Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-05
OLD LINCOLN DISTRICT.
Silver Bullets Used Against Indians
and Wolves.
minsrsviiis's Esyivons, New quiet. a-s
Pail Of mineral Promise, IhinEs
ESSAY Caish.


oldest iowa In this part Of Utah, and
with the exception Of PAtowan aud
Cedar IL the oldest In the southern
part Il the State. IL 10 entitled to n
oistlnc'ion which It onjoys to very
limited degree n At all in being the
pioneer In the mining Industry In this
section Of the globe, meaning the vast
espanse Of countfy lying between the
Missouri aud the Sacramento rivers.
AZ far back Ne 1858 some Of the metal.
lie resources VI the place were observed
and located 10 the year following, ihe
chisf characteristics Of that time being
lead which subsequently, was disoov.
cred 10 be exceedingly hard and
gradually getting harder, the cause
being the presence and incfeas-
ing percentage Of silver Ia tue
ores. There was also, ah has
been disclosed In later yeaTs,
sons little gold, but the pi0nters were
not skilled mttalluTgists, and N they
had boen were not In possession Of the
appliances and chemicals by which
separation could have been made, IL
Ia doubtless the case that many Of the
handmade bullets Of that day were
more valuable than any others ever
used by man In his civilized state, anu
whom one OF them penetrated an In
dian or . woli--boih OF which abound.
ed in those dhyt-neither realized
the luxuflousness OF the means by
which he was waited hence; on the
contrary they Kept out Of range as care.
fully na though the messenger Of dlsso.
luton were nothing mOfe than pleblAn
lead. OF course the precious metals, like
genuine merit In all the circumstances
Of life, could not he kept in cultivation
long and the animate savAgeTy was
Kept In subsection and decline by means
Of psllsls from which the more desif-
able elements had been catsiully En-.
tracteu.
The nfet mine 10 be opened here, In
what h nov Lincoln mining dislfloi,
was called tho Hollins, 10 honor
~ ono OF the dlscoyersrs, OK.
Bishop Henry Rollins. Thls re-.
miuds mo that he ~ now Ia a
piecaTious condition, belng extremely
III, with his advanced t-SO-ielllDg
against him. AZ II supplied all needs
Ia its line Tor the time being,
the Industry remained where II
began Tor several ytafs. The
next We heard VI II was Ia
1870, when E.M. ThompiOn OF BeSvOr
discovered anu c,Isu the Forest
Queer, this being followed IN rapid
succession by other locations and the
district was formally oTgRsizei on Jan.
10, 1871, less iovmal Organization
usdst tho name OF this Pioneer having
previously laktn place. Tue Rollins
changed hAuds anu name, becoming,
the Lincoln, and was q nucleus OF
camp which grew until II assumed
co siderable proportions, containing at
one time no lesa than 1850 nous ., or
more than Minersvillo itself and being
some three miles distant noTtheasterly.
1 have already told you OF Ihs sinking
VI u spring Uf living water ut low
place IN the wOTkingt, and like n hink
ing ship, all energies were directed TO.
ward Teseulng the property from
the unwslcome element. These
were only partially successful
for obvious IeA,ops, although many
Thousands OF dollars were spent in the
unequal contest. The work has bsvn
practically suspended OF late yeAte. but
Il Ia quite PROBABLE that when tho Legal
entanglementb which now involve the
properly aud which In one form or
auolbrT seem infepaiAble from great
mining operations, are settled, II will
be resumed on a large scale. The
more recent developments OF science
anu greater familiarity with the difii.
culties to be confronted will doubtless
make II practicable TO exploit ami de.
plels this great vein OF mineral wealth
a. far Ne the cunning aud endurance Of
man will enable him to follow II.
The decentralization Of silver fol.
lowed hard upon tho shutting down
u active work In the "Llncolu" aud
n general feeling Of encouragement
psfyaded the camp. One alter another
followed suit until the place was pfac-
tically abandoned, ami only asses,-
ment worK with an occasional experi-
mental or contract job have uten the
rule since. This 10 40 because II Ia 10,
aud that IL about the only reason thst
can be- found. Tbs ores Of the district
are Ia places no rich, accessible aud
abundant that shipments In the earlier
days brought back well nigh a eeAselesS
fi1w OF money, and 20 far from these
being exhaustive or even extensively |
drawn upon, they aro only at the
threshold OF thsif capacity. There are |
but few shafts or tunnels In more |
than 100 iset, aud a. most, II
not all the principal mines are true
fissuTe', It can readily be seen that II Ia
tue beginning rather than the ending |
Of Lincoln districps career that con.
fronts us. write thus extensively |
upon this subject because none OF the |
lapefs has 90 lar given II the attention |
witch ius importance and promises |
eptltls It to, and Tor tue further reason |
thaII have made perst nal inspection |
OF the district anu can say without the |
fear ot successful contradiction that |
greater ore bodies are not TO he iout d |
within the borders Of this truly |
wealthy and growing Slate, Other |
visitors have gone over the ground ana |
made similar observations, but failed to |
place the same where they would do
the most good.
To specify as TO oven n part OF the
developed properties Of tho district |
would al this time epcroaoh too much |
on your space; II may receive attention
later on, and II 90 you may depend
upon It that the subject will Justify
the expenditure. Lincoln IL as certain
% forge to the front again ana remain
there ~ that nothing was made IN
vain. Int place where there " little
but mineral eueAth the upper crust OF
the Goil, and mineral whose average
value Ia more than that Of many OF tue
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