Show THE WILSON MESA in commenting upon mining activities in the wilson mesa placer fields in san juan county utah ten miles east of moab the news of grand junction colorado tells of the consolidation of the old wilson mesa mining leasing companas comp anys property with the black cat group both of which have been taken over by C C inman formerly of goldfield and M A wilder and W H wilder of grand junction with whom are associated some of the strongest mining men of nevada and california the new concern it is said will at once ship a fifty ton stamp mill to the ground continuing the news says within the week declares inman he and his associates have refused an offer of for their claims in the wilson mesa company and also an offer of for a three year bond and lease on the same property the offer having come from george shorter of denver who in turn represented the duggen helms the wilders are well known in grand junction W H wilder being the owner of the oxford hotel the offer on the wilson group came to the inman and wilders through a local bank associated with these men at the present time is a strong group of goldfield and san francisco men E D bowles who has made a large fortune in nevada mines and is one of the best known mining operators on the coast is one of them he will be in grand junction shortly the wilson mesa mining properties were formerly owned and controlled by grand junction capital the claims were worked as a placer proposition although there was evidence that there was a rich deposit of quartz in the vicinity it is this quartz deposit that inman claims to have located inman and the wilders and inman and his coast as associates now control over 1000 acres in and about wilson mesa 1 I have mined all over the west said inman and I 1 can say truthfully that I 1 have never seen or heard of anything like the richness of the wilson mesa field there are going to be some of the richest strikes ever made in america in that field this summer 1 I received a letter from webb and boren today and they state that the district is wild with excitement the railroad surveyors supposedly inthe employ of the oregon short line are within eight miles miles of our claims and working along the bench of the dolores in regard to the men who are backing me I 1 am under bond of secrecy right now not to give you all of their names mr bowles has long been associated in a large number of goldfield enterprises and is well known in nevada and california with him are some of the best known nevada men in the business run hun over a few of their names in your mind and hit a bunch of them mr bowles will meet me in thompsons Thomp sons within the next forty eight hours and go into camp we have arranged with the moab people for fifteen inches of water from mill creek and have timber within six miles of our camp on the webb and boren properties a power plant and mill will be constructed on the wilson mesa group we have contracted for a fifty ton crusher to be erected at once As a placer proposition the webb and boren people have been making money with the crudest equipment with an outfit that one man could carry on his back in five months of work they cleaned up 1900 merely skimming the ground they did not understand der stand how to tackle the quartz which is many times richer the dirt runs from 87 esq to per yard nothing less than being found but the real richness of the district is in the quartz |