Show NAVAJO reservation GOLD in its january issue the mining review republished an article from the miner and financier of denver in which the statement was made that an association of denver and salt lake capitalists had been formed to explore mountains the of the navajo reservation located just across the line in arizona from san juan county this state the secretary of the interior giving his consent upon condition that permission was first obtained from the principal c chiefs 0 of f the nav navajo ajo indians this consent so it was stated in the article had been obtained after agreeing to pay the indians five per cent royalty of the net proceeds derived from ores found and marketed the expedition to make the ex it is said is composed of seven men in charge of charles fullwood of this city who takes take with him a complete assaying outfit an engineer and a cook this article came under the notice of T H young of ogden who was in this city a few days ago making the mining alining review a pleasant call mr young it appears is an old prospector and miner and he informs the review that in 1886 he prospected the reservation with a companion and his account of his experiences at that time is most interesting e in the narration of his stor story y regarding I 1 his successes in the reservation mr young said myself and partner were down in the reservation in 86 and I 1 know just where to go to find a remarkably rich deposit of gold ore we went into the reservation by way of bluff city camping on the utah side of the san juan river we made out that we were hunting cattle and whenever we could we made a sneak across and finally after considerable sid erable prospecting we fou found nd a true fissure vein which was eight feet in width in the middle of the vein at the grass roots there was a three inch streak that was nearly half gold the metal existing in the native state from this we took two sacks of ore which netted us 2000 at durango the balance of the ledge we considered low grade but still it would average from 50 to to the ton in the yellow metal and would be considered high grade rock these days the streak of rich ore was widening out as we went down onit on it however we had hardly more mor than ethan made the discovery and had taken out two sacks of the sensationally rich ore when the indians got after us and we barely escaped with our lives As it was they stole some of our our horses and sent us out of the country with the warning never to come back again I 1 am satisfied that I 1 could go direct to the spot where we made this rich find so many years ago and I 1 am anxious to meet with the parties who are interested in the enterprise mentioned in your paper |