The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
THE WASATCH WAX MINES.
The Work Done and Being Done-CarbOnate
Mining District.

ASHLEY. June &c, neutrality-suspicious.
of THE HERALD. AS there has not much
been said and less written about the wax
deposit in Wasatch county, will under
take to show it up little.
In the month of April and May there was
considerable of rush there, Matt Thomas
and H. o. Crandall being the "agitators."
Having notified Capt. Whitaker and other
officers at Fort Duchesne of their locality
and extent. they at once furnished men
and means for development, and also as
certained the value of the different
grades Of wax in the eastern markets.
Before there was any particular excite
ment, there was miners meeting called,
and the Parriett Placer Mining district or
ganized. The boundaries were defined
from a map from the post, furnished by
CAPTAIN Whitall This map left nearly all
the wax district off OF the Uintah Indian
reservation. Subsequently, another map
was produced by Col. Byrnes, the Indian
agent, (probably the original, as there has
been two or three surveys, or attempted
surveys), which threw most of the wax on
the reservation; whereupon the agent dis
patched couple of white men and force
of Indian police to proceed to the field of
operations, order every white man off and
DESTROY ALL IMPROVEMENTS,
which was pretty effectually done. This
sudden move of hostility was unlocked for,
as there had been stock men there for the
last seven years in peaceable possession.
This was not satisfactory to Mr.. G. w.
Bason, an old resident and stockman on
and near this reservation for many years,
and he procured the field notes of the first
survey and with Mr.. Richard Vettman as
surveyor we undertook to run out the
lines-the initial point being at the juno
ton of the Uintah and DucheSue
rivers-course about northwest by
west. We traced the line about
sixteen miles to large monument.
This terminated the marks as far as we
could find, although the field notes fire.
quently changed the course and 'hugged"
the Wasatch range close around to the
head of Strawberry valley; sandstone and
granite were set every mile-the latter
never was known to exist in that locality
also timber noted where there was none.
This certainly was an imaginary survey,
and we are credibly informed the line was
never ran, and the field notes were nicely
made
IN A CABIN AT OURAY.
So much for so much, and thus goes
Uncle Sans money. Total appropriations
for surveys of Indian reservations in Utah,
$50, 600
Among those who have been busy pros
pecting this spring are Bason, Lake &
Thomas, N. Murkley, John Harper, Frank
Hadlock,, Il. Vettman, (. r. Moore, A. +.
johnson, William Book, William Rey-
nolds, Henderson Lee, Charley Jones rep
resenting Brown & Co., who are not afraid
to yeuture) Also Messrs. Johnson, Col
ton & COlthOrpe, the latter having the in
defatigable Billy O'Neil as manager
In all probability the wax and mineral To-
calities on the reservation will soon be
thrown open-the whole of it should be, ex
cepting what the Indians require for agri-
cultural purposes. They could be induced
to relinquish for a small amount. Under
Colonel Byrnes' management they have
made rapid advancement in agricultural
Notwithstanding to the ways of the
white particularly in drinking
whisky, when they can get it. There are
of acres of good agricultural
land, with oceans of water to irrigate it,
now lying idle. With this open and rail
road, this county would rank favorably
with any in the territory.
CARBONATE MINING DISTRICT.
This is district recently organized, or
revived, with William O'Neil as recorder
situated about thirty miles north from
Ashley. 1t was formerly called Bullion
vile district, but abandoned some years
ago after very little development There
aas been Mr.. Dyer there, however,
quietly representing an eastern company
for two or three years, expending twelve
or fifteen thousand dollars. He now claims
to have a three and a half foot vein of
copper and silver ore, carrying so
ounces silver and 10 per cent. cop
per to the ton. His mine was
nailed and locked up, with fresh notice
over the door "no admittance." l should
Judge that the fastenings would have been
quite sufficient without the notice. We
learn that Mr.. Dyer was absent negotiating
for smelter to plant near his mine.
There has been quite a rush there
recently, and noticed among the locators
5. w. Worsley and Dan Bunnell, who were
among the first in Tintic, nineteen years
ago. They are probably like old n. P.
Lake, who has always said, "Never say
'ail!'i
The chances are favorable for big pay
ng district-an abundance Of iron, wood,
water and grass.
understand there has been some quite