The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

silver mine of the same place will soon
reach the sum of $4,000, 900 in the divi-
denos paid out. In the DAILY 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. $50 miles
southwest Of here, there Is rich sill
yer 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 producing
heavily. There Is one there known as
the Old Jordan, which Is owned entire
ly by one family 1t makes no public
report, but it has produced vast
amounts Of silver and lead.
In the Cottonwood district there
are valuable mines and another big
district is known as the Deep Greek
country, nearly two hundred miles from
here, from which the ore has to be
hauled ninety miles In wagons before
1t gets to the railroad This will Give
you some idea Of what we know we
have In Utah, as far as precious metals
are concerned. We have In addition.
a vast territory which Is practically
unproSpected, and we will be produce
Ing gold and silver for generations to
come"
UTAH FARMS.
How about your farms here? Ar.
the farmers making money?''
believe they are doing better than
In any other part Of the United States.''
replied Gov. Wells 1.-THE farms are.
you know, mostly in the valleys, and
the most of them are irrigated. The
farmers In many parts Of the state
| live in villages and not on the farms
he will a
the men go out to work them. Nearly
| every man in Utah owns his own
water and you get your deed to the
water with your deed to the land. Fer
tility of the land is wonderful. Near
SAT- Lake City 1t Is so valuable that
land Is worth SIS and upward an acre.
heard OF one man near here who
raised single crop Of $500 worth of
strawberries on half an acre and there
are gardeners near here who are get
ting rich off Of their crops. The most
OF our farms are small and the great
majority of our farmers are free from
debt. We have altogether $4,000 farms
in Utah, and Of these 1900 are abso-
lutely free of incumbrance Our Gull
tlVated area is something like 467 900
acres, Of which more than 100000 are
irrigated
How about your sheep Industry"
I asked.
replied Gov. Wells. I'VE are one OF the
greatest sheep raising states Of the
Union. We have now about 5000. 900
sheep grazing on our mountains. The
herders keep them there in the sum
mer from May until October In the
fall they are taken to the desert and
pastured upon 1t. The sheep are taken
care Of In herds. some Of which run
as high as three thousand and up-
ward. and we have men here who do
nothing else but herd sheep. There are
usually two men to each herd They
receive from $50 to $40 a month, and
they live in wagons out on the plains
with the sheep. The most of the sheen
are owned by farmers, who put their
hocks together and send them Off to
the grazing grounds under couple Of
herders"
UTAH's NEW INDUSTRIES.
what else do your people do? Give
me some new points ON Utah" said I.
We do everything" replied Gov,
Wells. We are doing great deal OF
manufacturing, and our factories paw
two million dollars year In wages.
Cur merchants sell thirty three million
dollars worth of goods every year.
We have thirty-nine banks and durinp
the panic we had only one bank failure
We are ready to build new railroads.
and we expect to have one within a
short time from Sault Lake to Los
angeles. This road will go through
some of the most extensive iron de-
posts OF the world. The iron Is of the
finest quality. There are hundreds Of
millions OF tons Of 1t, which lie exposed
above the surface Of the ground. Then
we do big business In copper Last
year we produced about 1000 600
pounds. We have down In the southern
part OF the state some of the finest
sulphur of the world. The new rail-
road to Los Angeles Will tap the sui
phur mines. 1t will bring Salt Lake
City within eight hundred miles Of the
ocean, and 1t will develop a great
manufacturing industry in southern
Utah. There is quantity OF the finest
coal right near the iron. and we have
limestone there and all the other faciii-
ties for manufacturing. There are other
districts in Utah which promise quite
as well. and believe that this state
will be one Of the greatest of the
Union"
How about Salt Lake City7 Will II
continue to be the chief city OF Utah?"
Il think So" replied Gov. Wells, I'VE
have now about sixty thousand people
here. and we will soon double this. We
have, you see, these great mining re-
gi0ns about US. We have the finest eli
mate Of the world, We have enter
pfising citizens, and this Is the natural
location for the chief city Of the
Rockies"
Frank g. Carpenter.