Show COLORADO RIVER PLACERS Success Attends the Efforts of Chaffln and Hay Many years ago gold was discovered in the granular beds and upon the sandy shores of the Colorado river in San Juan county Utah says the Richfield Rich-field Advocate A few prospectors from San Juan and Wayne counties traveled to the distant domain in search of wealth and were later joined by others from Colorado The auriferous sands hnrrh riAlrlAfl manv f nnrQ in the nan and daily new discoveries were made but the i tremendous expense of its handling caused by the inaccessible character of the country and the long distance from railroad centers ate up most of the profits In spite of this I the districts fame was spread and a I mushroom boom followed Capitalists and prosoectors rushed to the scene of I the Inordln hurrah and returned disgusted dis-gusted giving the region a black eye I that will require years to effac TWO PROMINENT OPERATORS I Two of the few men who have stayed with the San Juan country from the I first succeeding in their own operations and proving that the field is worthy the I Inspection and serious consideration of I conservative investors are L M Chaf j 1 fin and W B Hay who were in Rich I Held last week For some time these I gentlemen have been experimenting upon various schemes to save most oft i of-t gold in I the dirt and I now b = lieve I lucy na u UiVU LIC j1Vi Ull HI amalgamation a very simple process of exclusive Messrs Chaflin and Hay have drawn regular dividends from their uorJt on the Colorado for the last three ear The extent of their doings is seen in the le fact that within the year > ast they have paid out 7000 for Jnbor al < su plies at Loa Wayne county their seat of operations Hay is known as the man who first made a success of the California bar 1 miles above Halls crossing of the river He managed that diggings in 1S934 and I has been a paying proposition propo-sition ever since sJlon TIED UP BY A LAWSUIT The two San Juaners were brousht Richfield by a little litigation Richfeld 1 ltte lhaton over the Independence a placer eight miles below Halls crossing For the last three years Chaflin and Hay have been working the claim They were interrupted I inter-rupted recently by an injunction issued I I at the complaint of Dr W H Scbock of Plateau who alleges prior posses slon slonThe The Moquie another Chaffln proposition propo-sition nine miles above the crsng I and near themouth of Hansen creel is now lying Idle but will be given a force of ten men about the middle of August Au-gust j guThe The Good Hopes SOfoot wheel dam aged by high wat r last month will soon be in perfect repair i A SUBTERRANEAN LEDGE I t Four miles south of the Independence j j I a 4foot lode of 20 gold ore wa run j i upon by a Colorado prospector la3t j i winter i The thing was kept quiet until un-til the = < secret was safe under a deluge j i of high water and now as the river recedes re-cedes the finders backers are upon the ground ready to begin development work On the last of last month the Colorado Colo-rado river reached Its hlghestfDoint in 13 years Since then U has lowered six i eh t j feet but even now the watermark is higher than at any other time in three I I years excepting the May ffpods I |