The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

Two of the largest mines. If not the
two largest In the State of Utah. are
the BOstOn-C Consolidated at Bingham,
and the Cactus property, in Beaver
county, out from Frisco. The former
has been completely developed and
equipped for shipment to an extent, the
computation of which. i'm figures. be-
comes tiresome. The latter has been
FULLY explored to prove it a vertiable
bonanza and arrangements on q scale
hitherto unknown in the mining work
OF this region have been provided fer
so that within the next six or eight
months it viii have become a producer
also. The grouping. acquisition, finan-
clering and development of these great
properties has been accomplished by
samuel NewhOuse. managing director
Of the Consolidated company,
and president of the NewhOuse Mines
and SHELTERS. q corporation owning the
Cactus property and IN both Of which
Mr. NeWhouse is principal owner and
the ruling spirit
Many Problems to Solve.
The Cactus is a large property. the
operation of which has been hitherto
prevented by many difficulties, all Of
which required a great outlay of Capi-
tai TO overcome them. While the orc
bodies are phenOmenally large. the val
tain I'm limited quantities. The wagon
road TO Frisco is over ten miles, SO
that to haul ore to that point OF bring
fuel from IL to operate a smelter would
entail an expense which was practical
~ prohiDitive, To concentrate the STUFF
would also require fuel for power max
ing purposes equally expensive with an
uncertainty as TO the water supply be-
ing commensurate to an undertaking
o. that magnitude This property has
passed through the hands successfully.
or several individuals and corporate
owners including a strong combination
of French capitalists all of whom have
teen unable 10 solve the problem to
financial profit either by smelling at
The mine or by shipping ore. With de-
Felcpment work done sufficient to es-
tablish the fact that the Cactus was
one of the biggest propositions ia the
entire west. Mr. NeWhouse obtained
dtle absolute TO the ground and cleared
the deck for action on large scale and
in on aggressive manner. seemingly ale
1rcst regardless of the expense that was
sure TO follow
Pipe Water Eight Miles
TO provide the mine and the people
necessary 20 work IT, who viii COM
prise a town of themselves. Mr.. New
house looked To- the nearest water sup
NAa- Mulln was tne NJ an " an springs.
situated on the opposite side of the
Wah-Wah valley 20 the west. a dis
tdnCc Of nine miles from The mine.
Locking thither through the clear
mountain air il appears as q garden
spot. only an hours walk away. but
travelling that direction the distance
becomes wearisome ard the garden spot
eEpends into a ranch provided with
ORCHARDS and fields of grain. These
signs Of life and cultivation. practically
of their kind I'm sight, are nOurishad by
the product Of the springs which IS
from l,JO0 to $40 gallons Of water per
minute The ranch was a stopping
Tlace FOR stockmen and travellers and
was therefore. a valuable station To
take away the water meant a destruc-
ton of the ranch and iif order 60 obtain
the one, 10 was necessary 10 purchase
Both the water ana The ground, which,
WAS done at a cost OF over $4,000 To
secure a meeting Of this water and these
ores from the Cactus mine a pipe line
for the water and a tunnel through the
mountain 90 The edge OF the valley were