Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

ern base and extending for more than
100 miles northerly and southerly an
other great line OF displacement known
as the seyer fault Also. along what
Is now the crest or apex Of the range
there was another break OF fracture,
extending downward 70 the earth's
melted interior, and Is marked by a
great phonoltlc dyke or belt which eX-
tends from Gold Mountain southwark
a distance of some S TO 10 miles. Nu-
merous lateral fractures projected out
easterly and westerly and are also
marked by pholltc dykes, and were the
last OF the successive eruptlons Of rhy-
Olite, porphyTy and similar volcanic
material. Fissurlng and faulting OF the
quartzte and lower carbonlferous lime
stone, which predominant along the
east front Of the range, are conspic-
uously In evidence over a distance Of
many miles. such. in brief, are the
ideal geological conditions which pre-
vail In what Is Familiarity known as the
Marysyale country.
BACK IN THE SIXTIES,
II was in January, 1896 that CAPT
Jacob Hess OF Mantl, Utah entered the
little valley OF Marysvale. Capt. Hess
was one Of that famous little band
which washed the first gold from the
aurlferous gravel OF California, The
intelligent and observing prospector
generally innocent OF geological in
formation, Is guided In his search for
the precious metals by the similarity OF
formations and other familiar condi-
lions. and the captain was an unusual
~ intelligent and observing man.
SOME GEOLOGICAL FACTS.
The present valley Of Marysvale was
once a post glacial lake. tributary M
the great Lake Bonneville The water
OF the former was held back by OBJ
structions I'm what Is now known as
SEWER canyon, north of Marysyale
and now Jointly occupied by the Sc
yier river and the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad. Both river and rail-
road are Indebted for their right OF way
10 the great Sewer fault, which cleft
the mountain link which. except for the
canyon, connects the Gold Mountain
portion Of the Mt. Badly range, with
IT'S less pretentious and parallel range
to the east Of Seyler valley and Marys-
vale.
Five distinct shore lines to the SOUTH
west of Matysvole prove that five sud
den subsldences Of the lake took place
before the valley was measurably
drained. and became a marsh or a fine
tract Of meadow land, As the water
receded the waves gathered the debris
brought down by glaciers and torrents
from mountain sides and gulches, and
after rounding polishing and puluver-
lzlng the rock fragments, formed
succession Of smooth. wave-swent
benches, each with a sharp escarpment
facing IN east. and north II Is under
the protecting brow Of the lowest NJ
the benches that the picturesque little
town OF Marysvae nestes within
natural grove Of cottonwoods and tow
erlng pines.
CAPT HESS IMPRESSED.
The first thing that probably Impress
ed Itself on the mind Of Capt, Hess was
that II was q mineral country. Very
likely the second impression was that
those wave- washed benches ought 10
contain placer gold Paintings from
variCus nolnts convinced him that I'M
told millions Of dollars were dlffused
through the bench gravel. A ditch frcn
Bullion creek was dug and water con-
reyed to the top OF the second bench.
Slulce boxes were put In and an ef-
fort made 10 collect the elusive grains
OF god. owing 10 the primitive meth
DDS then In vogue the enterprise proved
q failure and since then no serious ef.
fort has been made to collect the gold
on sand sowed by the busy waves OF the
ancient lake.
DID NOT DESPAIR.
Fooled in his efforts to wrest the gold
from the gravel Capt Hess and his
companions resolved 10 find the source
NJ the yellow god OF the gold bugs D."
They penetrated the almost impossible
depths Of Bullion canyon and in Jan.
uary 1865, located the Webster lode
claim, now owned by l.. T. Goliath. the
wrll-krown mining man Of Salt Lake
city. Numerous northerly and south.
erly veins carrying lead copper. silver
and gold were discovered and Marys.
vale became suddenly famous.
THE FIRST MILLING PLANT,
A two-stamp mill and a donkey en-
CINE were imported from Chicago, and
the impossible task OF reducing ores
carrylng a combination Of metals was
undertaken, A rude shelter stack
was then erected. Battered and Scared
by the storms Of more than 30 years the
old chimney yet stands as n monument
to the mlsdlrected but determined ef.
forts Of those old heroes who, while
bombardIng The indurated rock with
black powder that cost nearly