Mohave County miner., 1900-02-17
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made


globe Of ours Man has simply
smattering OF the different tongues
It's different treasures speak and
can interpret but few of them New
wonders are being brought to light
almost every day, new treasures are
being opened to the exploitation of
the adventurous, the daring and the
scientific. The height, the length
and the breadth of the earth's m S.
teries are unkpown Man has
scratched its surface, fallen back
and is lost il amazement at what
has been unfolded to him. He has
unearthed golden treasurrs amid
the flowers and rich perfumes of
the Occident; he has wrested wealth
from the icy clutches OF the Arctic
regions, and he has filled his co ers
with the wealth of coppers from the
temperate zone, but he has boubt-
less left undisturbed greater riches
than are yet unearthed
A United Verde and a f.bulously
rich gold mine attract the attention
of the world t. Arizona. But it is
only for moment. Great coal
measures are uncovered in inhospi-
table ALASKA, where the absence of
wood makes a Donanza of the dis
covery. A little strip Of country in
Transvaal, Africa, turns out some
thing ike lOO,OOO,UOOS a year, and
incites races of Christian people to
a bloody war of conquest, rapine
and murder. The ocean is being
robbed of its golden sands to pander
to the cupidity of man and his in
ventlve genius j. now taxed 10 con-
struct a machine which will disturb
Its couch to gather unseen wealth.
As fearfully and wonderfully as the
earth may be made, mans efforts
to invade its mysteries are quite as
fearful and wonderful when viewed
in the light of his insignfcance and
falliUility.
Quite recently the earth has been
yielding some Of its richest treas
ures. A gentleman who has spent
the past three years prospecting in
Canada and ALASKA recently dis.
covered an exceedingly rich deposit
of pla mum IN the Copper river
country. At the surface the deposit
ran only 13s to the ton; at a depth
of three and one half feet the yield
was 1S,OOOS to the ton, and at six
feet it gave an output Of 3O,UOOS
per ton. Whit it will turn out
when a greater deI is attained
must be left to the imagination until
Mr.. Launtz returns with the neces-
sary appliances to develop the de-
post. Man knows not the fabu-
lous wealth the earth contains.
A Mining Review at hand men
tions that some Ogden men own
one one of the finest deposits of
onyx ever uncovered. 1t is only
twenty miles from that city, and
will be producing by the first of
May
The onyx has been tested bv the
! United States Treasury department
at the Watertown arsenal, and pro-
nounced entirely satisfactory. Tests
of the material have also been made
by the experts of several of the
eastern wholesale ONYX and marble
houses, and their reports are unani-
nous to the effect that the Ogden
onyx is superior to the Mexican
onyx in texture and quality. An
other decided advantage which the
Ogden onyx has is that it is quar-
ried in sizes which saw up into
slabs 2x5 feet and even larger with
out flaws or low holes The l.
oring is varied and rich, and the
marKings and tracings delicate and
beautiful. Many ONYX experts who
have seen the display pronounce it
as beautiful as any they have ever
seen. TIE onyx vein is fifty feet
in width, pitchin, into the noun
tain, and has been uncovered for a
distance of 900 feet up the side of
the mountain. 1t certainly is the
most wonderful deposit in the west,
and doubtless in the whole country.
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