Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-24
BURSTING OF the SAN JUAN DuB.
BILE.

There is gold In the San Juan rive
beyond a doubt; but, according TO ai
accounts which are worth considering
there IL more In the Colorado riveri
and more still in places on Green river
while the Henry mountains seem 10
be q feeder for all the surrounding
country aud here we suspect NIL the
mineral that IL valuable In sufficient
quantity and OF an available character
will be found. Concerning the richness
and probable permanency OF this dis
trict there seems TO be no question
mt present, though rs au Offset To even
this, IL IL given out that II isa hard
region to get into, q hard one TO get
out Of, and It takes hardihood, deter
mination, experience and q first.cla-s
equipment to scco nplish anything
there.
Human science will some day, per.
hsps, arrive at a plan whereby tho
golden sands OF Sau Juan and other
streams con DO made to yicid up their
treasures IN such sums aud ut such an
amount Of expense as will enable any
one possessing the necessary industry
and ability 10 make good wnges nj II.
But II has not done 80 yet, aud until IL
does the worst thing a poor man who
seeks TO better his financial condition
can do 10 to DO led away tv where such
placers are. Arriving there and mnk'
Ing investigations, he will soon find
some yellow earth which he knows
contains the precious stun he 10 In
search Of, and this has the effect OF
making him go to work In earnest;
he gets nothing, but keeps Mt
It, confident that tho next pan.
full will show . better result. but 1t
does not; and the glamour ovcrspread-
Ing the Geld OF his labor Is seldom
dissipatcd until, out Of provisions and
money and with health impaired aud
plunged into the deepest detection as
he looks over the ground In which for
weeks aud months he has labored to no
end, he turns his back upon the illu.
fusion and sets out on his dreary re-
turn home. A place In which there Is
gold 90 fine m 10 be all but .npalpable
and yet quite visible, Is worse than
one whore there 10 nothing but barren
sand for the foregoing reason; one ia q
siren, . will.o.the.wisp, a mirage, be.
cause II lures and gives Rise to false
hopes from the thraldom Of which ths
Victim seldom escapes 90 long n he Is
Able to remain within the whitening
influence; the other honestly and ut
once proclAims Its barrenness and
whosoever 10 then deceived IL not wise.
There will probably be something Of
. rush kept up for the San Juan
country for some time yet, but return.
ing crowds will have the effect Of cur.
failing II perceptlbly until finally
It will cease altogether-this being Of
oourss dependent upon the condition Of
things remaining ~ we understand
them TO be- at present. Other discover.
les Of consequence may DO made In
that region, for that It Is gold district
IL, rs is satisfactorily shown, u fact.
Nor is 1t yet established that all the
gold already found 10 too fine To save,
for there is good evidence that small
quantities have been obtained In indi
vidual cases. Perhaps also with the
disappearance Of the winters snow we
shall hear glowing reports from tn,
Henry mountains. But taking all these
iato confederation, We can still only see
that It Ia poor plaos for . poor man
and there are no immediate promises
Of It, being any better. It IL gratifying
to note that but few Of our people
have bssn led of by the excitement
and that they still look upon ihei
homes, occupations and things in pos
session rs holding out more To them II
tho way OF substantial inducements
than San Juan or any other gold nels
could even II genuine.