The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-13

Frank Wilson and w. j. Dooley, OF
the April Fool mine, at De Lamar
New. are stopping at the Walker
House.
Mr.. Wilson is one of the pioneers OF
De Lamar and was one of the first to
find gold in that section before the
camp was known by its present name
and was called Monkey Wrench OF
Helene.
The Magnolia was the first gold dis
covery to be made in the district,
and a few days afterwards Mr.. Wilson
and his associates found the April
Fool and also the ground which has
since been so extensively and success
fully developed by Captain ]. r. De
Lamar, Mr.. Wilson realizing a hand
some sum of money by the sale of this
property to the captain, while at the
same time he retained his interests in
the April Fool group, which, under his
careful and judicious management, has
come to the front as the second largest
gold producer in the state of Nevada.
The writer Well remembers the ap-
pearance OF the April Fool soon after
its discovery, as an open cut of small
dimensions was all the work that had
then been done upon it. But the ledge
was we'll exposed, all the same, and
the boys, in a highly excited manner,
were sacking high grade gold ore in
be seen, while their household affairs
were conducted in a tent cozily nestled
among the cedars near by.
Time has wrought wonderful
change, however, and now the prop
erty is equipped with a good mill
which is furnished with water by a
pipe line owned by the company; a
nice boarding house has been erected,
the mine has been extensively de-
veloped; while in the near vicinity is
the mammoth mill and works estab-
ished by Captain J. r. De Lamar.
In speaking with Mr.. Wilson con-
corning the April Fool, The Herald re-
porter was informed that the mill
which was erected something more
than year ago was treating 20 tons
of ore daily that carried average values
of $50 to the ton in gold, ana that a
high saving was being made. At the
same time the mine is showing up well
and a force of 40 men is employed at
the mine and mill.
Mr. Wilson also stated that the
Magnolia mine was coming to the front
in a most satisfactory manner and
that it gave promise of developing into
metals. In fact. that in its under
ground workings large bodies of high
grade ore had already been exposed.
In speaking of State Line and Eagle
Valley districts, Mr.. Wilson stated that
he was well pleased with the surface
showings of these camps, and he ex-
pressed the opinion that if the lodges
held their own with depth according
to surface showings, the west could
soon boast of two additional gold pro-
dusing districts, and as the ore is a
fine milling proposition there is 10
reason, although some distance from
railroad facilities, why the two camps
should not make splendid records dur
ing the next few years.
At Phoebe there is more than usual
activity in the mining line, and about
10 men are employed at the Yuba ex-
tension and the No. under the super
vision of such well known mining men
as viii Lloyd, the CODES and the
Burt boys.
Mr.. Wilson, who is nothing if not
believes that there is a
great future in store for the mining
camps in southern Nevada, and if all
had his persistency and good judgment
that region would more than double its
mineral output in the near future.
Messrs. Wilson and Dooley are in
the city on private business and they
expect to remain here for several days.