The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-03
FISH SPRINGS.
History of the Discovery of the Rich Mines
and the Men who Made 1t.

History of the Discovery of the Rich Mines
and the Men who Made 1t.
During the last six mouths great deal
has been said and much has been written
concerning the above camp, situated about
twenty-five miles west of the Tugway
range in the Deep Creek country, but the
true story as to how mineral was dis
covered there has never been correctly
told. All along Messrs. Chapman and
Grant, of American Fork, have been given
the credit of being the first parties to be-
come interested in the district, but such is
not the case. The fact is that early in
January of last year, Mr.. Peter D. Reed, of
this city, fitted out team and started out
Mr.. Charles Van Alstine and Mr.. Charles
Parr on prospecting expedition, their OBJ
lec.ive point being Dugway district. These
parties were gone for several weeks Mr..
Reed anXiously awaited a report of their
whereabouts, but failing to receive this he
started out TO tnd his men. Mr.. Reeds
objective point was Dugway, but through
some mistake or other, he missed the Dug
way camp and continued on his way
| When he reached the ranch owned by MIR.
j. j. Thomas he inquired if this was Dug
way, and received the reply, mo, this Is
| Fish Springs; Dugway is twenty-five
miles behind YOU" He then started to
continue his journey, when his wagon
broke down, and very shortly afterwards,
| by mere accident he found the men for
whom he had been hunting right at Fish
! Springs, and learned that they, also, hav-
ing missed Dugway, the camp in which the
Buckhorn is situated, had been prospecting
in the Fish Springs district. His men
produced some ore which they had found in
the mountains in the Fish Springs range
Mr.. Reed and his partners being satisfied
with the samples they had in their posses
sion, Immediately located what are known
as the L tah and Galena Mines They
went to work and extracted from the
Galena three tons Of ore, which Mr..
Reid hauled to this city in wagon, and
sold it for Sl9S per ton. This money they
put in to develop the Gaena and the Utah,
but inasmuch as it was now only ques-
ton of more money to develop the prop
critics mentioned, Mr.. Reid and his part
ners sold 300 feet Of the two mines to
Nessrs. Chapman and Grant, of American
Fork, for 500. AS development pro-
ceeded on the Utah, the owners began to
see that they had got hold of some valu-
able property, and to thoroughly do their
work 1t became necessary to purchase
back the ground which they had sold, and
they did so to the tune of Sl5, 900.
and it goes without the saving that
j
in that amount, without having expended a
dollar in the camp. BY this time it is
about the 1st of July, and having done a
great deal of work, the Utah was in DO
sition TO commence making regular ship
ments of ore. The tale now is easily told
as the books of the Utah company show
that the Utah has shipped over $50, OOC
worth of ore in less than six months. The
Utah is bonanza of the first water. No
body can tell what the mine will turn out
1t is only one hundred feet deep, and the
ore keeps increasing in value all the time
Messrs. Van Alstine & Reid, and Mrs. E
T. Crismon own ], 045 feet of this valuable
property, and the balance is owned by
Messrs. George Crismon, E. NJ. Weller
and others.
That Fish Springs will yet be a grea
district will be proven before 1892 is closed
An immense amount of work will be done
this year, and 1T has come to a HERALI
reporters ears that several Utahs will bt
uncovered. A railroad must pass through
the district in close proximity to its valu
able mines. There are other mines Their,
that are not described above ore producer
right along,