The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-28
Gold Mountain gold galore!

Gold Mountain gold galore!
James Long, IT., of Gold Mountain
fame. arrived in the city from Richfield
Monday night with his pockets full TO
overlooking with gold quartz from his
Mammoth mine in Gold Mountain dis
trict, and when seen by Herald re-
porter yesterday he was showing these
specimens to his many friends and ac-
ouaintances in Zion, the samples of ore
being so plentifully sprinkled and per-
meated with the yellow metal in its ma
tive state as to elicit many expressions
of surprise and admiration from those
who were favored with a look at them.
Besides the quartz Mr.. Long had
carefully tied package in his pocket,
which contained placer gold taken from
the decOmpcSed ore found on either
wall of the Mammoth ledge. the gold
being quite coarse, the result or a rev
paintings being sufficient for the max
ing OF a good-siZed ring which MI
Long proposes TO wear as substantial
example of what the mines of Gold
Mountain district are capable of do
ing.
In referring to the Mammoth. Mr..
Long stated that the mine was looking
exceedingly well, and that in its deVel-
opment this summer he has blocked
out splendid bodies of good milling ore,
the mineral chutes being accompanied
by streaks or small bodies of high grade
stuff which are fairly alive with the
yellow metal, as well as with silver,
the inYariable companion Of the king
of metals, and so f1attering is the snow
ing that Mr.. Long states 1t is the IN
tention to build a ten-stamo mill and
concentration at the mine In the spring,
and that with this in view he will in
crease the force this fall and work the
= winter If being the 6XDec-
tation that by the time the mill is up
and in operation enough ore VIII be
blocked out ready for extraction to
keep the plant in constant operation
for an indefinite period.
Mr.. Long looks for the erection of
several other mills in the district dur
ing the coming year, and he says that
several other properties will most likely
continue work all winter, among the
number being the Golden Star, the An
ME Laurie, the Silver King, and pos
sibly the Sewer. there being no doubt
as to the latter if the mining suit IN
which the mine is involved, and which
comes up for a hearing today, is de-
cided in favor of Charlie hammers
dorf and the Sewer company; and in
his mention of these properties Mr..
Long stated that they were all looking
web. and that the district was never
before in such promising condition as
at the present time.
The building of the wagon road from
the Annie Laurie down Mill creek to
the on the Rio Grande Western road,
which is progressing nicely, will aid
much in the DEVELOPMENT of the dis
trict, and it will also be a credit to the
camp. This road will be II feet in the
clear, with eight feet of solid roadbed;
while the road from the Annie Laurie
to the Mammoth, which is being built
- ~ Of "a
erty. will be Il feet in the clear, with
a roadbed of nine feet.
From all indications Gold Mountain
will be the scene of great activity dur
ing the coming year, and as develop
ment and exploration progresses in the
camp the fact becomes more and more
apparent that this section is doubtless
destined to make a record in time as
one of the greatest gold producing sec
tions Of the state.