hear that he made these remarks can you imagine that the president whose reticence is so well known un bosomed himself in this manner to the gushing and garrulous judge aa editors are supposed by the great public u b 1 0 to know everything I 1 take the ri liberty ber t y of asking you these questions be believing lievi ng that if you can answer them through the NEWS you will oblige your numerous readers and the public generally as well as yours respectfully INQUIRER it is generally believed that editors are ubiquitous but in this instance we must confess that neither we nor any of ours were there we therefore cannot answer inquirer definitely perhaps some of our readers can the rumors he refers to are afloat As far as we can find out they are generally believed we certainly gave some of the bearers of the names mentioned greater credit for smartness that these proceedings if true would indicate and that a man learned in the law a politician an aspirant eirand for diplomatic and other high honors conors should report a conversation which we are sure never occurred or even if it did occur should blab a rather inelegant word but it fits the case exactly the confidences of the high personage named shocks our sense of propriety father hyacinthe is at munich where he holds daily conferences with canon dollinger and the king of bavaria who it is said intends to confer on him the citizenship of munich and a chair in the university it is a striking fact that those flowers which can be perfectly fertilized by the wind and do not need the aid of insects rarely or never have gaily colored flowers at least half the plants in the world have not bright colored or beautiful flowers mr darwin has lately arrived at the wonderful generalization that flowers have become beautiful solely to attract insects to assist in their fertilization |
