Evening star., 1896-10-03

everything for Utah, but that man had
done very little. In one sense that was
perfectly true. though not in the sense that
Kate Field intended ii. 1t Is true that God
has filed our mountains with precious met
ais, but it remains for men to develop them.
IT Is tr.te God gave US rich soil. but IT
was left for US TO irrigate IT and make 1t as
productive as the Valley Of the Nile. 1t is
true that God placed great streams of
water in our canons, but 1t is left for us to
harness them to machines and TO furnish
the power which shall set in motion the
wheels of a permanent prosperity. We are
working along all Of these lines and we are
doing much, but we cannot do so il the
contentious of the past are to he continually
Utah is to let the dead past bury its dead
and to hustle for the live riches of the
future
Utah n Rich State.
But Utah Is not a poor state. is it?"
NO. not in proportion to it's population"
replied Gov Wells. TT has the natural re-
sources and is one Of the richest states Of
the Union. Today our population is just
about 25O,OOO and the assessed value of It's
property is sioo.oooooo. This is an average
Of 500 to every man. woman and child In
the state, or, at five to the family, of 81 600
per family. 1 doubt whether you will find
as high an average of wealth in any other
state in the Union. This Is what We have
already accumulated today. AS to our
prospects and natural resources they are
almost incalculable. Last year our mineral
products alone amounted to more than
$S,00O,0OO and our undeveloped mineral
wealth is great enough l believe. to almost
pay the national debt.
Utah Mines Which Pay Dividends,
The state has already produced some
thing like 500, 10000 worth of gold, sill
yer. copper and lead. and we stand among
the first Of the states in our output of
precious metals. Gold and silver are found
all over the state. 1 don't believe there is
a district in the world which will surpass
the Mercur district in its possibilities, and
we have not begun to touch its riches. The
mines Of Utah alone will make the state
rich. l have a list before of some
which have paid big dividends. Take the
Anchor silver and lead mine of Parke City.
1t has produced about million and half
dollars and ia accommodating big surplus.
The Bullion Beck has paid s., 0O0, 600 in divi-
dends. 1t Is a gold and silver mine located
] at Tintic. Another Tinuc mine Is the Cen
tennial Eureka, which yields gold, silver,
copper and lead. That mine is now paying
| - per share month. and its stock Is said
to be the hfghest-priced mining stock in the
United States. 1t pays almost three-quar-
ters of million dollars a year in dividends,
| and the profits from 1t have already been
! most s2.OOO.OOO You have visited the on
tar1o mine at Parke City, which you know
| has paid more than thirteen millions in
dividends, and the DAILY silver mine of the
same pace Will SOON reacQ the sum OF
SOOO,O00 in the dividends paid out In the
Daly-West there is millions Of dollars
worth Of silver in sight. and there are
| number Of other Tintic mines which have
| already paid a million dollars and upward.
The same may be said of other parts of the
state. Down at, Frisco, 25O miles southwest
| OF here, there is a rich silver district in
which one mine, the Horn Silver, has paid
| upward of five millions. and at Bingham
about fifteen miles from Salt Lake, there
! are silver and lead mines which are pro-
| ducing heavily. There Is one there known
as the Old Jordan. which is owned entirely
by one family. 1t makes no public report,
but 1t has produced vast amounts of silver
and lead
| I'm the Cottonwood district there are val
liable mines and another big district is
I known as the Deep Creek country, nearly
two hundred miles from here. from which
wagons before 1t gets to the railroad This
1 will give you some Idea Of what we know
| we have in Utah. as far as precious metals
| are concerned. We have In addition vast
| territory which is practically unprospected.
and we will be producing gold and silver
| for generations to come
Utah Farms.
1 'How about your farms here? Are the
! farmers making money!,
II believe they are doing better than in
any other part Of the United States" re-
! piled Governor Wells. THE farms are, you
4 know. mostly in the valleys, and the
most Of them are irrigated The farm
/ ers in many parts of the state live in viii
4 lagos and not on the farms. The farms
are around the villages and the men go
ont to work them Nearly every man In
! Utah owns hts own water. and you
| get your deed to the water with your deed
| to the Land. Fertility Of the land is won
derful. Near Salt Lake City 1t is so val
utble that land is worth $7b and. upward