Show 9 S ia 01 v agn in aiji tiji gd gallic all woun taina w W S 12 miners basin la sal mountains grand co utah june 6 1900 new strikes new discoveries and energetic development work are now the order of the day throughout the la sal country with the return of all the older inhabitants are a newer class of miners and prospectors who are scattering out into the hills and every day brings newer an and d brighter developments in addition to what has already been discovered the greater greate r portion of the mountain range which last year was not prospected at all is now being industriously explored by a newer class of men who have came here fully equipped for the work most of these newcomers new comers are cripple creek men who have gotten their outfits at home and came across the country with a view to thoroughly invest gating this new region last week four different parties arrived here from colorado points and after going over the basin locality to their satisfaction started out for the geyser basin middle mountain and the south slope where good prospecting ground is known to exist other outfits are on the way here and it begins now to look as if men with money are inaugurating a new system and instead of taking the usual flying trips into the country have secured the services of good reliable men outfitted them and are sending sendina them into the country for a seasons work of investigation and exploration this plan cannot help but bring out good results as the mining interests are open to rigid examination and there is not a property in the country but what will stand it there is an unusual amount of interest being centered toward the paradox country on the east side of the range where a great deal of activity is going on one of the richest and most important strikes of the season has been made there in the mcbride property which was discovered early this season parties recently over from there report that four car loads of ore are being hauled out each week a distance of 75 miles to the railroad at Placer vilie colorado for which the owner receives in cash each week over and above expenses for his product the vein is said to be fully ten feet wide the ore averaging 90 a ton throughout while an 18 inch pay streak produces a black sulphur ets ore that runs from to per ton in silver with a railroad into this section all of this production would naturally come this way on a haul of only 20 miles this spring has been noteworthy of many new discoveries throughout the la sal country first of all was the aldrich jacobs discovery of a valuable gold property on the north end of the mountains they began taking out 50 gold ore from the surface and now have about two carloads out ready for shipment next most important strike is that recently made in the little dot property on mineral mountain near basin city A large and rich body of flourine ore was uncovered the value of which will aver average acre about per ton in gold and silver values the property is bonded and leased by byron davis for cripple creek parties who are prepared to take up the bond of for the little dot and high ore claims A number of other minor discoveries have been made and the properties are being developed with excellent results at least a dozen other enterprises are to be started yet this month and before the season is over some splendid developments are bound to be made while the progress of mining seems to be slow in this section there is a constantly increasing value being added to the mining interests and without any gush or boom quiet in this respect reigns supreme but when it does take a turn you will hear something startling from this source miners are getting za down to business now and realize that something must be shown ano anc in order to induce capital to invest here they must have a fair prospect of a mine in addition to being reasonable in their prices or giving men a chance to take hold with them in development velo p ment work there is a fair prospect of considerable of a boom being created in this part of the country over the product of the uranium mines A french company is now building reduction works on the dolores river for the reduction of this mineral prof charles a french expect expert has the enterprise in charge and will be ready to receive ore on or about the first of july owners of these deposits in addition to what the company owns are now at work on a number of properties getting out the ore which the company promises to purchase direct but refuse to buy the mines A valuable deposit of the grey and yellow uranium ores near richardson is now being developed by welsh and loftus preparatory to making shipments As depth is gained the vein as such it undoubtedly is gradually widens and theore the ore becomes more solid and carries a better percentage 0 with some gold and copper associated in the vein with the uranium recently a prominent mining man by the name of case traveled through this country on a quiet mission taking special pains to avoid attention and recognition from newspaper reporters he spoke very favorably of the future of the la salle region and while he thou thought 0 alit well of the upheaval formation he ventured to say that it be long before the resources of the surrounding country would astonish mineralogists t by the discovery of many kinds of the th rarest minerals the discovery of uranium tungsten tung stan and other metals was only a forerunner of remarkable discoveries to be made in the future as the country developed the only uranium mines known to exist on this conti nent are now being found here and while the worlds demand is only for COO tons annually the french company propose to make an annual output of about 1000 tons this season the discovery made this spring in fisher valley on the north side and was recently purchased by denver parties is to be worked extensively this jummer A number of other finds have been made and there is a possibility of a reduction plant being put up near the properties is a mineral that is now becoming in great demand for electrical purposes the once famous huntsman mine is as dead as a door nail the buil buildings diDgs all moved away the moaning 11 1 1 winds sound a requiem of distress through the shaft in the hill and it is to be hoped that the gigantic swindlers lers of this dirty scheme are also practically dead some day a mining man not a bunco will take hold of this property and make it a paying mine the huntsman property is all right the ore is there in paying quantities and the property in reality as valuable as it ever was every new country has to have its necessary blackeye black eye such as this property proved to be but it is now becoming a forgotten affair two mills are now proposed for this immediate locality in the near future case dark clark of gold basin who own valuable sylvanite properties there are to erect r reduction works and have now made all necessary arrangements for machinery the mine owners of mill creek are preparing to concentrate their interests and have a mill built this season colorado parties expected here soon will investigate the proposition for building a smelter in the basin if the necessary fluxes are available congressman kings property the copper queen in beaver basin is again being worked and the international tunnel extended into the mountain to cut the vein the work is in charge of bert king a younger brother who will push the work as fast as practicable for the next feet ren hatch the locator of the property has sold out his interests in the company and is now operating in the split mountain district near vernal an excursion into this country is now being proposed to occur sometime during july |