Show UINTAH COUNTY PLACER the mining review recently enjoyed a visit from bartlett burton an experienced gold placer miner who is interested in the new gold diggings on the green river in the eastern portion of uintah county utah mr burton is enthusiastic over the probable outcome of these new diggings and believes that they will add immensely to the gold output of the state the deposits of the gold bearing gravel are found in the bends of the river in the locality named and about twenty two miles almost due east from vernal the th e banks or bars are very deep ranging from ten to fifteen feet although there are localities where the gold strata is all of feet in depth the average value is about forty two cents to the yard although there are zones in the bars which average 4 while in some places the values are even higher the product is a cube gold but very fine and amalgamates perfectly but little stripping is needed and the gravel carries values from bedrock bed rock to drift in the recovery of the gold from the diggings the ordinary sluice box is used but instead of rifles the sluices are lined with canvass which is covered with burlap on top of the burlap strips of wood half an inch thick are fastened longitudinally about four inches apart and on these strips are placed grizzlies grizzlier grizz lies the entire length of the sluice boxes in operation the fines car crying the gold values pass through the grizzlies grizzlier grizz lies to the burlap while the waste and coarse material is carried over and dumped in the river in the cleanup clean up the burlap is washed in a tub of water and the gold is finally recovered by means of rockers after being used a number of times the burlap is burned so that the gold retained after washing is fully recovered by this method a very high percentage of the gold contents of the gravel is recovered this locality is ideal for dredging as it is easily accessible and there is an abundance of water and wood and coal is plentiful while operations can be carried on throughout the greater portion of the year mchugh co are also interested in this locality as are several others |