The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-25
BUSINESS, MINING AND STOCKS

called attention to the fact that Salt
Lake city was nearly surrounded with
nils filled with mineral. aud that with
out doubt good mines would be deveI-
oped almost within the corporation lin
It's OF this city, if little systematic
mining and prospecting was done.
The TACT is the strata Of sand under
lying this city and Salt Lake valley
carries gold in varying quantities, and
the only thing that stands in the way
OF realizing this wealth is to devise
some inexpensive way of saving it.
Last year considerable prospecting
was done in this direction and for a
time there was quite furore among
mining men regarding the placer de-
posts adjacent to this city, but the
Mercur boom diverted their attention
and the search for the golden sands in
this valley was allowed to languish and
then to die out almost entirely.
Last fail a little experimenting in
this direction was quietly carried out
IN City Park subdivision, and when the
strata OF fine granite sand was reached
II was demonstrated that it carried 81 in
gold to the ton, and that il could be
successfully treated by the cyanide pro-
cess, and as these deposits are mex
haustible, it would seem as if some
practical man would take advantage of
this avenue TO wealth and opulence
and open UP this inviting industry. The
sand and gravel deposits of this val
ley are all alive with gold, and a gen
ueman well posted in this matter says
that he is willing to wager that every
wagon load of sand that is hauled
through the streets of this city carries
values of 81 in gold to the load.
We have mentioned that at the pres
ent time considerable mining near this
city is now being carried on in a quiet
way, and that considerable locating
was even now going on, and we believe
that If anyone was interested enough to
inquire into this matter and would go
up into Parley's canyon mile or 50
and then cross over into Emigration
canyon, that he would see something
that would surprise him, and that
then, the fever coming upon him, he
might make a location or two him
self.
The ores that are now called Mer-
cur ores, whether of a Sedimentary
formation or not, will most likely be
found anywhere along the shores of old
Lake Bonneville, and a gentleman who
has made a careful study Of the Mer-
cur ore and the Mercur formation, says
that in his estimation the same fOrma-
ton will be found anywhere in the
mountains surrounding this great
inland valley at an altitude equivalent
to that of Mercur which is about 1000
feet above sea level Whether or not
the ore would carry the same values of
the Mercur ore, remains to be seen:
but, all the same, it would be we'll for
the prospector to carry his barometer
with him and when he had scaled the
adjacent hills and reached the Mercur
aItifIT1p bn M oi11t then TrOCDppt in nh a
most likely place that presented itself,
with a fair chance of finding some
thing.
Yesterday morning we made mention
of the old Bob Ingersoll mine just
above Popperton place, east of the city
and 1t was certainly news to many of
our readers to know that any mining
was going on there. Yet this mine has
been worked for several years in
dssultory way, and the owners are
confident that in this property they
have the making of a paying mine, and
they were rather reluctant about let
ting the public know what they were
doing, but as the truth would come out
sooner or later, they decided to give
publicity to what was going on in that
locality. and it is likely that they will
soon have plenty of nels nbors. for it
has been satisfactorily proven that the
stIOIAS ieoSSs up py the hne
kilns above Popperton place are
mineral bearing, and that they
carry values in gold amounting to 81
in gold to the ton at the grass roots.
This. for surface croppings, should be
considered as most encouraging indi-
cations, and with such a showing any
where else, the hills would be full Of
men. and location stakes would be
thicker than mosquitoes along the
Mississippi river IN the spring time.
At the present time a small-sized
mining boom is being carefully nursed
just above Hot Springs. and The Her
aid is informed that large bodies of
ore have been found there that assay
60 cents in gold at the grass roots. It
is further stated that this ore can be
treated by the cyanide process and
that without doubt the ore body will
carry greater values with depth
One Of the interesting features con-
nected with the building of Salt Lakes
magnificent temple is the fact that
nearly every block Of granite that
holds a place in the noble pile is
mineral bearing and carries gold to the
value of S2.11 to the ton.
This granite was quarried at the
mouth Of Little Cottonwood canyon,
and there is every reason to believe
IhaC Immensely flch goId mines Will be
found in that locality.
AS soon as summer comes again"
we expect to see e great deal of pros
pecting going on in the vicinity of this
city and there is every reason to be-
lieve that success will crown the efforts
Of those who can resist the desire
to roam in search of wealth. and who
will investigate the resources offered
so near at home.