Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-29
GOLD And SILVER.
Large Quantity Of Both In B.aT,F
County.
THE ONCE GREAT LINCOLN MINE.
A Great Sale Arranged Fora Prac.
teal Test Of Gold Ore
Being Made.

While not n modern Golconda or
anything Of that kind, II II still
iolersbly well demonstrated tho
Beaver county IL very wealthy In tina.
matter Of tho precious metals. Asa
silver producer II has been specially
eminent Tor many years, the onward
destiuy no relates TO this product being
interrupted by means OF waich we are
all aware. But II IL richer Ia auriior.
Gus than in argenliierous deposits, II
tho judgment OF muu Of expert.
cnco beyond what can be- seen
with tho naked eye counts
iIr anything. The fact that
inertia prevails among the discoveries
At Indian creek argues nothing but
mismanagemont. Tho properties are
owned, rs rule, by inexperienced
men who at present are simply holding
On and waiting Tor something (bigl 10
turn up. / - few men who arc gifted
with the sIuJir yd.rc and enough loose
cash to fl0at the business until II was
clear Of candbars and suags would
take hold there would soon be n DIFF
iorsnt tale TO tell Of that part OF our
favored Territory.
AZ previously reported to you, au
assay Of picked specimen from
the White Clin mine lone "
the mguy locations at Indian Cfonkl
showed tur enormous result OF nearly
| $4,000 gold. Even this wonderful ox.
| hibit failed 10 produce tho slightest
| degree OF excitement In Beaver; Ia
| fact, IL scarcely created even passing
/ Interest except 20 visitors who are not
accustomed ~ looking through glaze
dimly nj such pr0digious uni0ldings o.
| the mineral kingdom. IL seems 10 be
the case that samples running high
| can be taken from almost N not quite
every one Of the mines Ia that locality;
| and this may account for the
lackadaisical manner In which the
Beayerltu receives such information.
| As plain matter OF fact | have seen
half a dozen specimens from Ne many
| different properties on Indian creek, Ia
all Of which native gold In oil ils put-
ny and benuty was plainly visible
without tho aid oi "A glass. Perhaps
the owner " the White cha realizes
,hi1, tor he has lust brought a large
sample lot TO Salt Lake anu this IA
N being subjected 10 n practical test
! that o., 10 IL going "thruugh tho mill,n
aud nearly all Of the ore that Ia golden
will be gathered unto itself
la the compact from OF n nugget, or
bar, N there should DO enough Of H.
The weight and corresponding value
Of this nugget or bar compared with
the weight Of the orc will show the
value OF the latter, and It In turn will
point 10 u conclusion as 10 the value OF
the property itself More than this:
~ should turn out remarkably well,
u Will doubtless prove stimulus 10
others, who arc at present inactive and
set tho whole machinery In motion
under improved conditions, thus
showing 20 the world before
long what Is generally be.
lieved by mining mou OF tina. re-
giOn, that Mofcur ID only one aud per-
hApH not the leading One OF our gold
mining contera anu producers.
| Tho gold OF Weaver county seems a.
be almost entirely 10 tue zons east OF
the range Of mountains separating
Beaver valley from the Immense
stretch OF bottom land beginning at
Miuersville and running north with
but slight changes VI altitude or con-
hguTaiion l know not how far, but
perhaps into the Great American
Desert. The northern limit OF this
auTiierouB zone would seem, ~
far Rs discoveries may DO An
index, the dividing line between NIL.
lard Hnd Beaver counties, IL eastern
boundary away over somewhere In
Pluto county, aud lts southern line
being formed OF tho southern side Of
the hills skiTting the same side OF lu-
dian creek. As In most other recent
discoveries Of like character Ia Utah,
nature still wears a comparatively un.
SCARED cOuntenanco and more than
ever holds out the hand Of promise ~
the prOspectoT. A great majority OF
the locations have not been worked n
all 10 speak Of, and those which nave
received serious attention on the part OF
tho lOoatots have not been great y
disturbed. The RoO Roy seems 10
have tue greatest amOrut OF develop.
ment work and has record ~ pro.
Queer. IL might be 80 now, and have
been producing uninterruptlngly and
probably, 40 far as hn outsider may
Judge; but the first shining bar nut
forth by the mill must have cast spell
over the managers, for certainly the
working ceased soon after and the craft
was steered or permitted 10 float unre-
sistingly against tue snag OF litigation.
The Helen MoGregor "a hitting com.
ramon for tho Rob Roy, sure.
iy) also boasts Of Considerable
extent OF tunuellng and shafting; II ID
ON the same vein as the Thistle, tue
latter being higher on the hill, 30 that
the tunnel for the lower IL designed "a
cut both assures longitudinally, nj.
though ono at slight aud the other at
cOrtespondingly greater depths. IL IA
the intention 10 push work hero az
soon as the necessary arrangements eau
DO made, a part Of these being, as /
understand It, "a mill Of sufficient capa.
city anu saving power to work all the
ores can bn produced at profit.
On tho other side Of tbs wet mou n.
tains Tor perhaps they ought 10 be
called tho middle mountains, since
they are spur 6lseotiug what would
otherwise bo a great valley extending
from Beaver CITY on tho east to mi
ford on tho vest, ami a few mile,
north Of Minersville are situated the
shafts from which the first lead ever
| produced bv whltB men In Utah was