Show GREEN RIVER PLACERS TO BE TESTED AGAIN there is to be one more test made to determine the merits of the custer machine in ill saving the fine or flour gold in the bars along green river says the vernal utah express A reorganization has been made known as the custer corporation which has taken over the patents of A E custer on oil his fine gold saving machine this company will ivill operate what is known as the lucky boy bar due east of vernal on green river the pr property is on this side of green river opposite the daniels ranch R C horn is the treas treasurer aurer and general manager charles dick ex senator of ohio president A E custer vice president P F C bryan washington D C secretary with C F horn superintendent perin mr horn the superintendent is already on the ground with teams getting ready to install the machinery which is now on the way in from watson by the of october it is expected work will begin and continue until freezing weather stops them from twenty to twenty five men will be employed and it is figured that the company will spend this fall an ali engine will pump water to the top of the 11 hiu for washing was liing the gravel into the flume flum e and a gasoline engine will run the saving machine which will be located near the river the gravel for this fall will be moved to the flume by team and scraper this property was chosen out of many in western states on account of the distance of the gravel above the river this bar is sixty feet above the river and therefore the gravel can easily be scraped to the flume that feeds feds the machine the run this fall is n made not so much to make money from the gold that may be saved as it is to demonstrate the machine and prove that it will actually save the flour gold which all other processes have failed to do 10 I 1 the custer machine was operated in horseshoe bend a few years ago and saved the fine gold but the difficulty then was ivas getting enough gravel grav el to it to make a success if this denion demonstration proves to be satisfactory and there is every reason to believe it will it will not be long before there will be dozens of these machines operating on the bars aion along green river it means a great deal to th this is county IE f lt it ls is successful it means that it will not be long before uintah county will be at the lle head id of the gold producing counties of ata |