Show A SAI comm ill POUT is hii ST ILI 14 gt 01 1 I alt II 11 bof f tin tilts ilon mt a at courtr 1 I of or fit and ml III tilt lit met 1 4 mn nin it 1111 WAI 11 much material cont atil ilig nothing tit kalitt 4 i in lit june 1911 a 0 of f the north end of the northern group of 0 the la sal mountains Mount nine wats made by james M 1 of the T 7 nl ni tod ted state states geological survey to foi the purpose of ascertaining the extent and value of tho ore deposit deposits and 1 the prospects tor future of the region A report on oa thia this work ork has just been published by tho the geology cal survey as bulletin 11 entitled notes on the northern la sal mountains fountains grand county utah the la sal mountains are in the Lolo colorado rude plateau region aich la Is characterized by long mesas cut by canyons from two thousand to twenty five hundred feel feet deep with ith steep cliffs five ts ta six hundred feet high above this relatively level plateau which has a general elevation of eight thon nd feet the northern group of tho thu mountains rises abruptly at mount to a height of feet two classes of manral e posits are worked in tho the vicinity ot of basin and mesa in the mountains there are several quartz mining prospects and at feast one locality where here placer gold has been recovered the qu quartz artz mines have lade practically no production and it la Is probable that five thousand dollar dollars would cover the entire output from front both quartz and placer mining in 1 the region the quartz prospects in tin tho nor thein theta la ln sal Atoun are few in number and the value of the ore la Is low even at the surf surface aee where many gold bearing deposits in other districts ure are enriched the veins v so tar far as they could be seen se en by or are a s small mall and contain much int irr la a qu quartz ar tz tho the high charges tor for transportation por tation to the railroad at cisco ranging from twelve to fifteen dollars tor for outbound and tw it alve dollars a ton for inbound breight are an additional handicap abe a placers of wilson mesa are apparently ot of email small extent they contain only a small quantity ot of gravel and all the gold in it can not be saved by sluicing because some of it Is carried in bo bowl ders which require some sort of crushing they include so much material that surely carries nothing of value that it would hardly seem advisable to install expensive crushing and amalgamating m michl nery unless it were found praed practical tal to sort the ore from the waste by hand besides these unfavorable conditions only a very email and uncertain supply of water la ia available tor for placer operations the placers contain however isome tree free gold that might be procured at a profit if tho the deposits are worked in a small way coplea 1 of this report may be obtained free on application to the director odthe of the geological survey at washington D C typhoid fever which elveral yeara years ago gained prevalence in utah at an alar alarming minX rate la Is rapidly declining in the state this is directly due according to the state health board to the statewide wide fly killing contests and to the campaign tor for cleanliness that has been waged throughout utah fever waa was very common in ia moab several ears ar av but Is a scarce disease now bays says the times of that city this alono alone Is I 1 er manent proof ot of the value and importance Import ince of the health bord of tho the town last saturday a petition waa wai tiled filed in the ottice office ot the state engL engineer neer by 0 G A iverson of 0 irke prie asking th right to use uge ten cuba feet of water per second from dugout and pace creeks in carbon county iverson wants the water for irrigation purposes |