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Show WESTERN MINING GAZETTEER. Jacob pick and patiently wait for the wagon of the rinsusnFj) DEVOTED capitalists. The waste of time and money in the prosecution of our mining ventures is simply enor- ir.v-.'Av- . to monlb. SunscRiPTioN, postage prepaid: United States and Canada, $3.00 per annum. Payable in advance. Remittances should be made by Post Oflice Order, Hank Draft or Registered Letter, payable to Mark W. Musorovk. Communications in regard to the mining and milling of ores solicited. Descriptions of new camps specially desired. of men engage d Judging from the number in mining (by chin music) on Main Street in Salt Lake City, one would think that the mother vein of Utah cropped out on that thoroughfare, and that an inexhaustible chimney of ore was being worked all the way from Godbes corner to the Clift House. Tin possibility of becoming suddenly rich in mining is one of the many drawbacks attendant upon this great industrial interest. The tenderfoot accustomed to work in the shop or on the farm, with a persistence that knows nothing of loitering in the market place, no sooner takes up the pick and shovel as a prospector for the precious metals, than, immediately alter striking vein matter with a slight sprinkling of galena, than he lays them down again, and with his pantaloons stuffed into his boots and his battered heaver stuck on his head at an fortv-fivdegrees with the side lines angle n of of his body, hies him to the city to brag over the big toing he has got in the Hark Here he meets scores of mine. e from-the-Tom- bs brother millionaires, and, as distance lends enchantment to the view, the width of their veins and the magnitude of their ore deposits increase with the multiplicity of their drinks and brags. No other industry could stand this intermittent fever and ague of sturdy work and braggart play. The farmer that would leave his field to boast of the coming crop would reap only weeds, and the mechanic that would swing his fists on Main Street rather than his hammer over the anvil, would part company with his customers. The fact that mining in its aggregate results yields a larger proportion of profits on a given outlay of money and work than any other productive interest in the country, in spite of the exceptional waste in its prosecution, is an unanswerable argument in its favor. With the persistent labor and careful utilization of capital which characterize other leading industries, what material triumphs might attach to mining in Utah and elsewhere. We worry over the want of capital, but we fail to realize the waste of it in the absenteeism of managers and miners from the properties which they own and represent. Go through our mining districts and note the great majority of idle and deserted dumps. Are these mines and mining claims abandoned? Let the presuming attempt to take possession and how soon would he look down the muzzle of a No, the sturdy workers who have honey combed these districts have grown tired of work, and with the idea that a host of capitalists arc lying awake nights in the city oil account of their anxiety to buy mining property, they rush to meet and greet the money bags. How much better would it be for each mine owner to persistently wield the six-shoote- r! Law, Piigsleys Huilding, Second South St., Suit Lake City, Utah w. urcaomoyer, u. s. mix xu ax! SUnVKYOli axd civil exujxeeii MiXEEAL M Utah ami Idaho. Notary 1'cdlic. 1. O. ilox Office, Second South, 1157. East of I. O. J. H. Morton, imperfect knowledge prevalent concerning the MLTHTTTSTGsame, the project of starting a Mining Bureau, 1 Box 51(1, Salt Lake City. 0. or Bullion Club, it seems to us is well worthy of serious consideration and united action by M. in the the mining companies and all interested industry of mining. Information is what the Next door to White louse, SALT LAKE CITV. knowthis most ; desires Engineers amt Surveyors Books, Stationery, GPMiners, subject upon public a specialty. etc., ledge that is reliable, and the facts as they exist. It is better able then to decide when investment is presented, and 1o act when preThe character of pared for active operations. sa-Xjthose at the head of this Club should be a ANDREW C. BRIXEN, Proprietor. HEADQUARTERS FOR MIXING MEX. sufficient guarantee of the reliability of parThe Valley is an excellent liotel in every respect. ties presenting information. The sessions of Board $1.5) to $2.00 per day; $S to $i() per week. the New York Bullion Club are well attended, and the lectures are listened to and read with Opposite Tribune Building, increasing interest. We have no doubt that Second South St., Salt Lake Citff. this institution and the interesting and valuaand Mining proper lies bought and sold, consolidations organized. Survey and njcessarv papers in application tor companies ble character of the information it presented, United Statis patents for minis made and tiled. Titles examined and information furnished. Special agent for placing working capmining has been largely instrumental in creating a ital of Superior, Jupilor, and 'Mimmit Mining Companies. Orders and Correspondence solirted. 1. O lto No. 7S8. general interest in mines and mining in New JAS. F. U HAD LEY. Chivalue Refers of York citv. to to such F. The . Geo. a club Prescott. Manager Salt Lake Triby permission bune: Anthony Go he, Manager London Rank of Utah; J T. Lynch, cago and the mining business centered there Postmaster at Salt Lake Citv, Utah. in disseminating reliable information in regard TELEGRAPH MIMING COMPANY to ores, mines, mining, treatment of ores, and the mineral-hearinlands of the country, Lo:ation of Min33, Bingham, Utah is too great to be enumerated and too apparent to require more than a mere mention. IITCORPORATED SEP. 5 1880 -- ZETSTG-IIsriEIEie- C. A BIG THING ON MAIN STREET. re-locat- Chicago talks of organizing a Bullion Club. In view of the general interest in mining matters, coupled with the very crude and 3G8. Woods & Hoffman, at Office: BULLION CLUB. 1. O. Box No. 115 Main St., Salt .Lake City, Utah. Attorneys GOLD AND SILVER MINING. Advertisers Boreman, Attorney at Law, mous. will please remember that four issues are one S. ,. PEIRCE, Books and Stationery. 1 House, alleylake citit. T Exchanges JMtawj I g DISCRIMINATION. H M Mav, Pre id. nl; S unlit Kalin. Treasurer George M W W Woods, I What is needed discrimination in the purchase of mining stocks or in mining is more investments. Something besides figure-head- s of unimpeachable men in company organizations, ami dearly purchased of mining experts, should he taken as guides to mining investments. Use more sense, and investigate for yourself, and the result will be much more gratifying. Because money has been lost in mining stocks is no reason whv all miningn enterprises .should be condemned, any more than all railroads should he declared worthless because some have proved losing concerns. As far as past records go, mining as a legitimate business will c unsure favorablv with other enterprises and avocations and losses of faraway investors have more frequently been caused by ignorance and inexperience concern ing the 'business, and stock manipulations, than from any worthlessness of the properties k reprts N si-ot-t, A directors: Joal Lawrence, Frank Hoffman, Secretary ; W S McUornick, Stephen Hays, Anderson. HOBWAY Iron Mining and Manufacturing ltr ; Co. Value of Shares $10. of Mines Working Uapit.il Fund 40.000 Shares, $100 000. ami Works, Mill Creek Mining District, Morgan counts. Principal Capital Stock, $l,0l).').'M)0. Ixx-atio- n Silt Lak.- City, Utah. Dihmtoks John T. Lynch, President: Oflice: - Charles Popper, Vice Prcsidi lit ; Fred G. Lynber, Treasurer; It. A. M. Kroiseth, Secretary; John K. McRtide, Attorney; Syvort Iverxm, Superintendent; John I leers. A limited ani aint of working capital, stoek can now he had of the U Mupanv at ov figures. For particulars address the Secretary. Post Office lm 453. KIMBALL Salt Lake PIERCES Park & Uunning direct between Suit Luke und Park City. STAVES LEAVE DAILY. Office at U. 1. Express, Stilt Lake City, and the Office, Turk City. lost themselves. Mark Mcsgrovk trots out his Mixing Gazetteer this Marks deserves J. success. Hr. week in a bran new harness. Cr. bright and reliable and Southern Utah Timex. is Locution of Minks: Yes, yes, neighbor and a representative of Mount Baldy District, Utah Ter. the Gazetteer will drop down your way in a G eneral ilice, SALT LAKE CITY, week or two to see what can he done for the Branch Office, Room 8, No. 85 Washington St., of interests Friscos celebrated district. mining CHICAGO Capital Slock, $1,000,000. $10 The Summit Mining Company, organized Par Value of Shares, last May under the Utah Statutes, have run some 200 feet on the vein of the Elephant A. I). IH3VAN, President. mine in Bingham. With comfortable winter finished on their dump and of snow slides, they propose the lino of the lode till they ; J. M. WILLIAMSON. Treasurer. quarters recently A. J. JOHNSON, Secret ary. out of the reach C. II. MY A( Hi A MONTH, ami to peg away on Manager, make or break. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Vice-Preside- nt |