Show 0 GREEN RIVER COPPER MINES progress castle dale utah the extraction of the great copper sulphur and alum deposits in the green river country at a good profit will be made possible in the course of a few months by the construction of over two dozen big barges which will be used to transport the production from the mines to green river inver station the solution of the nagi problem for boats loaded with great weight gh t has been made by edward T wolverton superintendent of the of the big manganese properties colorado fuel ir iron on company southeast of green river the barges will be equipped with liblit gasoline e engines so that thai the draught of the vessels w will 11 be scarcely more than 24 inches hitherto all of the big boats that have tried heavy traffic on the river have run foul on the shallow waters on account of the great tonnage of fuel which they have been obliged to carry mr wolverton says he is satisfied that his plans to take care of the traffic from the mines would work out successfully 1 I conducted my experiments he said with a barge 16 fa feet wide and 35 feet long S and drawing 18 inches of water the gasoline engine was one and a half horse power and answered all purposes handily I 1 went from green river station to the first cataracts of the colorado river a distance of about miles without a hitch and came back up the stream against the strong current and the treacherous eddies without a mishap under my plan we will be able to carry the copper and other ores a distance of about 10 miles at an expense of only 7 a ton up to green river station a distance of about 40 miles the expense will only be about 1 I 1 As most of the ore in the copper fields at Keg springs canon runs on an average of sno to the ton you can see what an immense profit will be realized from the mines when we are able to cope successfully with the problem of navigation at the present time the copper deposits are worth nothing in the first place because it is impossible to ship on the water and it would be ridiculous to try to ship the ore to green river over the drifting sands pew few frontiersmen have met with any more thrilling experiences than wolverton he has twice been near death from thirst and twice he has discovered rich mineral country three years ago he was told by an old scout whoa who had gone over most of that portion of wyoming that there was considerable black rock southeast of green river he became convinced that the deposit was manganese and finally set out in the direction in id which he thought these lay after he had been on the trail for about twelve hours he became alarmed on account of the failure to run across any water hope however did not desert him and he kept on 1 eisaw I saw that ray ay iy two companions were becoming alarmed he said but they uttered not a word night came but I 1 felt it was best to keep right on if we stopped I 1 knew that the e horses would and give out the men would become worried in all the terror of that at night there was not a word spoken I 1 avas as fortunate in deciding to keep right on and we came upon water the next morning thirty arty six hours after we had started the manganese properties with which you are farni familiar liar were discovered A company was afterward C organized anizel ani zed and the mine sold to the ec colorado orado fuel iron company it is the me biggest mine in america |