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Show WKSTKKN MIXING GAZKTTEICI!. will seek profitable investment in in Utah, daylight will bo mining enlet into the terprises Excitement in buying mining property treasures of gold and silver stored garnered often proves injurious to the investor. There within the of these everlasting hills. depths are plenty of good properties to he had, and In the meantime, as the large but somewhat MINING INVESTMENTS. ffljasdfccr. ttjfmt iHining . j un h isii i:n vi'i'KL ) i DKVuTKI) TO the only wsty to be sure of securing them is to thoroughly examine the property before making the linal leap. Hasty purchases, superinduced bv excitement, often ruins men even of In this way ones almost unlimited means. warmest friends are often drawn into the snare and in order set by designing property-ownerto get out with a whole skin, the capitalist is compelled to resort to trickery and fraud. When the working time arrives, many who think they are just a little sharper than most of men, will drop with a thud that would equal a small earthquake. Dont allow yourself to be carried away by big representations, for nine out of ten cannot be relied upon. Never in the history of mining has such an excitement existed as during the past two years, and consequently a much greater number will regret undue haste The carefully dropped intimation of the value of a mine amounts to nothing, for if they dare not speak above a whisper it will not bear the light of a thorough in- - GOLD AND SILVER MINING. Advkktisrks will lilciist miH'iuluT tlint f nr issues urn out month. SunsciiiiTiox, jiostiTjjt pn)ail: Uuitml Mutes mnl ('iin alia, $:i.00 per unmnii. luyiiMn in lulvanoc. Kkmittancks should he made by l'ost Ofliro Order, Lind. DraftOr leistered Letter, payable to (iazkttkku Oomi'any. Com ML'Nitm ions in regard to the mining and milling of ores solicited. Descriptions of new camps specially desired. Silver Reef produced over 1,100,000 r s, dur 18S0. ing to-da- 7,000,000 worth of ore in sight in the Ontario above the 700 level. There is Pikenix, our Wood River (Idaho) corres- pondent, gives in this issue an admirable and full description of the mines in that section. There were 232 disturbed bodies of mineral disappear from the developments in the lower altitudes, the indefatigable burrower for the precious metals, following the surface indications on the precipitous sides of the rim, are pushing their explorations into these upper hills with good results. The Last Chance and Hooper mines, owned by an English company, are developed to a greater extent than any other of these upper tier of mines, and their great value lias increased in proportion to the work expended on them. The Clipper, Dob Hoy, Rret llarte and Sacred, among the older locations, all show fine veins of high grade ore. The Elephant, Ida Elmore, and Highland Chief, among the later claims, promise to become paying mines. The Summit Mining Company is steadily pushing its tunnel on the Elephant vein into Halil Mountain, the highest point within the mineral belt, with most encouraging results. The ore from all these upper mines will average double in value that from the lower mines on the same veins, with the added advantage of working to great depths without trouble from water and of running successive levels on the vein fmm the sides of the mountain, thus saving to a large extent the expense of hoisting and pumping. Notwithstanding the large outcome of mineral from this district, the surface is onlv scratched. The lnagnilicent lodes of the "Old Reliable" are yet to be developed in depth and length, and the next live vears of its min- eral life promise to excel all former years in the volume and value of its mineral output. The capitalists who are fortunate enough to obtain inter ts in this district, can take their breakfast at thi ir hotel or home in this city, take a seat in the ears of the Utah Southern, connecting eiosely with the Ilingham Cunytu road, and read their morning paper, containing telegraphic news from all parts of the world, reach their mines in Ringhuni at 10 oclock a m., spend from tmir to five hours inspecting work and shipments, and return lv i nil in season for an early supper, all on the same day, thus combining business aith pleasure. mineral surveys made in Utah during the past year, and 1 SI in 1870: increase over the latter being 51. An average of nearly 20 surveys per month. y cer-tainl- v It is not new for people to go wild manager San Juan inspection. New York Mining and Smelting Company, on a particular subject, for only a few years in the west was carried to Silverton, Col., was in the city during the week. since Mr. Porter is the peer of any engineer in the such an extent that many wealthy men were West. rendered bankrupt. They have been known, jjjy ,laiiis of Illinois, Iowa ami Kansas, to of J. it J. J. Iiiomas Uv, Honey j,v si() per acre for unimproved land, bold it New York, amllhimbergcr, Hurley & Co., this! lon H.u flir ?2 ,ier am, J0.irs citv, has taken a seat in the New York Ameribought it during the excitement and sold Thcy can Mining Exchange. This gentleman is it when the fever had abated. It is true, a largely interested in some of the best mining good bargain may be lost by moving slowly, properties in Utah. but where there are so many good mines is useless to get excited. is uutlmritv to select from it The Denver Minina and perfectly for the statement that since Colorado was ad- None but thoroughly competent mitted ';into the Union, her population has reliable experts should be entrusted with the of a mining property. Neither is more than doubled and her mineral deposits examination The editor of our es- - it to the interest of anv district to greatlv increased. teemed cotemporary must be a close student of its showing, it being mcrelv a matter of time appear in its true light. If it is modern geology, otherwise it is safe to say he w,cn worthies.-- , false repre- comu ou would never have made the startling discovery! K01) that admittance of a Territorvi into the Union s'idatiuns cannot sustain it. of States has anything to do with the origin or; increase of mineral deposits. J. A. K. M., Porter, j land-grabbin- g j j IIi-KUtt- j V Ilt-vi- 11 over-estimat- e j ; : . - - - The out look for mining operations in Utah continues quite favorable. There is evidently more interest manifested in our great mineral wealth than was ever before known. This interest is not confined to anv one district, for its manifestations are seen in sections about which little has been known until within a few years past, and reports of the prospects are generally quite favorable. From camps which were almost deserted a vear or two since, there arc also reports indicative of a revival, with the prospect of a promising future. ft' Several weeks since we promised our patrons to enlarge to an eight page and here we have made no special eifort to get out a New Year paper, for the enlargement is certainly all our friends could ask. In this connection it is necessary to sav that John W.like, late of the Silver Reef Mitur, and well known on the Coast as an able and energetic newspaper man, lias purchased a half interest in the Gazetteer. The paper will be conducted hereafter as in the past as a reliable, newsy mining journal, leaving the discussion of politics and religion to others perhaps more competent, as well as willing, than ourselves. are. Yc V ft West Mountain Mining District, situated about 25 miles southwest from Salt Lake Citv, THE ABLE" HUMBUG, includes within its boundaries one of the mostremarkable mineral basins of tl.e Oquirrh Anotier illustration 0f the beauties of the ranSe of mountains. Its long array of rcat alui Vtotk business carbonates a and mines, producing gold, have mavlw fmll in ,)k, ,nsc ()f tIl0 ni pill)!l)Urf, national reputation, and have won for the dis- Mini,, Com,M11Vi a Kcw York corporation, trict tl.e appellation Old Ueliabie. Most of Having oxlasted working t.apital witllom tbc large deposits found .tear the surface have ri,acilin anv profitable the been worked out, and as the water level is companv is redi.e. d to the necessity of issuing iron reached, pyrites appear, to the great dis interest-beari- ng bonds (800,000, at 0 per of the miner. When this bugbear stratum cent.) to obtain funds wherewith to gust prosecute shall have been pierced by some enterprising work on the mine. It is not expected that the and richer continents Columbus, mining larger bonds can he negotiated for more than 50 per of ore will undoubtedly he discovered. The cent, of their face value, hence 150,000 is all veins from the foothills in a principal running of that can he realized for NON-ASSE- SS - j non-nessal.l- c- ore-bodie- southwesterly direction, plunge into the steep rim of the basin which forms the crest of the Oquirrh range of mountains. A few years ago a second Sutro tunnel was projected to cut the summit at a great depth so as to intercept and work these veins, the reasonable theory being, that great mineral wealth would he thus uncovered. The project was never carried out, hut when the time shall come, (and it is in the near future), that a fair proportion of the idle capital of the country s, an obligation 300,000. Suppose this 150,000 is covered into the Company's treasury, and within a few months, at an expenditure of half that sum, a bonanza is struck in the mine. The stockholders will then have the pleasure of paying 150,000, plus interest oil 300,000 a bonus on the lovely full-pand principle of the New York laws. aid jgrSrr.snur.K a vear. non-nssessa- ble" for the Gazetteer. Onlv?: |