The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25

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SUPERINTENDENT Pope and Manager
hcndsbe,ry are both away, at present.
r.aking ARRANGEMENTS for the transporta-
| ton CT the machinery, and, incidentally.
10 tax up matters in connection with the
Or Green River City, as the old Carter
| road is rough almost beyond endurance.
Mr. Londsberry intends going east Re
fore he returns. and will bring Mrs.
LorGsberrv with him when he returns.
Heaters Hard Luck.
Altogether matters look more encour-
aging at Carbonate than when old Fen
Heater abandoned the hill years ago, after
SPENDING his last dollar in a vain cEort
to I'm, the ore: He little dreamed. prob
into existence on the ruins of his blasted
hopes. Heater, who was an old Settlar
In the Ashley valley. located the Dyer
mine years ago, and the present develop
ment illustrates the fickieness of fortune.
Heaters old shafts and tunnels TOOK him
awfully close to the ore several times.
but the poor fellow missed 1t after az.
and died almost penniless. At one tina
he was within foot of the ore in the
bottom of shaft but he quit discour-
aged. At another point he misseu the
was driving. In one. hole he actually cut
q stringer of the ore, and followed IL
'up the hill. where II finally run out Had
he followed down the hill twenty feet. he
fortune
Over the trail he daily plodded with
sinking hopes to his fruitless search.
little dreaming that lust below the grass
roots beneath his feet were great bodies
of ere that were rich beyond compara-
But the fates Were against him. He
was not to win: And he continued 10
think to the end that the ore was nigh
up on the lSll. and mt last he YEARLY
shouldered his pick and. after a longing
look at the scene of his long. hard strus-
gle. he abandoned the Hill forever.
Poor fellow. He never lived to learn OF
hill
A history of Carbonate would not be
complete without the mention Of Billv
Do-aher and John Mack, the two ever
hopeful prospectors who have stayed
faithfully by the camp ever since Over
took up the work where Heater left off
When Dyer encountered the first pocket
of ore. Donaher went into the mine and
the work. He has ALWAYS
had great faith in the camp even whe:;
almost everyone else had given up. and,
together with his old partner John Mack, |
has sunk many holes that dot the n.ii- |
sides as monuments 10 the industry and |
of the two men.
Donaher has sold several pieces os
and has now several claims GA |
the south dip that will be very valuable |
ground If the ore is encountered on rho |
south side. which everyone believes Wi! |
be the case.
II Is said there is nothing new under |
the sun. but the sentiment VIII nave to |
be sidetracked in the case of Carbonate. |
as Tic camp has some decided claims 10 |
an innovation. 1t is nothing more nor
less than placer mining for copper.
Copper Placers.
From the point where the big body os
Dre crops out on the Dyer ground TO tie
loot of the hill. which is quite steep, are
found great quantities of rich float that
will average at least 20 per cent :opDer.
With some values in gold and silver.
The Big Four claim, which lies just next
he Dyer ground down the hill. has fur
,isEed several carloads of rich feat.
which was gathered up several years ago
md shipped over the road to Carter and
hence east. Between the Big Four AID
he foot of the hill is a strip of ground
ha. has received very little attention I'M
il this season, when Will Taylor ard
George Brown located the ground, with
he irtention of washing out the loose
ioat by the hydraulic process. 1t IS es-
inated that there are good many tens
# rich ore that can be saved by this
means. The necessary outfit has been ur-
Tered. and the interesting experiment will
,e under way in a short time The water
will be obtained from a creek which
curses along the foot of the hill, which.
t is thought will give the required pres
ure. The scheme will be watched with
considerable interest. and there are all
orts of predictions as to the outcome.