Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-12-19
THE LATEST STAR.
Utah to Become One OF the Richest Of the
Mining states.

Mining STATES
Utlb's Constitution has been framed:
her people will adopt it in Novemher,
and soon thereafter the President Will
issue his proclamation and the i-Ieat
Territory-the history of which 50 We'll
illustrates the potency or patience, per-
>istencc and faith. and within which
was first raised on the " Western Slope
the standard of ciyilizat.on-will be adj
mitted 10 all the privileges Of a soyer.
eign state.
1t will be a happy da: for Ttah-a
happy day for the nation-the day Utah
shakes from her supple limbs the tram
mels of Territorial life. and with her
dowry of wealth and brains is received
into the family of states. Then public
interest will center in the new sovei>
eighty. and the people will look to it for
an answer to tn" question. NV nat have
YOU within your borders for the making
of a great commonwealth: How little
should Utah be abasheu by this in
Qniry:
no Western State ever entered the
Union after longer period of prepare
lion or with more splendid mon or re-
sources.
Utah has 100000 people trained and
disciplined to the tasks of Industry
Utah has a chain of fertile valleys eX-
tending from Idaho 10 Arizona under Il
system of irrigation as perfect as any
in the word-valleys trimmed by treas
ure-tilled mountains. ana checEered wi h
little farms, whcrcOn, in many instances
for nearly half Il century. has been ex-
cmplitied in the perfection of huS-
bandry.
Utah has mines-the mere mention OF
names of which compels the at
tention of the whole mining woril.
Take for instance. The Ontario"
it has paid S13.173.O0O in divi-
lends, or the Horn Silver" dividends.
S3.147.5OO, or the Daily" dividends,
S2.S5O.OOO. or several others that are 4
neck or two over the million mark.
! These. above mentioned. are silver prop
critics. but there are others bearing gold
bright. glitterinS gold-in liberal guam
! titles. In one gold mine alone, the Me-
cur. dividends are being paid on the
basis of half million year. while in
| the Mercur district, intinitesimal in com
parison with other mining districts,
/ there is a cluster of pure gold bearing
| properties that aggregates in value
many millions OF dollars. In the light
of these figures. is it unreasonable II
assert that Utah is one Of TIL greatest
mining regions in the United States?
Where else can you find so many prec-
ious metals, so many minerals Of use
| in the arts and in commerce. and in such
great bulk! There is even gold in the
water of the Great Salt Lake and
health in the air that goes with it-but
that is not all. Here is a field for the
business man that is new and fruitful.
Almost every conceivable resource in
the shape of raw material is within the
reach Of the manufacturer. If this is
an age of progress as has been asserted.
then Utah affords the opportunity ID
expand and increase the trade of the
world-that is what is needed.
Utah has pastoral resources of IN
limited possibilities. 1t simply needs
the people to demonstrate it. No more
ovcrhow:n- boun.cous. golden grain
fields, or heavi"r-laden vines and fruit
trees ever gladdencd the heart and poe
kot of sun-browned huShandman than
the hundred fold harvests of this fair
land. No greener pastures ever fcast"l
a herd of thriving cattle and no soil
has proved more ineXhaustible than
this. Water in abundance just when
and where needed and fresh and pure
from its mountain sources.
Utah has other things, a climate in
comparable. Il marveluIs Dead sea-
numerous curative mineral springs coal
measures iueXhaustihe, mountains u
iron, sulphur, salt and aSphaltum, and
capital city. the like OF which fo'
beauty OF situation and environment, the
world does not posscss-a capital city
with the great temples ana structures
Of the Mormon people, with miles and
miles of shaded, brook-l!ned streets,
with stately business bl0clS-a capital
: city where a healthy people do a healtny
business. and the arms of its trade
reach out over an empire greater in area
l than all of the New England and Middle
e States. an empire Of which salt Lake
+ City is the railroad. financial, educa-
tional. religious, commercial and social
: center.
If all of these possessions are factors
in the growth of a great state. then the
S new State of Utah may face the future
i without tremOr.