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Show 3 FUUM SAN JUAN (101,1) I'MIES. Hlj 1 l'rrsldmt 1'alinrrnf limit. IMi.Tallu Hf, 1 iboutlhim. Ilielluiry Moun- H$ taint llm Itlchcr. 9 ' General l'almtr, pretldont of the I HloUraude Wtatern, la on the ooat. 1 1 Jlla visit Ihtro baa been dlvcraely coin H I' inentcd ujion, and ouo prominent rail- B I roadman It may mean tho re f I 0enlnit of nrgolUtloni between the H f Hsulbern l'aolllo and Itlo Urinde mm J Wettern and end In tho ab-orbtlon of B I i tho latter road by the former ami tbo I extemlou of the Uallna branch of tbo 1 ! Weilem Into the loutb, to tap the rich mm I i, mineral and coal dlttllcla of Dixie. mW ! '. Whatever may be hUbuilucaa tbo gcu. H I eiul baa found time to talk to the re. 1" porlen, and the .jrnmiiier liai the following fol-lowing Interettlng lnterriew on tho Han Juant General W. J. Palmer, m i prealdent of the Itlo Uraude Weateiu H f Ilallioad and a prominent figure In the H, Wtatern railway clrcltt, baa comeovtr Hl' , from Utah on a brief tUH to thin city f ' and Lot Angtlra. The goneial recent- M ly aent K. Ureene, an exploring " m neer and a member of bli ofllclal atau, l'. to make an Invoitlgatlou Into the n ' recent gold.mlulug excitement In tbo mm ji Han Juan country In Houlbein Utah, f ( Mr. Ureeuo baa lately made a reort to 1 ' him, and In talking about 11 yeileidny H ,' betaldt ') "Jtr. Ureene baa repotted to mo that V theixcltementof lait Uocembr and K . January over tbo Han Juan gohl lao- iBbM eiawaaa false alarm. II" found on ' ' penonal lnveatlgatlon that gold Uld ; , ot uiiit In laying quantltlM, the V atoiy bating Ueu made out of whole ' cloth. According to bli report, It b appeara that tbero la a amall amount of line gold In tho Ban Juan river, nil the BmW bench im vllher aide of It and In the iariorioV. ...... nr !.. wlilph run Ihrouirli the VSV1 ,, aanUttoue formation, 'llila gold baa - been known to exist for yiaia, having been proipvcted for by mlutra tuloog aa tblity ytaia ago. Hut It la of audi mml a character and of auoti flueueaa that K no ordinary procoiw will aavo It. In mmTh panning or ualng rooker It la ao light Kl that coualdeiable of It o-o.pea before t tho blaik land la waabed oil. Men B vtoiklngwltlieltbirproce.il could not B poaslbly mako ulllcleut for the put- B. i hate of ordluary auppllea, aalde from Hi WMViillaon bl tourot lneatlgatlon B Mr. Ore.no and bl.I arty examined IWMMW!. 11... ..... i imr. on tbo Colorado river ! for a dlatauce of rorty mllra In a bo.t down the rlv.r. Ho atailod from North Waali, four mllta ubovo Uaudy H Cro..lng. Tblitytwo bus iro H, Inveatlgated.nud be peraonally un. Bl tied out gravel on n numbor 01 them. mmWl- liipocaauwaatherua bairen 1 on, the mmW.J leait numberc of oolora to it poll tun. K nln. from loity to filly "J blh r; 160 color., llo aay.tlieKod l.iiulu. H,'' tine, tut thai there ahould benoilllll. t oulty In aavlng It. lie totlmatta that mmt i the ulUereut bar. iuu from an uverago llj of a cenla to Vo (enu n cubtu LVafSjlH Tartl. He initancta tbecuieol two 1 men who aro now woiklog on the fl California tar on tt poitlnu of It wbue 1! I tho gold la liner than the average. Hu i aaya theae men aro making tragi a, H ,i though ualeg u orude rocker and hav. i "itibnudlStho yravel three llmoi. Bil Ihey have taken out In the regular K couieortlHlrwoik$10.4) fruni.eveu aVAVBfl cubloyan'a of gravel. t' "Mr. Clrecuo In detail tbun reporU HI ' that tho placura continue down the ilv- BVM' tr for u ulatauco of a bundled mllea.the gravel being very regular In l and them being ni boulleraof a weight hut whit one man could o.illy n more them, llo approximately cubed the coutentaof Ibe thlrly.two baia be In. voatlgataJ, and found Ibat they contained con-tained aliout 100,00rt,0O) cublo yard, which at au average value of .'15 cenla cuhlo yard would rrult In a money value of f 15,(100,00 ' ,?e thlnka theeourceof thegoll on the Colorado river la from the Henry mountain-, and he aim noted that the old ap eared to bo euuilly or vvenly dlalilbulid throughout the grtvel, na thtre rermed to be but little ilillerei o In value whether tenia Here taken from cloee to thuauiface, midway down or clotu to the bed rock. He waa lulormed that working teale gavo tbo aame "Mr." Oreanedl I not vlilt the Henry mountain, but he aaya II la reported that there are S,iMU acrra of unu-ually rich placer grovel on their eaat alope glutei whloli will run fr m$ltfl2 par cublo yarl. The il ml cully there hae been a lack or water, ami me gravel baa beau worked by the dry proem-. Helhlnkathla apot will he-mme he-mme an active aceue of oernlloiie In Iheaptlng, forqullea niimlerof ineu have already gone there. Other men, he aay, who luteudol going Into tho Han J uin country aro now wnlllug at (Ircen river for the cold weitltrrto par by In order to get Into the Henry mouutalna." |
