New-York tribune., 1902-09-07

Peak, in Grand County, contains good veins OF rlch
ore Hahn's Peak. few miles north OF STEAMBOAT
Springs, in Routt County. has been prodncing gold
(placer minng) every year since 1865; and further
still to the westward the Wasatch Range. in North
eastern Utah, situated in the Uintah and Cncom-
pahgre Indian reservations. abound with gold cop
per and iron. As the government has prohibited
the explorations Of engineers biologists and miners
in the reservations accurate knowledge Of its riches
has not been obtained. The Range extends from
Central City. the richest gold camp in Utah, to
Hahns Peak. and Is OF the same general formation
The obvious conclusion, supported by some inFesti-
CATION is that II is all heavily mineralized
Heavy mining machinery must be conveyed 10
the mines also camp supplies, fuel lumber. etc.
while low grade must be carried 70 the snelt-
ers for treatment. Between this new Eldorado and
the outside world rise lofty barriers Freight tolls
become prohibit;ve. and sold ore running high
at the mine loses its value when carried by wagon
over the towering ranves and spurs Of the snow
crested peaks of the Rockies. What David H
Moffat president Of the First National Bank Of
Denver. did for the mining camps of Cripple
Creek and Creede, further to the south. he is now
doing for this greater mining district IN North
western Colorado and Northeastern Utah. He
made il possible for the ore taken from the mines
Of Cripple Creek and Creede to be conveyed eco
nonically by railroad to smeters. Ii was Mr.. Moi
fat who put districts like treede Cripple Creek and
Aspen into easy communication with the outside
world. it was during his presidency OF the Den
yer and Rio Grande Railroad, in 1881, that he ex
tended the line the mining camp of Aspen. in
Pitkin County and later he built the extension
from the same railroad Wagon Wheel Gap to
Creeie personally furnishing the money to build
it In 1899 he built the Florence and Cripple Creek
Railroad personally furnishing s1.c00,GOO for its
construction, and for years it has been of the
most profitable lines in Colorado. 1t was the
cheapress of transportation that made low grade
ore mining profitable at Creede and Cripple Greek
where the product is now $Zvl0,u0 month. It is
Creek and Hahn's Peak will! by the building Of the
Denver. Northwestern and Pacific, rival Creede and
The key to unlock the door to the heavily min
eralized of Routt and Grand counties to the
~n1ions ~ Old o. Pscfc Taiiroad '1 now hanc rsnidv
constructed from Denver to Salt Lake City. The
entrance the lofty plateau west of the Cont
miles long through James Peak, five thousand feet
below the summit. lust TO the north, within easy
distance of the stern portal is the Willow Creek
region OF inexhaustible wealth. And this is why
the miner are shouting Westward ho!'' By act Of
Congress, the o Cntah M and Cncompahgree reserva
was Oklahoma. In anticipation thousands of men
under the law. The greater portion of Wasatch
and Uintah counties, remarkable for their fertility
land will be separated was in the Indian
ritorv and the whites will he allowed come into
tory which is also remarkable for its mineral
wealth. In the southern part Of Wasatch County
there are large deposits of a variety OF hydro
bon. and among them is the famous mine which
produces gilsonite and pure gum asPhaltum OF
ern markets for the manufacture Of varnish and
affords the material from which japan for type
writer's is now made
As soon as the Denver. Northwestern and Pacific
affords the great plateau of Grand and koutt
counties Eastern and Western connection
n1anufactur OF the East, the machinery neces
copper and iron ores ana gllsonte. this great
region will become populated and every acre will
fnorhIs and passes of the Rockies are filled with
the pioneerS this world.