The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-27
THU SAN UANGOLD FIELDS
Excitement Still Running High
Over the Placer Diggings.
A MINING MANS VIEW.
There Is Lots of Gold in the San
Juan River,
But 1t Is Hard to Get at on Account of
the 0uicksands-Troub with the
Navajo Indians Is Now
Apprehended.
MINING MANS VIEW.

DENVER, Dec. Is. = Especial. THE
most reliable information concerning the
gold fields in Utah was given to the pub
lie today by L. H. Javen, OF Denver, who
is well known in connection with the Col
orado Canon Mining company. He has
prospected all over both sides of Utah,
and says that sensible prospectors are not
making wild goose chases into that sec
ton OF country, where the water is so far
away. He says that in the placers at the
loot OF the Navajo mountain he panned
out considerable gold, and never found
single pan without from three to five col
ors, and that the greater portion con-
tanned from twenty-five to seventy-five
colors. Mr.. Javell also made public let
ter received today from Elmer Kane, who
was his partner last summer prospecting
in San Juan. The letter was written at
Bluff City and corroborates what Mr..
Javell said in regard to the gold fields.
Following is an extract: 81 saw about
seventy men in Winslow ready to start
for the field. l also met a man at that
place who went out some time ago and
this is his first trip in. He is going back
with a wagon today. He showed me
handful Of nuggets as large as hazelnut.
''He says that the best claims are on
sort of reef that crosses the San Jaun at
the foot of Naval making bed rock about
five feet deep.
''The channel is changed and in the
bed the coarse gold is found" He
says that there is no doubt that there
is just as good gold along the river as in
many other places, but in most of them
it Will be harder to get as there is lots of
quicksand and the bed rock is deeper. A
Bennett dredger or something of that kind
would be the thir for working these
places. "He says here are thousands of
acres of good placer ground not taken yet.
There is also any amount of good placer
ground that will go 10 cents a pan where
there is no WATER
Mr.. Jewel says of the theory that the
new gold fields have any connection with
the Henry mountains In Colorodo: 'sThe
name New San Juan is sufficient to con-
vince mining men that the location is not
on the Colorado nor near the Henry
mountains, and the idea OF there being a
scarcity of water is not at all tenabIe, for
the diggings are right in the bed of
small stream.
A special from Munchas says: The
town was excited today by the arrival of
''Navajo Frank. - who is one of the most
famous of the Navaios, is high in the
councils OF the tribe, who says that the
Navajos are getting apprehensive of the
presence of so many white men who
travel through the reservation. ''The
Indians were put on the reservations by
the big white chief" he said, sand
white man he must notcome round
''Long time now white man came up
from below, whole lot white man all got
guns; go to kill Indian and get gold on
San Juan, gold which belongs to Indian.
White man no have it; he must keep off
Indian land. Indian no go on white
mans land. Indian no cross San Juan.
Lots of gold on San Juan.'
Captain B. N. Wetherill, an old settler
in the valley, sees in the talk of Navajo
Frank more than he can tell on its face.
''The Navajos, - said he, ''have been
restless for some time, and it would take
but little to make them break loose in
earnest"