The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-15
GOLD IN WHISKY PARK.
Rush for the Hahn's Peak Country
East of Vernal.

East OIL Srnal.
A great deal of interest is being taken
at the present time in the Hahn's Peak
country. in northwestern Colorado, Just
east Of Uintah county, Utah. and also
in the Grand 1Sncampmelt district, lust
north of Hahn's Peak. in Wyoming,
both of which are gold amps of great
promise; but this interest mas been in
tensified of late by reports of wonder
fully rich finds in Whisk-- Park. n liIe
Hams Peak region, conc ning which
& special from Columbine says.
Nothing is talked of now in eaml eX-
cept Whisky Park. Every one VINO IS
loot loose IS locating claims there. and
good mineral is being found On ali sides.
Three good strikes have been made
within the last two weeks, which are
claimed to be even better Than the one
which first caused the excitement. AID
in addition to this it s claimed that
Frank Martin has discovered the sol roe
OF the placer gold in Red Park. Ed Mar
TN, while prospecting several miles
from Whisky Park. found A pile of
rocks which had the appearance of hav-
ing al some time been pllc there by
the hand of man. and While removing
some from the surface, found thar an
old shaft had been filed with than.
There was no doubt about his, a.
marks on the side. Melting SHOWS had
nearly illed this shaft 10 tie surface,
so that it was impossible at present to
get to the bottom, but enough was
taken out to prove that the shaft was
sunk on an extensive lead and that the
shaft had been filed after the eXpendi-
ture Of much time and labor. Further
prospecting in the vicinity vas cone
and a large pile of mn,.nt iimbeTs was
found rotted down into leap. but still
showing evidences of having b,en I rep
erly SHAPED and carefully stacked. To
get them into the condition in Which
they were found, not .ess than > TO 30
years must have passed.
THE LOST KOMSTOCKER.
The finding of these evidences again
reviveS the old camp fire story of the
Swede, an old time employee on the
Comstock lode. who struck Rawlins
just after the completion of the Union
Pacific railroad. As the story runs,
everyone considered him originally in
sufficiently baked or afterwards
cracked in the upper story. and his
whole being seemed to be thoroughly
saturated with the idea that he was to
be the discoverer of a second and richer
Householder, as he expressed it. He
had some means ard purchased a pony
and outfit and struck out to the
sOuLli, Cldiln1lS. although 1T lldI llCN Ct
been in that section, that spirits had
told him that he was to make his find
away to the south toward the newly
discovered Hahn's Peak country. Moth
ing more was seen of him until the
next spring, a year from that time,
when he struck the town with his pony
loaded down with rich ore which was
readily disposed of and new supplies
laid in He was much more reticent,
but sal he had found his Householder.
and purchased two more ponies and
several ore sacks. People were greatly
excited. and proceeded to carefully
watch him, calculating to follow him
to his find, but although apparently
unsuspGciOus he was undoubtedly
to foil them. For weeks they watched,
but finally he gave them the slip, and
no vestige of his trail could be found.
and their only consolation was that the
next time they would probably have
better luck.
He NEVER CAME BACK.
Late in the fall, several months after |
he had given them the slip. some cow
boys, rounding up stock near where |
Dixon, Wyo., now is. found his saddle |
pony and one of the pack animals with !
the saddles on, and from indications I
they had been there for months. The |
Swede never came back, as far as
known, but for a number of years no I
one ever hunted over in that section (
without remembering and hoping to /
find the Householder. Martin is prob
ably the lucky man.
A miner VINO is and has been a resi- /
dent of the Gunnison country since the !
first discovery of mineral there, visited /
Whisky park a few days ago and AT
once skipped back for his belongings. /
When asked what he thought of the
camp he went into an ecstatic state.
WHY, sir, 1 have been in Gunnison
since the first discovery of mineral.
Know it from 4 10 lizard, and there is
more good mineral in Whisky lark
than in the whole Gunnison country.
You might call the park by any other
name and it is a world heater I vas
looking for a new camp Of merit. and
Whisky park is good enough for me and 4
all my friends. We propose 70 get there.
Eli"
PLENTY OF CLAIMS STAKED.
There are probably $50 new men at
the park already, and the assures are
being staked and worked bit: north
and south. Some eXten1 far into WTo-
ming toward the Grand EncamDment
locations. which are only about 10 to u
niles distant. The territory between L
the two camps IS ~ present causing L
-he most interest, but mineral If a I
good quality is being taken on; down
vest to Black mountain, ten miles west
IF the park. and good locations nave 4
been made ten miles east. Many peo-
ole hooted at the .dea year lgo that
he Hahn's Peak nd Grand IncGmp- B
nent were one and the same rich belt.
Now the same parties tell the new
;omer that I always knew it
Keith & Co, VINO were drifting on
BED rock last winter and pililg ;Eeir
iirt up to be washed when the SHOWS
melted. now find that the gravel was
ar richer than they even hoped fer.
n fact. rich sn0ugh 50 that they could
ave made first--Liss wages las winter
~ melting snow over the fire and pan
ling. This is also the case with TIE
)lacers Of the CONT Mining company
II Twenty Mile park. These later PAR
les have gold. the grains IT vi ch
ange from the size vf alfalfa seed to
nuggets of seva-u ounces.