The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-25
GOLD, GOLD, GOLD.
Plus Ultra Thinks he has Struck II
at Last.
The Long Lost Heard from at
Browns Park.
Ute Intelligence.
BRowN's PARK, SUMMIT CoUNTY,
1900

=, EQtLOTS hcTdLds
H. Reconstruction, that arrsnt thit
be has for 30 long a time held me
le bondage, that I hardly know how
. address myself to the task OF indie
10 ing letter. But as see that "Oust
IN Morum" lives and moves, has
= being and finds something to Wri
20 about in far of Central America; thi
!, G. r. Savage finds items OF intere
# for the HERALD in his dresry Wande
n inRs in Old England, it gives m
hope that too can find something c
q interest for your readers in the mid:
o of gold placers, Ute outrages. beauti
Z full snow and the advent OF the Me-
! Year. So, wishing you 8 happy New
Year, I come down to business.
f EXTENSIVE GOLD FIELDS IN UTAH.
While prospecting in southeastern
Utah last winter, l discovered fin
} gold in the sands and gravel along th'
Green River at and above the head o.
the grand canon OF the Colorado
, This gold 1 found was similar il
character to the gold found on the
Snake River. if anything coarser il
quality. I immediately began fol-
lowing the track up the river hoping
to find it in sufficient quantity to
warrant the erection of works,
bitches, etc.
on THE TRAIL.
Following the river to Q point
about twenty miles above the old
Gunnison crossing, where the river
comes out of the gorge formed by the
river cutting through the mountain
range on the north side OF the Little
White River. 1 was forced to turn
back not being able to penetrate the
gorge any great distance. When 1
again struck the river, it was at the
mouth of the big White River, which
flows into the Green from the eastern
side. I again found the gold every
where along the river banks with q
perceptible difference in the size of
the particles.
THE SOURCE.
I had long sincs come to the con.
clusion that could find the source of
this supply. Somewhere farther up
the river l was satisfied I should find
it, either in some ancient basin,
glacier deposit, the bed OF some old
extinct lake, or, failing all these, a
country abounding in rich gold bear
ng quartz. SO, following up the
liver 1 prospocted the gravel care
'ully whenever | could conveniently |
each the river banks.
BROWNS PARK
g situated in the northeast corner OF |
summit County. The Colorado line |
uns east OF and just misses the |
ALLEY; the Wyoming line NORTH atolt |
fifteen miles, leaving the placer |
mining ground consisting of Browns
Park, leland Park, and Little Browns
6ole, entirely inside of Utah. When |
reached this point l found extern
i've gravel bars with enough of fine
old contained therein TO make N Q
hink that, with modern applisno es
or gold saving, it could be made to
,sy. In appearance. IS compared
nth Snake River dust, it is about as
wenty to one; one particle of the
old found here wou Id make twenty
PARTICLES of Snake Ri yer dust.
RIM ROCK DIGGINGs.
Later l found a rim rock at the
lorthweet end OF the park which
prospects exceedingly well, come of
he gold being quite coarse; one piece
found weighing thirteen and half
,ents, and the balance ranging from
bis down to pieces the size of bird
eed. This determined me as to my
uture course. Writing east for
electro silver plates, for the purpose
II testing the practiCability of saving
ne fine gold, 1 quietly slid out for
North Park, and look at the east
IN slope which | bad not seen for
many long year.
AsToNIsRMENT OF THE NATIVES.
Not liking the mineral outlook in
hat part oil Colorado we'll enough to
lay with it very long returned to
Browns Park Uja Green River City
bringing with me plates, lumber for
ecker, tools, mercury, etc. We, Mr..
Robineon and myself, Fet quietly
own, constructed cur rocker and
vent to work. This section Of country
s filled up with what is known i'll
he local parlance rs coWpunchefs,
. e. cattle men or to speak more
stock raisers, who, in the
winter season live and Craze their
lerds 10 the Park. When summer
ONES they desert their rude
luts in the valley and take their
Ierds to hill pastures or summer
anges. A couple of days after we
lad commenced operations two of
hese layericks passing along the
Dad on the opposite side of the river
,aught the sound of our old GEORGIA
and stopping their nags,
,azed long and earnestly at the sin
,ular proceeding we were going
trough, then put spurs to their nags
ushed down to the ford, soon came
.alloping up to where We were work
ng and, almost before checking
heir hesdlong course, exclaimed, |
What in hell are you doing ?" We
informed them in a quiet manner
hat we were working rocker.
YES" ssid one, "but what good is a
locker ?" Mr., Robinson lifted pan
-ull of gravel, quickly washed it out,
md showed the punchsTs the result.
ioldl goldl fine, bright, glittering
yellow gold Their eyes sparkled,
plugged out; then one
Of the twain broke cut in
1 fresh spot. "Plsbe goldarned if
it amt goldI Why, I've lived right
nyer nigh onto five year, an l
iidn't know OF it. 1 say, Ike, les 60 |
and get q box with a tin bottom, and |
come and work right 'longside of
these fellers." We quietly informed |
them that We had taken, eelf and
partners, the entire bar or fat, and |
would seriously object TO such pre-
ceedipg. What !" says one you
come without leave or license on to
Bill Tit!sWorth's rancho, and 60 TO
work and wash his hull winter range
into the river9 Idunno how that I'll
be; guess l can haye sumo of it,
too"
LEGAL EXCITEMENT.
They soon went away satisfied that
"there was az good fish in the sea ss
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