| Show the story of the historic dyer mine bl WILL willim Ild many stories of mysterious finds of rick kold sold and bixl ixl liver over bearing rock akk in the mountain mountains north and t of vernal ernal have been told 0 ao 0 aften ten that they have become part it r the th annl annals of the uintah basin BOB some at of theme tale woe perhaps had ro foundation of truth whatever A ha r but teve sith ith absorbing interest has the w writ rit cr or liste llod to them an I 1 ahli interest ltd led to the resolve to prospect ct parts cf lt this mountain region I 1 willy year years prior to the opening open liiK ot of the indian reservation renerT atlon to the writer hear I 1 the firm ot of these alem 0 rah toun loun I 1 end and lout lost it waa was said that a fabulously r rich 1 h roll got I 1 le mine exl eed ted for or up in ali hl lerock V sit it of weal 11 4 voll this del dep cont ore wan was kno known an as a the indian mine ant an 1 according to the story only one white man knew of 0 lie vit it was wn wil il I 1 that the lo loo atlon wai was closely anil and jealously guarded KUr dl by the in inal 11 ins an I 1 that the red in had loaned war warnings ningA to the wit ilten ti 0 refrain retrain rum seeking it no one know knows what hat became of the tary white man kno know aang inn of thi this a wine ine it li to known however that in more recent years a white man offered d the indian indians something like 4 0 for the secret of tho tile mine mines a it with the understanding baat the transfer of the surn men lif ll 11 nod if accept af el by the indian india would give the tile white man ownership of tie tle tre tsure according Accordi nir to the atory story the bilte man was am con confluent flient I 1 tl b t fit I 1 a short time he coul I 1 garner a I 1 flit lent gold from the nine to in pure him a pr tit fit on the transaction the offer ass as deill ned by the older indians but the younger red men ver ero Jis romet tj 0 accept the otter offer the writer also haq ai told that in the region where the indian mine wa was located a deer hunter stopped at t a little mounta a bro k it to allay hij thirst stooping over a pool he row saw on the botton of the stream shining particle partle leil of yellow metal an I 1 dpn its examined a handful of 0 arabel he tie ha lia I 1 see ped from the hot bot ton tom of the pool he discovered die covered sev eral first cugnet of col vol I 1 then a shad cw ew pissed over the pool and bazin gazi the hunter baell an indian with a 11 p anted hia tits wiy in threatening threaten liiK tonsil the gindlin told the I 1 unter t but first to back into the water ater the gold t to had taken tri arm m it the order WM 1 and thoi n the in win e amed the white man from the rest regi on mer devi devans wa tr it 9 thu thus th too I 1 and its it wire lost from tle tile white mane man a ken t r all time ai as the hunter sail oil to have later stated that I 1 ie e had not the altu 11 of n tta its lo location estion other 11 tell of a white title rit ire ige hunting cattle on maunt dyer I 1 irking ul up some rich got roll I 1 float and nt of at aither ther man w in A ap hunting ID iv the break breaks t f a ugh ligh bilge between I 1 ot at cheek all n I 1 mckee draw on nd mount on tin auml ling on an out cropping of rich copier ore belth cr pr of ot the location locations hai has ever been to found u ad airala again another at t ry telli that many years ago alto a man found a place where here ite h dug lug out a bright white metal that coated the blade nt of his shovel as it it were plated ith aver this metal apparently was mas gallium a rare and metal found in but three or four locations in the en tire orli this metal indicates a tk deep source ct and 11 ll usually associated hith aith gold and an many other rich bindi in the ihn anh mountain are recorded it in the stories of hit this reglo i and aurely surely three tales have some nort sort of a toun foun nation diction of fruit ve ne knew tint thit in t tl e mountain range are places where lead ore ores predominate ather places here shere copper pre domin lu other leading lending in zinc and sit ier I er and iron orce ore it Is not at all unreasonable to assume that kold gold nicy be f un I 1 in this region an ani I 1 the lay of the land indicate indicates that if gold Is found the wealth of the de do posits belte may be far beyond the wild est dreams of prospectors to some 1000 much an assumption ma may ap apar par ag as merely an idle thought but to 0 o the real pr who under stands hie his business it means a great deal the first thing he does ie Is to study 1 the he geological formations of the region and from these he oh ob tatna tattle the information as to whether or net the condition conditions are right for mineral dep de oits the outcrop of surface one orts and the geological character ut the country rock with sith which these ore are associate 1 are the element elemen t 0 giving a true index of what may be expected farther don r the old abige adige poor float poor mine rich rifat rich mine can al at ways be depended led upon A good prospector never goes forth looking for a lout lost mine ills ui elness la 13 to ma make its a close cloie scientific study of a region and he soon learns whether hother or not it will pay to open up a strata go it wai wag with ith the writer first ha he entil ined tried he lie geological conditions and soon be foun fount 1 a miner ilzel belt fill fl loIng oln a air ng trac frac tu lire re zone in the lime atone toile ant an I 1 the ordovician quartz lie these are the mot most noted ore bearing format formations ioni in the worl wart I 1 an ani I 1 it wan was toun foun I 1 that without excel tion the starles of the rich uintah moun tain region fills fin I 1 centered along thin this fracture zone 11 tor of me tile lir mine now come 4 the he of the old der mine and a mine it isas as in dee deel I 1 some of the richest ric liput copper ie to in the world of n atlie opper ana as taken hom this mine oui out of a hole in the 1 I 60 50 feet square ant an I 1 75 feet deep as taken copper to the value of this proves without a shidow of doul t the richness an ani I 1 imp artance of this inin etal beiring tell many of the incidents the tile controversies connect eil ed with alth the locating and mining of thin this ore body will per peri alfs ap never I 1 ie e known tor for they are shrouded in the misty toe tog of u r mance tie tle first discovery dir covery of tile the der mine aa made by ira burton in issa mr hurton burtan and andy helfan were ere campel on an dumond mountain looking for cattle they had madi mad camp at what ie Is a n w near nig big brush creek while mr burton anait rg hunting near ahat hat li ii now dyer peak on the elde side of thil peak tie he arrow rich copper er ore ere scattered promiscuously over the he ide side lie fie gathered gather td a bunh of the ore and return returned EI to the crap camp n diamond mountain mounta in 1 au I did lid not realize the richness nor the ImPort arkee of tile hi find and perhaps ai A i hort time atler after he ar arched ried at ills ramp camp a wandering prospector 1 L 11 dyer appeared anti ie le ra M hown the copper ore picket up on the mountain side at once the pr row paw the importance of the find 0 he bald said I 1 mill make ou ott rifa rich it you will ghow show me the place where you kot got thie stuff mr burton pointed out the peak in the distance and gall mail the place wag was near the tile top der lost no time in departing tor for vernal and with tool tools and provisions he traveled by another route to the place indicated by mr air burton he lie located the entire outcrop in his own name refusing to kite mr nir burton and hia cri any interest in the claim the full tonnage of ore taken cut of the hole by dyer iyer ie Is not known the ore as hauled to roc rock k spring springs no 0 o and yielded an average seay assay a of 49 47 per cent copper ag ounces per toa ton silver and 6 per ton ol 01 bold gold in 1899 a 42 inch water jacket blast furnace as installed and ran for two vao ear ears producing copper cooper bullion 95 per cent pure A company waa as foamed known aa as the copper summit mining company about 1904 the big pocket pockets being worked out and no systematic development being introduced the company dia dis continued operate oper as and since then the property hag has been idle it la Is now con controller cont rollel trolle I 1 by the idaho leduc tion company A 11 ll known knon min ing expert a few year years ago examined the he der mine and hsueh a report ito to the effect that at depth plent of good ore Is to be found between the years 1891 and 1917 the output of ore in the carbonate mining district wag was tons and and athis this ore belled 39 in copper 63 fn allver silver 18 in gold and in lea teal I 1 the district has 25 patented ra tented mining claim claims |
