The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-12

After tvs months spent in prospecting
to the northwest Of Price for deposits
of paraffine and elaterite, those two val
liable hydrocarbons which are now in
such demand throughout the world in
both commerce and the arts, Cass Hite
returned 10 the city yesterday afternoon
and took up his headquarters at the Wal
ker as usual. He is here for the purpose
of closing up some personal ma alters pre-
paratory to returning 10 the same section
of country on the same mission that has
claimed his attention for the past. sixty
days. Cass is highly elated over the dis
coveries made by him while out on this
prospecting tour and the indications are
that some important deals viii be the
final result of his researches. He says
the entire section of country commencing
about fifteen miles from Price and eX-
tending northwest to the Duchesne river
and strawberry, being from forty to
fifty miles in length and from ten to
twenty miles in width, is .illed with the
paraffne, or mineral wax, and the only
difficulty is in finding it IN deposits which
could be prohtablI developed and which
would furnish some good sized shipments
TO the outside world. While he does not
say so, it is understood that Bite has
made some new discoveries which will
open the eyes of the public when the de-
tails are given out Thousands upon
thousands of dollars haze been spent in
prospecting this great belt and yet bur
comparatively few OF the expeditions have
been entirely successful on account of
the many difficulties which must of neceS-
sity be overcome, chief among which is.
of course, the inability OF the prospector
to find the paraffine in deposits of suffi-
clent magnitude 10 pay for the working.
Each year is extending the developments,
however, and now Things are shaping
themselves for the extensive opening up OF
the known deposits and the location Of
new. Salt Lake company, under the
mana cement of Mr.. Burton, is now oper
ating in Whitemore canyon and opening
up a very extensive deposit of the miner
al wax, shipments OF which are being
made 20 all parts of the United States
and even to Europe. CasS says the
yet discovered and developed in the whole
belt and the investment should prove
profitable one. In q recent issue the
Scientific American makes the statement
that in the vicinity of Price and the
reservation there is sufficient of this min
eral wax 10 supply the entire candle
power of that section Of the country ly-
ing west of the Missouri river for ages
Then there are the wonderful deposits
of gilsonite, asphaltunl and the other hy-
drocarbons, both on and OFF the reserva-
tons and all commanding attention. The
st. Louis Gilsonite company IS shipping
very heavily, its product going all over
the world, and the company clears up
81 900 on every carload moved. So heavy
is the demand for the giIsonite, that the
company was last week forced to refuse
an order for five carloads. In view of
Jne TACT IudI ninety mic maui Dy
wagon is necessary, the amount cleared
by the company on its shipments seems
very great.
Speaking of the reservations and the
commission appointed to allot the lands
Of the Uncompahgres, Hite says that as
far as appears on the surface the latter
has made no Roadway. None of the In
dams have received their homesteads,
nor have any open moves been made by
the commission, except to take jaunts
around the country. The people are anx-
iously waiting the proclamation which
will throw the reservations open to set
tlement. but it is now very generally
accepted that there Will be no move made
in this matter until after the close of the
present year.
Splendid reports have just been received
from down on the Colorado by Hite. The
waters are fast receding and the placer
miners will soon be able to get down 10
work Work at the Good Hope bar is
progressing favorably and the water
wheels should be in in time TO make
operation possible toward the end of the
season. Ben Hite is just getting down 10
work and the miners al along the river
are doing well, although they are not
getting fabulously rich.