Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-01

the camp Doe. d great future. The TACT
that the Cripple Gre Is mines produced
something Ike sa,uguoIu worth OF gold
last year is O. strong Argument rs to
th1ir richness. Many prospects are be.
Ing opened which 9 -1mse well ald pro-
itablc mining will done Ia that camp
lot years tu Gomez
"Tuere hl. been a great change iu
mining iu recent Nrars. has there u,N'
"Nus," Igpnei BE- M.nlt 81 came
out here boo 1860. when the motto OF
tv.ry one W.s Pike Pax os bust
- nycr was then a gold camp, and a
greater plu OF the m.Iug done was
placer miuuE. Cold was first tlgguv.
cred near Pixies Peak, ami every one
was cnsy for gold Silver was not
much thou .ht o. That came later.
Now we are having another great gold
era. This "a, however, Is not one OF
placer mining. u B almost entirely a
smelling aud q milling proposition, u
comes ~ some extent through the fall OF
silver, but more from the new methods
oil the reduction lt ores Until lately lt
hardly pad To- mine gold that Was worth
less than SO ton. Now we could re-
dulc golu that runs 90 'un and sull
pay 70 slight profit 90 the miner The
result b. that vast quantities OF gold.
bearing rock which were formerly CON
bldercd yalIylc5s age now being tee
worked. There are hundreds oil dumps
10 diliercn' paris Of Colorado containing
values which viii some day Dee extracted
and which Will add vastly To our wealth.
Abandoned mines ate nov being re-.
opened ard prospecting is carried on on
e new basis.
LOTS ur GOLD u.s. ruE RoCEIls.
"What will be the effect OF these new
processes upon the gold supply oi the
world, Mr.. MUhal'n
They vl increase d immensely, "
replied trl mining millionaire. They
are ale Obj increasing Il aud there is no
telling how much gold We vi eventually
have. Why Colorado /, Just At the
beginning Of rs mineral development.
Only the smallest part OF the state has
been carefully PROJECTED aud the few
spots where the rich veins have been uu.
covered only 20 To prove that the min.
cfal wealth OF the state Is scattered over
rs entire surface. ! believe that the
time will come when all ul our noun.
famous countries will contribute 10 the
output OF gold and silver. Aud then
the African and Australian mines will
still turn out great quantities. Of gold.
al over this Rocky mountain region
there are good gold prospects, and the
new processes will surely make q
revolution Ia mining. ! don't know
what will be the outcome. | have
thought good deal about Il. |, may
tquaiIzc the value oi gold aud silver"
COLORADO TOR FEEE SILVER.
81 understand that the most Of you
people out here are Tor the Tree coinage
vi silver
eyes, replied Mr Mohat 1--WE think
here that d IS best for the people OF The
United States to adopt the silver stan.
dafd, We DO not believe that II Is pos.
shle for this great nation TO do business
ou the gold standard alone, aud va ms
judgment ninety percent OF the vote OF
ilu state OF Colorado will go for the
silver ticket This is o, notWithsland-
uE Colorado produces more gold than
any other state Of the Union
GLOW do.s senator Teller stand
here
I've regard him as the ablest man we
have 100 the state. and as perfectly sin
cere and honest IN his silver belief"
COLORADO HAS GOOD rMrs.
"Tbls gold production ought to make
times good m Colorado" said !.
Yes, It helps natter" replied Alr.
Moillt. eve are better of than any
other state OF the Union. Many Of you
people look upon us a3 haviig nothing
LIHN H.. al. l..
truth is, Colorado Is the richest state OF
the Union in rs natural resources. II a
Chinese wall could be built about us,
and Wc could be SHUT on from the resi-
OF the world for a hundred years. We
would be able to raise everything our.
selves, and m the end We would have
here o nation more rich, more progrci.
slve and better equipped than any other
nation on earth. We have al kinds of
minerals, and our iron and cOl will
make u. great manufacturing % te.
We have immense silver mines, which
will BE- developed when silver COMES
up again. Al present we Lave u5ul,
100000 people in the state, aud lhtr,
are IuJ,o-o men now 90 work in the
mines Al i0urtn lhu family taat means
that we have enough w.Ts 100 the ulGas
alone 90 give the head of each family
emp oymcnt Il takes an immense
amount OF food for the miners, and tle
result 81 that our agricultural products
are marketed here at higb prices. And
then our wealth comes from natural re-.
sources and not from speculation or
trading We add more than g. 90. ono
every year TO the wealth ut the world
by our precious metals. Think OF that
That 500 for each man. woman ana
child iu the state, or about !s11 Tor
every family. This does not include our
other important products, which are
large.'
Rlcu MEN vs.. POOR MIN As MINERS
"Iu, how Is this money distributed.
Nr NputP i, goes nearly all to the
DID, capitalists, does D. ult''
'Sumg OF il does, but great deal of
20 goes 10 The people know scores OF
men who We're poor who have gotten
rich through mining There are more
than q score OF such instances at CrI.-
pile Creek. Take Stauo1, the owner
ct The Independence mine. Ie. now
worth his millions. lie WAS q carpenter
worslGs by the day five years aro."
GLOW about mining Mr. MaNat. is
there really much chance TOR the small
l-g in the mine, ioday27
'NCs, think there IS" was Mr.
NoiaiH reply "but success In m"irr B.,
Just like success in any other business.
10 you proposed to be a LAWYER. y1u