The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-17
MUCH COLD ORE
IN THE HENRYS
Henry Mountains Will Be Given
Renewed Search for the
Precious Mineral.
RANGE WAS ONCE
IN THE LIMELIGHT
Crescent Creek Sands Give Up
Much Placer Gold to
Prospectors.

Some twelve or fifteen years ago a
most remarkable stampede by mining
men was made 10 the Henry mountains
O chain OF lofty peaks which rises
abruptly from the desert in eastern utai
1t is an isolated section, remotely dis-
tant from railroad and seldom visited
by prospectors. a few sheep and cattle
men run their stock IN these mountains:
and In the winter many sheep are rangeu
on the desert intervening Between ,ens .ns
the Fremont river IL is barren, ues..
ert region. where rnin seldom falls ana
where rattlesnakes and Lizards oask II,
the sun and grow big and venomous and
losthsomc.
The mining excitement referred to oc-
Cured during the late 9O,s. II was
caused by couple OF nomadic prospec-
tors who chanced TO vislt the Henrys
The ground looked good 10 them and
they busted themselves during several
small streams which exist In the noun
tains. They had no machinery, out
nevertheless they managed 10 pan OUT
nuggets and fine gold 10 the value OF
several hundred dollars. Growing tired
at the Robinson Crusoe existence. the two
prospcctors broke camp, one morning,
Reaching Salt Lake City. they displayed
their hoard OF treasure and boasted OF
the new Eldorado they had discovered.
The Salt Lake newspapers took up, their
were advertised as the place OF oppor-
tunity where fortunes lay hidden In the
burning sands.
sued. During one whole summer the re-
gion between Loa and the CoIoraoo river
was dotted with the outfits OF wild. eyed
Argonauts. II was n small replica OF tne
Mormon exodus from NsuVoo.
Nothing much came OF IL all. some
gold was found, but il was not In the
form Of boulders or nuggets and II was
soon apparent that costly machinery was
needed TO wreste with the gold-benring
sand and rock In the Henrys " success
mining men have visited the Henry
mountains and several camps have been
established. A small mill was built on
hut we have yet 10 hear that It netted
revenue to It's owners. 1t has been dem
onstrated that gold exists in the Henry
mountains--gold in abundance. II is
found in the creek beds, In the refractory
rock. Somewhere there is mother lode,
and the old girl Is pregnant with gold.
cessfully save the fine gold which exists
IN the creek beds and in the dry sands
In every gulch and arroyo. Various ma ,
each machine has been n failure.
Last Saturday there arrived in Rich
field three gentlemen who have been
mountains. They reached here by way
Of Loae They were 5. W; Mulberry. F.
O. McFal and Robert Mullhall.
Mr. Mulberry Is a gTizzled prospesitS9r eeiS !
who has been exploiting the oil fields
of Emery and Wayne counties during
the past year making many locations for
n company In which he is Interested. Ere
long these oil properties Will be in the
1imeight.
In an adventurous mood. Mr. Mulberry
induced Messrs. McFall and Mullhall Ia
accompany him 10 the Henrys. They now
declare that gold is really abundant In
the Henry mountains. To prove II: last
Saturday they displayed a bottle con-
tsining coarse gold TO the value OF more
than $50, which they had panncd from
sand In Crescent creek, Just prior &c
breaking camp.
These gentlemen left Rlchfeld Sunday
morning for Salt Lake City and Will be
here again In a day or so. They Will
return TO the Henrys with machinery
including an apparatus made by the
National Placer Mining company which
has been thoroughly tested In wet and
dry placer work and which has invariably
made good.-Scvier Sun.