Show as tera aai A ai ik aria B matwy r the placer limes at marysvale Marys vale DEEP an ogden man returns a sadder hut wiser man notes of interest the salina gold hilyer mining co was incorporated december 30 in shadrea of each hydraulic work was commenced on tuesday from a prospectus issued by the company we glean the following particulars of this mining region marysvale Marys vale in its strict meaning is the name of a town situated in diute piute county utah but like all mining camps or towns names become general and are used meaning not only the town but the entire district aroun i it the Marys yale country embraces the southern portion of sevier county and the northern part of diute piute for years this part of utah has bean known as a gold bearing region but the valleys were peopled by choso who preferred to subdue the soil and make the valley teem with luxuriant vegetation to the exciting and restless occupation of opening natures treasure vaults two competing railroad lines the union pacific and denver and rio grande are now forging their way down the valley the objective points in both cases being marysvale Marys vale the salt lake chamber of commerce in its third annual report 1890 has this to say A whimp stone called balite which breaks square and makes a front almost as white as marble abounds in ts crecion aso in great variety rock salt gypsum iron ores coal marble blate stone brimstone antimony and about mount nabo and balda lead gold and silver ores following the serpentine winding of mill greek you soon see towering in the distance tha rugged mountain peaks on which is now the famous sevier gold mine TUE PLACER it is this gulch that the salina gold and silver mining co own some acres of placer ground with primary water rights in the summer of 1889 a syndicate of the representative men of the valley sent two expert placer miners to examine the country and the result was that nugget gold was found in the bed of mill creek and throughout the entire course of the stream the large bars baat along the canyons and which gave indications of an old river bed prospected cold from the grass roots spring and summer of 1890 was demoted to a acore careful examination and prospecting of the ground roads and ditches were built claims were erected and everything placed in readiness for a systematic working of the grounds by means of hydraulics the ago acres of ground having been taken up and all water rights secured numerous shafts or prospectors boles were sunk boon the different bars and with depth the gold grew coarser and more plentiful which clearly proves atiat at bed rock a very rich deposit of gold will be found it is the opinion of experts that with hydraulics the ground will more than pay expenses from the grass roots and that at the e id of the first months work a drift will be cut n saif focient distance into the bar so that bed rock and rich gravel will be laid open making the mine a good dividend paver there is in the canyon a superabundance of from one thousand to two thousand miners inches that can be utilized six months in the year the fall in the canyon is excellent and in addition to this about feet has ie n taken UD the canyon to carry off the tailings and also for use as a dump ground salt lake parties have become interested in the mines and have advanced a portion of the required capital the officers of the company are as follows president E A kiaser salt lake vice president H gottfredsen salina directors E A visser W K poliard S D N bennett fians gott fredmon fre daon oscar R zipf secretary secret arv and treasurer oscar R salt lake superintendent S N B bennett salt lake attorney J M bowman salt lake there alq 21 members of the company |