The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-02-11
REVIVAL OF MINING IN UTAH.


From all oyer this broad territory,
from every nook and corner of it,
comes the grateful news of new mining
enterprises commenced, old claims be-
ing worked, and measure of success
which is most gratifying. The one
feature of this revival, which is most
gratifying is that most of the new
strikes are gold strikes and there is, not
nor can there be the least cavil at the
worth of discoveries made, or of delay
aud uncertainty in value of them.
The Tintic country is now producing
gold ores to an extent which seems
marvellous, while the Mercur district
is active from one end of it to the other
and with fairly satisfactory results.
This gold activity does not seem to
lessen interest in the grand old silver
properties which have won so much
glory for Utah as silver producer.
Park City as well as Tintic is growing
richer and richer the longer they are
worked.
The new and extensive gold dis
coveries made the past fall and so lar
this winter promise a grand revival
this spring as soon as the SHOWS are
gone and people can get about among
the mountains. All along the western
line OF Utah down to the Arizona line
at many points important discoveries
have been made, while many more are
daily being made of which nothing is
being said, from speculative considera-
tions. The starting up and splendid
success of the bennington smelter so
far, has exerted wonderfully health
full influence upon the mining in
dustry of the south middle part of the
territory. The st. George region is
also feeling very sensibly the impetus
given by the success achieved else
where.
Very little definite news comes from
the Indian Creek region, but we are
assured by those in whose judgment
and good faith we have every conf
dence, that the early spring operations
in that region and the country con-
tiguous, especially on this side of the
range and in the Clear Creek region,
will astonish old Utah prospectors.
There is a wide scope of rich gold
country in there which is as yet to the
scientific prospector almost virgin ter
ritory, but there is every surface indi-
cation of rich gold deposits. Of the
placer grounds on the Colorado it is
hardly necessary to speak further than
TO say that they are in the hands of in
telligent men with ample capital to
develop them, and gold galore will be
the quick result as soon as the SHOWS
of winter are sufficiently melted away,
SO that ingress and egress are both
easier and less risky. The Henry
Mountains will be Thoroughly overhauled
this spring and some real down earnest
mining will be the result Of the melt
ing of the SHOWS.
To this we may add the opening of
the Uncompahgre ana Uintah reser-
vations. We feel sure from Mr.. Cass
Hite's statements that the early sum-
mer will show astonishing discoveries
there. The only reason that the west
is not now ringing with the reports is
that the prospectors are awaiting the
action of the comm issioners to open
the reservations.
Take the entire Wasatch range,
from the new Gold Hill discoveries
just south of Salt Lake, clear down,
and there is no single mile on the en-
tire line which will not show up pay
gold. This all seems to us to be quite
sufficient to start boom from which
our own beautiful Utah will emerge
enjoying real substantial prosperity
as satisfactory as it will be rich and
permanent. This is the one ali effect
ual panacea against business stagna-
tion, and hard times and theibeet of it
is, We have home men enough to do all
the work and ours will be the fruits of
it all.