The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-11
SPECIAL Correspondence to u salt Lake
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Especial Correspondence to u salt Lake
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Fort Ducaesne, oct. Much as has
been written ara SAID on the subject of
these reservations and Inc Indians On
them. the half has not yet been to1d.
The first record OF any regular regerva-
ti1n for the Indians in Utah was way
hack IN 63. when Lincoln. uaen pres
ident OF t.le UnLSd STAGES, set apart for
Tne Uilt2h hand OF ule Ute trJta all
9uat land IN Utah drained by the
Duchesne and UintaA rivers and their
tributaries, the boundaries 10 be from
IIle tops of cle peaks above such
streams"
il 1880 the citizens Of Colorado finally
succeeded in getting lid OF the Whte
River and UncOznGlGlgre bands Of n1itS
same Ute tribe, and had them sent to
Ueal also. The former We're dumped
down ON the UintaAs bailiwick and the
latter received IN exchange fCC their
Ttch agricultural lands in Colorado the
alkal deserts where we fisid LIEN to-
day. To be sure, these deserts are sus-
ceptible of irrigation and d high state
of cultivation, if properly handled. but
the DnConpalgreS neither know how
nor care 10 tia the soil and become
agcicultuIists. They occupy as a band
an anomalous position. In their Nlai5le
record there was never any clash with
the whites. yet wilder or less CIVILIZED
set does not exist IN the world today.
They want, IN the words of old Red
Moon, ITO be coyotes and run at large
with no hoTnes. nor fences nor cares
to Condne tFle.T freedom
But congress has decided that the
En2oInpahsres must cease to be IN
dams and must accept allotment With
this in view, three commissioners are
NOW hare irving xo illd71ee Chem 10
abandon their Dognad6e baTfbaTie habits
a.d settle dS'sn on farms Ike weeite
people. This result Will probably be
accomplished, as stated in The Herald
On Wednesday morning last
WHITES COYET THE GILsONITE
a very natural question TO the man
who sees below superficial evidences is
why does the government 50 desire
eAe civilization Of fAis particular band
Of UteS as 10 pass a law compelling
them to accept allotment, or 70 give up
their reservation to the whites. A
little bird VIII answer that there is
sslso1ite on the Indian lands. and upon
being further questioned. he viii ten
you that a mine OF this mineral is more
valuable than q gold mime.
Gilson4te is a dark brown. friable,
carbon substance whtch Stacks under
the influence Of the at1nISDaer2. 1t Is
ulP5ref0Ce eilrCed in sacks. The price
laid down at CHICAGO is S35 per tol, but
the mining IS so cheap and easy, there
bssnS 10 waste ore bur only pure gill
son.te in q VEN. Glat a urcrft Of from
Sc 10 IS Der ton is made with a freight
rate of Csc hundred - Price plus ,Me
expense from rasre to CHICAGO.
MINES IL. Opel, a TON
At present there are but two mines
IN operation. The Anheus6r Busch. or
st. LOUIS tfilS1nEe C0Cngany'S. and the
ParaetJe NINE, which is run by Gunner
Bros. Of salt Lake. These two mines
ara located on comparatively small
Yelns, the former being about FIVE and
the latter Two feeI wide. Both m.les
have been dug to ever 300 feet and no
signs Of bottom have been reas ned. In
seneeA tAe veins are respectively six
ann one miles.
However. neither company is at pres
ent making much Money. since raey
are working to9th ard nail To assist IN
passing additional legislation looking
toward the opening of the gllSOnita
lands to entry As the law now stances,
the United States reserves all right and
title 70 ;Ae silsonite and like minerals
G0unG oa the U10mDaAgre reservation
1t is almost certain, however, that the
parties who pushed the opening for qiAe
sole purpose Of mining the gils0nite
VIII not give ~ the results of tlle.r
la,oors and that sufficient PRESSURE Will
be brought ID bear Oh congress to COM
peh the amendment OF tAe law to the
extent or allowing eiGIae> the general or
some Dartfulaf iawS for mining entries
to 80 into effect.
ENORMOUS VEINS.
Besides the two small veins being
worked by the companies already W an
toned there are four MAIN ones in The
eastern part Of the reserve one Of
waaSth runs clear to the Colorado line.
OF these the Cowboy is tha largest, *
averaging over Z feet and attaining a
maximum in width OF IS feet. In me
Rio 3laHeo canyon its deDth can he
traced in clear fisslrre vein TO over 900
feet and its length is about three miles.
The other three veins are slisihtly
smaller.
MULTITUDE OF USES.
When We take into consideration the
1paititUde OF uses to which gilsonite can
be oIt and note the enormous QUAINT
ties OF il, wa can readily understand
WAY capitalists are so greedy TO dis
poses the Indians. As a paint for the
Sulls Of vessels ana in fact for all me-
ta1lfc substances which are exposed to
-i-S SANN-9h NA NNlndt wave or WedU1eT.
Il IS the best and CleaDeSt material
AS an ineulator for electric wires il
equals caaut cluEc and, finally, il is
the best having material known. This
latter fact has been disputed hut way.
10 one can tel. 1t is well known by
everyone here that Omaha used Utah
asphalt II years ago and Chicago has
just completed the paving of six of
TnSfr main streets With the same 1t
IS needless to mention Salt lake
The above named also of this vaIu-
able mineral are but a few among
many In the report Of MIR. Eldrtdge
on gilsonite CUintaite) and kindred
substances. submitted to the United
States geological bureau in 1895. he
names over 30 distinct uses to which
it can be put and many more have
been developed since then
GREAT AGRICULTURAL RE
SOURCES.
It Est not be supposed. however,