| Show MINING conditions mining in the west is in a prosperous condition or the industry is d depressed according to the view ia tuf 0 the situation as taken lom tom dif feral standpoints stan points since tho the panic ot of a few years ago there lias has been a ecar scarcity elty of money tor for prospect de but when it comes to heavy mining there never was a period before such big undertakings were being carried on as at present time in ili order to assertion it is only prove this feces 1 i sary eary to point to activities in ill two or three utah mining camps take bigham for instance nowhere else in in the united states ts is such such heavy work going on and it would be hard to convince those interested interested in this great camp that mining was dull in that section in tintic gintic district RISO also more work is sow now going on there than ever before and there are at least a dozen camps in the state where extensive operation and development is the order of the day ely nevada is another point that Is teeming with life and vigor and in many localities throughout the west so much activity is in evidence dha it would be foolish to refer to them as being dull and lifeless j the trouble with a great many is that they cannot distinguish the difference between stock speculation and legitimate mining the difference between the incorporation of a company with a capitalization of a million on an property of unknown value and a mining enterprise that th lt Ss is producing and paying dividends just at this particular time the 1 wildcat wild cat is not attractive and so the disappointed promoter feels justified in saying that mining is dull on the other hand band let the announcement be made that a sensational strike b ins ts been made in virgin territory arid and if the report is verified it i is 19 w way that thai will pour wo into the new field or purchase and investment all of which goes to show that interest is is not lacking in mining and that the condition of the industry is good mining Is what a man makes it it I 1 he Is willing to work in order to make a producer lie he will nill find that mining is in ill a prosperous condition it if he wants to sell a prospect pio for P a quarter ot of a million or incorporate a heavy company on a property of 0 doubtful value he will tind find conditions depressed salt lake min I 1 n g review ly equipped with indoor running track shower baths swimming tanks physical culture quarters for women as well as tor for men and individual ll lockers to accommodate all it will III j be one of 0 the finest buildings of 0 its ats kind in the west the heat wave which held the country in iti grip during more than a third of the present month bids fair to be long remembered its destructive truc tive effects direct and indirect upon human life have not yet been finally reckoned up in ill figures but enough can be gleaned from the press dispatches to render certain uio the fact that the hot spell has been one of the most disastrous that the country has ever experienced the deaths of human beings directly dire otly t a excessive tempera realist iii ren list be counted 1110 by hundreds and animals have suffered to an all even greater extent while the crops have naturally aUy buffered iku offered in sections from heat and drought the untoward conditions are also reflected in reports of loss of life and property through forest tires fires in several sections large numbers of people are reported to have perished in tires fires which destroyed several towns and mining camps in the porcupine district of northern ontario forest tilts firs have also caused widespread damage in northern sone ians are reported to have been practically wiped out while others have suffered severely from the flames fires have also been raging in the moosehead Moose head lake umber timber district in ili maine and in the neighbor hoell of concord in new hampshire the uis cs to property iro perty has naturally been very gr greit Lt though an accurate i not he be made until the work of destruction shall hac h i been stated one estimate of the loss in fil northern michigan pus puls t at about Drad bradstreets streets |
