Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-17
Lucky DutChman' Comes to Salt
Lake With Some Black
Horse Ore.
HOW He HEARD OF DISTRICT.
Intended 10 Prospect In Beaver County
Met IN Acquaintance Will
sample.

Some of the finest specimens Of gold
ore ever brought to this city are in
possession Of Fred H. Schrott better
known as the Lucky Dutchman' now
stopping al the Wilson hotel The ore
came from the Black Horse district
near Osceola. Nevada. and from the
Mabel mining claim ON which SELL
satiouM strike was made less than two
weeks ago. The property Is owned by
the Mabel Mining company. In when
quite number ~ Utah people are
Interested ana IL not far from the san
Pedro mine OF the Mines Development
company.
Mr.. Schrott is an old Colorado miner
ana IL was he who made the discovery
Of the Lucky Dutchman mine In the
Crescent district IN Southern Nevada.
His partner r. o. McFall. is also a
Coloudoan, his former hOEsc being at
Florence.
Il don't care 10 indulge IN any boom
talk" said Mr Schrott tday but |
am satisfied the Black Horse district
viii contain the biggest gold camp In
the state Of Nevada and when ! say
that IL means the world. | have never
seen any district where conditions are
So satisfactory as they are there and
] know | am going TO make for
tune. But McFall and have worked
hard since we went into the country
last April and we are beginning 10
reap the fruits OF our endeavOrs.
When we came out from Colorado
four months ago" continued Mr..
r..
house IN Beaver county. this state. We
had heard that the country around that
camp had merit and we concluded to
do some prospecting there While In
salt Lake we came across Dick
Sungley, then purchasing agent for the
Newhouse company ! had met him
before and he gave US a whole lot OF
information about that region We went
10 NeWhouse as planned. but had no
sooner stepped off the train when We
met man by the name OF Cole, whom
! had known in Colorado. Cole wanted
10 know where We were headed for
and We told him. Cole then wanted TO
know II we had heard OF the new strike
In the Black Horse district. / had
never heard OF the district and asked
Tim where IL was He said Il was
about 100 miles west Of Newhouse.
then asked Cole II he had any ore
with him and he replied that he had
and told McFall any myself 10 come
down to his wagon There he showed
II TO us and | Immediately concluded
that II was mighty likely looking rock
Wei, 90 make long story
short, McFal and myself Informed
Cole that We were going 10 the new
district and also that there was only
one way for us TO get there. and that
was for him 20 take US After some
persuasion, Cole consented and I'm a
few hours the party was on the road.
The strike Cole had told US about
was made on the San Pedro claim Of
the Mines Development company. We
did some prospecting and found an
opportunity To get a foOthold by rak.
ing up enough money 20 purchase the
Mabel group Of nearly four claims,
We ave opened an immense ledge
and the quartz outcrops TO a width
Of l50 feet. Ii Is In this ledge that
We found the sensational ore"
The Mabel company. formed "a
operate the property Is Differed by
| +. G. Lackner Of Provo, president.
f. O. McFall. vice president: ". w
| Armstrong OF Salt Lake. secretary: A
| b. Rockhill Of Springyille, treasurer
| and Fred L. Schrott. general manager
Mr.. Schrott says some quite i'm
portant developments have been mad,
about midway between Black Hors
| and Osceola lie also says the min
cralized zone which cuts through
Black Horse has been traced for a dis
lance Of about % miles.
The shaft at the San Pedro min
Is down about 100 feet and accord
ing TO officers Of that compsny IN
average Of the ore taken out for IN
last 20 feet ran up to SlCS to th
. ton.