The daily sentinel., 1901-06-26
FROM THE LA SAL.
Budget of News Notes From The
SentinePs Correspondent at
Miners Basin, Utah.
Miners BASIN, June 23rd. 1901.

10 Inc ShntlDel:
have been confronted with the re-
quest number OF times lately. asking
me by do not furnish The Sentinel
readers with some news from this coun-
try Now that there are several juno
tionites in this locality delying in the
hills OF the La Sal mountains FOR riches
it may be we'll to say word or two about
them
Mrs. G. c. Fay, accompanied by her
daughter Florence, arrived in camp last
Thursday, with two four-ho' sc teams
loaded wit ID provisions and supplies, not
only for her summers work on mining
properties but also for her hotel here.
Mrs. Fay is largely Interested in the
Basin Belle, Buffalo and Brooklyn prop
critics, all well located claims and having
excellent showings OF ore. She is one
amGng thousand women who looks
after the development work OF her prop
critics, and can often be seen using the
pick and shovel with the dexterity of an
old time prospector
The Basin Belle, owned by her, is an
adjoining properly to the Indiana-Tor-
nado group, now being worked under
bond to Denver and Chicago parties, and
for which tho snug sum OF 100000 is to
be paid il found satisfactory upon inves-
tgation.
Mrs. B. j. Snyder, who has been in
this section returned to her home at
Grand Junction last week. Mrs. SDy-
der is daughter of Mrs. Jennie East
man, the postnistress at Richardson.
D. S, Dickie and his partner are losat-
ed at Castleton and are doing considera-
BILE prospect work on Horse mountain,
near the Grand View, and also in Beaver
Basin, where the rich discovery of horn
silver was recently made.
f. M. Randall and Frank L. Moon
are also residents OF Castleton, near
where they have secured some mining
interests as we'll as being interested in
the Basin locality with Gene Underhili
OF che Buena Vista hotel.
Will Morrison, came here from the
Junction last week aud is now engaged
in building house preparatory to hav
ing his mother and sister here during
the summer.
Prof. Wheel, Routt county man and
well known in the Junction, is here with
full and complete outfit for putting in
the season looking over the country He
is at present prospecting on Wilson mesa
for that "lost bonanza but feels that lie
will have to give it up as Il bad proposi-
tion.
About week ago, there appeared up
on the scenes of busy mining commun-
ity, the well-known face OF o d. Lot
down from the state OF Washington. to
look after his terests in the High Ore
and other valuable properties owned by
him. Contrary to many reports circulat
ed last winter Of his death, he is one of
the livest corpse ever seen. He says the
La Sal country is yet the best prospec-
tive mining region he knows OF and he is
going to stay right by 1t hereafter He
has his High Ore properties bonded to
Byron Davis until next September.
Niib AsI II w coCit q Soioihdo thihibB
woman.xecently visited this country for
week aud WAS 80 we'll satisfied with her
interests here and the outlook for the
Basin district that she at once returned
to Denver to make financial preparation
for extensire development work on the
Lucille property. She will return here
soon after the Fourth, and at once put
up buildings, etc, and put f.rce of men
to work on a drift tunnel.
Walter Wiihelmy, agent for Coors'
beer, in the Junction, has become quite
extensively interested here and il the
business of the coming summer will Jus
tify it. he may locate a branch brewing
establishment at Casteton.
There are number OF other juno.
tionites scattered through this country.
some on the east side, in Colorado and
some on the north side in Fisher and
Sipbad valleys, all OF whom have secur-
ed good properties and to all accounts
they arc actively engaged in developing
them.
With little hustlipg and attention to
this souutry the business interests of the
junction could be considerably augment
ed and an interest and influence estab-