The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-09-10
TEE UTAH GOLD FEVER.
People Elcckins from Every whe
Into the New Ell Dorado.

People BLOCKING from Every where
Into the New Ell Dorado
The ore find adjacent 10 Ogden, Utah, T
a despatch from thai city says, continues
to grow. while il richness it is unparal> /
leeti since the I.eadviie find of 1879 /
The excitement grows itpace.a and the I
scenes now in The hitherto quiet city OF /
Ogden reuaind Old miners OF he days OF
'4g IN Caiifo,u MA the Lew tiolyonda is
located twenty five miles northwest of
Ogden, and is reached through the Og-
den Canyon. The roads are fairly good
but the county has already put a large
force of men at work improving them
\ new town, La Plata, has already been
laid out although the discovery is scarce
Nv seven GAYS old II boasts q store, sa
looms hotels, and the general accessories
of a. town OF 12M people. The Southern
Pacific Railroad has begun the survey of
a branch to connect the region with Og-
den.
Senator Tabor, OF Denver, has several
experts on the ground, and they pros
nounce the outlook most promising
Wonderfully extravaganza assertions are
made, but there seems to be no DOUBT
that If is the greatest mineral find that
the West has known for years. The pro
duct is gold, silver, and lead, with indi-
lions of anthony. The assays have
shown in every case over 80 per cent OF
lead and from u TO ~ ounces OF SILVER
per ton The lodges from which the as
says are made are large, and in many
cases are surrounded by rich carbon
OF limitiess extent. 1t is all on the very
surface, ready to be broken with the
sledge, scooped into wagons and shipped.
A Colorado miner declared TO the cores
pendent that it was the greatest mining
, discovery of the age.
Bear Gulch, which was the original
name of the locality,is about three quar-
tiers OF It mile ia extent. Mineral has,
however. been discovered in all the sec
ton around, and in every instance in
paving quantities. The whole country
for miles around shows vast quantities of
low grade galena ore, not merely in
float but in enormous lodges. The
veins OF ore seem TO run from IL north
westerly to ii southwesterly direction,
almost in a direct line from Parkerly,
and many miners who are acquainted
with the country believe it is the same
belt of ore that crops out there.
Thus far the mineral has been discov-
cred in a scope of country that covers an
area OF from two to-three miles in width.
The richest of the mines yet discovered
are the Sundown and Sunrise. The lode
is pure gaIena. and runs through a hill
| for a distance of 5000 feet. and along its
! entire length blossoms of the great vein
| can be seen A two thirds interest in the
| Shutdown Mine was bonded Saturday for
/ IS. 600 by Charles Warner, of Butte, Mont.
! The Mine was first discovered by
| sheep her(ler, and was opened by Pete
Wilson and Abe Bolton, of Brigham
! City
The famous Bullion Beck Mining Com
I,ac ct IN hp
I La Plata Mine, from which it is taking
! cut large quantities of ore. The ore is
! galena, embedded in a large quantity of
carbonate that assays large percentage
| of gold. This Company has also laid out
| five acres for the location of mills The
| big Ontario and Daily Silver Mine man
agement are also represented Oh the
grounds.
Trains to Ogden brought in hundreds
| of old timers from all over the West, and
representatives Of over $50, 600 900 of cap
ital are now in Ogden. The hotels in
| Ogden VIII not accommodate the influx
! of visitors, and scores are taking the
night trip through the Canyon to the
| New Eldorado on any kind of convey
ance that can be had Many are doing
| the trip on foot
| The formation of the rock is described
! by an old-time miner who was in all the
| lime. impregnated on an average with
! four ounces of silver Miners will under
stand this as the predominant country
| rock. Mr.. Mute, one OF the leading pio-
neer business men OF Ogden, considers
! that the present discoveries are a con
| tinuation of the great Silver belt from
/ the Park City region and that they in
/ crease in extent as they come this way.
| As this is being written the excitement
seems to increase. Continuous trains of
vehicles of every description are taking
their way up through the city and to-
ward tn Canyon.
| The sub-treasury and loan schemes
| were rejected by the Missouri Alliance
| Convention at Pertle Springs, Mo-, Sat
urday, by vote of 8 to 4. The demands
adopted by the convention are the Ocala
platform, with the exception of the land
loan and sub>treasury clause. which
were remanded to the sub unions to de-
eide upon. The State organizations
would have split if the convention had
adopted the Ocala demand in full
While the ub-treasury and loan faction
elected all the officers, the convention
could not swallow those two clauses.
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