Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-26
TRAVELLED OLD
EMICRANT ROAD
MlIando Pratt Visits Scenes Of His
Boyhood in Wyoming
SAW CAMP OF LEWISTON,
where several salt Lake Parties are
Interested--PIsCer and Quarrz Gold
Mines Located There

Mllando Pratt and son Of this city
have Just returned from a trip to Lew
iston, Fremont county, Wyo., where, In
company with Col. r. p, steney, T. A..
Helm and several other gentlemen, they
have been sojourning. The trip, al
though a stormy one, was a very inter-
esting one to Mr. Pratt; this from the
fact that he travelled a number Of miles
by team along the old historical over
land route, over which the emigrants
passed with OK and mule teams, hand
carts, etc. IN the early days. 1t was
particularly interesting to Mr., Pratt,
who had taken part in three trips
across the great plains during his boy
hood; his first trip being in 1851 when
he came with his parents to the Salt
Lake valley. The next being In 1865,
when he drove O team of seven yoke OF
oxen and two wagons over this great
emigrant route, which took him some
thing over four months to make the
round trip.
The old road Is we'll defined, having
a wall OF sand on either side, which
had drifted up by the wind az the wag-
ons passed along. The sage brush had
grown up through these walls OF sand
and Is much higher and stronger than
that found upon the open prairie. Par
tial remains OF the buffalo are stu TO
be seen along this great pathway, some
Of the heads and horns of their car
cases being still In pretty good state
Of preservation.
Lewiston Is a mining town; II has
numerous log cabins and two mills for
the reduction Of the ores from the
mines But the latter are not yet in
operation; the winters there being long
ana conditions are not favorable for
Keeping them running at all seasons OF
the year. Now that the warmer season
has opened. mining win soon be In full
blast again.
Much gold has been taken from this
district. The placer sands lying in the
gulches and rayines, Mr., Pratt states.
aearly all contain gold, while the quartz
Lodges are plainly In evidence The
Lodges are embedded between strait
He'd country rock OF dark shale. The
ores are oxidized and decomposed near
the surface, containing free milling
gold. The lodges. Mr. Pratt declares,
are quite regular in their formation and
stand nearly vertical, dipping slightly
to the northwest, while their strike is
northeast by southwest
MI, Pratt visited the Wyoming Gold
Mining company's mines, and while
there saw gold panned from dirt taken
from different parts OF its property.
This company owns a group OF Ave
mining claims and ten stamp quartz
mill. Considerable ore already mined
ana lying In their dumps. He was In.
formed by their manager. that these
dumps should yield the company about
$4,000 in gold The old mill tailings
are to be worked over again with
more modern process Of treatment, and
may prove very profitable.
This property was recently pur-
chased By the Wyoming Gold Mining
company, OF which Col. r. z. steffey,
late OF Mississippi, and now of Salt
Lake City, is president; Mr.. T. A. Helm
is vice president and general manager,
ana Mr,George l.. Nye OF Salt Lake Is
treasurer The company is capitalized
at 100000, representing an equal mum.
Der OF shares.