Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-10
MINES ~ noroL,s ISLAND.
,icnry o.born SPEAK. NJ N. rr.sdwsi aud
its stamp niiiG

Henry Osborn. a brother Of - l.. Os-
born. the Park city furnitur, dealer.
n In the city. Mt. Osborn IL an old
Aiafkan. having been In that country
for the past fourteen years. most Of
the time being spent BY him on Doug
ins Island.
MT. Osborn IL Ia poor health and
came to Sat Lake tity on the advice
ut his physician. Nnvn "Nvwa ~,
porter cstsd un himtuia morning NJ was
in ucI. but giaaiA answered tnv pucs-
tlonH pf0puuaacd.
hc sa.d ~. icft Douglas Island on
Christmas i've anu has Dccu w this
cay Tor several days. when he iUft
the north u was warm ana raining.
a he climate, though bad. he says, " not
cod. the mercury rntoiy sinking undcr
80 nelow zero.
1hc l<lonaike boom passed directly
by douglas Island. but " 10 Mr. OH-
bofn'e opinion that there viii be- morc
money made upon the Islands sur
rounding Douglas than W the Yukon.
Next spring there VIII BE- three very
large quartz mills IN operation on tue
island In addition TO the two already
there treating the Trcadweil ores The
new lluady Bullion mill has 800
stamps and Il larger than the great
Trcadw.ll mill. which has but 80
stamps. The Ready liullion mine u on
the 1rcadNsii ledge, and " richer than
the Trcadwcli. having a large amount
81 ore that runs go 10 the ton.
ON Douglas Island there are two
other mines In active operation. the
Fraction and the Marion. Two now
mills will be- In operation THIS spring
on these properties. one ~ 10 stamps
and me of 100 stamps Hefidea these
mills there II another mill ~ ig0
stamps WORKING on the Tfsadwcll
ledge. making altogether ~ stamps
pounding away upon the ores VI this
wonderful Island,
Douglas Island ~ only seventeen
miles Ions by seven miles In width. yet
n contains. AIR. Osborn says. more
wealth than any other piece ~ land
IN the world ~ It's size. Most u the ores
are low grade, but there u nlFn sonc
~ very hish grade. II app'prA IN
such great bodies that the work of
mining n reduced To the nmalloSt pos.
sihlc cost. the ores ~ the Trehiwell
mine being handled for an outlay of one
dollar per ton.
Mr. Osborn has several properties on
the island and says that the ground has
not been half prnspectei. All the. mines
there grow richer ~ depth Il attained.
The TreRdweli ledge only ran a per
ton on the surface. but NJ a dcifh ~
400 feet. the average assay across the
10 feet Of ledge matter n ~ per ton.
Mr.. Osborn says that the islands
around Douglas are ~ rich ne the lat
tor Itself and arr bound IN the near
future 60 mnlie ~ II the greatest min
ing country In the world. while tho
boomers were riskinE their lives 10
reach the placerr on the klundlke
they nnrred by wealth untold. n may
Re said that rnno ~ tho Islands have
hcen pfospcetsd at al except In a fes y
tory way. hut great hedges appear In
every direction. u II not q poor mans
country. though during the past year
several Of the latter have made for
tunes for themselves. one selling n
prospect Tor fen mo. and nnothTr sell
lnr one Tor so 600.
There VIII be- many mills erected on
Douglas Island during the ycnr. -
present the machinery Il MI run hv
wHier mower. but ihev nrc NOW enRngei
In building an c'c"tr'c plant ~ 500
horse mower. tho current being trans
mlitcd for over eight mile-.
Ne Osborn win return 90 the north
In the rprinE IN his health permits. n
not he viii send his brother, who Il
faoiinoae on account ~ the tate nrc
NJ tho Park. 10 look after his inter-
csts.