Show THE LA SAL MOUNTAINS special correspondence castleton utah aug 20 mining interests are showing unusual and surprising progress and activity this year and it is a notable fact that the dividend and paying m mines ines of the state stand second to colorado in the way of production and the distribution of velvet money another important and pleasing feature of the industry is associated with the fact that a number of new and promising districts have been discovered of late years which are pushing to the front in a most remarkable manner one of the most important of these new wealth producing sections being the la sal mining region in the southeastern portion of our state this new field of mining operations bordering on the line of colorado and extending west from the san juan country for the past four years the la sal mountains have been gradually growing in importance as a richly mineralized section and largely so because of its phenomenal surface showing of ore this condition has had a stimulating effect with the prospector and claim owner the result being that development has demonstrated an increase of metallic values with depth and the continuity of the ore deposits the fact now being established that the contact and fissure veins of this locality are permanent and that they go to the deep with us this has been a record breaking season in the way of important discoveries embraced within a circle of ten miles are the districts of miners basin beaver horse mountain and castle creek mineral mountain is seemingly the hub of this richly mineralized section and from it are traceable I 1 all the contact veins trending from southeast to northwest A recent discovery in two properties owned by the international in beaver basin on the east slope of the main range has established the values of that locality while on the west slope are the valuable properties of the grand view mining milling company and the union pacific group now being industriously developed A tunnel project in miners basin has recently disclosed rich ore in that section while from all sources come reports of general and steady improvement one factor which is very favorable to the material interests of the la sal country is cited in the fact th that atour our ores are very similar to those of cripple creek colorado there are two tw 0 distinct belts in the contact formation the south belt carrying gold goldy values alues principally while the north belt is productive of gold copper ores in the form of a sulphide the recent strike in miners basin is essentially an evidence of the existence of big ore deposits to be found ir in this formation it is now well established that the concentrated veins of both contacts center in horse mountain where late developments have demonstrated that both the north and south belts belo are as one in this locality as is shown by the excellent bodies of ore found in the workings of the union pacific and grand view mines the la sal country in its entirety covers an area of over miles square and not over one fourth of this section has been scientifically or even carefully explored gold and copper values can be obtained everywhere from surface droppings crop pings and in no instance where development work has been industriously triou sly carried on is there an evidence of failure on the part of the mineral formation there is no portion of this western country where the chances and opportunities for investment 1 nv estment are more promising or flattering than in the la sal mountains and especially is this the case in the se securing curino t of interests in valuable prospects at reas reasonable on able figures while this is the most promising section in the west for the experienced and industrious prospector As a matter of fact most of the leading 1 properties here are largely owned by poor prospectors who by an exhibition of energy and courage have opened some fine propositions ions and many of these are willing to cooperate with capital on advantageous 2 terms J for their future development F L M co |