The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-18
How IT CAN Be DONE
Ten Millions of Capital Can
Be Brought Here This Year.
UTAH HAS A GREAT FUTURE
For the Amount Of Work Done, Utah Will
Show Up Ten Tons of Ore to Colo
RADIOS One.
The man who made Aspen is an interest

The man who made Aspen is an interest
ing character.
In the winter of '7s and '7s B. Clark
Wheeler located in Aspen, located claims,
surveyed town site and sang its praises
until capital came to seek investment in the
bonanza which Mr.. Wheeler pictured as
slumbering in the hills. He worked the
Denver press in the interest of Aspen and
started out on lecturing tour to tell the
world Of the Golconda of wealth that he
had discovered. Like Fortunatus. he had
fortune for every man who came. Having
cultivated penchant for mining
intelligence and priziEg the value
of printers ink, he started
became the owner Of four newspapers,
among which are the Aspen Morning Times
and EUsning Chronicle, of the former of which
Mr.. Wheeler is editor. After making
Aspen what it is, it was nice compliment
which its citizens extended to it's founder
by making him its mayor.
When asked to say something in regard
to the Aspen mines Mr. Wheeler said that
they produced s., 100000 last year and that
from the present outlook the output
for 1891 will be from $4,000, 900
to SIS, 100000, passing Leadville's produc-
ton this year without doubt.
"Pitkin county, of which Aspen Is the
county seat, is on this side the divide. The
mining belt is a big contact lode, running
some forty miles, with Aspen on the CEN
ter of it. The ledge STANDS on an angle Of
As degrees, and heretofore the work was
confined very largely to doing little work
on the surface But with deep mining
comes the large returns, the result growing
better as we go deeper. The MOllie Glib
son is taking out ore that runs from $1,000
to $4,000 ton. Fifty tons OF this ore
yielded S125, 600. This result is attained at
depth of $50 feet below the city.
Mr.. Wheeler is president of the Bush
whacker, which was opened up last year
and is very promising mine. He also
owns seven-eighths of the Little Annie,
and while the reporter was talking with
him displayed telegram from Aspen stat
ing that the Little Annie had made Dig
strike, six assays showing an average OF
25S ounces to the ton.
The forty mile belt runs north and south.
First to the north comes the Matte Glib
son, and further north comes the Smuggler.
j. G. Joanson, Bushwhacker, Palk Regent
and Iowa. South of the center of the town
of Aspen Mining and Smelling company
own a number Of claims. Then comes the
Aspen, Durand Camp, Bird group and the
Tourtelotte PARK, and still further south the
Little Annie mine.
Mr.. Wheeler had taken S150,0O0 in divi-
dends out of the Bushwhacker and part of
this money he proposes to put into Utah
mines, He believes that for the work done
Utah can show ten tons of ole to one in
Colorado and he proposes to stay here long
enough to let all Colorado know of the
richness of the Utah camps. Ten mil
lion dollars of capital could be brought into
this territory if the newspapers would only
boom the mines as they do in Colorado"
exclaimed Mr.. Wheeler. SIN two years
your mines ought to double the population
of your city Agriculture may be the
greatest industry now, but it will be trail
ing away in the rear in two years from
now ~