The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-18
UTAH IS GOOD
ENOUGH FOR HIM
j. x. Persons Will Make His
Home Here Permanently
Now.
UTAH MINES LOOK GOOD
TO PEOPLE OF THE EAST
Mr.. Persons Talks of View of
Local Situation at His
Old Home.

j. X. Persons has returned to the
city accompanied by his family after n
three months absence In Duluth Mimi.
their former home, Mr.. Persons has
large mining interests in Utah, mostly In
Beaver county. In order TO give his min
ing business his undivided personal at
tenton he has located permanently In
Salt Lake.
When seen by Tribune reported Mon
day he said that during the past three
months he had travelled through a large
portion OF Minnesota and Michigan,
spreading the gospel OF Utah's mineral
wealth and vast resources. These TWO
States are probably the greatest copper
and iron producing states In the Union,
The mining industry Of these States Is
being carried on this year in the grandesL
and most comprehensive scale.
At no time In their mineral producing
history has mining received the atten-
tlon that Is being bestowed upon it al the
present time. The daily output of their
mines is enormous. And the money
being expended in development is some
thing wonderful The Calumet and
Hecla Is expending millions OF dollars in
developing and exploiting new territory,
The miners and people generally OF
these States are greatly interested in tho
mineral resources of Utah II is astonish-
ing how eagerly they Will listen to any
one who has or pretends 10 have any
knowledge OF the mining conditions OF
Utah.
There is another thing" said Mr.. Per-
sons, which obtains In those countries
respecting Utah, and which is FIRMLY fixed
IN their minds, and that is. there is less
wildcat mining and deceptive speculation
carried or In Utah than any other min
eral bearing Western State. Mining In
Utah, they have been informed and
ho1i &c rod w In
this they are correct. l know of no
mining stock being loated on Utah prop
erty that Will not bear with credit the
scrutinIzing examination Of the COM
petent. honest mining expert,
Ore Is High Grade
There is another thing In favor OF the
mines OF Utah, and which tends TO make
this State the inviting field she is; The
size and permanency OF the ore veins, and
generally the high grade OF the ores"
Mr.. Persons says he is positive that
there will be great influx OF capital
from those States this year seeking in
vestment IN the mines of Utah
'sIn respect TO the properties In which
I am interested he added, Il have only
to say that we are going ahead with de-
velopment work, and this will be con-
tinued with vIgor right along. We have
great properties and the intention is to
open them up and put them on pro-
ducing basis as soon as possible. The
work already accomplished gives unmis-
taxable evidence that the mines can be
made to respond handsomely In ore
values" Advertlng again to Minnesota.
Il was in at the beginning OF the open
Ing up OF the Masabe Range Iron mines.
That was not SO many years ago. There
are now more than fifty producing mines
in that range. The output, which Is pro-
digious. is shipped to Lake Erie ports
Buffalo. Cleveland, ETC.
Now. what l want TO say In this con-
versation is: The Iron deposits OF Utah
are far more promising and infinitely
greater in Utah now than they were in
Minnesota at that time This is saying
considerable, when 1t Is conceded that
Minnesota ranks about first as an iron
producing State. but it is true all the
same"
Mr.. Persons will pay visit Of inspec-
tion 10 the mines In Beaver county, in
which he is interested, within a few
days.