Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-13 | Page 9 | Copper Canyon Ships $5000 in Gold Dust

COPPER CANYON SHIPS $5000 IN GOLD DUST Five thousand dollars was the value of gold dust shipped during the week as a part of tho product from the Copper canyon can-yon placers, despite the stormy und freezing weather, and this was the product prod-uct of one rocker only, says the Battle Mountain Scout. Chrlstonson and Dahl, in their ground, encountered a nice little pot-hole, GxlO feet In size, from which they extracted $1000 worth of gold. Another instance wa3 when one man utilized the water from melting snow and did a little ground sluicing, which in four daj's' time yielded yield-ed 53 ounces. This contained some of the finest flour gold yet recovered in the canyon, thus proving that by sluicing a much greater quantity can be" saved than by tho roclcor process. Ultimately, that whole canyon to slxtv feet deep will be sluiced. Botchcdcan and associates aro rorklng out the gold, and noon tho same will bo done on the Lewis ground adjoining. The BLr Four are getting things in shape for vigorous work just as hoou as the weather will be moro suitable. Shcohy nnd Williams have got Into good pay ground in Philadelphia eanyon. which is really a new Und. IUIs reported that Shea nnd Porter, in "Box canyon, have also struck it rich, getting $10 from two panfuls of dirt.