| Show THE GREAT GOLD BOOM Prospectors taking Every Promising Prom-ising Green River Bar TAKING OUT GOOD PAY The Henry Mountains Are Full of Mineral Min-eral Says Colonel Hile S I Cass lUte Tells All About the San Juan Country He Says a Poor Man Cant Work tho I Placers GRE N RIVER Utah Jan 9Several prominent Salt Lake capitalists are heavily heav-ily interested in the Colorad river as well as San Juan river pincers In Utah and out of which much ri y dirt has already II te3n taken Colonel x en Hite ofDandy Crossing who controlls the Good Hope I and Tlckaboo bars was seen today He I said We regard the placers on the Colorado I Col-orado river in Utah very valuable and would have taken out a great deal of gold were we not unfortunate with our machinery ma-chinery We shall renew operation at once on an enlarged scale Our dirt runs from 250 upwards per yard Parties S with small appliances are taking out from 6 to 10 per day each man Their claims are just below us toward the San Juan Yes the Henry mountains are full of mineral I consider the Bromide mine sold very cheap at 40000 Its sale will greatly stimulate the camp Very little of the Henry mountains has been prospected and when It is thoroughly worked I believe great developments in rich gold ore will be shown A pronounced pro-nounced rush may be expected in the spring With regard to San Juan district The only feasible route to that region is via Green River stage line to Dandy Crossing Cross-ing I have just come over the route and it is all that can be desired Our Colorado river property is on the site of the old Spanish diggings and is passed on the way to San Juan The property was pointed out to Cass Hite by old Chief Tickaboo himself in 18S1 The Dandy Crossing ferry is now in operation and the San Juan prospectors can reach their 1 destination in a day and a half from Dandy Cross via White Canyon road Prospectors in great numbers are now reaching Dandy and on my way I pasted a number of supply teams en route for the district THE GREEN RIVER DISCOVERIES The excitement over the valuable placer finds on the Green river still continues Prospectors are staking every promising bar both up and down the river A party lias just come in for supplies bringing considerable gold which goes to Salt Lake for assay An outfit left for the bars at Wheelers ranch eighteen miles south this morning These bars have been worked in a desultory way for sometime some-time Small boats are in great demand and every possible conveyance is pressed into use Green river parties are deluged with inquiries by mail and wire as to the accessibility and value of the placers Supplies of every description can be obtained ob-tained here Every man in the vicinity has claim stakes driven The Henry Mountain and San Juan stage line which starts tomorrow has booked every seat and more stages will be put on at once Reports from placers on the Colorado river in Utah show that the S original statements have not be exager ated A large amount of machinery goes at once to Halls Ferry MR GOSS REPORTS I George Goss and Mr Haskell of Salt Lake have just returned from Dandy Crossing They are heavily interested in the Colorado river placers in Utah and have been making their annual examination examina-tion Mr Goss reports very favorably of his properties Considerable capital will be invested in the river this spring Both agree that the Green River and Dandy Crossing route to the San Juan is the only feasible one and is advantageous because of its easy accessibility as well as the fact that it takes the prospector through the rich Henry mountains |
