The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-14
GOLD DISCOVERIES.

Suon results as to Outrun the expectd-
tons of the most sanguine.
GOLD DISCOVERIES.
Despite the blow struck at one of our
chief industries, there are employed in
mining in Utah today more men than
ever before, and the output of our min
eral wealth is not only greater in guam
tlty Tut also in dollars and cents,
I thanks to the new gold discoveries. Not
camp in the new state that is not
! producing more than ever before, unless
! perhaps two. While with the recent
development of gold fields. and the dis
! coveries in so many places of the royal
/ yellow metal, assurances are given of
an increase in the mineral wealth Of
! Utah tnait may not conSerVatiVely be
! estimated
NOW the reason why we should pro-
mote an excursion of the representa-
ulves of the leading papers of the Uni
ted States to Utah will be apparent. 1t
is true that all the facts here stated,
together with others that time must
develop under the impetus of statehood
and the recent gold developments, will
travel the world over, and in the
! course of human events we will inevi-
tdbly receive the advantages that the
slow spreading of this knowledge is
destined to bring to our doors. But the
our lives. if possible we reap some of
the advantages that an earlier dissem-
nation of this knowledge must afford
10 us who live today. Why should we
not make known to the world that in
the new state are silver mines which
the mines of tabled Potossi may not be
compared with? that the famous gold
OF Ophir was a mere bagatelle when
considered as a rival to the possibilities
of the Mercur ore zone? The mines of
the famed Rand in Africa, for the
time ours have been opened, are in no
wise worthy of as much attention.:
while Cripple Greek, concerning which
the United States is now beside itself
with excitement, is but as an acre of
ground to the boundless farms of gold
wealth that Mercur offers. If we are
wise, these facts will be spread widely
before the investing world, and the
benefits that will come to some must,
in a measure, be shared by all our citi-
zens in a thousand direct and indirect
ways.
EFFECT OF THE EXCURSION.
It is submitted to the public as a pro-
position admitting no discussion that
no other plan can be devised by which
the spreading of this knowledge will
be so rapidly and so successfully eff
fected as by bringing to Salt Lake a
band of keen Witted representatives of
the leading newspapers of the United
States. So far as possible. in the time
they will he permitted to stay in Utah,
they should be made acquainted with
as many of our cities and mineral
camps and general attractions as pos
sible. They should be shown how labo-
rious are the means, and how hazard
Gus by which the dishonest silver
dollar" is produced by trip through
the great producers of Park City and
of Tintic and of Binham: and they
should be made familiar with the little
cost involved in the production of gold
in the great American gold zone of
Mercur. The result will be the disSem-
ination of this knowledge through the
leading journals of the Union and in
all the money centers. From these, the
glorious tidings will spread through all
the lesser journals, until in every ham,
let and in every home in the nation the
news will be carried that the new state
is in harmony with the people of this
great land and that Utah, after all
is the Benjamin of all the family of
states, that its is the golden cup. SO
those weary of the grind imposed upon
them for existence elsewhere, and 9TH
ers tired of the slow process of accu- |
mulating wealth where so little is pro-
duced, with the many elsewhere worn |
out in the contest with unfavorable
influences, will turn with glad
dened hearts and longing eyes to the
promised land Of the new star in the
great Union.
Moreover. once their bright minds
have had close contact with the west
there will follow with them an in
terest in Utah affairs which must ever
be wanting so long as they are I'M
familiar with us, our condition, eli |
mate, resources and future, as now.
Once they have been in our midst, !
however. and have partaken OF our |
hospitality there will be among them |
a never ending interest in Utah af- !
fairs, and in a thousand ways unpur- !
chasable. and therefore more effective, |
this interest will be evidenced in the |
publications of our country to the last
ing advantage and credit of our state. /
THE PRACTICAL SIDE.
The practical side of this is that it
will take money to accomplish the /
much desired results. Not to bring
these bright intellects to this land, but
TO take care of them once they are
with US. and to see they are treated
guests in our midst. And the question
IS: Are our citizens sufficiently in ac-
cord with the aims herein suggested
and prepared to assist in the accom-
Dlishment of a work no one will con-
tend is not of the utmost Importance
10 the immediate benefit of the state.
The railroads will take care of the
guests until they reach our borders
It would then become our duty to show
hem that western hospitality is not
name, but a living entity that will
suffice for all purposes.
If Utah should raise 100000 and
endeaVor, by its use TO accomplish as
much good in advertising, at any sort
IF reduced rates, we could not ac-
,omplish one 1.-THE as much as the ex-
lenditure in the way here suggested
will bring about at a cost of saw
5000 VIII the citizens lend a helping
land to realize what we all so ar
iently long to see accomplished? Shall
We have a press excursion of the lead
ng Journalistic"
T. J. LEONARD.
R. w SLOAN.
GEORGE e RTATR