The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-09

Moab. Utah. Oct. 6.-While the pros
pectors at work this summer in and
about Miners Basin on the La Sal
mountains have received encourage
ment for every foot of work they have
driven on their claims, their latest find
is what viii top the climax and makes
certain the future of the district. The
past week McGraw, Miles and Howell,
working on the Clear Crystle claim "
ing between the head of Little Castle
Valley creek and Beaver basin, right
on the backbone Of the La SAILS and
Just under the shadow OF Mount Wahs
the second highest peak of the La
SAILS, over l3, 600 feet high, uncovered
2-foot vein of spar tylng between
granite walls, from which an assay Of
the average vein gave $20S in free gold
to the ton. The richness of the vein
can be seen with the naked eye, as it
shows free gold specks all through it.
This vein was cut at the end of an IS
foot tunnel run through solid granite.
The Clear Crystle lays nearly parallel
and in close proximity to the Green
Mountain. Little Dot and Bryan claims
owned by N1cGraw Sc Loutzenheiser.
from which the 1000 ore in silver and
copper, reported some time ago, was
taken.
Mineral mountain, the name of the
peak at the head of Miners Basin, on
which, and in close proximity to, are
located most of the rich claims discov-
cred this year on the north end of the
La SAILS, is certainly web named On
this mountain, northeast of the Bryan,
Green Mountain and Little Dot claims,
lays the High Ore, also owned by Nc
GraW & LoutzenheisBr, from which G.e
o1ro TOD
$50 in gold and copper. Still further
northwest and all within a distance Of
half mile. lays the NJ. 1. F. claim,
owned by Fowler, Hepburn & Wolfe,
who have followed the other discover
les with one of 214-foot vein of ore as
saying S179 in. gold.
The north fork of Mill creek heads
into this district on the south and
Beaver basin heads in from the east
back" dividing them. Through this
ridge from Beaver to Mill creek Nc
Graw, Hepburn, Fowler, Wolf, How
ellis and Miles. all interested in claims
in this district, have located tunnel
site and viii put in the winter driving
it This tunnel will cut many of the
veins now discovered at depth of
l,500 feet The tunnel as surveyed, will
be about 1000 feet long 1t is near
prospector and miner, we'll known in
all western mining camps, is at work
on claims owned by himself and Rob
ert j. Thompson, from which he is TAX
ing some rich ore, and when asked
regarding it, said: This looks we'll
enough to stay with.
Mr.. McGraw visited Moab today to
interest the county commissioners of
Grand county to construct a wagon
road from the county road in Little
Castle Valley to Miners Basin. a dis
lance of less than three miles. The
commissioners had adjourned before
his arrival, but the question Will be
taken up at their next regular meet
ing.
There are at least two months yet
this fail in which prospecting in the La
sails may be carried on and from pres
ent indications it will be used by many.
Mining operations can be carried on in
the La SAILS throughout the year, once
roads are constructed over which to
carry supplies
Gordon Rimball. the Colorado min
ing man, who has spent the summer in
this district watching mining develop
ments and who has claims in the head
of Beaver basin. near those of Nc
Graw ct al. came back from the
mountain the first of the week, where
he had been experimenting some work
for the past two weeks and when
asked "the best word " =imuiy ~lov
some ore specked with free gold and
said, that ought to be good enough"
He left next day for Denver and said
he would be back in a week or ten
days. 1t has been understood here
that he is associated with and repre-
sents several Denver capitalists and it
IS quite certain that he will be ac-
companied by others on his return.
Edward Loose of Provo, who is
interested with LeXter Taylor and John
Sleeves in the copper properties at Big
Indian, lately purchased from May
Kline ct al. is here this week and will
make the second payment on these
properties while here, amounting to
several thousand dollars. This prop
erty Will be sending out copper matte
in a few months. They now have a
force of men at work putting the prop
erty in shape.
A large amount Of tools and mine
supplies went through here today
bound for the Blue mountains This
is being sent in by the Blue Mountain
Tunnel company, which will commence
work at once on their tunnel.
S. n. King has Is men at work on the
tool road from Moab to Cisco and is
rushing the work as rapidly as posi-
bic. Contracts have been let for a
portion Of it. He has already demon
strated by the progress made in two
weeks work into the canyon that it is
not going TO be so great an underf3k-
ing as many people imagine. 1t is
over this route that the traffic to the
La Sal mountains must go and the
road viii be finished before the spring
rush sets in.
THE GOLDEN FLEECE.
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