The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-10-15
MINING NOTES.

i'""'I7 Anl one san Francisco ucutle-
man has just been formed. aud u ia.
vorablc reports arc received from
klondikc In the near future. the party
will leave Tor thi, land u gold dollar,
early in the spring Two doctors will
form part ofihc personnel OF the party,
while a druggist will also 20 along
aud take with HIM a stock Of drugs.
Some prominent business men Of salt
Lake Intend 20 join the adyonturcrs
Prospecting ON the La sale noun
tnins In southern tab. aregion which
gives promise Of great richness. is
being cncrgetically pushed The rich
hoat which has been 40 often found
came from some place and IL remains
for some lucky prospcctor to find Il.
Gold can be found in the gravel OF
every stream leading from the la
sails aud can come from no other
20 ircc than the mineral veins In the
mountains
a Utah prospcctor has found picc,
OF sylvanite ore In au unfreaucnted
region mot a hundred miles from
Salt Lake City" aud Is spending much
time looking for the vein. The float
suggests cNtravagant values. and mon.
led men are encouraging the pros.
pector In his search. as they believe
another Cripple Creek will be built II
the ledge is found, as the ore Is iden.
teal with the famous Cripple Creek
ore.
Roy Wayne, n. Fitzgerald aud W.
Gear three Camp Floyd miners were
visiting the Bicycle group and had
gone down an incline In that property
run some time ago. When down about
200 feet In the incline. bear said 10
weigh somewhere between 700 aud 5OO0
pounds, met them and protested their
right TO the tunnel. The three gentle.
men are good miners, hut don't make
any prctcnsions 10 bear hunting. con.
sequently they retired as rapidly as
possible. No lives were lost, and the
purchase Of new pair OF pants fitted
Gear up rs good rs new.
An old and experienced mining man,
from Tolumne county, California Just
returned from the Yaqui country In
Mexico, brings tho first authentic In.
formation about the gold region there.
He describes the country rs n rolling
valley about % by 30 miles In area and
says the gold is found In the foothills
nj the edge. IL il reached by road
from Ortiz station on the sonora rail.
way si5 miles south OF Nogales aud
90 miles north Of Guaymas. The
ground Ia very rich In placer The
gold Ia coarse aud heavy and 4 we'll
washed. In the vicinity are MANY
quartz lodges from six To ten feet with
free millinggold ore, much OF 1t high
grade.
Among the numerous Rlondises
that are daily being discovered, Utah
has probably the origina onel. IL
was discovered many year, ago, before
the uintah reservation, In whose con
Zines IL ia, was established by Abe Lin.
coin then president Through tho
personal influence OF brigham Young
the discoverer abandoned the claim
and later the reservation was cstnb.
lished which precluded further work
Assays have shown $1,000 10 the ton.
but as the story has been growing for
thirty years, the real values may be
somewhat less Al any rate. heirs OF
Rhodes, who was the original discov.
ercr backed by influential Denver
parties, ART endeavoring To get lease
from the indians and liz endorsement
by the interior department, In order
70 work the mine The values are
said 10 exist
The Statesman OF Boise, Ida, saws:
The Loon creek excitement Is well re-.
membered by the old miners OF the
state, Loon creek BECAME famous
because Of rich placer deposits found
there. These were so good that they
created a stampede, The diggings
however did not prove TO be extensive
and the excitement soon died out. Nc
ledge was found that could have
thrown OF the gold and the forma.
tion and the lay Of the land were such
ns 10 puzzle the explorers. But when
the gulch was abandoned Il was with
the conviction that the key to the
problem would some time be found.
According 20 the story now brought
In, the source Of the gold has been
discovered II Is reported that a ledge
has been found and opened that is 40
feet wide and comparatively high
grade. Several holes were sunk Ia the
ledge and the ore found 10 be good at
each point From the location Of the
lead the prospector is satisfied the
gold In Loon creek gulch came from
&. Loon creek is tributary OF the
south fork Of the salmon
Five men took $4,000 from indie
pea eeusr mountain, Wyoming, placer
6!gsings. In two weeks. A long ditch
costing 100000 has been constructed,
aud the company is likely 10 get its
- Id, hefore anoty ataa Vhe