The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-20
In THE TINTIC COUNTRY.
How Its Great Mines and Brilliant Prospect
Strike a Salt Laker.


To get proper conception of the great
resources of this inter mountain country,
one must personally visit the differens
mining camps of this vicinity-to fully
understand their magnitude, magnitude
of such diminsions, that it is far beyond
human calculation, or even conception.
About the only idea one gets, that becomes
fact, is to know the production, in ton
mage and value, its cost of production, and
the great profit it gives. To more fully
illustrate the ignorance..of the citizens Of
this city as to the mining camps of this i'm
mediate vicinity. 1 will say that in my
four months residence here, 1 have in
several instances asked for informa-
ton about the Tintic mining dis
trict, but from no resident
of this city could get anything of definite
nature, but from several Colorado mining
men got far more. | don't wish to be un-
derstood as drawing any comparisons be-
tween the Utah and Colorado miner, but
this do wish to say, and especially for the
good of Salt Lake and its mining country,
that if the Tintic mining district was in
Colorado, its fame would be known through
out the entire United States of America.
Every man, woman and child and every
newspaper VI bL0 SIdOO WOulQ NY SOIAO
means send the news abroad of its wonder
full wealth. Where is there one who has
not heard of Leadvile, Aspen, Ouray and
| a host of others And in all of these
camps the record Of every mine is well
known, while here you find it difficult, and
| in many cases impossible, to get any in
| formation about the great mines around
here To me it seems the better policy to
make these records public, as no other
| form of advertisement can compare with it,.
so we'll as hard, stubborn facts made gen.
orally public.
| A visit to the Tintic country will more
than repay anyone for time and expense Of
such trip. To go there and see such great
mines as there are Will surprise any old
miner. l will say this That in its tonnage
and probably in values, it is equal, il not
in advance, of Colorado's great camp, As
pen. Not since the early days OF Leadville.
of which | am a pioneer, have L seen
more promising camp than Tintic, and IN
| every respect the cheapest mines TO work
in every particular; large bodies of high
grade ore and territory of unknown mag
nitude, throughout which | am convinced
| the iudicious expenditure Of money would
surely bring great profits in return. Know
ing all this the query suggests itself to me:
Why are the people of this city so slow in
siezing some OF these great opportunities
The mighty dollar, which we all are break
ing our necks to get, is there beyond any
question. The prospectors are there with
their prospects, willing to give any one
with little money, more than 'the lions
share"
The railroads usually take some interest
in advertising mining camps, but here Is
one whose value to the railroad Is simply
enormous. Yet you hear nothing from it
about the great mining camp called Tintic,
and the manner of accommodation you re-
ceive from this railroad would convince
you, before your arrival there, that it was,
as the old miner would say, a one horse
camp You are carried there in an old
car, that will wager, was bought by the
j., u p railroad at the beginning of the first
running of trains from Omaha, twenty six
or more years ago. and it is a question il
the car was not an old one then. This car
is attached to freight train both going
and coming, so your getting to and from
: there, is question that cannot be settled
until your trip is completed.
That Tintic is entitled to better railroad
accommodations, no one can question. 1t
? should have first class passenger service,
independent of any freight The people
are entitled to it. From present indica-
lions the r. G. w. will soon be there,
! Then with competition we shall surely have
better service.
My time being limited, l shall in my next
try to give some facts and figures, as to
the production of the camp. S.