The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-17
a SEASON OF GREAT PROMISE.
Indications of Activity in the Mining
Camps of Utah.

If the signs of the times are read
Alright, there is every reason to believe
that this will be an unusually active
season in the mining camps of the
state, and the impression is gaining
/ ground daily that never before in the
history of the state will there be as
much development in the different dis
trlcts of the state as this year will wit
ness.
In the east and the middle states
men of means are becoming more and
more convinced that there is no safer
investment than in mining if the same
care and, precaution is taken in making
the investment that is used in other
lines of business. The success of
friends and acquaintance in this di-
rection is having its effect, and the re-
suit is that money for investment in
mining stocks and mining properties is
POW coming in here at a greater rate
than ever befoFC, in consequence of
which there will be renewed activity in
the mining camps of the state as soon
as the snow meltS III the hills and the
roads become settled.
1t would naturally seem that all of
TIE inquiry would. he for gold properties
and gold stocks, but such as not the
case, and While the yellow metal still
has the lead, there is still an urgent
OehidHQ lot SOOO silver securities, anu
this is why there is so much life at
the present time in Tintic district, and
why the statement is made that this
famous camp will eclipse all former
records this year.
A great deal of attention will be paid
this summer TO Camp Floyd district,
and it is the general opinion that the
progress that will be made in this camp
this year will more than double the
liz ,-c . IL
two or three producers will come to the
front during the, year. and on what is
known as the west dip it is hard to
tell what there is in store for the flu
ture, but the indications are that it
will prove a formidable rival to Mer-
cur in the number and value of its
producing and dividend paying mines.
On Lion Hill, in Ophir district, but
which is certainly included in the Mer-
cur belt, great progress will be made
during the present season in the dis
closure of mammoth bodies of gold and
silver bearing mineral. and already, al
though it is still early in the season,
men of means are making strenuous
efforts to get in in that locality on the
ground floor as it is the general be-
lief that Lion hill is nothing more than
a mountain of mineral and that it is
the mother of the naturalization of
that whole country.
State Line will receive full recoGni-
ton this year. as very encouraging re-
ports have been received from that To- |
cality. and there is now no doubt but I
that with development the ore bodies of |
the district Will prove to be continuous /
and permanent. In fact, this question
has been fairly settled, and all that the /
camp lacks now is milling facilities, /
and it is understood that several CAPT I
Ialists stand ready to supply this want |
as soon as machinery can be hauled I
into the camp.
Detroit is also likely to create some ,
excitement this year, as the work that /
mas been done in the development of /
The hex mine and other properties in /
hat section has proven that this dis
rict is rich in its deposits of the prec-
Gus metals, and that all that is needed
q bring it TO the front as one of the
most productive portions of the state
s capital and labor intelligently APP
died.
Gold Mountain district, in Piute
county. is another locality that prom
ses in time to astonish the mining
world with its wealth of gold, and it is
PREDICTED by well known mining men
hat this camp will eventually develop
nto another Cripple Creek, while in
a few miles south, there is
he Oh the HlCSl PROMISING beilS u
old ore and zones of silver TO be found
anywhere in the west. and now that
his camp is within a few miles of
abroad transportation there is no rea-
on why it should not fulfill all proph-
cies made concerning it, and come to
he front this summer with mum Der
I producing and paying properties.
Bingham will continue to hold its I
wn as the 'old reliable" and with ,
he development and reduction of the
old ores of the camp and the ship
lent of rich ore such as comes from
he Julia Dean, it will show to the
-orld that although somewhat disfig- {
red it is still in the ring"
AT Park City also. the greatest sill ,
er camp in the world, there will be
enewed activity this year, while all {
yer the state, in the scores of other I
amps which are found in almost every t
3nyon and on every mountain side, 2
lere viii be more life and prosperity {
lis season than has been the case for ,
sveral years past. I