The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-20

about 20 miles long by % miles across.
The highest point being in the west
range and is called Mt. Linnus.
Monticello lies on a beautiful pla-
teau, partially forming the foothills to
the beautiful Blue mountains. There
are abouc 30 families located at this
place, consisting mostly of the Mormon
faith. This settlement, as vet Young,
has considerable land under cultivation
and an excellent system of irrigation.
TOWN OF MONTICELLO.
Monticello has two general stores. a
church, schoolhouse, postoffice, etc.
I which is nearly 1000 feet. you gradually
ascend by an excellent wagon road TO
| the base of the mountains, which are
about ten miles distant. Six miles from
Monticello you enter the dense pine
woods which extend I'D TO and on the
mountain sides. There is but one saw
mill located near the mountains, which
furnishes the finest quality of pine
timber and lumber and at very reason
able rates. You begin to ascend quite
rapidly until you come to Recapturie
canyon.
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
Along the route you are vending
your way the grass is green and the
trees are budding out The fine streams
you pass over gush out of the mountain
sides and rush over the jagged rocks
far below. A road cut along this steep
mountain side for travelling to the gold
mines Just wide enough for one team.
leads to a beautiful plateau of not TO
exceed $50 acres in area. where the new
town of Springfield is located. A
grander view win not be seen in many
days travel.
AS you approach the mountains from
the east there is to be seen the Gold
Queen stamp mill and tramwav. The
Gold Queen mine is situated on the
apex of part of the range. The Drin-
cipal amount of work done being sur
face workings. A tunnel was started
to crcsscut the formation, and was run
for about 120 feet before they shut
down for the winter. This tunnel, how
ever, does not gain any depth to speak
of. Probably ii will not exceed 100 feet
to the surface. The ore. however, is of
the same general character as is to be
seen in all of their workings. A Hus-
ton tramwav connects the mine and
mill. The mill is located down the
mountain side. at Water, $500 feet be-
low the mine.
TEN-STAMP MILL.
This mill is a new one. has ten
stamps of 500 pounds each, operated
with steam power. 1t was lust COM
pleted before the first heavy fall of
snow last December. This, however,
put through enough ore 10 test the
of the machinery and also 20
determine the probable value of the
ore then known TO exist in the mine.
The property Is in charge of watch
men, and FOR this reason reliable data |
Just on what the ore in this mill run |
was ! could not ascertain. They say ]
that over $40 to the ton of ore was |
collected on the plates. while SAMPLES /
Of tailings which we have got have suf- !
fcient value in them. that running the !
mill at full capacity, say two tons TO |
the stamp per day, you could buy a |
81 900 United States bond once each |
week and have money left over to keep /
your friends in the best possible hu-
nor.
This condition of affairs at this
slant is due in some degree TO i-nDer-
'ect knowledge of amalgamation. There
5 to be seen also on this same side of
he mountain the properties belonging
o Dixon &. Bracket. and Charles J.
Smell. Fine showings of ore are TO be
Teen in all of them. The day after l
arrived ar the camp Mr.. Dixon made
new strike OF very high grade ore
n his prospect
ON THE WEST SLOPE.
Going around to the west side of