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Show INTER-MOUNTAI- 1 and some reluctance Is exhibited by its promoters in extending recognition to meritorious properties located in The other sections of the country. Conbrokers of the solidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange do not speak in the highest terms of the new organization, and the Engineering and Mining Journal cautions investors to go slow in investing their cash in its stocks without special investigation. It may be that the new exchange was not organized for the purpose of promoting legitimate mining investments, but for all that it has afforded Utah, through Judge Colborn and other representatives, an opportunity to bring the mineral resources of this State into prominence, and if the merits of all the stocks listed equal those offered by Utah, the new exchange is worthy of the confidence of long-establish- ed . investors. The commissioners appointed some eighteen months ago to allot lands in MINING REVIEW. N The Gold Product. From the telegraphic reports of the agents of the Mint Bureau, it appears that the total gold product of the United States for 1895 was $53, 031, SCO. against $39,500,000 for 1894. The Director of the Mint, however, believes that these figures are too high, and that the will reduce them final r evision to $48,000,000. This latter sum would place the United States far in the lead of countries, and increase the worlds output to $205,000,000. The following table shows the value of the product by States and Territo ries for two years: gold-produci- ng George H. Robinson. No mining engineer has risen more rapidly in the ranks of his profession, or now occupies a higher place among the mine managers of the West, than Mr. George II. Robinson, the subject of this sketch. Owing to his prominence in Utah mining affairs, and the magnitude of the interests under his control, some facts concerning his career will be of interest to the readers of the Mining Review. Mr. Robinson was born at Cleveland, and forty years O., between thirty-fiv- e i t f Alaska .... ..... Arizona California Colorado Idaho Michigan Montana Nevada New Mexico .... Oregon South Dakota .. Utah Washington severalty to the Uncompahgre and Appalachian Uintah Utes, and secure a relinquishTotals ment of their reservation rights, having spent the $16,000 appropriated and Witwatererand Production. accomplished nothing, have returned The gold output of the Witwaters-ran- d to their homes in the East. Congressdistrict, in South Africa, for the man Allen of Utah was quite right in 1S95, as computed opposing any further appropriation for month of December, this farce. The truth is that the act by the Chamber of Mines, was 17S.428 is a falling off of 16,790 providing for the opening of these res- ounces, which ervations has been defeated by a ounces from the November output. The the total proscheming asphaltum syndicate that following table shows 1888 to 1895, in desires such modifications of the law duction by years from as will enable it to exclude others from clusive. GEO. H. ROBINSON. 208,122 LSSS feafield. worst The the Uncompahgre 369,577 18S9 . ... 494,817 1890 .... ture of the whole business is the apago, and received his education in that 729,238 1891 parent collusion of the officers of the 1892 1,210,869 State. His first professional work was 1,478,477 1893 for the Santa Fe railroad, he having Government with this syndicate. 2.024,162 1894 .... spent several years in the service of 1895 .... 2,277,685 that company. He went to Leadville A significant feature of the local minThe public is wholly unable to keep during the mining excitement and ing activity is the extent to which Utah people are investing their means in pace with the swift and bewildering served as superintendent successively Litmining properties and development. developments of the Camp Floyd gold of the Chrysolite, Little Chief and Among the officers of the many new belt. Rich strikes in the old territory, tle Pittsburg. Thence he removed to corporations that have recently been new discoveri?s in adjacent fields, sale: Montana, and became general manager of properties, capitalization of groups, of the Drum Lummon mine, which poorganized will be found the representative business and professional men of contracts for shafts and tunnels and sition he held for eight years, being at this city, and the hundreds of thou- purchases of machinery plants are com- the same time consulting engineer of sands of dollars now being expended ing so thick and fast that one who at- the Northern Pacific railroad. Three years ago Mr. Robinson came on development is supplied chiefly by tempts to keep track of them finds it Utah people. This shows that the peo- an impossible task this condi to Utah to take the superintendency of ple of this region have faith in themtion prevailing thus early in the sea- the Mammoth mine, in. which position selves and faith in their resources, and son, no man can conceive the possible he continued until about a year ago, when his abilities were recognized by Eastern capital should note the fact results of the years operations. that it is not invited to invest in someCapt. J. R. De Lamar, and he was thing which Utah herself is not willing It was of course to. be expected that made general manager of all the De to back to the full extent of her means. the discovery of the Roentgen X rays Lamar interests in Utah and Nevada. would be followed by a deluge of fake Since that time, however, increasing The enterprising citizens of Bingham discoveries by obscure scientists de- duties have compelled him to relinhave appointed a committee of fifteen sirous of gaining notoriety. The press quish the active management of the alto raise funds for the printing and disdispatches chronicle some new and mine and mill at De Lamar, Nev., tribution of 50,000 copies of a map and astonishing disclosure almost daily, though he still exercises an advisory description of the producing mines of but beyond the first announcement, supervision. The De Lamar properties the Old Reliable mining camp. This dis- nothing is ever heard of it. However, under his management include the trict has nearly fifty mines that have it is not improbable that the Roentgen Golden Gate mine at Mercur, upon n taken rank among the heavy producers, process of cathode photography will be which he is preparing to erect a and the list will be greatly increased improved and perfected. mill, and the proposed pipe line, by which it is intended to increase the during the present season. This showing is sufficient to attract the attention The Chicago Mineral and Mining water supply of the Camp Floyd disof capital throughout the country. The Board sends to the Mining Review its trict. He is also general manager of descriptive matter will be printed by weekly report of sales and review of the Sioux Consolidated and the Utah the Bingham Bulletin, which is prethe market, accompanied by a request Consolidated mines and the Farrell paring to issue a mammoth edition. that they be published. As this board mill, in the Tintic district, and has was opened six weeks ago and none recently been elected president of the Two cyanide patents issued last week but Colorado value and Montana stocks have East Golden Gate company.hisThecontrol under of the and reported in this issue of the Min- yet been called, its transactions would reaches properties millions. many ing Review will be of particular inter- be of little interest to the readers of is a perfect type of that Mr. Robinson s. est to Camp Floyd the Review. progressive element of his profession 500-to- mine-owner- f |