The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-30
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Ogden, January 80.
GOING TO THE MOUNTAIN.
Ogden, January 80.

GOING TO THE MOUNTAIN.
Little Mountain will not come to Og-
den, so Ogden is going to Little Noun
tain-at least a good many of her citi-
zens are. The new gold field was the
main subject of conversation yesterday
and parties were leaving for the place
all day. Late Tuesday night several
parties who had gone down there re-
turned, but the reports they brought
were conflicting. Some said the excite
ment had no foundation; others that
there was good cause for it. This
much seems settled: There is a large
body of ore there, but whether it will
pay or not is the question.
]. 2. Carlson and ]. NJ. Graham 10
Gated a number Of claims.
H. Z. Grow, Ed Smith, Charley Smith
and Z. N Mccormick went out and
located a number of claims, bringing
back q bag OF various samples of ore.
Various samples of the ore may be
seen at this Office. The outcropping is
of a clear white quartz. Instead of
running in veins as quartz is usually
found in this vicinity. it seems to crop
out all over this barren plateau. When
followed down the quartz changes to
dark brownish ore. Some call it de-
composed quartz. Be the name what
it may, the ore is brittle and can be
broken with the fingers. Much OF 1t
can be reduced to dust by rubbing it
between the hands. The claim owned
by Fred Hough is the deepest on the
ground. being about thirty-hve feet
down. The ore at this depth is quite
soft and OF a yellowish color Some of
icf1 10 hi nf
The whole mountain seems to be made
Of this material just as if in the for
nation it had been forced up by the
earth's gases like yeast forces a bis
cult to expand Under the crust is
found this soft yellow substance.
In the excitement of the first rush
there many parties lost their way.
The best way to go is by way Of Five
Points, thence down through Slater
Vile past the Mccarthy ranch about
four miles. The mountain may be
seen clearly from window near the
Herald office. From here it resembles
gigantic whale stranded on the lake
shore. The country about it is barren
ground on which little grows except
grease wood, sage brush or salt grass.
Little Mountain rises up out of this
in plateau, the top being about 400
Geet from the plain. In length the pla-
teau is about seven miles and i'll width
it varies from one-half to one and a
half miles.
Edwin Dix of Plain City. who was
for two terms assessor of Weber coun-
ty, and later was county statistician,
and is also the present chairman Of the
Republican county committee, was seen
by a Herald reporter and talked about
the camp. Mr.. Dix has not been to
Little Mountain for several years
said that as far back as twenty light
years ago the citizens of Plain City did
considerable prospecting there. He was
among them and worked there TIE
most of one winter putting UP a cabin
for the purpose. They finally aban-
doned the place because they never
found ore running more than a few
dollars to the ton. The assays, he said,
showed silver as we'll as gold. He saw
the specimens of ore here in the Iel aid
office and said that there is lots of that
kind of ore out there. He rather in
clines to the belief that the geology of
the place is more like that Of Bingham
and Cottonwood than like Mercur
Adam Patterson and ]. c. Armstrong
own large portion of land there, hav-
ing acquired a title from the railroad
They had no knowledge of their being
any mineral there until the develop
ments Of the last few days.
w. H. Harvey, author Of Coin" also
owns a residence down there. The
house is a good one and was built by
Mr.. Harvey as a part Of a ranching
scheme which he entertained at ore
time.
Filings on claims have been recorded
quietly for a few days past. Among
the first filers were A. Sebring, Fred
Hough and Caleb Parry.
Yesterday notices of location were
filed on two claims, the Western say
and the Lone Star. The locators are
c. P. HUMPHREYS, L. J. Reeder, A. J.
Anderson and James Binne.