| Show ON THE COLORADO RIVER sun richfield utah 0 H wilson who with dr W H and others has interests in placer claims on the colorado river was in richfield several days last week coming here from dr Sc hocks ranch in grass valley mr wilson became acquainted with the sun editor years ago in salina and learned that the sun is now a richfield luminary he hunte up the office friday afternoon and ma mae e the editor a most pleasant visit mr wilson has spent the past six years on the colorado river with all sorts of good and bad luck he told us that up to six weeks ago he seen a woman during the entire six years last month he concluded to break away from his Robin sou soD crusoe existence and spend a season in some country where there were signs of civilization and where he could hear the toot of a locomotive early last week mr wilson received a letter from hite a small mining camp on the colorado informing him that burt a gentleman who is heavily inter interested estev in the colorado placers in connection with the goodhope company had recently visited the properties and would return to them in about sixty days at present is in the east mr wilson is sure that there will be much mining activity on the colo rado during the coming season and he art predicts that within a year or so at least one thousand men will be given employment on the bars in the river and in a number ot of mines which will soon be developed in the adjacent mountains it is expected that when mr returns he will have the necessary capital to build an electric power plant at the head of hansen creek about seven miles from starrs ranch where there is an inexhaustible supply of coal the plant will be put into commission to furnish power for machinery on the river to the bars and the extensive beds of gravel A big dredge will be another innovation on OD the river to see service between hite and am goodhope mr wilson said that the colorado river country is going to attract much attention during the coming year in addition to the rich placer diggings there are mountain 4 of mineral throughout the entire region i which will draw mining men and capital tp ta that vart part odthe of the state |
