Show SALTPETRE AND PAINT reaper richfield utah J W manwill man will and george Sc hougaard of koosharem Koo sharem were visitors in richfield last thursday they came here after some time spent in prospecting in the mouth of greenwich canyon adjacent to the indian village in grass valley these gentlemen have prospected greenwich canyon and the surrounding territory pretty thoroughly and they know where most of the deposits of any worth are located they found a deposit of saltpetre salt petre in greenwich canyon some two years ago they held on to this property for a long time last spring 0 L H of this city made a trip to the deposit and so well pleased with it was he that he secured an option on it and it is now owned by him since parting with this deposit to mr manwill and hougaard Sc have been searching for other deposits and rece recently they have found a bed of salt petre close to tle the mouth of the canyon this latest discovery is feet in extent with the depth unknown as no amount of work has been done on the property they secured samples of the stuff and when seen here they were on their way to salt lake to have tests made and to interest others in this proposition they left samples ot 0 the material at this office and the gentlemen are of the opinion that this deposit is purer and better than the original discovery although nothing definite can be said until an assay is made grass valley is known to nave several valuable mineral deposits that would make that section a hive of industry if capital could be secured to operate the properties there is a deposit of mineral paint from which the very best pigments for paint manufacturing could be produced there was an attempt to mine that deposit and samples were sent to st louis several companies investigated it and all pronounce ed it of a superior quality for paint manufacture but the distance from the railroad with bad roads over which to transport it discouraged the operation of the property some day there will be a plant in stalled installed close to the deposit and grass valley will become famous for its paint production this latest find will probably develop into a paying industry |