American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1916-01-15
Big Meeting Launches
Canyon Advertising Plan
Salt Lake Citizens Join With American Fork and Lehi in
Giving Publicity to Canyon Resources Great Mining
Revival Predicted

American Fork Canyon will be the
best advertised mining camp In the
West th, coming year il plans
launched Tuesday night are carried
through TO lruition II the people OF
this city get back Of The movement rs
their attendance and interest in the
meeting indicated. IL viii mean more
money spent in the canyon than has
been spent there in years, for the de.
vclopmcnt Of more properties than
ever developed before, and will prob.
ably result in the opening Of several
producing mines All this will mean
more business for the merchants o.
this locality aud greatly increasing
the population of this city. II Is The
one thing aud the only one thing that
will make American Fork grow.
The meeting was held In the CIT
Hall Senator John II Woottol
called the meoting-tO order and wai
elected chairman, with s. w. Ros.
secretary. The chairman briefly cx
planned the object Of the meeting, tol
of his faith In the canyon and Intro
duced as speakers Charles Tying, tn
eminent Salt Lake mining man
Allen Sanford, Salt Lake attorney
George r.. Hemphill. former resi-
dent of this city; Mayor John Hunter
and President S. L. Chapman of this
city, and w. +. Evans of Lehi.
Mr.. Tying told of his fathers coming
to this city; of the results Of their
work in the canyon, and Of their talk
ing nearly three-fourths of n million
from the old Wyoming. thought to be
worked-out mine. lie opened the
eyes OF many present when he said
that he and associates had spent over
$4,000 on the work done In the Texan
property. where he now has a force OF
eight or ten men. Since August 20
he stated that $12i5.26 had been paid
American Fork men for hauling sup
Hilto WI w lhlN DloHtlNNs anu ihl'
over $4,000 had been distributed among
the business men for supplies. lie
stated that dozen other properties
In the canyon justified the eXpendi.
ture of similar funds. and asked what
would be the business effect ON this
city If this were the case. He STATED
that much money was awaiting mining
Investments II the proper encourage
ments were given, and that II the
people of this city would get back of {
campaign of publicity, American Forl
Canyon would during the coming sum
mer have so much work done Their,
that II would become n second Alta
What the canyon needs Is more min
ing like that now being done In tn
Pacific and Texan, All this will re
Quire some money lie asked tina
those who could not or would no
help supply the money. to throw thei
hammers in the lake and quit knock
ing those who We're trying to d.
something. Many have'properties bu
no money with which to develop them
These he asked TO turn over thei
claims to people who can get III
money and give them liberal inter
est for doing the work
A Salt Lake mining man. who Ia
done moro than any one else 4
the state to give publicity to IN
Cottonwood district, told some O
it's history, and said that Amcrl
can Fork Canyon had the same sys
tenn of contacts, the same ASSURING
the same beds Of soluble lines am
the general high state OF mineraliza
ton justified the prediction of min
ing camp equally as rich and produc