The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-19

| ahmed TO indicate any lncompetency
in the management. When the COM
pany commenced operations. ground
sulphur atSslt Lake City was worth $40
to $50 net per ton; now it is less than
$50, and the hopes which were based on
the better market have naturally been
converted into disgust and complain
ing under the new condition Of affairs.
| Journal.
Those Of our citizens who have looked
upon the idea of bringing water from
the Great Salt Lake and the Hot Sui
phur Springs by means of pipes, in
order to establish sanitarium in this
city, as being of visionary nature,
will probably be considerably surprised
to learn that a stream of oil reached
Chicago, few days ago, from Lima,
O., distance of206 miles. Three weeks
elapsed during the passage of the oil
this distance. Omaha men of means
now propose to pipe oil into that city
from the Wyoming oil fields, distance
some time ago that members Of the
Standard Oil Company, one of the
! greatest monopolies that ever existed
ing, and it Is now feared that they are
making an effort to control the future
output of oil from that Territory.
Speaking of the scheme, one of those
interested said: THAT line of pipes
will be run from the Wyoming oil fields
to Omaha is just as sure as fate. Just
how soon cannot say, but you can rest
assured that Omaha will be the dis
tributing point for almost the entire oil
product OF Wyoming. Of course. no
definite action has yet been taken for
building this line. but things are taking
proper shape, and almost any day
company may be formed for that pur-
pose. There is not the least doubt but
that oil exists there in as great quaint
ties as in the fields of the east. All the
oil discoveries so far have been made
by digging shafts, except where the oil
has come to the surface through the
rocks. The oil belt begins near the
junction of the Poison Spider Greek
with the North Platte River. and ex-
tends westerly along the north slope of
the Rattlesnake and Beaver Mountains.
For years there has been a wIAe of oil,
resulting in the formation OF oil cake
Upon the surface Of the ground. The
lighter products have been absorbed by
the soil and evaporated, leaving the oil
cake, which of course is only fit for fuel
1t is wonderful how many Nebraska
people are interested in the develop
ment of the oil fields, and they will, no
doubt, all join in the scheme to build
the pipe line to Omaha. | was through
that country year or SO ago. 1t was
the most desolate looking place | ever
saw, especially where Oil is to be found.
1t is not q country where one would
want to make his home permanently.
Alkali water is about the only kind to
be obtained, and in some localities
there is very little of that. The soil
generally is rich, but to make it yield
anything it is necessary to irrigate,
which, of course, is very expensive.
When the railroads now heading that
way are completed, work will be begun
in earnest, and people who have dis
credited the stories told about the enor-
nous quantity of oil which is known to
exist have surprise in store"
Mining is getting to be mighty un-
sartin thing" remarked an old time
miner, land a man would become far
better off if he would quit the mines
and settle down in an agricultural COM
muniiy, take up land and go to raising
a little produce. The trouble ow, the
labor market in our camps is over
stocked, and we more often hear of men
getting drafted, or working on half
time, than keeping their job from month
to month. The excitement and good
pay are what induce men to put up with
the drawbacks, but since there is
tendency to lower wages. l think the
good miners will drop out, and direct
their energies in another field, where
their skill is appreciated. Then the
good class of men for which most min
ing camps are noted will be replaced by
the poorer classes"
A vein of some kind of mineral has
been struck in No. mine at Rock
Springs. 1t consists, so far as could be
ascertained without an assay, of iron
pyrltes, and with this there is
crystalline quartz, containing traces of
silver and copper.
The question of reduction in the
rate on ores from the Wood River
country has, it is understood, been in.
vestigoted by Mr.. V. Parker, of the
Union Pacific Office in this city. and
report on the same forwarded to the
Omaha office. where it will be acted
upon by Mr.. Kimball. A rate of $1,000
per ton from all Wood River points to
Denver. on silver and lead ore and con-
centrates, not carrying over 80 per cent.
lead and As ounces silver, in carload lots
of not less than 10000 pounds. was Of
fered, but refused, the mining men re-
plying that the restrictions as to value