Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-20 | Page 7 | Miners Turn to Utah for Gold

MINERS TURN TO UJ UTAH AH FOR GOLD COLD Assay Office Deposits From mountain Intermountain States H f Cain 66 Per Cent It Deflecting cUng the Increased activity of oi old Mid placer mining receipts of ot gold it arthe the UnIt United States assay ay office In Lake from primary sources rose about 66 per cent In the fiscal year ended June 30 Deposits e 1931 fis fiscal al year ear were cere 54 5 in number In the year just ended d they numbered 90 They came from all the intermountain and Pacific Pa Pa- coast stat states s but more largely from Nevada Ne Utah shipments from placers were cleaned almost entirely in and along the Green and Colorado rivers ac according according ac- ac cording to the rec records of the assay office ice but the field is expanding Re- Re X letters have reached the office from frozA all fl parts of the United States asking for Information concerning placer deposits in Utah Recoveries Reco from placer sands and travelS have been inconsiderable in Utah compared with those in Nevada Idaho Oregon and Montana With the exception of bars in the Green and Colorado rivers there are no regu regu- lirly operated gold placers so far as th the records of the assay office Indi Indi- I Ith cate Lately interest has been manifested mani maul reSted feted in the sands in gulches south south- I east of of Salt Lake between Big and Little Cottonwood creeks and also in inthe inthe inthe the cre creek k bed in the bottom of Bingham Bing- Bing Lam ham can canyon on Reports are current of pant pan- pan t pr prospectors s seen lately inthe in inthe inthe the Cottonwood area The handicap of or the placer miners of Bingham appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears to be more lack of water than lack of gold Another Another- locality in which surface gold fold has been found recently is western western west west- ern era Millard county near the Nevada line Here too water is scarce Efforts to solve the thc water vater problem In fa connection with wilh placer mining Ui take the form of dry or semidry rold gold separating machines Scores of JUch machines have been constructed In the last 20 years but no outstanding I sUccesses accesses through their use have been reliably reported A favorite testing field for tor dry wn washers hers has been in the foothills of the H Henry nry mountains Here rather tore more than the average content of gold golddust golddust dust durt and nuggets has been proven but the scarcity of water has canceled the advantage of the precious metal sup sup- ply b