The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-17
Beaver County Citizen Says
Zion Ignores Riches of
His Section.
NOT EASY TO GET
DEVELOPMENT MONEY
Surface Showings Ignored That
Even Nevada Can Not
Show Equal.

Is Salt Lake City. one OF the most gem
erous points in the United States when
IL comes To financing Il mining PROPOSE
tion, doing the state Justice in rushing
into neighboring states. where lack Of
timber. water. smelling and railroad fa-
cilities often are lacking or inadequate,
when within the borders OF their own
commonwealth Is II section showing as
rich surface indications, made all the
more attractive by numerous neighborinG
demonstrated mines, which is allowed to
remain idle and undeveoped2
This is u question put TO The Tribune
Saturday by one of the pioneers OF
Beaver county. He has lived n life dcdi-
Gated TO the development of that county.
and he dcplores more than ever today. in
the light IL some very fine recent dis
closures, the neglect with which Beaver
county is treated by Salt Lake City. He
said yesterday:
why is 1t that Salt Lake capital
travels more willingly into the desert
country when right here at home there
arc mineral indications right on the sur,
face which. were they In Nevada, would
create one Of the greatest sompedes ever
witnessed"
There Is no use in me emphasizing
what the Star and North Star districts
are doing. Their producing. shipping
mines prove the merits or Beaver coun-
" veins with depth. but let me detacs
just one small area down In Beaver. the
mountains called the East range. in q
prominent office of Salt Lake CITY this
morning is an assay certificate showing
that what looks nothing more than iron
ore carries 2S2 ounces Of gold and 1850
ounces Of silver to the ton. Surface
rock. every ounce OF II. Yet YOU have
not heard one echo from these values.
Those who have seen the assay certlh
ceto forget IL the next moment.
From a claim less than a mile from
tho property showing this rich ore, some
time ago an old man, with nothing but
pick extracted and sacked three tons OF
ore. His work done. he came To- Salt Lake
City, and not only could he not secure
little money TO develop the property FUR
thcr. but he could not raise enough money
TO ship his ore. He went back to Beaver.
and good Samaritan, in the guise OF
an humble sheephcrder. hauled the rock
eight miles to the railroad. The three
tons netted the shipper S9l1.30. and, dis
heortened. he left the country.
In mining ii is always true that dis
tance lends enchantment Were Beaver
county hundreds Of miles from Salt Lake:
were Il necessary for the investor to ride
for days over a Death valley to get to
Beaver. and were the county not provided
with an abundance Of timber water and
all the agriculture and railroad facilities
one could demand right at his door. the
section would stand better chance with
capital than II does now. One property.
the Red Warrior. recently was secured
by prominent Duluth operators. Tho OWL
ers opened ono Of the big ore bodies In
the state, and ore shipments were being
made with such frequency that Duluth
people began TO bid as much as sc per
share for the stock. Salt Lake let this
go on for several weeks. not knowing
g. thing about e. and when the facts
did finally pcrcolate through Salt Lake
heads the main questions asked wero as
to the Red Warrior capitalization and
what were the chances In shortlng the
stock.
We are n hospitable people. we Beaver
countians: we dislike to knock Salt Lake
In spite of It's constant pounding OF our
mining properties. but when we recall
the many mcritorious propositions down
there than can be had for the simple
stalking OF OF the ground we wonder
how Salt Lako ever became the greatest
mining and smelling center in the world
Beaver county should not be compelled Ia
take It's mining propositions cast for
financing. 1t should be done right here
at home"