The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-24
START IN a SMALL WAY.
Opportunities offered In a Number of
Utah Mining Camns.


Utah differs in one thing from any
other mining state in the Union" said
an experienced mining man to a rep
resentadve of The Herald yesterday.
In Colorado, California, Idaho and
Oregon. the gentleman continued. "al-
most every free milling gold camp has
It's small stamp mill, or two or three
OF them, ard where the distance from
the railroad is great or the mines are
inaccessible, the old-time arastra is
used with success, and by pursuing
this method mining men with small
means or with a promising prospect
are able TO make 4 small stake which
in the end VIII lead TO better things
and at the same time their properties
are being developed
In Utah it is different. and there is
hardly q camp where q small mill is
IN operation, as it seems TO be the rul-
ms thought with owners of small mines
that big plant must be installed. or
nothing. and in nine out of ten in
stances nothing is done and the claim
owner waits around year after year
waiting Tor something to turn ND,
While there is no reason why he should
not be milling his own ore in a small
way, and besides making more than
Wages. his property would be opened
up right along so that in time the con-
dtiou Of the property and the ore in
sight would justify the erection OF a
mill with Il larger capacity, and he
would have the money in his pocket
with which to build it
While Utah has the reputation of
being a silver producing country, it can
boast OF The possession of several
camps in which fine lodges of free mill
lES gold ore have been discovered and
prospected, and in any one of these a
small stamp mill. or a cruSher with
amalgamation attachment, would pay
for the development of the mine. make
the owner a good living and leave him
something extra for d rainy day. State
Line furnishes q number of excellent
opportunities in this direction, and so
does Gold Mountain, Deep Creek, Blue
Mountains. the La Sale. Newton. and
in Box Elder county there are a num-
her of camps where q small plant could
be worked 20 advantage and at q profit
If the owners Of properties there would
Only De content at first With small
things.
ITO Illustrate" the gentleman went
On to say. Suppose. for instance,
claim holder had uncovered d foot or a
tWo-foot vein of free milling ore that
would carry average values OF from $40
TO $50 TO the ton in sold. This would
not pay to ship and the pr0spector is
not able to develop the mine in thor
ough manner as it should be. He wants
$4,000, $4,000 or 100000 for the pros
pect. but IN its undeNeloped state no
one viii look at these figures. With
these conditions staring him in the face
he is stalled and can DO nothing unless
he is willing 10 make the mine pay him
something While he is prosecuting work
in its Development With 4 UWo-stamp
mill, which VIII cost him $3.50. he can
treat three tons Of ore daily. a horse
Wllim VIII cost him $50 more and any
plug Of q horse viii furnish the power
for the plant. At the utmost it would
require but three men and a boy so
operate the mine and the mill; two
men and 2 boy to mine and convey the
ore to the mill, While one man could
feed the plant and I''ln il. Suppose, for
instance. that these three men were
partners and that the cleanup amount
ed to SIC ton or $50 4 day, and this
allowing the men wages at 50 a day and
the boy 81. would leave Il net profit of
$50 4 day TO be divided between the
three, which would not he bad. even if
d dollar or two more should be added
to the expense account in the way of
horse feed and powder.
But SAYS the claim holder. I can
not get hold Of the necessary $500 TO
start with, so what am I to do?'
My answer TO this. replied the gem
tleman, is that the claim holder should
be willing to make some sacrifices
There may be millions in the claim. but
they would never do him any good I'M
less he is able to get the ore out. and
he had better give hair of his claim
to someone who VIII erect a small plant
on the ground and Join him in its
operation In this way the DrosDector
viii be able to get a start and in the
end his remaining one-half Iill be
worth ten times more to him than the
whole of the ground was before when
he was unable to work it