Show LA PLATA OR BUST that is the cry among seders seekers after hidden wealth OF ORE dr mr muei lakes a gill good and practical love fress comments 1 on la plata 4 yesterday mr 11 II 0 Wa marileigh Waru rileigh leigh brought down irom from bis his mine in 1 la plata district nine hundred pounds of ore the mineral Is good and ie Is on exhibition in hia his etore store window jast just north of the first national bank where it may be by any who would like to inspect it strangers and excursionists are especially invited to ga go and bee see the ore and know tor for themselves what there Is in the mining excitement the fact that ore is being brought down in large quantities shows that the prospects of the camp are excellent lent and that at a very near day things will begin to move in ear earnest neat when active work such as arward mr ward leighs is done it looks better as a real mining move than when men merely sit all down on their claims and wait for developments hr purchasers let a few of the others follow mr Ward leigha leighs example and ship some of their ore into town so that people who are unable to go to the mines may see the treasure sure which la Is hidden in III the mountains near ogden I 1 some same parties went wild yesterday over the report that good placer mining had ben been struck struck by some party in the li plata district the rumor bad had it that some person had already taken out ten thousand d dollars worth of gold with millions in bight eight tb the e rumor could not 1 be g traced do down to f fact c to but some people were decidedly e excited about it there are a great many people coming in daily from distant parts of the country for the purpose of investigating ti the mining rumors which have reached them of the la plata district to such ab cannot visit the mines in person an opportunity is given to see bat hat kind of ore the mines produce if they will go to Ward leighs store where pounds of it may be seen the part park daily miner says A number of mining men have left the park within the past week to investigate the la plata plate district and i there is a big thin thing t there as is claimed by the ogden papers the park city people will soon know it from the tact fact that these gentlemen have been to la plata district and made investment in the camp is good evidence that they have found something worth going for let lot more of them come and satisfy themselves from the camp LA PLATA CITY aug 28 1891 EDITOR TUB tim STANDARD bromark A remarkable change has come over the spirit of the d dream ream of the miners mining men and business people of la plata city and this district since yesterday morning two new now strikes ere are reported to bayone last evening in the so sunrise nelse an extension on th 3 north to the sundown d 0 wn and the opening of we sundown property now being systematically biked by the owners owner of the property pr T the orrey sunrise is owned by W 11 II boothe jr willis 11 II boothe sr cohrt i kich RIZ and 0 G snow of brigham city they have opened the am ground feet north of the end nd lines ines ol 01 the sundown and have the same showing as exposed on the surface of the sundown they have three men employed in uncovering the surface and have taken out about two tons of 0 heavy ealena ore As yet they have not uncovered the ore in place but have an immense quantity of galena float some of the chunks weighing COO 1500 pounds the sunrise claims the same right to the etrata formation as covers the sundown and will prave prove equally as good toe sundown boye brig bodon and pete wilson of brigham brig ba in Cit yand hank grahel grabel of butte city began begin work this morning in earnest on their property perty they have concluded to EO begin gin inking on the face of the outcrop and up to 2 to day they bad squared up the ground and began the sink within a toot foot from the surface of the old opening the they uncovered a fine body of crystal iced galena ore and red carbonates which to a practical and eye concludes conclude the question on of the continuity oath of the sundown mine the ore is the richest and finest yet discovered in this camp cam p several days ago TUB tim STANDARD published an article copied from the salt lake times reporting that the sundown wae was being guarded by shotguns and no one was allowed to take A any ny mineral from the vein or dump such bach reports as these are ate fabulous and have not only injured the good grace of the owners but given out a bad impression of the camp over three tons of ore have been carried aw away 87 from the mine and no one worthy of a specimen is allowed to go away W wilheur I 1 chent being supplied vo nith ith a epee specimen aawar she sundown owners began work this morning with a force ol 01 six men and are glacking sacking the mineral as fast t as they can take it out of the ground A shipment of eight tons ton swill will be r ready ea d jr for transportation tomorrow to morrow including the game same amount from the la plata mine making a full fall carload tor for the first on put ane strike this morning in the sundown has settled the question of the future of this camp all those who ho have doubted the formation of the sundown are cow now fully convinced that the mineral is here and in place today to day the la plata shows a body of ore seven feet wide on one ono bide aide and a crow vein ol 01 fourteen inches both of which carry the red carbonates and boulders of 0 solid ealena galena scattered through the veins thomas harrison 1 the foreman has employed twelve men on the B mine ina on monday will start two shifts day and nd night and as fast aa as fast a as the ground is opened they will double their working force the owners ol 01 the north start star bun san pet blue bird and heller claims are working steadily on their pr properties ti and A are ate getting down dowil to g good mineral a in r al the ore from the sit sunset t is grey cop copper r native copper a and IM gold aap and 1 a shipment will be made a S from these claims in a few days via the ogden route I 1 I 1 1 A I 1 A town meeting was held last even ini inz and the question of town iota lots was settled A committee of five including tom colline Ool line as chairman was appointed to look alter ter the security of the camp until a permanent town organization was made tomorrow to morrow night a mass meeting will be held to look alter after all questions que etione now required to make the camp cam pa a fall full fledged city on sand sunday a ml miners I 1 nera meeting will be held toad to ad ajab j oat stan each laws as come under the jurisdiction of their government it is hoped that by next monday morning all questions now agitating the people will be folly fully bottled settled and the minera miners all doing their utmost at to hold down the prosperity of the camp your correspondent has prepared a fine display of the different case from the mines and will send them down by tomorrows to morrows stage for exhibition at TUB office on sunday morning the readers of TUB tits STANDARD may look tor for a long interesting latter letter of bedrock b facts from la Ls III plata ata city covering the entire ground 0 of I 1 the district a GR R P chamber of or commerce the committee of the ogden chamber of C commerce mmerle which was sent bent up to the mining district to locate a town site within the borders of weber county kindly furnished TUB THE STANDARD the following report which is given in advance of its presentation at the meeting of the chamber on account odthe of the great interest felt in the mining industry utah aue aug 28 1891 to the lie officers and of the ogden chamber of commerce gentlemen your committee appointed to go into the new mining district and select a suitable to town wn site on government land w within 1 thin weber co county anty situated or n near e ar the middle torl forfa of ogden rivera river and to survey and open the same free to all on government govern tent terms thus acting in conjunction with the county authorities who so promptly moved in the matter of build building log a new now and direct road up pp middle fork to the new mines aiding the development of the county and the mines by shortening the distance and cheapening n g transportation from rail facilities I 1 to 0 the new camp which route is plainly down the ogden river to ogden respectfully submit the following report of our work being appointed on tuesday A afternoon immediately after the C county oun ty board made the appropriation to open the new road we a at t once prepa prepared ed our as selves ives tor for the trip and on wednesday eya a d a morning started tor for the head bead of mi middle middie d fork which pt reached cached tl that t feraru fe ruru we found on 9 j arrival that we had been preceded by an enter enterprising al ing company of ogden men who arrived on the ground early in the morning of the same day and had at once pro ceedee to lay claim to the location for a town site they were busy surveying in g the same into town lots and offering to furnish lota lots freecorn free or atno at nominal in trial cost to all who would improve them the proposed new townsite is MOB most beautifully situated just at the head bead waters of middle fork ani bill within two miles of la plata city immediately bouth south and at the head bead of bear gulch it is practically the center of the mining section and from it the blasts and hammers of the miners can be beard in all directions there is plenty of smooth land and fresh water with good timber adjoining og while w bile the town site itself is clear prairie being just at the summit of the divide it has ble a delightfully cool temperature and with the new county road it wilt will undoubtedly rapidly grow to be the chief the new mining district it is also fortunate in being situ situated ted on the shortest and best route to bear lake both from ogden box el elder der weber and all the southern country and it forma forms the junction of the two roads from weber box elder and cache 16 che counties to the new mines your committee believe this to be the best beet location for the new city and that it will be much better that all a should bould units to build one good town we are assured by this enterprising company COMP that tb at their policy would atall at all times labroad be broad and liberal with the public that they will give free lots to all who will occupy them and that they will proceed at once to erect pa public bile buildings stores sh shops and accommodations for the public and do all 11 in their power to aid those who will locate there this policy if faithfully followed will accomplish the ell end d sought sought by the chamber and the c citizens atiz no of weber county therefore we have returned to ogden and submit this report waiting your further orders respectfully submitted WILLIAM G WILSO E K R RIDGLEY Ki BOLay it A WELLS E A mcdaniel committee from the leao logan fad the following special dispatch was rec received elved yesterday from began logan LOGAN utah august A great strike has been made in the cache cacho valley mice mine in blacksmith fork canyon the mine has been worked eix six years is in sixty feet showing gold copper and lead groes a ton prospecting is averil overflowing ow in that way into blacksmith fork frk ag and d logan canyons the new now strike las created a profound impression in login the press on la plata evanston Era neton Be roller gister charles stone and L N putnam returned from la plata last night and brought back quite a number of the specimens of the ore to the register mr stone said that there was nothing in the minee mines for evanston Lv anston goopio people to get excited over so far the t e samples do d 0 not 9 go high enough in silver to make the 0 ore re valuable although it runs high in Is a ad d the cheyenne leader says county clerk fredendall Freden hall has returned from ogden lie ile says that the town bae has gone wild over the new mining camp la plata where the r recent cent rich strike of carbonates carbo natee was made horses and wagons are at a premium and everyone who could get away from the town has gone to the new now camp and those still in ogden intend to go out and get a claim bark daily miner aug r B mccarty manager of the L B orton jewelry aeiry store returned from ogden I 1 last e eat night 11 he Is says the mining excitement c cit there Is to a little on the wane and some of the investigators tell him that while there appear to be good indications the work of development has not been sufficient yet to decide the quality and quantity of the mineral there is no doubt they say of there being a good low grade camp there and one which in tine time may prove to be very valuable denver deaver Be republican publican the mineral discoveries at la plata near ogden utah are eald said to be something On ething extraordinary doubtless Doubt lesa the reports sent Is I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 0 out are somewhat exaggerated it would be well therefore for or miners to possess their souls in patience and wait for further developments develon mente ments the man who ie is airston fir airet ston on the ground ie Is not always the one who makes the moet most money in a mining camp it the future shall show that la plata district ie is aa as rich ae as it ie Is represented to be there will etil be time I 1 tor 0 r pr practical a miners to go into that country and make money the TVa wasatch satch hart ware says the recent discovery die covery of mineral weal wealth th at la plata has caused great excitement throughout northern utah it seems that the new el dorado Is eo so a situated that ogden logaa logan and brigham each lays a claim claim to it as being a tributary to them respectively each town ia Is desirous of securing the trade 0 of the new camp this desire to rain gain the ascendancy ie is developing into jealousy on the part of the people of each town but if the excitement amounts to no more than many new strikes of this kind it ill III not be worth quarrel ing over while many fortunes are made bade at mining ining in many are 4 a lost and not a few bamps tamps tam pa have started up where more money has been spent than baa has bein taken from the ground but we hope this new strike is not one of that kind salt lake lairs times aug 29 the beet best news ewe that hag has come from la plata district is probably that brought by mr Tro week that gent lemans opinion is of the highest value and be holds that the district gives every evidence of being a good one many people have gone up there expecting to find great mines and have come away condemning the district it should be remembered that mines are developed only by bard work patience and perseverance the experienced miner minor examines the surface indications via ajl a new district rod determines ter mines ar from orn them what the probable future of the camp is mr elc made such an examination at t la plata and his judgment regarding in g the leads leide there Is moet most encouraging it will require some months to prove up the veins but we may expect to rise la plata added to the list of great camps helena montana journal the ogden papers of yesterday have double column beads heads set up in black letters an in inch ch in height and the dictionary must have been torn to tatters to furnish words of sufficient length and strength to describe the imaginary rid richness h ineas of the new camp even the salt bit lako lake papers are in the whirl the tribune says 1 the latest from la aja plata savis td is a that a solid mountain of galena gelatin has been struck experienced min mint p i uy it the richest find ever made on earth the statement is also made that the associated press agent agent who was sent to the new camp to investigate as well as correspondents for the papers for forgot go t their calling deserted their posts and commenced staking out claims this statement is you 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