The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-17
DUTCH MOUNTAIN.
A Region Rich in Mineral Veins and
Raitlesnakes.
The Blcodthirsty Dutchman Who Made
the FIRST Dlscovery-Immense Ledges
of Good Ore-The Railroad.

DUTCH MOUNTAIN, June S.-Thls noun
tain received its name from a Dutchman
who killed his partner Tor using too
much SUGAR in his coffee. After he saw
what he had done, he escaped TO this
mountain, and not finding water, he came
back to Reding Springs and was captured.
He brought a piece of ore with him,
hence the discoveries. The Duchman
was taken to Ogden canyon and hung.
The rope broke, miner drew bis pistol
and declared that he should go free. This
was in 1858. Sugar was sugar in those
days out here.
This mountain lays due north from
Deep Greek fifteen miles. 1t has fine
springs of pure water. Two hundred and
fifty claims containing lead, gold and
silver, some copper, have been located.
Mr.. Williams discovered large bodies of
lead and silver ores twenty two years ago,
where he has lived ever since. His cabin
is in canyon where there are plenty of
rattlesnakes, chipmunks, polecats, with a
few tarantulas and scorpions. Mr.. Brewer
says that he has seen four rattlesuakes in
the cabin at once, but Mr.. Williams said
there were only two. He could hit the
mantlepiece any time and hear the snakes.
His custom is, when ready to go to bed,
to take stick and hit the bed; if he hears
no rattle, all is well.
Mr.. John Brewer, two years ago made
discoveries to the west of Mr.. Williams
where he now lives. He has killed
forty rattlesnakes in one year. The
lodges are from two to twenty feet wide,
and in some places it looks as if the ore
was thirty feet.
The mountain is lime with belt of
quartzite. The mining around the foot
hills, for ten miles north, with large
iron, and prophyfy, lodges between the
lime and quartzite. In this formation
are found large bodies OF ore.
Mr.. Williams has seven claims, which
when the railroad gets here, will be able
to ship train load each day.
Owens and Brewer have thirty
claims, all well defined, and
showing good ores. These claims
are worth nothing unless they can get
transportation. This belt can be traced
4 600 feet.
On the east side Morchiff and Sandquist
have about thirty claims. They are
working and shipping by wagon. The
last they shipped brought sos per ton in
Salt Lake.
! All these claims carry gold. One claim
carries sixty-five ounces in silver and one
| in gold. Most of them carry copper, one
20 per cent. These are large veins. On
the south side of the mountains are many
good claims.
Emanuel Siivaria and Louis Martin are
running tunnel to tap fine lodges of
good ores. Much work is being done by
many others. This mountain has always
been known as the low grade camp until
recently. The discovery of gold in large
Lodges is making it the high grade camp.
! 1t has been my lot to have seen all the
camps in Utah, but | never have seen such
sights of mineral as exist in this camp.
| No man can write the truth about the
I no M n nd he,h hal Iowa OF 10r,
[ wish that the experts and the inoneyed
men of Salt Lake were here. | am sure
there would be no doubt about a railroad
any longer to Deep CreeE. The road
when built will run up the east side, and
around the north into Deep Creek valley.
YoURGERsoN SPRING.
This is spring thirty miles northwest
from Deep creek, and will be within ten
ur fifteen miles of the road. But little
prospecting has been done here. Some
new finds were made here last fall, mostly
copper. Water is scarce here and il is a
hard place TO prospect. Nothing can be
done until we get the road.
FISHER.
Fisher was discovered by the Fisher
Brothers many years ago. Lead drop
ping they dropped the mines, which had
much work done on them. This camp
lays west OF north, eighteen miles from
Deep Creek. Will be within four miles
of the road. The ores consist of lodges of
lead, many of them twenty feet wide.
There are now nineteen patented mines,
mostly belonging to Woodman, Martin
and DuDyon, and some to William CHS
holm, Hall and Fitzhugh. This camp
will be veritable Leadville when the road
gets here. Those people that are skeptical
about those mines, should come out and
see them for themselves and they will
find the half has not been told.
Take the map and trace the line that
the Deep Creek road will traverse to Cali
fornia and you viii see that it will pass
through more mining camps by half than
any other road in the United States.
1t will have feeders for eighty miles
north of it, and hundreds Of miles to the
south, through Utah and Nevada, besides
many in California, It is the best propo-
sition for paying railroad under the
sun. Who will build it? Will the Salt
Lake people build and own it, and get all
the trade and benefits, or will you let the
Denver & Rio Grande build it and take
the trade to Denver and elsewhere?