Show NEW GOLD 11 DIGGINS if the reports from san juan county utah in regard to the discovery of rich gold placers at the mouth of the san juan river may be relied upon we must believe that a country equaling california in lier her pal palm lest days lias has been found it will bo be well however not to put implicit faith in the stories which are t old by the san francisco examiner as they are no doubt exaggerated and colored for a purpose pose of course there is gold on the bars of the san sari juan the colorado the green and the grand and all the other rivers which flow into the colorado the country down there however is made up principally of deserts and rugged mountains water is scarce and the patches pat clies of fertile land are few and far between the only possible profitable uso use to which the tile land can be put is mining and as a range for stock A gentleman who is familiar with the tile country says the placer ground is spotted that is the gold is not regularly diffused through ali rough the tile sand and gravel and does not run in regular channels through tho bars for instance he says bays that one might wash out a pan of dirt and secure 5 or 10 might test it by working out a thousand pans and not get a color such ground as that requires a large expenditure of capital to make it pay for working it is is not a poor mans country some excitement lias has been bocc occasioned f in ogden avei over the pulli published shed reports and several citizens contemplate a visit to alie new el dorado A gentleman whose home is at bluff a settlement on oil the san juan river about seventy five miles from its mouth where the diggings are reported to be located says that the most feasible route from this section is via the rio grando grande western leaving the railroad at thompsons Thomp sons springs and thence across the country by team or on horseback there is a line of settlements all the tile way down into southern utah and horses and supplies can be secured by those who have the money to pay for them the trip from ogden can bo be made in six days if tile country should turn out to be one half as extensive and rich in gold as represented there will bo be plenty of room for thousands of people next spring those who go there this winter will necessarily be compelled to undergo many many hardships and privations |