Show MINING FOR GOLD ALMOST WITHIN SIGHT OF THE HEART Few residents resl of Salt Lake are aware that treasure seekers are mining for gold almost within sight of the heart of the city One of or the gold mines is just back of or Ensign peak It belongs to Richard Parker of or Abra Abraham Abraham ham county and is known as the Ensign peak mine Angus McKellar sr of ot South Sec Second Second ond East street has charge of or the driving ing of the tunnel upon Mr Parkers property pro pert Mr will be 70 0 years looks old tomorrow Monday but younger Ho He is father of or many years Angus McKellar Jr president of ot the Equitable Loan Investment company compan and amI member of tho real estate firm of ofA ofA A McKellar Co Indications of or ore have been found in inthe Inthe the Parker tunnel and Mr be believes that with greater development a valuable discovery discover will be made Adjoining the Parker mine Mr Mc McKellar Ic Kellar has a claim of ot his own This he has been developing since last winter Mr hopes to strike coal In his opinion the coal deposits of or Coal extend under the tho hills to the point at which he is working The surface indications he be says cause him to be believe belIe lieve lIe that there is coal under the hills around Ensign peak Others have thought the same Below his claimon on the ast side sl e of Ensign n peak there Is t ANGUS SR AND LON J HADDOCK Standing at the Entrance to the Tun Tunnel Tunnel nel of the Ensign Peak Gold Mine Minean Minei an old shaft which was sunk by men who were searching for coal These men said Mr wasted a great deal of labor Sinking their shaft was also dangerous Had they the gone lower down upon the hill and opened a tunnel they the would have had hada a better chance of or reaching coat coal if It there is coal in the hill hili This I believe or I be working here hereIt It was while at work wor upon his coal prospect that Mr McKellar met Mr Parker and consented to take charge or the development of or the Parker gold proposition The sturdy old miner walks from Salt Lake every morning and climbs Ensign peak to do his work He carries his lunch and a Jug of ot water with him When hen he steps from the tunnel for a breath br ath or fresh air and an moments rest he can look down and see people passing in the streets of Salt SaIt Lake There have been many men in the past who have hae believed that there was treasure In Ensign hill The hillside is marked with prospect holes and sev several eral long tunnels have been driven One tunnel on the east side of or the hill is about a halt half mile long Another on the west side is shorter but was driven through the solid rock It is said that the belief that Ensign peak p ak contained precious metals began years ears ago when Brigham Young in an address swept his arm in the direction of the peak and said that the hills were full of metals Some of the men who saw him were sure that he pointed to toward toward ward Ensign peak and having faith in Ip his power of prophecy at once began the he search for treasured treasure Others thought that Brigham Young merely waved his arm in the ordinary gesticulation ge of or 01 oratory atory alory and that his remark remark referred to all the mountains surrounding Salt Lake and not those particularly In the direction in which he is 15 remembered to have pointed The result was that there have hae been many quests of or the Ensign peak treas treasures treasures ures For years it has been a favorite occupation of ot little boys bo s to go out to the hills around the peak and dig In the earth in the hope of or finding some thing |