The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-03
MINING ALL THETALK
Real Estate Scalpers Went Away
Like a Flock of Pigeons.
HOTELS FULL OF MINING MEN
Great Mines of Tintic and Has Good
Word for the Park.

Superintendent Smith, of the Bullion
Beck, who has been kept inside the Walker
hotel for nine days with bad case of
erysipelas, says he heard more of Tiutic by
meeting mining men during that time than
if he had been down at the mine.
Mr.. Smith was surrounded by group OF
mining men and the change of scene at the
Walker, as contrasted with year ago is
one Of the signs of the times. There were
at least dozen promin mining men in
the lobby, and mlngling among them was
P. A. h. Franklin, who is now
the center of interest with his big
smelter project. A year ago there
was no chance for mining man
to be heard, the real estate boomers hold
ing down chairs swapping such big stories
that the mining man were mot in it," But
the real estate scalpers have migrated like
flock of pigeons, and left the field for the
mining men, who are taking advantage OF
their absence TO set on foot mining boom
that will not blow over, but become richer
and stronger as it grows deeper.
Money is like manure" said Superin-
tendent Smith to illustrate the value of
mining to community, cit is no good IN
less it is scattered. A banker opens bank
and puts money into circulation and bene-
fits the city. A miner does more than this
He not only puts money into circulation
but creates it Look at the $3.50, 600 600
that was taken out of the Comstock. Did
it not benefit the countrys The money
was not burned up, but great portion of
il paid out in wages, for mining machinery
and thousand other things that go to
make up the working tools and forces Of q
great mine.
"Tintic never looked as well as it does at
present. All the mines are doing well.
do hQIiQua tho hat the Nam
moth is giving out, as | know too much
about the lay of the ore. They struck a
big body of ore on the 400 foot level and
they haven't got down to where the best
ore ought TO be found. The Eureka Hill
is a good mine, and though they are down
1000 feet there is no sign sign of its peter
ing out, the ore body being nice and fresh
and strong. The Bullion Beck is down 200
feet and with its new machinery will be
able to work at rapid rate.
''Tintic has great future; don't know
yet what we have; there is world OF
country yet to explore: only been scratch
ing about the grass roots with few excep
tions. The keystone is looking well, anG
in fact there is not nine in the distric,
but that shows better the further they &c
down.
Neither does Mr.. Smith, with his cosmo
politan eye, claim everything for Tintic
but expects to see some more good mines
opened at the Park.
Agriculture" continued Mr.. Smith, 81:
the basis of all our industries. and while
miner is taking money out of the hills, the
farmer should be tlling the great valley
There are thousands of acres lying neal
your city that should be reclaimed. Every
acre that can be watered should be made tt
produce something, that your markets may
be supplied and the money kept at home
Then, there great opportunities for manu-
featuring. Every article that can be pro
duced here should have a factory to maxi
it, and Utah will become the richest ant
most independent territory in the country
aud Salt Lake the greatest city between
the Missouri river and the coast. All i
wants is enterprise. The mining men ar
in earnest and will not only develop the oil
camps, but open up new ones, and this in
dustry, which has been held back for s
many years, will become the wonder of tn
new world. Let the farmer and the manu-
facturer keep apace with the miner, an
Utah will see such prosperity IS was littl
dreamed Of q few years ago."