The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-27
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Hays Cook viii No Longer Throw
Gold Over the Dump.

Hays COOK VIII no Longer Throw
Gold Over the Dump.
For many years Hays Cook has been
mining in the Star district, Beaver
county. He has seen his ups and
downs. with more downs than ups. and
he is known and respected throughout
the county for his integrity and good
nature; and, although he has put in
good work and striven hard to keep
even with the world, his accounts have
often been in the red" and, at the
age Of 73, with times getting harder
and harder, and panicky days before
him, the squaring of his ledger would
have been a difficult thing for him
TO accomplish, had it not been for a
fortunate discovery that was made a
short time ago. in consequence Of
which the old gentleman will soon be
on Easy street, where he should have
been many years ago if he had been
given his just dues.
For twenty years, at intervals, Mr..
Cook has been working a mine in Star
district, the product of which was sill
Yer lead ores, and this existed only in
stringers or pockets, so that the re-
turns from his shipments were not
much greater than the expenses in
CURED IN the development OF his mine.
ore Mr.. Wood encountered a body of
liver iron ore ranging from eighteen
inches TO two feet in width. This ore
he considered as worthless and for
years past he has been throwing it over
the dump, and all the time he was be-
wailing the fact that it was not a
good body of galena instead of worth
less stuff that was useless and only in
the way.
Ae II ba1ranad box.,a1,a,. he hoe boar,
making storehouse of his dump and
has also been opening up a bonanza
mine, as it has been discovered of late
that this liver iron ore is gold bearing;
that it carries 500 in the yellow metal
10 the ton, and now Mr.. Wood is the
happiest man in the south, and already
has nearly a carload Of this high grade
ore ready for shipment.
AS soon as returns are received from
this consignment Mr.. Wood will again
draw on his dump for another lot, and
as there is a large amount of this ore
already mined and on the surface, he
will have a goodly sum to his credit in
the bank before he is obliged to re-
sumo work in the mine, which, with
further development, will bring him
in a, regular and steady income.
There are many people in Milford
and vicinity who will be rejoiced to
llGdI VI All w OOO SoOu 1Ol IuIIS, anu
he can truthfully say that it is a long
road that never has any turn
Star district once famous for its
production of the precious metals, pre-
sents a field fof investments that
should not be overlooked by capitalists
and investors. 1t is the home Of many
once-noted surface producers, and in
this respect it is very similar in it's
general characteristics to the country
around Silver City, Tintic, and there
is no doubt but that in the near future
many paying mines will be opened
there.
The old town of Star was once a
busting, active camp, but, like many
other old-time mining centres in the
west, it has sunk to decay and deser-
ton, and now there is scarcely an in
habitant left there. It's mineral re-
sources, which are rich, have been but
barely prospected, in fact, and with
the increased interest so noticeable in
mining of late, there is every reason to
believe that the district will soon
awaken from its long sleep and once
again enrich the world with its wealth
of hidden treasure.