Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-21 | Page 3 | Roads Needed to Placer Area

I ROADS NEEDED TO PlACER AREA Ut Utah h Can Develop Great Gold Camp Claim Good roads in Garfield county mean mea the development of ot one of ot the greatest placer camps in the entire country oun ry is Js tho the view of ot lie Ile- tier ber C. C Hicks lUcks secretary tary 0 of the state securities commission who returned today from a a. trip to the Henry mountains and the Colorado river t In th that thi county Secre Secretary ary Hicks said There Ther are now four tour I different different companies preparing to work the gold bearing gravel east of ot the tha j Henry mountains and down to the tha Colorado r river Ver Tests Teats made on the tha sands taken from th so se gravels have shown tha under proper con con- they can be worked very profitably lY and arrangements are being made maae by the different nt com corn to tot Install the machinery needed for active development Tho The com alnes have ha filed tiled an on n the water available for tor placer mining mining- and ex expect expect expect ex- ex to be ready for tor business In la ho spring At the present th time e the roads Into that country are almost impassable impassable im- im passable and some tomo bridges are very ven badly needed A A- A Abridge bridge over the Dirty Devil river west of ot Kanesville Kanes- Kanes ville Is fa very vital In the development develop lop ment of hat that section At present there is constant travel through and automobiles often octen are stuck In tho the of the river On our r trip down we helped to pullout pull pullout out one C car which he was pr In so deep that he the water was pouring over the sides Into the and the I fine tine sand had filled tilled the engine until It had to be almost taken apart to clean lt It i The gravel beds are approximately l. l I six miles In length and ard an l three miles In width an and i would average from a few fe fet feet t to more than sixty feet teet in Ill depth along the Henry mountains There also are great gravel deposits lower down toward the riv river r which will re receive receive receive re- re consideration as soon as roads are opened Into nto that hat country so work can be done properly We were at Monday night nigh t. t and the boys in that section auction were giving a dan dance e. e In order that they might have partners they had to gather up the girls for tot a a. distance dis- dis tance ance of more than twenty miles and th then n only about a dozen could be found But they had an excellent excel excel- lent party just the same All they need in that country is good roads road and Utah can develop develop de develop de- de one of ot the greatest placer camps In the he whole country