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Show MINERAL RANGE HAS PURE LEAD The Mineral Mountain range has an interesting history. The scene of the great development of mines in this range was once the source of supply for lead bullets with which the early settlers met the attacks from bands of renegade Indians. The Salt Lake Herald-Republican has the following story regarding the activities activi-ties in this highly mineralized locality: local-ity: "Another step was taken in the reported re-ported pending consolidation of a number of the mining properties in the Mineral Mountain range, nine miles southeast from Blackrock station, sta-tion, on the Salt Lake Route, when a party of capitalists and engineers spent Sunday inspecting the several properties. This unorganized district, dis-trict, running through the division county line between Beaver and Millard, Mil-lard, has been attracting more attention atten-tion the past year than probably any other new section of the state. "This small range of about twenty-five miles in length was named "Mineral Mountain" years ago by members of the United States geological geolog-ical survey on account of its remarkable remark-able mineral outcrops from one end to the other. In the south end, the old Lincoln mine gave up to the pioneers pion-eers of the '50's pure galena lead which was run into the crude bullet molds of the settlers to protect them against the warlike Indians. "Lately the Antelope Star, Beaver Range Mines, Keno, East Antelope, Cove, South Antelope, Old Crater, Mammoth Copper and others in the north end of the range have been drawing attention in that direction. "It is understood that there may be an Immediate consolidation of the two principal properties, the Beaver Range Mines and Antelope Star. These would embrace a territory of fifteen to twenty claims, or a domain of 350 to 400 acres. It is possible that other adjoining properties may be merged into the proposed new company. There Is said to be good showings of both lead-silver and copper cop-per ores on the merger ground, where there is 1500 to 2000 feet of development work, with ore showing in a dozen places." . |