The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-05

terday attracted as much or more at
tention than any other feature in the
magnificent procession, and well it
might, for it is our mines that made it
possible that such a glittering and
beautiful pageant could be gotten up
in Salt Lake city; and this can be said
without fear of successful contra die
zion. for without the sinews of trade
and commerce, such as are furnished
by the wonderful mines of our state
Utah today would have no such city
as our great Salt Lake in which to
operate and maintain such a glorious
carnival. 1t is true that a little way
side hamlet called Salt Lake city would
have existed here had it not been for
our mines, but it is also true that but
for our great producers the town would
always have remained as it was when
the mines were first opened-a pretty
but isolated country village.
The mines of Utah made our beauti-
full and splendid city what it is today,
and the throngs that crowded the route
Of the carnival parade did we'll when
they cheered the mining float to the
echo time aid time again.
This float originated in the fertile
brains Of some of our mining men
pioneers in our earliest mining camps,
and men who are known throughout the
west as individuals who have stayed
with the mining industry through thick
and thin. and through whose efforts it
was made possible for Utah to bios
som from a desert into a glorious and
prosperous state. The idea once con-
ceived. and there was no further diff
Guilty. for mining men and mine own
erS. in their patriotism and desire that
the mining industry should be well-rep-
resented in the parade, donated liber-
ally to the cause, and willing hands
soon built a structure that was a faith
ful and realistic representation of a
mining camp scene.
The front end of the float represented
the mouth of a tunnel, from which
miner would regularly emerge with
wheelbaTow loaded with ore, and fire.
quent blasts would throw out a shower
of rocks and debris, as true to life as
Il the float was d genuine mining
camp and the mine a. veritable bo-
nanza.
Close by the mouth of the, tunnel
there was blacksmith forge. with a
charcoal fire burning, at which the
miner industriously sharpened his pick
and drills.
Further on one man was drilling a
hole into a boulder of ore, while an
other true son of the hills was pound
ing quartz in a mortar, preparatory to
horning for colcrs.
The cabin, true to life, was located
at the back end of the float. and near
at hand there was a fireplace, with
bed Of glowing embers, on which was
being cooked the regulation beans.
while the assistant cook was making
fine Roadway with a large fapjack,
which he deXterously turned by
quick toss into the air
To crown all, the musician of the
camp was seated on a powder can near
the cabin door, and with fiddle and
bow in hand, rendered 'Arkansaw
Traveller Down on. the Sewanee
River and other popular melodies,
while near by stood a visiting pros
pector. with his pick in hand and
canteen Of water strapped to his side.
In the rear Of the float two pros
pectors followed with burros loaded
down with a camping and prospecting
outfit, and sacks of ore. representing
the result of their researches in the
beautiful canyons OF the new state of
Utah, and TO fully illustrate the senti-
ment of these pathf1nders to prosper
ity, one of the burros was embellishad
with streamers on which was painted:
If the Deep Creek Road Does Stop
We WON'T
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The float was supposed to represent
the Burris mine, in Deep Greek, owned
by Tom O'Casey. Alex L. Gammeil i'm
personated the owner OF the mine, and
was supposed to have 240 men at work
in this splendid property. He was
rugged UP for the occasion in true bo-
nanza mining king style. He wore a
mammoth diamond pin on his tie, as
large as a silver dollar, the gift of Z.
J. Swaner, the Salt Lake diamond
dealer. Doc H. ]. Faust was superin-
tendent of tie mine: John Whitbeck,
bic cksmith; Sego Lily j. L. Tibbetts,
cook; A. z. Bsller, assistant cook;
Nern Avery. A. F. Denny and William
Bird. jr., drill men and miners; Charles
Ssndquest and Herman Bess, owners of
the Widow mine, in Deep Creek, min
ers; W. L. Dykes. pTospector; while W.
L. Harlow manipulated the violin.
William Bird, ST.. drove the team of
six horses, while W. L. Driver occupied
a seat of honor by his side.
The burro outfit was presided over
by the Crowton brothers of Willow
Springs, Deep Creek, who have pros
pected five years in this country, and
their exhibit was both unique and per-
feet.
AS the float rolled down the street
Doc Faust would introduce Pat
O'Casey and say:
This is Pat o'Casey. who made a