Show GOLD RESOURCES in the early history of mining in utah the rush was for the discovery and the operation of mines carrying high values in silver and lead no one believed that the mountains of the state in their rock ribbed breasts held hidden treasure vaults of the yellow metal and as a matter of fact the mine owners in making settlement with the ore buyer and smelters shelters sm elters were not allowed anything for the gold contents of their shipments where the values were less than an ounce or 20 the result being that none but the richest silver mines were worked and but little trouble was taken to discover or open up gold producers within recent years however witti the debasement of the white metal the taking away from it of its monetary value and the decline in lead quotations the attention of the miner and the prospector has been turned to the finding of gold mines recent improvements in processes for the redu reduction action of low grade gold ores enabling the working of mines which had bad previously been practically valueless if not commercially worthless the excitement attendant upon the success which crowned mercur mining enterprises and the knowledge that at last a process had bad been evolved which made it possible and practicable to work low grade oxidized gold ores at a profit soon led to unwonted activity in the search for gold mines bearing ores of this character the result being that a wider range ws given to the search and since then numerous discoveries of promising gold mines and new districts have been announced and the news has been heralded to the world that in utah there were camps wherein there were strong ledges of free milling gold ore gold mountain district in piute diute county was one of the first of these new discoveries and since the resources of this section have been made public enough work has been done in the development of the camp to satisfy the expert and the investor that right here mines will be opened in the very near future which will give to the state several prolific and paying gold producers east over in iron county is the new gold camp of stateline Stat eline where parallel ledges of gold bearing ore are found in an immense porphyry belt while the cross veins run high in silver as well as in their gold contents on the start the best locations in this news new camp were own owned i ed by men of limited means so that development has been slow although most gratifying everything going to show the richness and permanence of the mineral deposits of late however the tide of investments have been turned that way and properties of promise are being quietly transferred to men of means and mining experience who expect soon to make a showing such as will place this locality in the front ranks as a heavy producer of the yellow vellow as well as of the white metal in pikes pil ces diggings digging south of and adjoining stateline Stat eline there is a e reat deal of activity at the pres ent time and prospects are being developed there which in their surface indications and richness of the quartz will compare most favorably with any recent gold discoveries made in the west deer lodge in eagle valley district just over the line in nevada from Stat stateline eline can boast of its bonanzas several of which are owned by salt lakers and their associates and the extension of the utah pacific railroad in that direction has given such an impetus to the camp that it is now believed that before the season is over several of its mines will be on the producing list and that one ar more reduction works will be turning out bars of gold bullion newton district on indian creek beaver county with its rob roy eoy indian creek white rock and fawn tracks mines is is a section of promise newton district is located on the west slope of mt baldy on the other side of which are the camps of gold mountain and marysvale Marys vale in newton there is a perfect network of quartz ledges nearly all of which are gold bearing development in the opinion of mining men of note being all that is needed to make inake the camp famous for its big producers of wealth up in box elder county in park valley dame nature has also been lavish in her deposits of gold and the new camp is even now the scene of a which promises to swell and blossom until this section will be accorded a place in the front ranks among the camps of the state as a possessor of bonanza properties among the most noted of which will be the century which has already passed the prospect stage and can now be classed among the producing gold mines of the state numerous other prospects prospect I 1 in that locality showing such promising surface indications that active work in their development is being pushed with vigor besides the districts named there are the lasalles and blue mountains in the southeastern portion of the state in both of which important discoveries have been made during the past few years jears in addition to which in many of leading camps fine bodies of gold bearing ore have been found in old producing ducin mines mines I 1 andas and as work continues the discoveries of the auriferous metals becomes become more and more frequent until it begins to look as ii if in due time utah will become more famous for its gold than for its silver and lead mines |