Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-19
WILL CONSTRUCT TWO
MILLS IN La SAILS
JoscDh II. Webb Declares Operations
At Wilson Mesa This Year VIII
BE by Milling Ores.

Mesa. Jan. l9-Whilc the Grand r1Fer
country is having Its oil and gas boom
Moab is organizing It's board OF trade
with good prospects Of a boat hnc III
the near future. just keep an eye on
the old La SAILS and especially the mesa
We have no big oil or gas wells. nor
big transportation schemes; but there
viii be something doing next season
iuet the same For we have plenty OIL
tho yellow metal and arrangements
are now perfected whereby some oil II
will be extracted next year. Two iniis
here next spring are now assured ana
indications are good for more.
The prospecting stage has boon
PASSED on tho mesa and from now on
mining will be done. The work oil INC
past season thoroughly demonstra1eo
that the ore and gold here are OF Seyser
origin. following the faults of porphyri-
tic shale and conglomerate sandstone
n has also been discovered that the
amythist quartz Is not the only rock
here that carries good values Nearly
ali of the altered crupuvc rocks that
green hornblende, field SPAR porphyrS
and dolerite. all carry good values IN
gold and the large bodies OF tale ana
faolIn have values that Will pay 10
mill. ,,
EXTINCT GEYSERS.
When the fact IL taken into consid-
Grafton that there are numerous places
hene. where the faulting Is plainly
traccable and the outcropping OF the
now extinct Seysers show ana tili' d.
all of these places good values III Boiu
are found on the surface, one cs,h
readily sec what VIII happen when tne
doping OF the stamps demohstrVuss "
10 the mining world what We nave
here. -.
Heretofore the work on the mesa nus
becn confined to placer mining, ana
good results have been obtained dnc
operators however, early learneu .n'e
they were losing Il large per cent VI
the values in the fine gravel that was
only partly disintegrated- BY Hlolo
thorough test made In last season op-
erations the rather startling discovery
was made that for every ounce Oh Tree
gold saved 10 ounces were lost In the
gravel ard rock. All this could have
been saved by milling.
Three other factors tend TO work
against the economical operation OF
Trend OF the gravel soon dips below
the level at which hydraulic mining can
profitably be done, the scarcity OF Wa
ter for extensive hydraulic mining; ana
a large amount of big rock encountered,
which requires blasting.
The coarse rock would be no detrl- |
ment to the milling process as nearly
all Of the coarse rock as we'll as the
fine gravel carries values that would
pay TO mill.
IN OTHER CAMPS.
Wilson Mesa does not stand alone as
a prospective producer for 1910. The
neighboring camps of Beaver and
Miners basin bid fair to soon take their
places among the best camps in the |
OF medium grade ore and none have |
more determined resolute class OF
miners. In spite OF all obstacles. they |
have persistently pounded away until
today they have many good mines, |
lacking machinery only to treat the |
ore. AS the machinery is forthcom- |
ing
The writer recently received a letter |
from the Denver Quartz NH company |
wherein they stated that a party at |
Beaver basin. Grand county. had Just |
ordered 50-ton mill to be installed |
early In the spring OF 1910.
While there Is an immense amount |
Of medium grade ore IN Miners and |
Beaver basins, there is also some ore of |
very high grade. The writer was
shown numerous samples last year.
taken from the Tornado and other |
mines of that district. that would class
as high grade, even In Cripple Creek or |
Gold6eld. JOSEPH II. WEBB.