Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

gold. The Touch Of Midas was con-
celved 10 account for moro than al
chemy had ever aspred: Aladdins
lamp was "a wonderful invention; Mon
te Christie and his fabled cave held
the boards for n while. In our time
matchless liars have told of posslblll-
ties, and Credulity's ear thrilled TO the
tale
WHAT LEADVILLE HAS DONE
In the short space of less than 80
years. Leadyille exceeded, by hundreds
OF millions In new wealth, the lnsanest
predictions OF its widest boomers
Aspen has outdone the crylngs OF nm
who came from the wilderness and pro-
claimed its greatness, before one pound
of its ores had been mined. cripple
Creek has produced 10 an extent that
"a amazing: Creede, Bingham canyon
and other mighty camps of Utah, Ari-
zona. Sonora, Montana. and other parts
of the Rockies and Sierras, have been
spoken of by promoters and projectors,
who themselves thought that they were
lying, and yet whose puny generaltles
seem ludlcrous when measured by Inc
mighty facts Their efforts were Ike
attempts OF children to describe the
glories of the sun.
AT a meeting Of the institute OF
American Mining Engineers, In the lale
eighties" the state OF Colorado ana
me the honor Of making the speeches
Of welcome In arising to reply' mo
president said that tout In the Rocky
mountains" the society had listened to
the finest address ever delivered before
H." and he then proceeded TO show the
unreasonableness of predictions made
by me OF certain camps Within two
years those camps more than doubled
the estimate mark that ! had set
Truly, the metallic wealth Of the Unit
ed states Is such that the attcmntcd
lie of yesterday Is reality OF today.
IMMENSELY OF TREASURE,
Millions and their multlples are whol'
~ inadequate 20 convey % the senses
the immensely OF treasure that lies IN
this western domain: nor would a mil
lion times" express the great riches of
the region west Of the Mississippi as
compared with the eastern portion ot
our republic, occupied, TILED and mined
FOR more than 800 years
Colorado, Utah and Wyoming could
furnish coal for an the carth for cCn-
turtles to come. The great west, thor
oughly cultivated, could feed the world
with beef, mutton. poultry pork wheat
and corn could afford copper and Iron
up 10 nil necessary demands, could
duplicate the gold ANA silver that COM
merce uses. could clothe all mankind
with wool and cotton. and, were the
monuments ~ progress and OF time m
volved In cataclysm ana swept from
earth. could supply the material to re-
place them and possibly the skill -.
The engineering that makes the world
hold breath at the daring Of human
genius. Is performing here the ieats
that most viii affect destiny Byron
wrote
"Man marks tho earth with ruin,
His control stops with the shore
Does his control stop there? Is
ocean unamenable to imperial gOd-likC
viii? We ride his spuuung crest and
DEFY him I'm vessels OF steel We wal
of cities from deeper STRINGS OF his
wrath. We dare cut earth az the bell
and let the floods mlngle their strife
We go to depths In submarines, ant
challenge all the Weights of seas e
crush or drown. ana the alr Of thC
earth is breathed 1000 fathoms below
the wave.
More wonderful than all the dreami
Of sages than the utmost limit OF con
lecture. marvellous beyond hctlona
suggestions having their foundation o
accomplished things, were the predic
tions Of an old English woman, one o
the common people, suspected OF mid
night rides astride a hroom-stlck. Il
which she foretold in doggerel vers
how that,
Men In the air shall be seen,
In red and blue and green"
Antedating intrepid Montgolher I
.zHG thought Of his fire balloon, am