| OCR Text |
Show IEASTERN PART OF UTAH BOOMING Operators Remaining Faithful Are Reaping Rewards From This Rich Territory. LA SAL MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS IMPROVING I Capitalists Secure Property Which Will Be Systematic-, Systematic-, ally Worked This Year. "prUl to The Tribune. BA91X. La Snl Mountain. Jan. 1 Eastern I'tah probably Is the largest area If country In the Western mining States ,v here there are so few mountain ranges ind so little mountainous country, and ,tt whic h is so t thoroughly mineralised hroughout. Where there nro no signs of he Igneous n i d eruptive formations tho arbonlferons and sedimentary deposits all ftrri.- either the commercial metals or the I are or ferro-metalllc ores nnd sub-nances. sub-nances. One-Eighth of Area Grand and San Juan counties . 1 1 x 1 1 1 1 1 1 -htL is substantially known a the south-attern south-attern pari of the State, and In realltj T, one-eighth of Its area F.verv mown mineral from the hydro-carbon md the thorium substances to the plnn-niin plnn-niin ores are found in this Bectlon The gain ranges of the La Sals, Blue and tenrj mountains are becoming famous tor their showings of th white and yel-ow yel-ow metuN, while the deserts aurround-ng aurround-ng them In the carboniferous and sedl-nentary sedl-nentary deposits: are Known to be rich n tho rarer minerals, .md niso associated vlth the a i rl fi-i (His- npjiei nr" What ia been known aa a barren waste of lountry In a V-shaped deserl between the Jieou and Grand rivers, is now quite a promising section on accounl of recent llecoverlea or large deposits of manga -ie.se, urnnlm id . . pp.-i o-c-. the im- sr ha ins its beat si on Inge bel ig made n Salt valley and the Sail Wash coun-ry, coun-ry, tributaries to the Grand river. Eighth Yeai of Work H in reviewing the mining Interests of the -a Sal districts it mu be said that no ithc-r pari ol this vasi (section has re-e re-e ej as much at ten) li,n ot bci-n equally e r -op l .1 it- inliK i a I r. -) I iilly Important. The se&SOn 19t0 begins Jilu- eighth yeai ol its peal mining opera-Ion, opera-Ion, dut ing whli l Imc rj little more han tin- legal requirements of develop-neni develop-neni wurk ha been done", simple becauai apltal inns bi-en slow in ii- Interested id' f'hosi ivho havi stayed bj the quntn In proverbial falthl il tesa on iu.li nians basis huv done v nderf ully Vf II. considering i 1 1 unisl :i in In ;n"- ompllsh .' much and to demons) ra t tht Itiirn i.il v;hu a of I he country 1 here are H ft -4sinCl districts deserving atten-Upn atten-Upn f..r tln ir having proven their mineral bowings Miners', Gold and Beaver banns ba-nns and the Wilson Mesa locality an lust now the muin attractions of the La lala proper, in the four districts is tin-principal tin-principal amount of work being done, ami an be summarized in the following rdei Miners1 Basin. I Mineral, Grouse, Gold mil and Castle I fountains form the principal localities I f mining operatloha The camp ol Basin H ' central t.. all these prominent hills cov-I cov-I r'd from base to suramfl with mining I icatlons moel ol which are formed Into I amps Hi" from four to sixteen claims In I ar)i merger All work Is done by tui -K es and drifts, through which source ach group annually p-ceives It- u.-s I tenl work, therebj onrlnlng develop-I develop-I inu tn one channel Mineral rmd Cas-I Cas-I e inountalnis ar: especiallj copper and I id producei a, whin Gold Hill and Irouse mountains are exclusively gold ( I roportles Mines on Mineral Mountain. I The principal mines on Mineral moun-I moun-I Lin are the Rlh ore, Bkylark, Major, I olden Sceptre, rattle Dot, Green Moun-I Moun-I jiri m il m. g m. tunnel properties; Cas-K Cas-K e mountain, th Mlchlgso group "i prop- rtlei Gold hill has its Tornado. Gold Oin, Basin Belle Iowa and ;,ild lllll I roups. Grouse mountain has the Grouse fountain company's properties the May I taw Whin House and Clinton groups. I II these properties have been more 01 H rss developed to some exteul b cross-Hut cross-Hut tunnels to a depth of from 100 i" 400 I m with their principal bins yet to be I ipped at the proposed depth. 5Teai after I ii the crude and limited system nf I eceasarj work gradually brings the pnera nearei ii ttu-ir principal and ob- '.-iiv- points, wlrllc aurface Indications hnote thai vertical depth will bring them i i In. point where big mln-ral Showings i solid formationa will reward them for ' I lelr nervy hikI persevering elTortn. Capitalists Making Purchases. I i-it-i a number ( these groups have HSS8Cd Into the hands ..' men of I i id He prospe. ts arc fa orable for much I ivelopmcnt work being done hare the I lining s ason Tiie imp generally ha.j I en unfortunate mi account of unrea-I unrea-I nable and high figures placed upon the Kyeral groups that would naturally ai-I ai-I set favorable attention from investora I he fault, however, is being r'-aiizej by H owners of properly and forced clr- iinstanceK are causing them i come H')wn to tlii- actual valm "I their POS- ssiotis. U tins ilisL-rlminatlng iflflu-H iflflu-H ir' several gooil ' nmpanies hae beer, I ifortunate in getting hold .f poor prop- I ties, while poor companies nave buc-loded buc-loded in securing good properties. Castle Hid Mineral inojntalns carry their lines of from SI 7 tn $Go per ton ln,4Kiil-H ln,4Kiil-H tldfh. while (iold bill and QrOUSe ri'ioun- jjn have values Of from JT to t- per '"ii l a free milling and cyanide gold r- Prospect Is Bright. T" all appearances now. the ling HJ. ason will be an umieually prosf us Ii". from ihe fa-t that inn.it' of tho pnn- iial properties have In some way passed I to the h inds of men wlih lneuns, and l" the first time in the histor- of this Hstiiet development work will lie carried i with more reKuiarli and ii - oveinenis made a in warrant steady juration.--. Several mills ha e been pro-Hsed pro-Hsed and one already here is to be en-H en-H rged and custom work inaugurated Hnereby encouragement win b- given " n. B'-e small producers while engaged In PHH j iiiiik' ip their properties I Interest in Beaver Basin. i It grcai deal of interest Hih always been i' ,'Hown In llnj prospertlvA outlook of the Jkaver basin locallt Tho old Interna-I Interna-I H Hllfl Mining company, under the regime bbbbbbbbbI ,-""'n7-0 Hatch of Vernal Utah, was ' H B'' first to start operations here. In gg, Ad HJnce then It has merged into the Dlrlgo-; Dlrlgo-; i Sal Mining ompany, and latel , by '.vB consolidation "f the two companies' BBesslont, Into the Boston & La Sal Mi-BJ Mi-BJ ''K and Development company. The V 'BJ,m""'V Sw. ep property first made this BBBBBJpehtj famous by the discovery of a ' .,'3Wrif vein of rich ' upper ore. In IK. ' f '.Bjter several years of litigation it Is now BBBBBJ hnpe to bo operated by tho Auburn. ' .''rti,:;;Bf.. and Boston syndicate which la plan-- plan-- for big develojiinent work the com B a . season. A small force of miners is J I work, but this is only limited to am- I ;B'sments and such preliminaries as will BJ BJable them to be prepared for big opera-r opera-r I B"14 a" 'J0" :li practicable In the spring. I I BB Good Values Uncovered, ij- 'BJyilllum Wiis and William Coogle own 'Jluwble property adjoining the Boston & Bfl I I ft' Possessions, and late last season ..iV't ' I m,i niin.nl of equal value to that of BJ .p .BJ'1 '"dghbors. They are planning for '4 -fl t'nslve de elxprncrit Hie coming sea- son. Pat Dyer Co. also own valuable gold and copper proper! i--s In the same locality. I'llot mountain which stand" half way between Miners' and Bsavei basins se.-ms to he the bub where all the allies lie, and upon which most ot the Boston cfinpanlrs have their richest properties n the eaal dope in iep reck practli illj a part of Beaver basin, are tnC Automobile group Of properties, and on Mount Taniaskl are. the mines ol hi Mount Tomaskl Mining company a Moab promotion, of which .ludgo J. N. ' ot bin editor of ihe (, rund Yalles 1 lines, Is the principal owner All of these properties prop-erties are more or less extensively developed devel-oped bv long tunnels and are yel In their prospective stage of operation, gradually Hearing the objective veins. Gold Bnsin Is Active Moie can lie said of the advancement or Gold Basin mining interests than of any other pai I or the I a Bal region, slmptj because more work of a perma-n-nt and Important nature, has hern i -compiished. Tin- Inter-State Mining. Milling AL- Development company under the wise and energetic supervision of Hon. John 11 ( lurk, has succeeded In the building of a t00-ton capacity cyanide mill, beside iluring the past live, years opened up by oei i.iu f. el of development, develop-ment, onu of the largest ami most valuable valu-able deposits Of vanide ore In the Western West-ern ntry The mill was permanently put Into commission on the llrst das of December last, and is proving a decided success In every particular Over thirty men arc employed const a ntlj and ever provision made for operations all winter. The Inter-State company is a loso corporation cor-poration composed of Centervllle, Iowa, people ami Cleveland, 0 . Investors. They have expended In the neighborhood of $,,0,000 and now have one of the finest equipped Elspass four roller Chllllan mills In the country, a complete tnim-way, tnim-way, and the entire possessions lighted by electricity. They have about :'vi tons Of $; . auide ore on tho dump, and an inexhaustible, in-exhaustible, body hi" ked out In the numerous tunnels and drifts in the mine, and ate Independently provided for many years of BUCCCSSfUl operations Good Strike Made. in the same locality are other equally promising properties H C. Goodman of Moab Is developing the Goodman group or properties and at lat accounts the tunnel hai' reached i depth of 17n feel with about thirl;, feel yel I" go before cutting an enormous vein of cyanide ore. Judge. J. If. Bortlett of Moab Is also extensively Interested in the development of Hold Basin propertb-s giving that camp quite an ah of prosperity this wmi.r in most all instances the ores of Gold Basin ar a yatilde, and for this reason the nter-Sln t mill will ne-r have reason to discontinue operations foi tile want of a supply Of ore Famous Wilson Mesa Anyone who lias ever heard of the La Sal region has heard of the famous Wilson Wil-son Mesa. with its mysterious lost bonanza the ' Wilson Mesa Vein " a little over a year au Mr. J. R. ESmmett of the Basin Placei company conceived an idea that if hundreds of tons of rich gold boulders can exist In this mesa, there muat certainly be placer gold In the wash gravel. After thoroughly prospecting prospect-ing the ground It w;ls found that fully im aon S Of alluvial wash onlalned from ai cents to $'J per ard In quarts gold He at once began tho promotion of a company which is composed of Colorado Colo-rado men and they arc now at work getting get-ting OUt a two-mile ditch from Mill creek, and by March they will be ready foi operations. In tho meantime the are getting thell piping and hydraulic machinery ma-chinery "ii 1 1 ground for business Thej have succeeded i" securing all the territory ter-ritory upon Which these huge float bOUld- rs are found and will erei t a stamp mill a.s soon as practicable for the reduction of this vast supply of ore. virtually mined by nature and placed there ready for delivers- to the plant. As outlined, the Wilson Mesa Hydraulic Mining company com-pany Is destined to be one of the most important promotions of this country In 1906. Basin Placer Company, The Basin Placrr Mining companj began be-gan winter work on the first of last month. The bedrock tunnel, or drift, has now reached a depth of 1100 feet, with a vertical deptli of over r.lVi In wash gravel, with no signs of bedrock at Inst reports This wash gravel has panned free gold all the way down from within fifty feet of the surface, and recent panning show a value of TC ctnts to the yard The work will be continued until the have reai bed bedrock, or found the water channel that drains all of the Ba.sln dlstrli t When this has been accomplished the-- propose establishing a town at the old site of "'Flnhook.' at the foot of the hill, and put in a big power plant and Otherwise take advantage of developing their property. prop-erty. Never More Encouraging. There never has been a time in the history his-tory of the La Sal country' when the prospects pros-pects looked better and the outlook was more enionraglng than now with the beginning of a new vear. Those who had became, almost discouraged and ready to quit are now the most enthusiastic enthus-iastic and only await the passing of the present' winter when they will i til on a new- routine of hustling and prepared to meet ihe coming winter. |
