Show gold silver copper iron petroleum and other minerals are here in abundance Abunda nde A railroad needed for development the following is alie report of alio committee on mines ami mining of the washington county commercial club patented it the meeting held june 12 SILVER REEF alic history of mining in ich ington county begins with alio discovery of alver nc ir in alio early the district was organized in 1874 as the hornsburg Harns burg district and the camp is known as silver reef alie ore occurs as a bedded deposit iti a band atone gangue and with sandstone walls the silver native and as a sulphide and a chloride varv valuable deposits of high grade ore mined and milled during the turf 3 ears alie camp w as in actie c it is estimated that ono and one half million tons of ore running from 25 ounces to thou and ounces were milled during this time alie and mills supported a population of during this time after this of alio drop in silver alio lower grades of ore coupled with the mcrea bed boist on account of some of tile pil mines water in quantity and alie increased cost of mining and milling active work in all camp cc since eliat time up to the pits cheru has some mining done b on alie engh grade at the present tune there is L bowd in alie anous thousands of tons of ore running 10 ounces and better chich with nil roid ficili tits and of mining and milling could be treated profitably at the present prices of silver besides these de eloped properties there is artill a largo of ground undeveloped 18 plenty of available at alie camp for mining and null ing purposes and numerous bites on alie virgin river fiill afford i ample adro a transmit ion of about five miles DISTRICT alic dixie amos abc alie pil in county tins pi was discovered bamo bomo thirty ears ago and lias been w b bov ei al sets of ov ners un til finally it pissed into alie hands of alie piam nt oMi erb alie otili aid eastern copier co whose main of fica n in new haven conn from alie fiant ork dolie up to alie kte alie production of copper from jhc thc e minca in alie form of on and lias to over lus of copeci alic ame mme it alio tinie ins iwan opened up for fact in depoli with and cuts on all levels at alie tune there birc many thou ind smelling smelting sm elting ore 10 and better blocked out as well as over tons of tecona grade ore averaging licater glnn 4 copper in dumps and in alie mine awaiting railroad rail roid ind cheap fuel before it can ic economically arc iltz at bliem 12 miles north of the mine and 42 miles from acim i on t i alic silt lake route the compin owns a complete smelling smelting sm elting plant of tona daily capacity connecting alie smelter w ith acoma alic company has expended upwards of 00 in making alic mountain road in the alic i companas comp anys transportation is earned on with traction adjoining alic dixie mine on alie bouth is the mine owned by G i age raon and jan is of st george on chieh extensive prospecting his been done there la a promising following of lead silver ind copper ores on tins property in tins abc district i alic black warrior mine ov bcd 1 james andrus of st george and under laasi and bond to the rational development co of salt dike city this mine in an earls div produced foca cral thousand tons of lead silver ore which was reduced at furnace at alie indian farm near bhim among alic promising in tins district may be mentioned alic aca aie alic west point and alic faur properties on ill of which there LS a showing of ore properties will undoubtedly 10 developed as boon as nrc at liand BULL VALLEY nie bull valley gold camp 35 miles of S george is i nett gold cl liming alie attention of mining men at tins time alic formation of alie country is and dikes alic bull run mine i onca by alie bull valley mining and milling co tins property lias A quartz cm c irry ing engli gr ide gold allies selected samples from tins property run from 1000 to per ton tins property is under acene development the engli giado ore is being packed and stored on alic ground chich mth the second bo milled at the mine I 1 he dr pine joining alie bull run is under development with a favorable showing alic Pi cadilli and the and hamblin properties arc favorable pio pacts in alie vicinity of mineral mount nn in the bull valley district these have a good ho ing of ore c irr ing gold lc id and copper values alio iron mines are large leabes of hematite bic tho famous of lion county in yie ARIONA in alie arizona there ire lo 10 alio grand gullli S ivanic and pio copper anit s in ire at the time ganv tons ol 01 ore blocked out and on alie 1 dump which will ami aiom 5 to 20 coppo to alic expense in wagon liall i alroid aind pes alic owners have unable to these ando om pro fital thi ores alie orca that will bu in dinv meritorious prospects in that pirt of our di anet could be smelter smelted in the faunt georgc valley with railroad til it would chuia fuel oil hie of alie oil in washington county begins with the bringing in of rh elite well no 1 in tuli of last car oil was encountered at a depth of feet and a well of albut 24 barrels each twenty foai hours was brought in are now in alic district three producing wells with estimated each 24 houra of 24 00 and 75 an of the oil from rho aito well no 1 shows a of 22 0 2 1 gasoline and 19 5 illuminating oil some ne and asphaltum an anah sisi of the oil from alic star crescent well no 1 shows a very grade of oil it is as follows 27 5 and gasoline 35 5 illuminating oil 32 lubricating oil and 5 biec and residue of alic oil from recent strikes ia not available two known oil bearing strata have been penetrated in alic producing wells alic upper stratum is a with an avenge thickness of si feet the locci is a porous limestone of varying thickness ranging from 12 feet at alic seeps to more than fort feet in borne of the w ells these petroleum bearing beds arc supposed to lie at alic bottom of the permian or at alie top of the upper systems the oil fields of washington county may bo into to general fields of different characteristics the virgin cit and antelope springs on alic cast bide of the hurricane fault and alic st george al lc on tin west bide has been no drilling in alic saint george alley but the t anc geological zon prevails in alie valley and num ceroua oil beeps alic of oil leading attlio liao gatch the virgin add diac liac pio it one an aured future and hac alie opinion also that alic production of alic alls may be doag GYPSUM sant godl ity in alie vicinity of ia varkin it fort nitice antar tin and in tin vicinity of large deposits of gi hsum of alie best eliat could iw mir and furnish a laige tonn bioc facilities one IN SIGHT in G state regarding alic future of alic mining industry blut there is at alio tune loft grade ore in bight to run profitable A ton smelter oci ten ars abc man pio mostly in abo prospect ali it would lc developed into producing mines provided tins district had alio of inho id lias been granted cantere of no arc iter promise etli the development of the oil industry chieh is wn practically alli assured and ith alie saint george valley is to become an import int i enter where ores c n be smelter smelted cli caper alian it an pi ice in alie nest aco F heaton and ii T B of ija angeles cal arnvid in the cit T heir object to quote mr elicit oils ii to aiom alic piorry of cia life aind rest up in a quiet alike ir iton baid lie good like the conger house after alic ride aiom lodana lod cna he believes dixie aull havu a railroad before ver long in fiet lie he lie tt is as sure of a million dollars 13 lie was that a railroad mill iw running hero in to beani ho ins opinion on alie fact eliat lie id acquainted ith ir adlar alio president of tin cu and ic th it gentleman vill do what he lia will |