The San Francisco call., 1896-02-19

no other State OF the same area Her pop
ulatlon, however has never been specu-
lative one. On the contrary the teaching
and practice have ever been toward hus-
bandry ana the possession of the soil as
the guarantee of permanent prosperity
anc OF good citizenship. But the founders
knew that minerals abounded in Utah.
Yet IL may be well doubted if even the
best posted dreamed of the wealth of re-
source and the boundlessness of variety
that were to be found within the confines
of what is now the State of Utah.
81 remember hearing an earnest young
Mormon, while discussing the possibilities
of industrial development that awaited
the then Territory, make statement that
| have never forgotten, because it showed
such unlimited confidence. AT the time
in question the sentiment of the East was
that the coinage of silver was the cause of
our financial troubles, though the repeal
of Sherman's purchasing clause of the
silver Dill was not then generally thought
of. Said he: III makes no difference what
the world wants, Utah will be found ready
to supply it. Ii it be lead, copper, silver.
sulphur, salt, or any other mineral, we
have it here, and have it in boundless
quantities, and easy of access. Ii time
the world may demand that gold alone
shall be the money. When that day
comes, though but little is now known to
exist here, that metal will be found in
places so near and quantities so great that
all the world will marvel, while Utah will
be the richest and the fairest State in all
the Union, despised as she is to-day
"Since the discovery OF gold in the new
fields at Mercur, | have often thought of
what has since seemed like the prophecy
of that young man.
1.-The possibilities of development in the
Mercur gold belt seems absolutely bound
less. The camp is not over twenty miles,
if that far, from Salt Lake as the crow flies
Already it has six or seven properties pro-
ducing from $4,000 to $4,000 in gold per
month, and by another twelve months
! there is no reason why there should not
be thirty mines producing all the way
from $4,000 to 100000 per month in gold
! each.
seems to be limitless III extent So far the
ore has been discovered wherever
| depth has be IN attained, while the vein or
deposit is simply marvellous in extent
and thickness. am told that in the Sun
| shine mine they have ten acres of solid
| ore. Their drifts, tunnels, shafts and all
their workings are in ore. The vein has
| been traced to cover an area said to be
! forty miles in extent and five to ten miles
in width, and some declare that it is as
wide as it is long. The same formation
covers vast area and the values charac-
/ teristic of the particular spot where the ore
! is being taken from at present in paying
! quantities are found at widely apart points
| and in various places in this area. Another
! significant fact, and one that adds to the
| present value of the camp, is that the ore
runs higher in gold as greater depth is at
| tained.
1.-The Golden Gate, a group of claims
owned by the mining king, Captain Della
| mar, is about TO erect mill that will han
! die 500 tons of ore day, and it has been
asserted that some of this ore runs about
| $500 in gold to the ton. All the other
properties in the camp are adding to their
mill capacity, while many new mills are
contracted for on properties that have as
! yet not been producing, but which are
1 now ready to yield up the precious metal.
''The effect of these recent discoveries
has been to greatly increase the spirit OF
! confidence begotten of the initiation OF
Utah into statehood. 1t has also excited
greater interest on the part of capital in
| the East, which has been chary about
| taking even tempting investments in
Utah, owing to the distrust attaching to a
by the peculiar conditions SO long existing
there. Then the fact that the sentiment
of the people OF Utah has been shown to
be in harmony with the Republican doc
trine OF assisting, through State help, in
| the upbuilding of necessary industries,
! has also given capital greater assurance
| than hitherto had in that locality OF
course, to those familiar with the history
| of the Territory and the teachings of its
great men that local industries should be