Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-16
Don mcguire
BOOSTS FOR UTAH
Calls Attention to Mining Regions
OF Wonderful Possibilities
In Our Own State.
THAT ARE YET UNPR0SPECTED
Inducements Are Great, Says He. for
The Miner and InycstOr--fienry
Mountain District.

Don Mcguire. the well known mining
man Of ogden, believes IN boosting for
his home state. He believes, too, that
there are mineral regions in this COM
monwealth, where the prospector and
his burro have never trod. In which
they have been found to be In some
portions OF Nevada
Mr.. Mcguire in a contribution to the
Mining Review says that It Is passing
strange how many people viii follow
the crowd" and lose their mbney cheer
fully in wildcat enterprises when they
could withdraw to some new and vir-
gin field, but little known and acquire
something Of permanent worth and
value
This statement Is true, and indicates
that men who follow the crowd" are
only bent upon speculation, and are
not actua ed by the idea OF safe and
profitable investment; for It IL safe 10
say that the majority of those who
have penchant for new boom camps
and who invest In mining propositions
concerning which they know practically
nothing, viii lose out In the long run.
or else they will make a quick turn
and get out, as but comparatively few
can hope to become interested In
really gilt-edged mine, for the reason
that the number of really meritorious
propositions can easily be enumerated
while the number of wildcats" and
really valueless prospects are legion.
While Nevada has the call at the
present time, IN the matter OF populari-
ty. and Justly so, there are many other
portions of this western country which,
doubtless, are equally as rich and pro-
life In their deposits OF the precious
metals as are the bonanza districts In
the Battle Born" state which are now
the observed OF all observers" and II
is safe TO say that II certain localities
In Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arizona and
Colorado were given due consideration
by the prospector. the mining man and
the investor, many new camps Of ne
knowledged merit would soon be found
outside of the charmed" zone.
This is especially true OF Utah, and
were an army Of prospectors to swarm
over the mountains and through the
canyons OF this state In a manner SINH
tar to the stampede TO Nevada, II would
not he long before new and wonderful
mineral discoveries would be heralded
from one end OF the continent to the
other
In Utah there are many localities
which have been barely prospected. rs
yet. Regions which are rich In their
mineral wealth and which offer splendid
inducements to the prospector and min
en- TO the investor and capitalist.
one such locality Is to be found in
Garfield county, In southeastern Utah,
where I'm the White Canyon district In
the Henry mountains. there is much 10
attract the tention of the seeker after
god-bearing zones, and that would in
vite exhaustive and extensive invest,-
CATION. The Henry mountains Is a re-
gion Of splendid possibilities. and offers
many attractions for the prospector
and investor. outside OF few injl-
viduals there are not many who know
Of and appreciate the opportunities
there awaiting careful exploration and
the expenditure Of q limited amount OF
money NJ. T.. Jones NJ. Il. In an artl-
Gle descriptive Of the Henry mountains
says:
There is no part Of Utah which seems
to the average man so far away as the
Henry mountains The reason Is that
this section Is on from all the routes
of travel both by rail and wagon. I'M
iii within few years II was reached
only by trail or late years. however
the demands of the stockmen for Il
short cut into southeastern Utah have
led to the building OF two roads. One
of these starts from Green River, on
the X. q. w. railroad, and passes over
n desert Of clay and sand for many
miles. where there Is but little water,
and the watering places are far apart.
This road goes to Hanksville, on the
Fremont river. and follows around and
through the clay hills to the Henry
mountains. aud to what II called Dandy
Crossing, on the Colorado river From
Dandy Crossing there Is a fair wagon
road over to Blur CITY. where con-
nectlon is made with different routes
10 Arizona. New Mexico and Colorado.
This road Is considered the best I'm nc
winter time. because there are no
mountains TO cross and because the
sand IS more easily traversed and there
is no trouble from the heat.
There is no place In Utah which af-
fords an opportunity Of knowing bet
ter what a real desert Is like than that
which is found long the road from Loa
TO the Henry mountains, The air is as
pure as crystal. very dry and bracing
and the scenery Is beautiful as well as
strange Here the magic rain sculpture
on the soft hills has changed them into
the most peculiar and remarkahle
shapes. The different layers OF rock
and clay are beautifully colored in
bands OF blue. pink. yellow green, gray
and black. The clay underlying these
beds of rock. being softer than the over
lying material, has worn away so rapid
Is that most OF the hills face the rivers
and streams IN precipices. Here the
geologist. travelling along can read
the story Of the rocks In the different
layers Of strata as easily as he could
tti.ii lhn nnpes Of q book.