The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-23

In the opinion of Hon. Robert c.
Lund, of st. George, who is in the city
for the purpose of attending the an
nual session Of the territorial board Of
equalization, of which ne is a member.
the commencement Of extensive placer
operations at Temple Bar, on the
Colorado river, by the Temple Bar
Placer Mining company, means much
for that section of the country. The
scene of these operations is on the Ne
Vada side Of the river below Rioville,
and8 there the company is putting in
iIf<&snse water wheels which Gre re-
Volveti by the current Of the river and
generate power sufficient TO operate the
pumps which are to feed the hydraul-
les. superintendent Ripenburg. of the
company, says his pumps and hy-
drauiicS Will take care of 100000 gal
Ions of water every "A hours and move
1900 square yards Of gravel. In view or
the fact that the gold is not very fine.
some OF it being quite coarse. the
washing of this amount of earth means
that the revenues of the company VIII
4pe very great. The working of these
laurent wheels will also demonstrate
Just what are the power possibilities
of the Colorado river, and more than
likely show very plainly that 1t would
be possible to operate stamp mills all
along the banks Of the river whers
there are known to exist splendid de-
posts of good grade gold ores, only
awaiting the coming of economical
treatment. It is the intention of the
Temple Bar people to carry on their
work in an extensive manner, and all
Of the preparations for an active cam
paign are being made. Many men are
docking into the district.
Il iZp
for the purpose OF working the gravel
from the canyons back of the river
The lack of water is overcome by the
e adoption Of a newly invented dry
WASHER which saves the finest of Hour
colo by a series Of selves and pans,
augmented by an air blast. No water
IS necessary. The utility of the ma
chine has been demonstrated and the
company has sent its manager, Amos
g. WoolIey, into the district with two
cf the gold savers.
The operations Of these two com
panies have attracted a great deal of
attention to the new district being
opened up, and the summers work
will. without doubt result in much
good to that section of country.
Mr.. Lund is operating in the Cedar
Basin, south Of st. George. and says
thet properties there are showing UP
veiSEsTell. Some good assays are be-
arslehcouragi ng enough to make the
future prosects Of the district seem
very bright. 1t is possible that a. mill
will be put up in the Basin by Mr..
1und and others interested there.
On the Jim Blaine, the principal claim
owned by Mr.. Lund, some 200 feet Of
work has already been done, and the
ore bodies are looking very well. The
veins are true assures and improve
with depth. OF course, to date the
propositions are what are classed as
low grade, but some very high assays
are being obtained.
The Barbee & Walker mill, at Sill
ger Reef, will end its periodical run
within the next few days and then the
bullion resulting is to be shipped to
this city. This mill is operated on ores
taken from the mines of the camp by
abe chlorides and only runs when there
IS sufficient of the ores on the dump
20 (make operation profitable.