Mine Locating down in Emery County.

Snap Shots at Rural Events

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  Mine locating in Emery County is lighter this year than usual.  The only stir so far is three claims located about 14 miles south of Green River town and about four miles northwest of the junction of Green and San Rafael Rivers by F. L. Acord, A. G. Livingston, James Petersen, H. S. Larsen, Ray Jensen, John Aiken and A. Livingston, all of Castle Dale.  The land bears manganese and other minerals.  R. Pace and Al Pace of Green River have located a claim in Cottonwood Wash one mile northeast of Hoyt Springs.  

Emery County Progress
January 12, 1907

Recent Location of Claims in Emery County near Mexican Bend and Sulphur Canyon.

IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN UTAH

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  L.C. Moore of Provo has located a half dozen mining claims in the vicinity of Mexican Bend, on the San Rafael River, and some about two miles west of Buckhorn Flat Reservoir.  Assays show the ore to contain copper, silver and gold.  Other recent locations are those by Harvey Hardy, Jr., of Salt Lake City, who has staked out five claims in Sulphur Canyon, two miles west of the mouth of Glover Canyon, one mile south of the Price River.  

Eastern Utah Advocate
March 16, 1905

Good Mining Property.

LOOKS LIKE GOOD

MINING PROPERTY

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  In the old Summerville district some forty miles east of Castle Dale more prospecting has been done than elsewhere and there the ore carried some gold and considerable silver but no one ever found enough of it to make mining pay there.

  Peter Frandsen of Castle Dale has opened up some copper ore that runs quite high in the red metal some ten miles south of Desert Switch, a station on the Rio Grande Railroad.  Mr. Frandsen expects to ship a carload of the ore to a Sandy sampling works in a short while.  If that ore is found to pay and the Copper Globe continues to come to the front it is likely that some sort of a mill or pyritic smelter may be put up on the San Rafael River and the ore treated locally.  If ore is found in paying quantities in the Copper Globe the face will give a great stimulus to mining in Emery County for there is a vast territory of as yet unprospected ground that shows fully as good surface indications as

the Snyder and Frandsen territory.  

Eastern Utah Advocate
December 16 1905

Grandfather Comparison.

I did a grandfather comparison once before in one of my very early posts but I would like to do another short comparison or brief description of them. 

My grandfather Nicholas Peter Pettersson was an immigrant having been born in England of Swedish origin.  He worked for the railroads and mines before becoming Carbon County Treasurer.  He was also a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  He was very valiant and ambitious in his membership in the LDS Church.  He was still leading the choir in priesthood meeting and doing treasurer work for the seminaries at 90 years of age.  He was well known, well liked and well respected and had a cheerful nature and disposition. 

My grandfather Joseph Augustus Curtis was born in Castle Dale and was a lifelong resident of Utah.  In fact I'm not sure he went far from the Price River Drainage area at all and spent most or all of his life there.  His nickname was "Dode".  His father had the same name and generally went by Joe as far as my research determines.  In fact it is Joe who this comparison may involve more than Dode.  Dode has reportedly said that Joe's Holes was named after him.  I'm inclined to disagree with that as I believe he was a newborn when Joe's Holes was named.  It could have his his father Joe however.  Joe reportedly ran sheep quite a bit.  I don't know if they were his sheep or someone else's but he supposedly had large herds of sheep.  He would also be more contemporary with when Joe's Holes was named.  He also went by Joe rather that Dode.  They aren't called Dode's Holes.  Joe was also one of the first settlers of Woodside.  As I have mentioned earlier I am certain that the Curtis Formation which is part of the San Rafael Group of geologic formations was named for him.  The Curtis Formation is just above the Entrada Formation and is very evident at Goblin Valley.  The Entrada Formation, Curtis Formation and Summerville Formation were all named at the same time in 1928 by Gilluly.  There was a guy named Summerville from Moab that is also credited as being one of the first settlers of Woodside and that is exactly why I feel that the Curtis Formation was named after Joe Curtis.  It only makes sense.  I also believe that Joe's Holes was also named for Joe Curtis.  Lew's Holes was names for Louie Pressett and as far as I can tell he was a contemporary of Joe Curtis.  Apparently they laid claim to these watering holes.  My dad used to call Lew's Hole "Louie Pressett waterhole". 

I am going to contradict myself here.  Joe's Holes starts near the Cedar Mountain summit area of the Castle Dale Road.  Or on old maps the Green River Cutoff.  But the Green River Cutoff took a different route in some places than the present Castle Dale Road.  Joe's Holes empties eventually into Lost Spring and further down into other washes before eventually emptying into the San Rafael River.  The Curtis Formation also in within the San Rafael River drainage area.  I don't know how much impact this has on my earlier statement that Dode spent most of his time in the Price River drainage area but they are so close as to almost be the same and one has to make some effort to distinguish the difference.