Show THE GILSONITE MINES advocate price utah superintendent A D ferron of salt lake city yesterday awarded a contract to J D bunce of price for hauling tons of a month from the mines of the i i raven mining company in indian canyon i 1 wt 0 on ahe e P bi uintah reservation to the end of jl jennings jenning s spur on the rio grande western the latter line branching off just below colton the contract is for such time as the roads are open from snow anon and will likely continue until about the first of december next six four horse teams are to be employed in the work and the output is to go to the chicago works of the raven company where the product is manufactured into hard rubber goods and varnishes and paints of various kinds large quantities of gilsonite are also used by the raven people but this is at this time bought in the open market under its grant from congress previous to the opening of the reservation in march next the raven mining company is allowed to locate claims of this number fifty propositions have been staked off r in indian canyon and vicinity which will be all of this class of stuff the company wants the other fifty claims are to be chosen from the gilsonite deposits around fort duchesne and ouray and the gold silver lead and copper veins known to exist in the mountains north of white rocks or the main wasatch range prospectors are now in the field for the company and have been since the opening of spring one half of the last mentioned fifty claims are to be gilso gilsonite ni te and the other half the precious metals and copper on the twenty five claims in the vicinity of fort duchesne and ouray twelve veins of gilsonite have been prospected located and partially opened up they are generally small on top but as depth has been attained several of them have widened out to as much as four feet during the summer these are to be worked in such manner as the demands of the chicago factory require and which will do away with the company buying gilsonite in the open m market ar ket later the gilsonite product may be put in competition with that of the st louis companies and the fariette Pa riette mine while the product of the mines in indian canyon will go to jennings spur that from the raven companas comp anys gilsonite deposits is to come to price by wagon team a distance 0 of f about miles |