Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-30
SUNDAY At MERCUR.
A YorIlabl8 HummIDs Hive Of Busy
Human B3il'S.
MAY HAVE ANOTHER RAILROAD.
Rio Grando Reported as txptettd 10
Bntor tho New Camp Wthln
the Coming Year.

sunday In mining camp Ia seldom,
n Indeed ever, cha raolorzsd with the
aame fv-srd ior the day aud what It
typinu, 600 tao gocaslon calls iodh
from communities whose struggled for
livelihood arc along different lines.
Not that tbs people who engage In
digging the precious metals from the
earth arc necessarily less Christian
tsan their fellow; but bocauie their
occupation, training ami cssltos all
tend 10 unr diteclioE-tAe acquisition
Of wealth. TIE hour OF the Gay or the
day Of Tho week cuts lilup or no figure
chen ,beia IL post.liily aIy minute
| oil Striking a pick Into vein Of hidden
dchuet; VI lssslug, under an iron
csd bond claim 70 gflup % them;
/ u n,suaslug uf iuiue tor hundreds VI
| thousands old .llar; OF selling ~ Ohllrd
| bu,l4Iu. lltl-Iut much iafEer than n
| good sized yar.of anu sleeper By nalf
| tu.u % tUhUfHan piidC-iUf sums that
| would have muda a Halt Lake ZEAL
! estate boomer Of 'OI .utu green
win uuvy; 81 tho hotel pfopri-
| clUf rsklng Iu q biz silver malt dollar
| Cor plate %! corn beet ami cabbagc,
! cup " coffee uuC "ra" VI boarding
house butter strong enough TO stalk
/ over tho the hills unAlirt; OF tho
| tousOfial "hTtlsp' charging twenty
| i've cents Tor Il "sCfHps" aud twice
! that amount Tor chair now" Of tho
sllo0n man getting rich by dlshing
"Uref," over the bar 10 dry thtuattu
veterans oi the pick, pack mule aud
giani POWDER ~ IA like manner
qutnchinr the thirst OF the bonaEa king
and the touuuriooi.
| Myrcut--for ~ 10 Of that celebrated
cbmp 1 int0nd particularly TO write
hrieny-is u workable hive Of Industry
with lis inhabitants NJ busy aa real
bsuf. On every hand are evidences OF
Intense activity ana yesterday was
probably the livllOst day In itH history,
on the priuuiplc that each additional
DAY colipsss any that has preceded IL.
Aud all sigus-and they are substan-
tial-point 10 continuance OF this
condition. Every we'll developed
mine is paying dlvidendu Of n charac-
tor that will sOou make their recipients
wcaithy-thOHe ~ them who have -9t
already crossed tue threshold Of money
scnrcity. Then very many partially
developed mines promise to do tho
came thing for their owners.
Several hundred persons throngod
the altcels, hotels aud business houses
OF the new town yealetdaY. For three
] hours after the Salt Lake mail arrived
. men stood In an unbrokcn liue In front
I OF the post Office IN expectation Of re-
) ceivlng letters or newspapers. This
: scene has Become cue OF daily ropotl'
, ton.
1 A buildlng boom Is on With all the
7 ! torn Implies. The great difficulty
; alter buying - 81, 900 or 81, 900 twoniy-
flvo feet lot IL ~ secure lumber or other
material with which 10 build. Bat this
obstacle will be TGlrly overcome vita
increased rgiiroau facilities. AZ pres
- ont the iitllp Salt Lake AMI MernuS
q railway Il doiug an immonsn frame
10 over ia rosdbod o! dizzy hoighIs Aoi
). sufpoutlne windings. II rumOts are
q correct, huwovcE,it viii nave u iOrmid-
able rival IN the field ere the close Oi
100, for Il sad the RE GTande, be-
coming aroused TO the Importance Of
}. the camp, Will be a bidder for Its pa
n trunugU,
q While all the conditions incident /,
Il miliuz camp life, no narrated above
q aud many more were witnessed ysstsT
o day, there were no unusual or noisJ
q disluTbAnoos. The ono thing tha
II seems 10 be- 1.-THE cause Of iIl-ieshnl
II more than all others In tue pfCspts
:. Jumping and hlackmsiling buslEes
"A that IL being iadulgod In 10 n danger
o Gus degree. Several orderly and
reputable oiIiZsns said that the cuisines
nsd reached n pitch when II VA
n. necessary to resort 20 heroic measure
a. L.. At. - 0.a
n desperate may occur.
. COfONFI ARouB