The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
la SALE MOUNTAIN BONANZAS
FABULOUS TALES COME BY WAY
OF DENVER.
Mineral Discoveries of Great Richness
In Southeastern Utah-High Grade
Gold Ore and Native Copper.

Denver News: Gold and copper dis
! coveries almost equaling the fabulous
tales of the Klondike are announced
from the La Sale mountains, on the
western border of the state. The diner
! ence, however, is that the element OF
! truth is more largely in favor OF the
home product, with the chances OF get
ting there greatly in the favor of the
miner.
When the snow disappears from the
locality, probably by the middle OF
March, there will be a mining rush the
like of which has not been seen since
early days, for the reports of the eX-
perts sent out by the Rio Grande
/ Western, as well as individual pros
! pectorS, all agree that there are vast
deposits of copper, silver and gold
/ The formation is in limestone, and the
! almost universal metallic element is
! copper With this the gold exists IN
greater or lesser degree, so far as the
discoveries have gone to the present
| time. Bismuth-silver combination in
great quantities has been opened up,
as we'll as placer grounds. On the lat
/ ter, 81 TO the pan is not unusual by
draulic work is going on to a limited
/ extent and a Denver machinery nrm
has already commenced to ship por-
tions of a pumping plant which Will
!
! the top of a mesa three miles distant,
where gold in grains coarSer than gran
ulated sugar run to the extent of nearly
SO TO the wagonload. AT present the
/ dirt is hauled by wagons to the river
and sluiced.
The Rio Grande Western road has
/ just completed two surveys to the
mountains One is from Thompson's
Springs and the other from Cisco. From
the latter point a splendid wagon road
/ has been completed by the county COM
miSSionerS. This is IS miles long and
there is a steam ferry across the Grand
at the mouth of the Dolores. The pres
ent terminus of the road is at Miners
Basin, at the base of the La Sale
mountains, but it will be extended to
the Blue and Henry mountains as soon
as spring opens.
Captain A. z. Trester and H. S.
Hammond, the latter a merchant of
Moab, Utah, arrived in the city yester-
| day with the most glowing reports of
the district, and to back up their state
ments they brought great chunks of
limestone rock thickly scanned with
copper, carrying a large amount of sill
yer and gold.
Ten thousand people will go into
that country in the spring" said Cap
tain Trester last night and with the
building of the railroad, which is be-
U
allow, Klondike will have no attrac-
lions for a miner in Colorado. There
are $50 men in there at the present
! time, and the stuff they are taking out
and shipping even under the present
difficulties is fabulous. Just to quote
/ a little fact, l will say that Marcus
DAILY of the Anaconda Copper Reduc-
ton company has paid S275 900 for one
group of claims, the Big Indian. An
other adjoining brought $4,000 cash for
fractional interest, and still the sur
face is just barely scratched. 1t is the
/ biggest proposition the west has ever
seen, and l will not except Cripple
Creek or a dozen such. Everything
carries copper and lime. so that sim
pie roasting will make the globules of
gold stand out on some of the veins
better than any sylVanite Stratton ever
produced. The shelters need Just that
ore for mixing, and they are after it on
treatment charge of 40 cents a ton,
giving the miner all the values, cop
per, silver and gold. There is ore being
shipped from the John A Logan which
averaged for the month SOL in gold and
30 per cent copper, or about 500 per
ton in value. The claim adjoining the
Big Indian shipped a lot which ran
$4,000 ton in gold and IA per cent in
native copper. Some of the bismuth-
silver veins carry just 80 per cent in
'4ANti- HI lllt due IIlOuHldlllS. 10 miles
away, there have been large shipment
which have run as high as 81, 900 to the
ton.
The district has been opened up for
about two years. During that time there
has been considerable prospecting, with
the results almost beyond belief. That
there is firm backing is shown by the
fact that 7. V Nosburg the Detroit
smelter man, is in Denver today, having
just returned from the district. He
Will erect smelter as soon as spring
opens up, and has already secured
100000 in subscriptions toward this.
and he has not asked anybody on the
outside, either. This is the key to the
district. The present high freight rates
on ore keep the miners from shipping
even the millions of tons of low grade
ore in sight. but smelter will settle
that question.
w. Il. Eubank, representing a Pitts
burg glass and pottery syndicate is
also interested in the completion Of the
road from the main line of the West
ern. He has secured a vast bed Of pure
kaolin, which will be used for making
the finest porcelain. His deposit has
the unusual advantage of being abso-
lutely free from Objectionable mineral
ingredients.
At Miners Basin City, one of the
townsites. Il peculiar method has been
commenced to induce Denver merchants
To place branch stores. To every mer-
chant putting in stock of more than
$1,000. a business lot and a residence
lot Will be sold for 81 each The num-
Der of firms in any one business will
be limited, so that there viii be no in
territorial overcrowding, but all who
want to come after the lots have been
disposed of will be welcome at moderate
terms for property.
General Dodge of the Rio Grande
Western has fully investigated the dis
trict, and he announced since nv re-
turn that the road would back up al
most every request made for facilities
to get into the district. The opportuni-
ties are almost incredible. and it will
not be necessary for a man to risk his
life in the frozen north nor will it be
necessary to expend a fortune to get
there. AS soon as spring opens there
Will be opportunities for 500 men to get
work in the district if they care for il.
and the cost of living will be not much
higher than in Denver or Cripple Creek.
AT present there are no accommoda-
tons to handle a crowd. and there will
not be before March, but then there
will be hotels erected and efforts made
to entertain all who may come. al
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