| Show OLD ACTIVE mines in district southeast of contributing ores to shelters smelters Sm elters milford july 29 correspondent news until within a few months past nearly all t ne ore shipments from here came from the ranges west and southwest but now the eastern and southeastern portion of the spur of mountains which bisects this great valley is fairly dividing the honors lincoln district which Is the pioneer of utah andi contains also the pioneer mine and ellch has been absolutely inert for many years has started up with a vigor which but few believed possible and none could foresee the creole is doing wonders it was located about 1870 by B L croal and his brother W L croff both then lived in three south of tho discovery but the former for several years has been a resident of colonia jaures old mexico and the latter lives at eureka utah they still own a majority of the property which Is being operated under lease the superintendent recently informed the writer that they had more ore than they could get out and got out more than they could get hauled to the railroad certain it is that not a day passes without two to six capacity laden wagons containing creole ore draws up scales here and after weighing being unloaded on the cars tor shipment north and to think that this mine which Is now sweating wealth at every pore should with a few desultory exceptions have lain idle for two score years I 1 similar things can be of he lincoln mine which is the pioneer spoken of and has been inoperative through flooding and the reclamation of several others in the district just as promising Is imminent discoveries of a mineral character promising consequential results in the range above spoken of are bulto common in the northern portion at and on both sides near tho mallard county line several are concerned in the newly developed land of promise in the dixie country and some of them are now on the ground prospecting tor or otherwise seeking to acquire oil lands whatever may be the measure of their success it Is now a certainty that the oil is there and that plenty of machinery managed by experienced men and backed by abundant capital will soon be added to what Is already on the ground this Is situated near adjacent to the rio virgin river which flows through a precipitous and black looking geological corkscrew called by the natives a canyon but it Is for miles jn the neighborhood spoken of too crooked cr and nondescript tor any such name to fit in earlier life the writer traveled all over the country but could discern no other signs of oleaginous olea genous substance than such as exuded through the scaly fildes of alla monsters but it Is there sure enough and in such quantities as must soon claim the attention of the oil trust foi tunes are going to be made beyond a doubt all going to show that southern utah is coming to the tore at a gratifying pace |
