The Meeker herald., 1894-07-07
The Uinsah Cola Fields.

The Uinsah Cold Fields.
Cass lIite. an old-timer, writes the
following 10 the Provo Dispatch:
If you know of any rumors or re-
ports from any source that the mytho-
logical mine came in these mountains
to locate has been discovered or located
by any one else, You will do me favor
by saving so in big letters in the Dis
patch. No one has stolen any march on
my party. and are not going to. | have
been on earth too long for that.
I'VE landed here a month too soon
There is more country here lying above
timber line than i'll any range OF noun
tans | ever saw. All OF the north side
of the Uintah Indian reservation lies
from 5000 to 1900 feet above sea level.
1t is not occupied by the Indians. is void
of game and very rich in gold. and do
not see how the country can remain I'M
occupied long. Tie crest of the Uintah
range is supposed to be the line of the
reservation, aud on that crest is now
located Il mammoth gold lode-located
| in the past few weeks. II is very rich,
and although the north line of the res
ervation has not been run it is pretty
sure thing that part of some very rich
I claims are on the reserve while the rest
is Off. Around the camp fires which are
now burning in every direction and be-
coming more numerous, the situation is
discussed. All that gold known and
supposed to exist on that unoccupied re-
gion is more inviting to the precarious
prospector than IA lone stage coach is to
the road agent, and if the new strikes
being made every day are anything like
as rich as they appear to be, this bids
| fair to be Il repetition of the sceIes in
the Black Hills during the 70s'
president Harrison threw open a
portion of the Navajo country 10 the
San Juan boom. and this leads TO the
query: What is the matter with Cleve-
/ land giving Utah its highest boost by
throwing open, by executive order, all
of the Uintah Indian reservation that
| lies along the range 5000 feet ADORE the
sea? Suppose that developments war
rant the influx of fifty or seventy-live
| Thousand prospectors to this country.
living as it does, between Salt Lake and
Denver. they will continually imlni-
CRATE and proceed to come.
II move camp twenty miles west to-
day June 81 and will finish up my
work in two weeks when l will go to
Salt Lake and will have with me care
fully prepared report of the facts per-
tanning to the Cintahs.n
U. 5. Deputy Marshal w. o. Norrell
returned from the Uintahs Thursday,
says the Dispatch of the 29th ut. and
speaks of the gold discoveries there.
Mr.. Norrell went over the greater part
OF the country in which the gold discov-
cries We're SO recently made and located
| five claims about two miles east of the
Dead Man mine of Hatch, Holiday and
others. He brought back q number of
| samples from the claims which are now
in the hands of the assayer. The sam
pies closely resemble those assayed both
in Provo and in Salt Lake for Hatch Il
Co., and it is Mr.. Kroupa's opinion that
it is of the same character. if not ex-
actly the same ore. The party for
which these locations were made are
Messrs. Howe, Taft. Irvine Barney.
Norrell Brown. Morgan and CrIsuan.
1t is a difficult route TO travel over. as
there are no roads and the meager trails
exceedingly rough.