The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-31
fionIoe Salisbury Will Engage in
Mining Here.
HE IS A FAMOUS THURMAN
BROTHER OF o. j. SALISBURY. or
SALT LAKE.
He Is Selling on His Valuable Horse.
in the Elast-History of His c,r.
IN the West-Once Resided Here.

monroe Salisbury, the owner of Ais,
director and other record-breakins.
horses' who is about to end his csras,.
as turfman and devote his attention 10
ms mining interests in the west hos
Deen IN this city for the last two WOOL,
attending the sale of all hi, -.
OF MS stable. He is accomnsDi,5 ~ -. pm
=. Aa'ham' his right-hand man. wbo
"as VISITED last evening at the Hoffman
house by reporter for the New yorl-
Story about his friend. '"'ei eSti1s
me complete retirement of Mr. en-.
80 ALOm racing is merely a nna++e- -
u1le. ne said. He made a succes. =, OF
ast LS, LIdh oetore he owned a string NJ
teiSI horses, and he is merely ret,1rn;-s u
ms nrst love. He is now sboIt ~ mug 10
nc -. SdlIornia stock ranch into n fr,,t+
t ta ana he Will probably disnosa - 1 us
IT, ti,9 last string of horses within a sbort
His future residence will nrob.b1,, =.
; ;aAen up IN salt Lake City. He mas SOM
I I IN Cripple Creek and in ot t--as
RR, 10 u me west, but the interests 10
Wnlch ne VIII devote his sreafast go. -
IloH are in the region tributarv 70 SaIt
i Under statehood Utah gives nror1
ise OF rapid development The n,o,arolI,.
n l,r,7 aineduy started, and there is much
opportunity for profit in the new r,i-,i -
regions that are being opened IN
-. Much of his attention will be given 20
.ne ne" soid district in Utah Usually in
aiiIInus regions veins are found cutting
almost straight down into fbe eSro,,,5
BUT this vein lies on the surTa,s Trsia-
tlcaiiy speaking, spread out like q b1an-
ket' and broken only by volcanic fIjs4,,rt
arlces IN the past. On the present mining
area they have found ore in ,,a,-;,1s
quantities in every place where thaty 5s,,,e
sunk their shafts to the vein This 49,
IS ABOUT -FOUR miles wide by about tvref,,e
tllIes long. Besides these discoveries
however others are being made in ali
directions in strata that were ON aboIIt
the same level in the days of the old
Lake Bonneville, which once covered that
whole country.
Besides having large interests in +bis
region, however, lIr Salisbury has some
IN camp in the centre of Utah. called
Marysvale, which heretofore has been
neid back by the absence of a railroad
When was there last fall the P{o
Grande Western had its grade built to
the camp and was bringing in ties and
rails. 1t will push on as soon as tine
frost gets out of the grounds. Mr. Sal
isbury's interests are in both gold and
silver. He will operate good mines for
both metals.
When he first went west Mr.. Sails
bury was poor. He went from Buffalo. N.
Y, in the early hfties, and began freight
ing in small way and hauled freight
from the Missouri river to the govern
ment forts in Utah, Montana and Idaho.
AT that time the government had to
pay $40 per hundredWeight for the hauI
ing of its corn. He kept on until he had
built up one of the largest fre:shtsng
systems of the west, and only the build.
ing OF the Union Pacific railroad put an
end to the system.
After the building of the railroad he
and Jack Gilmer started a Montana
stage from Corinne. Utah to all the min
ing camps in Montana. They kept on
starting lines until they had over 5000
miles of mail routes in Utah. Idaho. Mon
tana, Colorado. Arizona. California, Ne
vada, Oregon. and Washington. They en-
ployed about 1,500 men. They carried
millions upon millions of dollars worth
Of bullion from the various mining camps
and they lost over $4,000 from road
agents. which sum they voluntarily made
up to the losers. In the star route in
vestigation at Washington Mr.. Salisbury
was completely exonerated.
He has had many fights with Indians
in his day. In travelling through the west
he would often find it necessary to form
his wagons into square for defense.
and to beat off some wandering tribe.
His most exciting experience was with
Comanches in New Mexico, during the
early ffties, when he had to beat off
a large tribe
Mr.. Salisbury is now about sixty years
old, but he still retains much of the
great physical strength that made him
famous in early days The story is told
of him that his wagons were stopped by
a squad of United States soldiers. and
that he grew angry and made at the
troops. When the officer in charge re-
ported back to the colonel. he gave in
formation that some of his men had
noses, ribs and arms broken. and others
were badly bruised and cut Mr.. Sails
bury was called before the officer. and
asked what weapons he had used. MY
fists" was the reply.
He told the officer he would not allow
any interference from the troops, and
took such an independent stand that he
was allowed to go his own way. 1t was
on this occasion that he met DR.. La
tham who was then an army surgeon.
The two have since been fast friends.
To his friends who have inquired what
he intended to do in mining. Mr.. Sails
bury has said that he intends to con-
tfnue the system that has made him
successful as an owner of race horses
He said:
Some men buy a poor horse, and try
to make something of him. [ have al
WAYS waited until 1 was sure l had
horse that would answer my purposes
Then I have made the most of him. Some
men will buy a poor mine, and will try
to make their fortunes from it. 1 intend
to get good mines. and then develop
them