Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-30
Daniel Guggenheim Discusses
Conditions Throughout
The West.
LAST VISIT ONE YEAR AGO.
NAV Become Factor In the De, clop.
ment of Alaska. the Former
Poor Mans Paradise.

Prominent among the guests at the
Knutsford yesterday vas Mr. Daniel
Guggenheim head Of all the Guggen-
helm smelling and mining interests
and generally recognized as a power IN
mining and financial circles through
out the entire country.
The party is composed Of Mr.. Gug-
genheim. Mr. $. r. Guggenheim and
Mrs. :. r. Guggenheim. They have
inst returned from an extended tour
on the west taking in Alaska and
narts Of Canada and are now on their
vsy hack 10 their homes IN New York.
YESTERDAY morning was spent by Mr.
ouggsnbelm al the ofnces OF the
American Smelling and Refining Co.
after which the party left on tonI
OF inspection Of The WORKS al uarlelu
niloted bv : W. Eccles vice president
Of the last mentioned company ana
general traffic manager Of the various
Gurgenheim Interests Just ABOUT
year has elapsed since Mr.. Guggen-
helms last visit 20 salt Lake ana VI
cinity. and he expresses himself as
highly gratifcd 40 the progress Wnlch
has since been made. At that llnis
the great smelling works al Narntlu
ned not been commenced and the
,rnount Of labor eniailcd by their con-
s,rrction as far as e has gone EVIL
IDENTIFY made a very favorable impress
sion. Mr. Guggenheim sald INA! W
tho building Of these works II had beeh
the aim and ambition 10 produce SON.
hing which could pace with the needs
~ he rapidly growing west, and mat
,bo noliry would always be to consider
,ho Welfare OF the producer ana 30
,,.arrtbinn uossihle IA foster the de-
vsionment of the country IN every
way ,..,t,,, a., Alaska
$50, I, mining standpoint Mr. Guggen-
helm said In part -. ga 90
.,,rcefui country--a rich country wlth-
ASH nopulation. | have been up thei
w tonl INTO interests OF ours and check
M renorts that had previously been
admitted by our engineers. we went
,S,ougb as FAR as Dawson and had
very comfortable and enloyable ttlp'
We eVnect 20 take hand IN the ue-
,eiopment OF the country and the bulld-
f,g ~ railroads now under way and
ronsemplated viii aid materially IN
shaping our plans. Whether we buiid
railroads or not. there is no question
hut what they viii b. built There is
nlenty of money available for such
work and any number OF men "illns
TO 20 at ID. | cannot say where these
roads should BE- built nor where we may
20 into mining II would not De tair
IA 20 into details az this time. But
10 make lode mining successful In Alas
ks machinery must be employed. In
order to get machinery IN railroads
must be built and they viii be.
Mr.. Guggenhem Is Of the opinion that
the days OF the sluice box In Alaska
are numbered. and that eventually the
hydraulic giant must become the most
important factor. The country has al
ways been regarded as a POOR mans
paradise and this II trua but II Is
also true that the Inducements offered
capital for profitable investment are
many and excellent
The visit Of Mr. Guggenheim 10 Alas
ka Is I'm the eyes Of mining men fraughi
with much significance. and In view ot
the enthusiasm of his views. It is mon,
than probable that the 20 few years
win sec him an important"a factor IL
the development Of many other sec
lions