Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-17

Carr made many interesting observa-
tions ( the elf dwellora' ruins that
are scattered on lodges OF tho cliff
over n large area In the vicinity
| OF the Colorado and San Juan
fivers. He advocates the theory
that the ancient people really lived In
the valleys and used the curious
houses in tho cliffs as store houses for
grain and provisions. He believes the
| adpbe houses Of the race have long
since disappeared. The clili houses,
| he sayp, are made OF a different Kind
Of rock from that Of tho oliiIs, aDd In
many cases tho stones for the houses
were carried fiiiy or one hun1ted
miles, as the nearest deposits ART found
nj that distance. The hieroglyphics
found on the smooth faces OF the cliiis
were constant source OF interest ~
tho white men. At one point u large
area Ia covered with figures OF lizards,
snakes, swords, the imprint Of n mans
hand and heads Of females. Mt. Can
kept his eye open on the capacity OF tho
river In the Cataract canyon, Utah.
A. n result Of his calculations, he says,
5000 inches OF water may be depenuod
upon at any time Of the year anu at
one point head Of COO feet may DO
secured at small outlay. The power Is
sufficient to maintain vast number VI
electric planis.
LOOKING FOR IRON.
w. J. Scott, OF Plttsburg, lie now Ia
| Wyoming rs the representative OF a
Pennsylvania syndicate who coDtem.
plate opening works to operate tho Iron
deposits 100 miles from Cheyenne. He
says there will DO reduction WORKS, a
foundry, and plant for the manu-.
facture OF steel tnbing and iron piping.
Utah has more extensive deposits Of
iron than Wyoming, and within ~
miles OF the railway, but their utilizs.
ton is still work OF the future.
CALIFORNIA DIAMONDS.
"Joscph shnw exhibited IN Placer.
vile this week very pretty little lila.
nond Of n light straw color, that was
found recently IA the snow mine at
Nowtowp. IL shows the crystalline
firm perfectly, having the character
istic curved edges to the faces Of the
crystal. IL was found while panning
black sand from the riilies Of their
flumo TO obtain the amalgam con.
tainei therein, and resulted from the
washing Of the old river channel pass-
ing through the vicinity OF NcwtowD.
IL Ia larger than a grsiu Gf wheat and
worth perhaps sl5 or $50"
The foregoing appeared In the e.
dorado Ropu5hcan Of May 4th. Dia.
moDds have been found NJ over twenty
localities In California, though gsner-
ally small In size anu often OF color.
The most prolific source OF diamonds
has boon the gold washlngs at Cher.
koo Flat, Butte county, and these
about Placervilie. Probably the frat
diamond ever found In California by
any white man was one picked up by
j. w. Shields In October, lSig, while
panning up the results OF his days
work with n rocker In Cedar ravine,
Placerville. 1t weighed . l-l6 carate,
was OF the purest water anu symmeiri-
cal In form. thu iirst DIAMOND found at
Cherokee was picked up on the bed
rock OF n gtavel mine In 1863. At
Cherokee quite number have been
found, some white, some yellow and
others rose.colored. The largest 10 said
TO weigh carais. A. the meeting OF
the California Acagemy of Science,
May, 1867, four California diamonds
were exhibited by Professor SULLIVAN.
One from Forest Hill, FL Dorado
county, weighed carats. was OF
good color, but had small cavity
Ia one of the angles. Another
was found at French Corral, Nevada
county, that weighed ! carnts. This
stone was very symm, tIical and with
out flaw, but had been made slightly
yellow by heating 1t red hot. The two
others weighed leBs than carat, were
very poor IN color and imperfect IN
shape. John Bidwell Of Chico came
Into possession Of u diamond weighing
one and one.quarter carats, found nj
Yankee Hill, Butte county, In
1861, anu which was cut
In Boston. Fragments Of diamonus
that have been pounded up under the
stamps OF the cement mills near Placer
villc have been often found. Several
email diamonds have been found at
Fiddletown, Amador county. Ii Is
said that the largest diamond yet found
In California was picked up by George
Evans In 1858, on the surface Of the
ground at Rancheri,, about four miles
northwest OF Volcano, Amador
county. The weight was 255 MILL.
grams; It was pale straw In color, very
brilliant and without n flaw. Tn.
largest price obtained for any Califor.
mia diamond In rough,oo far NJ known,
IL $500.
AT BINGHAM.
Bingham Butietit: The Yosemite
No. . mine Is now working n
force OF twenty men, principally
on prospect work, and ore In
only being taken out M 1t is being en-
coun'ercd In prospecting. A new
strike was made In tho main tunnel
this week, being n body OF carbonate
ore two feet In width, which ASSAYS
quite high In gold, oliver, lead anu
copper. Foreman Dan Harrington
informed US that three raises mad
been started In different parts of tbe
mine this week and that another
would be started soon. Everything IL |
running In good shape at the No, ., |
and the mine Is in first.class condition.
During the last three months tbe |
owners OF the Dalton & Larke mine
have made more improvements than |
any other company operating in the
camp. Large lodging anu boardIpR.
house, new ore bins, etc, have
been built. They have lust pur-
chased and put into plrce n
new 25.horse power steam hoisllng On.
gine anu 3O-horse power boiler, which
work like q charm. The mine, for a
new producer, has no equal 10 West
Mountain mining a ist ricf Tb. Ia, a1,,,. |