Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-16
References to Courts, "Colors' and
StTO1g Decisions.
TIE GOLCOSDA SALIVA CASYOS.
Some Gold Has Been found, Also
Black Saud-lhe Usual
Excitement.
MAS11, July Is, 1894

more IL advertised than Ia performed
The heavy cases, or most Of them, were
ut over for disposition al Provo late
u, albeit the business here is by no
means Insignificant Tue good people
af tins vicinity have made Ne much VI
the Judicial visitation as could be ex.
peoicd, among other things having ex.
peniol over $1,000 in fitting up the old
court house 80 that II would be not
only presentAble but even at
tmctlve and convenient, In which
respects IL IL equal to any.
Its principal drawback 10 it, olosonoss
on warm afternoons, when at times u
IL weli.nigh OveTpOworing. To over
come this an opening In ths roof about
eight ieot square was cut out anu
cup0la ten feUt high, liberal Ia open
inRa MT every cardinal point VI the
compass put on. This was Of great
benefit; but even with the d diffusion "
ventilaii which this bestowed anu
this openings otherwise there was srl-
dom any supetiluOus air OF attire 10 be
noticed Ia the court room. IL was ,he
fret time | ever saw Judge ON the
bench taud all the Otilclals, n well
Rs most OF the audience were like him)
IN his shirt sleeycr; In some cases men
had tlleir Vtsa "a or unbutionvd.
Everything goes by custom anu the
human animal 10 % adaptable that this
little departure was not noticed Tor
long; doubtless Il will take root and
spread at this ieafon OF the year
Notwithttanding that mining oper-
aaiionH have been going on adjacent 10
Manti for several yeare, and uccHsiou-
ally n zig "hnd" showing what might
TO with work and perseverance, prop.
rfly applet, / never before saw
any marked degree " iuiofett
here IN the hidden treasures which
10 IN their primovai resting places Ia
the bowels of the crest mountains
hefeabout. Every now and thea a
"aOlitafy hotsumun" IL seen vending
bic way out OF town, southwark, lead
ing buffO OF some other four cggtd
mcnns Of mountain ifelghlago upon
whose back IL strapped provisions anu
blankets, tue destination Ia most cases
being the new EidofadO Ia Salina
canyon, score Of miles or
thereabout southeast Of here. some
NJ those who went out earlier
have returned. aud the effect Of their
.tatemonts aud exhibits Ia greatly at
Variance with what has previously
beol the case when biR discoveries
were reported, Tor the iutefcst grows
aud sprtnip. IL even threatens to be.
come Al excitement, aud | would
almost ~ coon think Df a Juror In the
streets and hallt of Herculaueum or
Thebes hs here where all manner OF
blandishments gathiHhed with "spoci.
mensD and att0stod by ausays
have all along failed TO make
90 much as "A ripple upon
tho surface u the social pool. And 1t
IL very certain that the PEOPLE have 10
tar lOst nothing by their ImpeTtufbG-
bility, which, with honest industry,
has beon the means OF making them
independent la tue tfuesl SENSE VI the
WORD, even " the coin Of the realm be
seen only when "iauoy her mHgiosl
pinious spreads wide" and va d the
dreamer away back or further ahead as
tho case may be-.
The lodgment Of the precious metal
40 lar IL a species Of black sand very
mucn Ike coarse gunpowder la
appearance. No gold aui very
rarely "Cnlui" Ia found
Ia It with the eye, even
when aided by good glass. a sample
NJ the sand sent g. Salt Lake Tor assay,
however, showed II 10 contain s7l TO
the ton. AZ u was not picked, since
thers can be no picking where there 10
40 variation, anu there are tfuinlUBds
upon ttAiuloads Of II Ia sight, with the
deposits extending toward the nadir
Tor no one knows how fat, the con.
cluslOn l. Irresistible that the modern
HjlcOndn must be IN Sallna canyon
anu its envlTOns. Ana yet, there
may DO grave di-appoiuImenis.
Gold ie the emblem rs well
rs the embodiment OF tgeuohpTy
und delusi0u. IL IL not, has not been
aud never will DO ns honest, reliable
and beneficial rs It's despised sister
silver, winch breeds no wnIs, eugeu-
defH no corfupiiOns AMI eAecutea no
mortgages, passing nom hand TO hand
without leaving m nching void In the
palm fTon which II departs OF increAg-
ing the Itching la the one that Teotiyea
n. The gold IN Saiina canyon Is
coated, as already shown, 80 that
game Of Ho0dman Blind until the
chaTacterlsticA change altogether.
PERHAPS the handful that was
tanning 10 a rod square Of earth, or Tor
that matter the whole canyon; aud 10
either proposition should be the case,
lust think Of how much valuable time,
labor aud means will have been ex-
pended upon the merest ignis faluus
before the scurvy trick Of which gold
iato fully capable has been detected!
IL takes but very little OF the yellow
metal 10 make the average VI mankind
90 crazy that they viii toll
like slaves 10 tytant, until
they arc ragged anu starving
ana pCnniless, only letting 20 when
their energies are 40 weakened that
they are no longer able 70 hold on.
The chances, however, largely favor
the proposition that the country spoken
Of contains considerable GOLD, NJ well
Rs many other precious metile; while
coal anu iron, the most useful OF all the
products Of the mineral kingdom,
abound everywhere aud Rre little
thought Of.
Sanpete's future Ia ahead o. II.
can cay this much Mt least with perfect
safety, =. A. X,
w. b. LOWRY, COMMONWEALTH