The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-23
RICH PLACERS
TO Be WORKED
Hydraulic Giants Will Begin
Tearing Out Gold at 0sce-
ola in a Few Weeks.

II is now practically certain that,
within another six weeks, or by the
nrst of June, three big hydraulic giants
VIII be washing out the gold from the
Famous old Osceola placers, at OsceoIa,
New now the property of the Anal
samated Nevada Mines & Power COM
pany. In addition, the company will
nave awarded contract for the con-
struetlon OF a twenty-stamp mill on its
loae properties at Black Horse and the
work of getting power plant construc-
Ton under way at the two sites on
Bakers creek, will also be well in
hand. This, in brief, is the information
released by John w. Cawley, previous
10 his departure for Boston yesterday
noon.
For the past ten days Mr.. Cawley.
With d Austin Brown, the big asbes-
los manufacturer; c. w. Burnham, jr..
OF the Boston stock exchange, and A.
III. Buck, the well known mining en-
Sineer or Denver, have been going
thoroughly over the company's proper
lies. with the result that preliminary
action on the launching of the cam
paign outlined has been taken. When
Boston is reached meetings will be held
and every detail of the business in
hand viii be worked out.
Like every other enterprise that
was being rounded into shape when the
financial panic came on" said Mr..
Cawley, 1.-THE Amalgamated Nevada
has had to bide its time and wait for
the easing up of money conditions We
are now getting a good start again
and, as the first work in hand, that of
placing the great sixteen and eighteen
mile bitches in trim to deliver water
for the big hydraulic machines at the
Osceola placers. is to be commenced at
once, it will be only a few weeks till
the washing out of gold is under way.
j. H. Marriott, the superintendent. has
gone TO camp to place men at work on
the bitches and fumes and. as the
amount of repairs 10 be made is going
10 cost only about s., 900, il is evident
that there is not a great deal to do, or
that much time will be consumed in
doing if.
plans and specifications for the
stamp mill have already been prepared
by the Trayler Engineering company
of New York and, directly Mr. Buck
has submitted his report on the value
OF the BlackhOrse properties, the ore
available. etc, the money for the con-
struetion of the mill will be forthcom-
ing and the company will get busy in
that line
The company has done considerable
preliminary work on Bakers creek,
where il is proposed TO install big
power plants and an increased force
Will be put on at once. b Comfortable
buildings have been erected for the &C
ccmmodation of employees, and d good
road has been practically finished to
the site of the first or lower dam on
Bakers creek. a road still has to be
constructed for the mile and a halt
between the lower and upper sites and
that viii begin at once, as il will be inn
possible to get in supplies and equip
ment before the road has been finished.
The power end of the enterprise is not
going TO be rushed at all. II is an I'M
dertaking that viii require time and
the expenditure of a great deal OF
money, but it is one which, when final
~ rounded ont. will become a source
of perpetual revenue and godsend to
a large stretch of mineral producing
country. all the way from Ely to Os-
ceola, as it will provide a world OF
electric power and light at a modest
cost
The OsceoIa placers are reputed TO be
the richest in the world, and In the
early days they produced heavily
When things seemed to be at the best
a hard, dry season came on and there
was no water on that side Of the range
to supply the hydraulic giants that had
been installed. The old company then
went practically broke in constructing
great bitches around and through the
mountains TO supply the water. The
ground through which the bitches raI
was dry and porous and it was mighty
little water that got through TO the
business end. The company was at the
end of its resources and no further at
tempt was made 10 work the grave
deposits Since then. and DaTticuiariy
during the past few years, there has
been an unusual amount of precipita-
ton in that country and willows
weeds and shrubs have oYergrown tbs
bitches, the ground has settled and the
entire line is now in shape to carry the
maximum amount of water through
without loss TO speak of, so the famous
. placers viii be reclaimed and made
productive again within a short time
J. osERNDoRFER,