The daily sentinel., 1907-01-05
THE LA SAL DISTRICT
Many Local People Interested In the
Important Mining District-What
Development Has Taken
Place On the District
the Past Year.

There has been probably more ac-
tual mining development work done
in La Sal Mountains during 1906
than in any four years prior to that
time. says the Salt Lake Herald. The
indications are that the work will
continue and that ere another year
has rolled around these mountains
will be producing ore at a substantial
profit.
Probably one of the most import
ant developments of this season is the
] sale of the Big Indian property To-
Gated in San Juan county Immediate
ly south of the mountains, formerly
owned by Ed Loose, ]. B. Shelves and
the late Lester Taylor.
For years this property has been
recognized as an immense low-grade
proposition, thousands upon thous-
ands of dollars worth of ore lying at
the grass roots, but owing to the
great distance from transportation
facilities the owners were not able
to operate 1t to advantage. For this
reason there has been little work
done on the property for several
years.
1t has now been bought outright
by Taylor Copper company, and Eng
lish concern backed by Baron Hurst
and other capitalists, who will build
mill on the property in the spring.
During the winter a number of
men will be kept at work at the
mines and the force Will be more
than doubled as soon as spring opens.
A railroad line leaving the Rio
Grande Western at Thompson's, run
ming down through Moab. thence to
Big Indian by way of of the big stock
farm of ]. NJ Cunningham & Co, at
La Sal is among the plans under con-
sideration by the company. The gyp-
sum beds west of Moab have been
located by representatives of the con-
Germ and will be used in the plant at
Big Indian.
All this has given a decided i'm
petus to the mining industry of Lis
bon valley, which lies adjacent to
Big Indian, and assessments which
have formerly been done with the
lead pencil on the first day of Janu-
ary of each year. are now being work
ed out with a pick and shovel in the
manner contemplated by law.
In Miners Basin where work has
been tagging for some time, there
has been a great deal of work done
by individuals owners. One the NJ. l.
F. group owned by Fowler. Price &
Hepburn. a small force of men have
been working steadily all summer.
They have struck some exceptionally
good values and the ore continues to
improve as greater depth is reached,
l. T. Long of Telluride. Colorado.
in connection with Ed Wolf. has leas
ed the Toronto property and is get
ting out ore for milling.
The ore averaged $3.50 per ton.
For the first time in its history
a full force of men will be working
all winter in the basin.
In Bachelors basin there has been
something over 1000 feet of tunnel
on the High Ore property and the
Denver company. which Is working
it, has expended $4,000 in building
a road to the mine.
The Wilson Mesa placer company
which recently secured the right to
the use of the waters of Mill creek
for placer purposes by furnishing the
people of Moab sufficient pipe to put
in a first-class water system, have
done considerable work on their
holdings located at the foot of Pin
hook hill at the lower end of Miner
Basin.
Among the things accomplished
by this company is the building of
five miles of ditch and the putting
in of something over thousand feet
of hydraulic pipe and giants. A six
ton test has been made on their en-
tire body of gravel and the result
was so gratifying that they have re-
Gently refused an offer of 5000, 900 |
for their property and will put in
mill next summer which will have
capacity of 200 tons per day.
Near the Wilson Mesa Placer COM
pany's holdings of the Emmit Placer.
This outfit was recently incorporated
for s250,000. They are running a
tunnel to strike bedrock of Basin
creek. a small stream which drains
Miners Basin and expect to strike
a large body of rich gold-bearlng
gravel.
Taken altogether the future of |
mining property in the La SAILS looks
brighter than It has ever looked dur
ing the history of the district, and
there is little reason to doubt that
within another twelve months the
mining industry of the region will
have advanced from the swaddling
clothes of infancy to creature of
such proportions that it will be ex-
tending aid to others instead of ask
ing help to develop it's own resourc-