The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-24
NOT HALF ADVERTISED.
Hiding the Light of Our Resources
From the Public.

NEOm the PuDlIC.
Hon. Thomas Patterson, of the Rocky
Mountain News, who was in the city
last week, said that 1.-The merits of
Mercur had not been half ADVERTISED
and he told the truth, for the wealth
of this wonderful camp, figuratively
speaking, has barely been mentioned by
the press of Utah if we were to H3m-
pare the work done in this direction to
that being done by Colorado papers for
the great Cripple Creek region
AS we have stated before in these
columns, the people of Colorado will ex-
pend S2,UO,O0O collars in advertising the
mineral resources of Cripple Creek;
while, on the other hand, it is doubtful
II the people of Utah, outside of what is
being done gratuitously by the press, will
squeeze out scant 5000 in calling the
apIenGon of the world to the unrivaled
gold deposits of Camp Floyd district.
AS man sows, so shall he reap"
and as our people are SO close in their
advertising methods, they need not com
Cripple Creek instead of to the marvel
Gus gold fields within so short a distance
OF this city.
OF course the mines Of Mercur have
some Scant reputation abroad; but moth
ing like what their merits would war
rant
It is money that makes the mare CO.
in. every. branch of business. including
withheld from the animal. it makes a
very poor race. If AIercur was in
Colorado, the camp would contain from
5000 to 10000 people today. if it harbor--
ed a soul; yet here in Utah, where all
should be activity, there are not to eX
coed 1900 men in the diStrict-and the
cause can easily be pointed out-lack of
enterprise, lack of push, lack of apprecia-
ties on the part of our people for the
proper advertising of the magnificent
wealth of the camp.
There are n few men in Salt Lake who
are endowed with the proper spirit in
this direction; but in all their efforts
they have met with but lukeWarm
responses, and so much so that after
couraged and feel that it would be al
most as easy to move the Wasatch
mountains into the middle of Great Salt
lake as it would be to fnfuse any en-
thusiasm or zeal into the actions of our
citizens.
once in a while our people make
short squirt, but they have a movement
watch and soon run down; while their
neighbors to the east, who are built on
the Elgin plan, keep on going until they
accomplish splendid results.
this article to Mercur; not because it is
the only camp in Utah, by any means,
but for the reason that the recent dis
covery of mammoth bodies of low grade
who are acquainted with the camp, that
it is a probable rival of the great
Johannesburg. district, in South Africa.
But, in looking over the state, those
who are posted can point out to any
number of camps within our boundary
lines that are the peer of any mining
district in the west, all of which possess
merits that entitle them to as much or
more recognition than is now accorded
to Mercur; and if these camps were To-
Gated in any other state in the union,
people would go wild concerning them,
and. in point Of production, we are
willing to pit the mines of Utah against
those of any other country in the world
Where, in Colorado, outside of Cripple
Creek, can be found a greater camp
than Park City, with it's ontario. with its
record of $1350O,0O0 paid in dividends, and
with such dividend payers as the DAILY,
Silver King, Anchor and Crescent?
Where else in the United States can
there be found a richer camp than Tintic,
with it's Centennial-Eureka Eureka Hill,
Bullion-Beck, Keystone, Mammoth, Ajax,
Sioux Consolidated, Utah and a score
of other producing mines, whose output
has already run up into half a billion?
Where, between the two oceans, can
there be found greater camp than
Bingham, with its wealth of gold, silver
and lead ores, including rich placer de-
posts, and boasting of such magnificent
producers as the Old Jordan and Galena,
the Yosemities, the Dalton and Lark con-
solidation of four great mines, the
graph, the Spanish, the Niagara, the But
terrified, the York, the Petro and a hun
bred other paying properties?
Then we have Frisco, the home of the
Horn Silver which has produced SIS, 900. O0O
besides many other valuable properties
surrounding: Ophir, which has made
many fortunes; Stockton with grand
record to it's credit; Big Cottonwood
which was at one time famous for it's
production of rich ores; American Fork
canyon. with its great Millar mine, and
other old-time producers, besides a dozen
other camps of historic fame scattered
all through the grand mountain ranges of
our new state.
Why do we not hear more concerning
these great productive camps? Simply be-
cause we are in the midst of a profound
Rip Van Wrinkle sleep-and, we do not
like to say it, it looks as if, when the
awakening comes, that we will find that
our more progressive neighbors have
camped in our door yards, and. while we
slept, had relocated our richest bonanzas.
Is it not about time. therefore. that
the people of Utah as q whole. especially
the citizens of Salt Lake, should make a
combined effort to advertise the wonder
full mineral resources of this state as it
should he done, so that we may get our
share of the many millions now looking
for investment in mining enterprises?
MINER.