Show utah as a funeral producer years ago when a few busy mormons reached salt lake city and established one of the most beautiful places in the united states the conditions were such that the agricultural interests were more bought atter than mining and it was not until the enterprising miners commence to push out into utah that the great mineral wealth of the state was brought to light up to january the output for butali in cold was about and in dilver while the mines in the state have paid over in the total mineral output of utah for 1895 was over of abich was gold mercur is tho banner gold camp and park city the silver camp of utah closely followed by Bing harn the mine has paid its dividends over in two years the ballion beck and champion are bg bulli HI pro dacera also in camp ffoyd are located mines which at the present time show indications of being among the greatest on the continent the mercur mine consists of a blanket vein as chown by the geological departs of 1885 and 1886 it contains an area 7 miles long and 3 miles wide which is by this eold deposit from five to seventy five feet in thickness running in value from 2 to 00 this deposit ia reached from grass roots to feet in deai ago mercur mine now has millions 0 dollars worth of ore blocked out with a mill capacity of tona per day the golden gate mine owned by delamar is said to have upwards of blocked out and will erect a mill of tons per day capacity the clarion another giant of damp clovd has produced upwards of it has a mill with a capacity of fifty tons per day the geyser has produced and has a fully equipped mill of fifty tons daily capacity the sunshine mine has been pronounced by experts who recently visited it to have the largest body of ore of any mine ia the world no one knows what it has paid as it is a close corporation but as they have been loading fifty tons per day for the last year the dividends aret to be large the sacramento has a mill of 50 tons per duy capacity which is turning out gold steadily the overland brickyard wonder northern light lied cloud gold dust and others are erecting cyanide mills of fifty tons capacity ahe ores of camp floyd aro an absolute cyanide proposition and can be mined and treated for less than per ton no free gold has ever been seen in the camp and the formation has proved of much interest to mineralogists among the other prominent camps in the state can be mentioned gintic tintic frisco where the great horn silver mine is located milford big and little cottonwood stockton alia hardscrabble and many others and utah is undoubtedly entering upon an era of prosperity in mining that will put the mineral output of the detate among the leaders in the united slates all the mines such as the ontario have shown better values with depth aud capital is now directed toward many mining districts in utah where a few ago the sound of tho drill was not beard the state has gone through the fame trials and tribulations that leave bedet most mining countries but has arisen phoenix like and taken its proper place among the buhion producers and will hereafter contribute a liberal share to the wealth that Is mailing the united states the greatest country in the world As a field for the miner utah has few equals and no superiors |