The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-02

been selected by the Almighty for his
playground. 1t is truly the Wonder
land of America.
1t has mystified science with more
Illustrations of creative eccentricity
than any other portion of the Union.
It's mountains and valleys are said
to have been hidden for centuries be-
meath the waters of a, primordial ocean,
/ of which no record now remains save
the waye-written record on the rocks,
and no remnant but the briny and
opalescent lake which now glistens "a
splendid jewel-on Utah's breast
Every mountain range has it's mex
plicable geological anomaly. and every
mining camp some curious deposit, to
exhibit.
In one locality reefs of common
Observation-Disclosures the most sterile
of rocks-abound in precious metals,
and in another the petrified trees of a
primeval forest have for twenty years
been mined and milled for silver.
But these are not the only illustra-
tons of the Creators extraordinary
gifts to Utah: there are lakes of asphalt
tum equal to the lakes of Trinidad
mines of native sulphur as rich as the
mines of Sicily: a bed of ozocerite large
enough to compete with the world S
only other mine; fields of natural gas
which promise fuel for a thousand fac
tories, and deposfts-Which, wonderful
the relate-are rich in the chloride of
gold. form of the yellow metal for
which mankind through centuries Of
mining have sought in vain
Having concluded this brief rhap-
sody, Judge Colburn again gets down to
practical facts. He refers to Utah as
one of the richest and at the same time
least advertised mining regions in the
United States. The latter condition he
attributes to the conservatism which
generally prevails. The fear of raising
false hopes, of inducing capital to come
where it might not be rewarded has
prevented the people from resorting to
the boom methods so common else
where. Still Utah has mines, the men
ton of which are sufficient to attract
the attention of the entire mining
world. The Ontario" with its S13.175,-
900; the Horn Silver, with it's So, TAT, 800;
and the DAILY, with its $2,850,00 are
mentioned as notable examples. These
are silver mines, but there are others
which are paying dividends, among
them being the Mercur, which is dis
bursting at a rate of $25O,OOO per an
nun.
1t is not the hen that clucks, but
the fowl which produces the eggs which
brings the poultry, says the writer
And he calls attention to the fact that
thirty-eight mines in Colorado have
paid less than $500,000 more than ten
mines in Utah, and the same ten mines
in Utah have paid but about 100000
less than seventeen in Montana, where
the famous Granite mountain is stu
ated. The same statement shows the
Ontario to have paid more dividends
than amy other silver mine in the Uni
ted States, and that its dividends ex-
coed by 1,O55,0 900 the dividends paid by
the Granite Mountain mine in Mon
tana.
Mercur receives great deal of at
tention at the hands of Judge Col
burn. 1t duplicates ores which are
found nowhere in the world save at
johannesburg. These ores extend over
many hundred miles of Utah and as
rule are richer than are those found in
the South African region referred to.
The writer says he does not believe the
prediction unjustifed; the statement