The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25

MS experience in this direction. "One
time. manysyears ago, said he, Il was
working a mine in the west hills
ran a tunnel on a fairly good lead of
gold ore and had fair-sized dump
when | struck water, and just about
that time my attention was diverted
to another camp. Fifteen years after
wards l returned to the mine, which
was in an inaccessible place. 1t had
never been touched during my alb
sence or relocated. But you may judge
of my surprise, however, when l found
that the dump was a solid mass of
gold ore.
How did ] account for it, you say?
well. I never did settle the question
to my satisfaction, unless it was that
the water. which came from the tunnel
and emDtied onto and into the dump,
held gold in solution. which, by some
natural chemical action, was precipi-
tated uDon and taken up by the waste
and rock in the dump
A recent issue. Of the Butte Inter
Mountain contained an article on
Does Gold Grove" as follows:
They were all weather beaten trail
blazers, who had led the march of
civilization into the mountains. and
as they toasted their shins by the big
stove in Lon Pickett's hotel bar at
Melrose. their conversation wandered
from the recent election and the de-
parted glories- of other days to the
latest discoveries in science. John
Helehan had just Quit reading from .
mining journal about Professor En-
mons discovery of the method of trans
muting silver into gold.
Il think Emmons is a humbug," said
old Judge Lonely. a California Argo-
maui. The old alchemists, you know,
tried that, but they might as well have
tried to make an. apple seed. Nature
holds the germ, and all the scientists
no initiate her can do is to quicken
its growth
I've heardl tell of gold growing"
remarked Will Robbins.
so have l." said the judge. but
you have never seen it grow, have
you? l don't believe all the warns
these experts spin, anyhow
Boys" spoke up John Treanor, per
haps I have got some queer old no.
tons slowed away under this diggin
hat of mine. but for 80 years, man and
boy, I've been a prOspectOr, and I've
been dom some thinking. And I tell
you now that ] believe gold does
grow Twenty years ago 1 struck the
Locust and sank a shaft. 1t was sill
Yer ore. and after diggin for awhile
l gave il uD in disgust. Then l wan
dered over TO the other side of the
range and located the Banner. copper
mine now in the possession of the
Anaconda company I mOseyed around
for awhile. and eight years ago I
went back to my old love. the Locust.
Hang me if I could believe my eyes,
boys, when I found the prettiest ledge
of gold ore right where the silver ledge
was. It was as pretty Us a picture,
and | kept right on diggin and have
been diggin in that hole ever since
1t seemed TO me that in the places
richer. 1 run three tunnels at the bot
tom, but found the gold was not yet
ripe so | lust closed I'D the tunnels
and let them rest for few years
Blame me. if l don't think Hank
Stebbins does the same thing, said
Jack Flee. Hank lives ~ IN Soap
Gulch. and has claim he calls the
Belcher He discovered it 80 years
ago when Wash StaDleton was max
ing bullets in his mine to kill Indians
with II is in a reef OF sand living be-
tween the lime formation that borders
on the MelrOse valley and the stratified
gneiss formation that runs from that
point TO the base Of Red mountain
Thirty years ago Hank discovered
that there were globuies of silver in
the sand. and located il. but there
wasn't enough mineral to pay and he
abandoned it. Ten years ago he went
back to the old mine and began turn
ing over the sand. He began 10 find
chunks of gold instead of silver. He
has a good thing Of it now. He mines
it like the Mexicans used 10 mine it
years ago. He cuts stairs in the sand
and takes the rock W. in a candle
box and sorts it over. Now, all he has
to do when he wants to make stake
is to 60 down to the sand pile and
wiggle 3 crowbar for a few minutes
and up comes a piece of shining gold.
Several capitalists have attempted TO
get hold of the mine, and one Of
Heinzes agents made him a good Of
fer for it, but Hank won't sell, for he
is sure he has a fortune if the gold
keeps on growing"