Newspapers Ads - Mining & Other
One medium for promoting mining in Utah was newspapers. The Union
Vedette, begun by Col. Patrick Connor, the Salt Lake Daily Tribune & Mining Gazette begun by mining men and non-Mormon
business owners to promote mining, and a score of others early papers, all devoted to the news, and more importantly, mining
news. Also in those papers, ads, ads of all kinds. On this page we will share a number of the more notable ads from the early
days. We start with some classic illustrated items and will add more...
Cunnington
& Company, Hardware and Mining Supplies
Newspaper ad for Cunnington & Company, Groceries,
Hardware, Mining Tools and more! Known and named by its trademark, "The Elephant Store", Cunnington would advertise
in Utah papers for years. This ad, from the Salt Lake Daily Tribune and Mining Gazette, dates from 1871.
THRP Archives - D. K. Winegar Collection
Fraser,
Chalmers & Co. - Mining Machinery
Newspaper ad for Fraser, Chalmers & Company,
(Chicago, Illinois) suppliers of all manner of heavy mining machinery. Though simply illustrated, the ad clearly names the
wide variety of equipment offered by this company and the Liberty Iron Works that backed it. This ad, from the Salt Lake Daily
Herald, dates from April of 1874.
THRP Archives - D. K. Winegar Collection
George
M. Scott & Co., Hardware and Mining Supplies
Newspaper ad for George M. Scott & Company,
hardware, mining tools and more! This illustrated ad featuring the patented "Eclipse" blower fan is from the Salt
Lake Daily Tribune, October, 1879.
THRP Archives - D. K. Winegar Collection
Richards
Iron Works - Engines & Smelting Furnaces
Newspaper ad for Richards Iron Works, Chicago,
Illinois. Manufacturer of mining machinery and equipment of all kinds. In the early days, Mr. Richards would travel to Utah
and take orders directly from his room at the Townsend House hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. This ad, from the Salt Lake
Daily Tribune and Mining Gazette, dates from 1871.
THRP Archives - D. K. Winegar Collection
Victor
Rock Drill Co.
Newspaper ad for the Victor Rock Drill. This
hand powered drill, Patented in 1873, promised to cut labor for drilling a hole by 3/4. Not to sure how well that promise
was kept, but later versions of this style drill, powered by compressed air, would prove great labor saving devices. Victor
drills were used in Utah in several locations. This ad, from the Salt Lake Daily Tribune dates from 1879.
THRP Archives - D. K. Winegar Collection
