Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-26

uupIctufesque while the sulrudil piece
of engineer z resorted to by the rail.
road company in getting into the
district, did not fail to receive its
meriteu degree OF admiration.
Reaching Eureka about ll:30, the
uniuitiatei OF the visltors were sur
prised to behold a turging mass {
humanity In waiting TO welcome the
Salt Lake contingent. They were
also taken up with the sizs OF the
town and the may new build ngs re.
ceatly completed ami In course OF
erection. The place was all stir anu
activity anu presented scene not
unlike thst OF II great manufacturing
center. Bmoke.stscke rising in the
air and emitting great black clouds,
told In ali plainess that the district war
neither dead nor eieepin while here
anu there, on this hi! anu on that, the
visitors attention was directed to 30
and so's new mill, Mr.. Is prom
isipg prosp. ci a d 30 on WITH unabst u
interest. AT Eureka a you'd part OF the
salt Lake impany left the train, som e
going In one direction and some In
another, their purpose In the main
ueing to look iuto claims 10 which
part Of their Interests were centereI.
A few mpments' delay anu tue train
resumed its journey. speeding on tU.
warts tue camps Of MANN jth and
= liver CITY. The former was uuly
{, ached and a number u the sight.
seers lett al this point spretding GU, In
dltiei cut directions as at Eureka. Thee
silver City was maize the objective,
anu at this station a good portion Of the
visitors hit the ground ami maue
straiz ntway for the dinner table, the
| bel "noiei" catching the eye at q
glance.
Mammoth Is d prosperous and grow
ing camp. Its hills anu hOliows are
dotted here anu there with the bablts-
tions OF the sturdy miner, while the
mail street has In It's mesuderlnge,
estab shmente OF all kinds, from the
Jenny uignt lodging house to the
more substantial hotel AMI large mer-
cantile insli,ulioD. Like Eureka 1t IL
hustliug Town anu one OF the i'm.
portant factor In the makeup II the
great Tintic district
Silver City isp wonder. Opened up
but comparatively q few months ago
IL has already take on au air when
gives 1t pr mlnent place In the his.
,cry OF tue district. Its mines, speak.
ing as they do fot themselve-, have
rapidly cTept to the front AM now
rama among the. great uividenu.payera
OF the State, while In q Il rent paris oil
the camp, new prospects are visible,
telling the on-lookor that there
abounds among mining men er at
iaith in tue possibilities which that
area OF that country gives promise oil.
SEATED on u 81 o hill to the n.rlh are
tue works OF the Swansea, South Swan.
a ali If h i,I,
are at present producing a good grade
II ore, the latter, however, being nut n
prospect as yet. Trailing the Swansea
pipe liue northward Tor q distance Of
over n miie, the Mammoth mill is
reached anu the visitor hnds himself
in the camp OF RJbinson, small
though active and business-like oJm.
muDiiy.
Coming back to Eureka some OF the
Salt Lake parry awaited Themselves OF
the opportunity Of Inspecting the
wOrkiDgs OF the BullIou.Beck mil
under The able ami obliging chsperon.
age of Superintendent Forester. 1t
being "chsnge day" with the BIB.
company operations were practically ut
| a staLdstill, and therefore descent in %
the famous minp was not afforded, but
the managers OF the properly showed
every courtesy in explaining the
workings anu pointing out interesting
landmarks In that part OF the district.
The water used in EUREKA is piped
from HomaDeville, u distance oil three
miles, aud is pure and clear.
The trip homewari was com memo ed
at 8 O'Clock after all had thorou. b y
enjoyed themselves and had loaded
W with valuable ApeCimens iIom the
districts numerous mines. Tintlc was
more thought Of than ever, and the
fact brought out that II there was such
a thing as poor mans mining camp,
fintlc was certainly entitled to that
action, ~ on every hand could be
seen evideu ces Of the poor and lowly
prospector having been made rich
through a careful, thorough and sys.
temstIc development OF the claims,
which In his pove!ty-strieken condl-
lion, he had entered upon and located.
Sale Lake was reached at o o'clock.
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