Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05

| have Just had q long talk with Mi.
A. r. Weigall. q we'll known mining en-
Sineer in the employ Of the Colibrall
and BoStwick Development company.
Mr.. Weigall is a graduate of the sgd
ney, Australia. mining university, and
during the past nine Years has been
operating. throughout the far east. He
left the famous Mount Morgan mines
of Queensland to prospect in the Dutch
East Indies. ana later on was employed
in siam, Siberia, Japan and Korea. He
has heen all over Korea. and he tells
me the country is we'll mineralized. I
asked Mr.. Weigall about the gold mines.
Said ho:
Nearly every stream shows more or
less color, and we have reason to be-
ieve that there is gold in every prov
ince. There are several large conces-
sions nathe same region as the Oriental
Consolidated, which have been more 81
less worked. One of them belongs to
the English. another to the Germans,
and a third to the French. The Eng
lish ran a tWenty-stamp mill for some
years on high-grade ore, but they shut
down about two years ago and have
left. The Germans are still mining. and
they are said to be making money.
They have rich ore. but will give no in
formation as to their profits. The
French are also operating near Cl1osan
in the same district
I'm addition to these mines in north
e.:stern Korea, are the Suan gold mines,
belonging to Collbran and Bostwck
They lie about fiftysiX miles from Py-
cng-yang, and can be reached in eight
hours by train and two days across
country. These mines promise to pay
very well. They have been worked
about a year, and they have taken out
about 10000 tons, of ore. which will
yield So per ton. In addition. there
is 3 per cent of copper in the ore. The
company Is putting I'D 81 plant and by
next October it will be reducing about
100 tons daily. This mine was dis
covered by an Englishman. who took
Mr. Collbtan in as a partner. He got
up a combination, including the Nit
suis of Japan. They sent engineers to
Investigate it, who reported against II,
and SO the Mitsuis dropped out. Then
the Englishman gave up, and Collbran
and Bostwick organized a new COM
pany in Seoul. on q Capitalization of
100000 1t will not take more than
100000 to develop the property, and it
promises to be one of the most valuable
mines N Korea"
THE CHICKSAN GOLD MINES
Are there any other gold mines now
being worIied?"
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Yes" replied Mr.. Weigall, "and there
are several which promise to pay much
more in the future. One of these is
the Chicksan mine, which lies As miles
south Of Seoul, not far from the sea.
That mine has large quantities OF low
grade ore. and 1t can be worked at a
nrofit. If on a large scale, al as low as
So per ton. The ore contains seven or
eight dollars per ton. and it is better
on the average than the ore OF the
Oriental Consolidated. The country is
granite. and thelodes are Of quartz and
Of great size. This mine was originally
granted to the Japanese. but they gave
1t over to n young American. named
Deshier, u stepson of the late Gov.
Nash He came out here from Column
bus. Ohio. After he got hold of the
mine he Interested Columbus capital in
it, and also the we'll known millionaire
of japan, Baron Shibusawa. The COM
pany began work. but in some way or
other it has gotten tangled up. and t.
now in bad shape. 1t is said that JAR
dine. hlaihicson e Co.. q well known
English firm which is operating in the
far east. is about to get hold OF the
nroperty, and that they will develop
it. =
is it considered Very valuable:,'
The Indications are exceedingly
good, said the mining engineer Tine
concession is 20 miles long and ii miles
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