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Show MINING EDITION BEAVER COUNTY NEW PAGE a panic, jlroui these lac oi s, ia detrimental to conveniently arranged. ' lows are going to precipitate vill be curiecteU. ROSSDALE AND SOME OF THE PROSThe accompanying rut ahowa the lai gv and out of revenge depreciate the, welfare, hut this u- to sell want all a.l iWuccrs own property, etc., dump and blacksmith shop at the Or lvalue , of their 1 1.1 so and usu hush. The Mipieme cmliiioi.s must he adjusted Hoy, and the nmiiih rf the inline nawH-am' PEROUS STAR DISTRICT PROPERTIES Phan I I" cninp.-.-.roifiiiii.rs will buy tiecly. The pres- of he court of la just back the blacksmith shop who are i.U. eiit tendency to readjust prices is When sufficient depth has been at f conseivatiie Jurists, J to Is lie.ieie whohs;i!c. senseless It lime formation with black lime walls. taified by this company there Is m patriots. w ROSSDALE, "In the metal industries this read- the ill l.c.imViHoiis, that It ilesirny will be proven that iht Hoy The tunnel In which the work la ' question but headjiMilunt h.is already made gmd Bov is one of the best mining of our industrial structure About bait way through Klfpha.it now being prosecuted has Just reached Oruhan for u inimhtr index Our fehrmiry u,u baik.iis wry. in the Htar district. gae our business in canyon and nine mile train Milford la the mineralized territory and there is profsisiiiiins J. Mill ia:ki has KM ng.iinst 12? for Jnnunry and liaos. eancy James into of the breaking located what ia known aa Rossdaie. every indication for 19i9. In copjier Ifil i.s the this subject. upon THE BLUE JOHN. Thin la a little village composed of the ore body at any time. Mr. Bmitbson no was in bust there large decline, but that Another spook Is reresuion minera working varloua properties In baa good equipment for tunnel work mu bas metal lately had any rise w,th the vicinity. The accompanying cut and as soon as the ore la reached hej Tl:e Dine John la a promising piece womIi mentioning, (upper Is now the h!,s la a birdaeye view of the camp and will do some extensive mining. AtjOf ground situated In the South Siari the ciil effect of the hlowlj.j: center of pessimism. The talent rethis are at shifts two to the district, about seven mllea from Mil This is working houaea present ahowa the belonging gards it as hopeless; cant see anything that will lift it out el the slough ol despair. About a year ago the same wne talking about the speedy u l!c market. The fact that of conking the accumu'ation waa then Increasing cut no figure In their estimation. Now that It is decreasing, the prophets are iiopeli ss. "The present wave of pessimism la not likely to last long. Such senseless .tight may end in a day. I , - , 1 1 ai.-ing- 1 e : '' ! THE OMNIPOTENCE OF MINING. triend Htks us If we are not in the statement, olten made, that the prosperity of Utah has for orty years rested, in great part, upon ter mining, citing the fact that the .niter products of Utah are aggregat-titwo and a half times those of uinlcg In value. We hardly think so, or the perfectly apparent reason that, except for the mining, the other prod ducts would not be worth be would not chat they now are. They if half the roluinq that they arc iow, save perhaps, in the two great .actors, of beet sugar and live stock, of half with wool as a not when value. their present Prices, are regulated manupulated by grafters, by the volume of money in circulation among the people. Take the money mis-jki-- u A one-thir- Birdseye View of Rossdale in the Star Mining Dhtrict, Showing the Property of the Adm ral Dewey Admiral Dewey, the Orphan Hoy and the Elephant mines. The buildings on tbe fight are those belonging to the Adiqlral Iiewey, and at the reur of these la tbe mouth of the lower tunnel of thla property. These buildings on the left are the property of the Orphan floy and Elephant mines and are occupied by the employes of those properties. Alex M. Ross, from whom the camp dreivea Its name, la the mayor of the place, and taken great prlds in making Rossdale the Ideal camp of the Star district. Visitors to Rosadale are given the moat cordial welcome and the best possible ' THE ADMIRAL DEWEY. the north side of Elephant can In the Star district la a large yon quartzite and lime mountain and here la located the famous Admiral Dewey property. Thin property consists of live unpatented claims, and Is owned by A'ex M. ltosa, who la working It single handed. On this property la a shaft which la down to a depth of SO feet In which the ore has been followed from the graaa roots. Thla ore ia a aerlclte of lead and carries values of 45 per cent lend, IS ounces ailver and $11.40 In gold. Mr. Rosa also baa two tunnels on the Admiral Dewey, one of which has been driven a distance of 380 feet and the other 400 feet. He la now working In the lower tunnel and la driving to get under the ore which has been opened In the On shaft. The Admiral Dewey la by no menns a new property, aa It has been worked In a small way fur the past several Some shipments have beer, years. made from thla property which netted the owners a neat profit. Mr. Ross has the property In good shape and the tunnel equipment Is aa good nr will be found anywhere. In another fifty feet in the lower tunnel It la ex pected that the ore body .will be cut when upraising will be commenced and active mining operations carried on. We show this proierty In the picture of Rossdale, and the lowei tunnel la located at the rear of lh house while the other tunnel la shown further up the hill. Tbe shaft la lo cated on top of the mountain. The shaft will be worked from the lunne' as It la expected to connect the two at aa early date as possible. Mr. Robs haa a splendid property, and there Is little doubt but that some day It will become one of the heavy producing mines of the district. THE ELEPHANT. In One of the promising properties Elephant canyon In the Star district la the Elephant. Thla property la now being worked by J. R. Smithson, who has a bond and lease on the ground There bas been a large amount m work done on this property both In shafla and tunnels and the work at tlm present time is confined lo the rntiln tunnel. The Elephant embraces one patented claim and the Hazel Fraction which Is unpatented. The ground adjoins the Orphan Boy property as well as the Red Warrior, and Id years gone by it haa produced up wards of flOO.UOO worth of ore. The workings on tbe Elephant con slsta of a 90 foot shaft, In which de posits of rich carbonate ore have been opened, and loot) feet of drifts, rrusn-rut- s and tunnels. The Ore which hss been encountered In this pnqieriy dips to the cast and Is found In the property and the ground Is being rapidly opeued up preparatory to more It Is the In extensive development. lentlon to drive this tunnel to get under the ore shouts which were found In the shaft, and It Is expected that the objective point will be reached In a short time. Mr. Smithson is well pleased with the present showings and is quite confident that he will soon break Into the veins which are eaally traced on the surface from the Red Warrior aide of the hill. THE ORPHAN BOY. "The most dreadful specter Is doubt ford and about four and a half miles the coming decision in the inon') less from the railroad at the Moscow uwltch. This ground adjoins the Gold poly rases. If adverse, the big fel Crown and Humbolt properties and Is of bubbles In the latter part of 19m) A and Is the aftermath of tbe sunshine considered a valuable bolding. shall which la now down to a depth movement, which persuaded folks in of about 100 feet haa cut some good 1909 that a boom bad come once more. carbonate ore which promlaea to develop into a large body aa depth la at Kilned. .The Blue John consists of two unpatented claims containing a formation of quartzite and lime. The property is well fissured and baa every Indication of proving a valuable mining proimsllion. At the present time the Rlue John la being worked on n ease by Dim Workman and associates, and they feel certain they jo make good and do som?' of rich ore In the not far ture. Recently a very rich vein war; broken Into at thla property, and It It j believed that by following It up a body of considerable proportions will be Tliift Orphan Roy min'.1 Is one of the ulddti workings of the Slur district and promises to become one of tbe big or mines. For the lust twenty-fiv- e thirty years this property haa been worked and prospected by W. I). Williams and others, and at various times shipments of valuable ore have been opened. made Irom It. Some eight years ago the Orphan Roy Mining Co. waa or ganlxed and Incorporated under the aws or Utah, with W. D. Williams as president, Chua. Doe, secretary and treasurer, and 8. E. Potts aa general manager. The company Is capitallxed at 300,001) shares at 10 cents per share and the value of the shares Is now far above pur. The company owns a group of eleven unpatented claims In the Star dlatrie and these tic on to the Red Warrior and Mowitza properties. Preparations are now being made fur the patenting of this entire group of clalma. Con- J. go-in- g Keith-OJRrle- n e THE ESTELLA. The Eatella Mining and Milling Co. THE 8UN8HINE. W. Kirk, Tony Poulson a: owns id :t others in the very promising prospe vicinity of the Gold Crown, wl Ich they call the Sunshine. Aa yet ul little work has been done on thla property, but ore Indications have been had from the grass roots. A shaft la down to a depth of 30 feet and a tunnel haa been driven for a distance of 25 feet. The owners of thla ground do not claim tc have a mine as yet, but feel sure the) The Ore Dump and Hoist There was none. of the Estella Mining and Milling away that la now paid minera, smelters, and for the transportation of ores and base bullion, and what would become of prices within ' sixty days? What would become of the places of amusement; the places where beverages, soft and hard, are sold, and half of the stores? How long before the aristocratic hen would cackle to supply eggs at 15 cents a dozen, the autocratic cow haul In her horns and furnish butter at 20 cents a pound, and the horny-hande- d farmer consent to be two years in making a fortune out ol ten acres of potatoes, celery and onions. Instead of one year, aa under present conditions? Quartze mines are he'.pless things. They are generally In more or less In accessible places; everything has tr be carried to them, everything brought away. The call for money for them is Incessant, and they have to pay in gold. What they produce Is the mean ure or values; the first prosperity that conies from them is what the people receive who supply them with material, with labor, with machinery and roads everything; before anything Is realized by the owners. The gather HVe had two years of Industrial depression. During that time but little new work was Inaugurated; maintenance was neglected. But the popuia- - Ore Dump of the Orphan Boy Mine Showing Mouth of the Tunnel, Star District slderable work has been done on tbii property, and at the present time there Is over 1000 feet of tunnel, which la being driven toward the rich ore bed-dig of the Red Warrior. Off from the tunnels drifts oggrrgiting 500 feet have been run on various ore shoots rrom where some very rich carbonate ore has been taken out. The ore runs high In lend and ailver, but as yet the main bedding baa not been reached. Such veins of ore as have already been cut are dipping to the northeast and lays In a lime formation which la cut by a purphry dyke. In both the tunnels high grade stringers of ore have been cut at various points and the whole territory In which work has been done Is highly mineralized. The locution of the Orphan Roy is an Ideal one for the establishing of a big mine with hoisting works and other equipment. The properly is situated about nine ml'cs from Milford, and Is easily by toms. Plenty id coin eiiii-ii- t d'.miplin; ground lie- lug in of dividends la another business. What that ine&ua can be seen by u brief inspection of what has been in Salt Lake and other towns during the last four or five years. The Improvements rould not have been made, that have been made, just through the Fteady growth of tin. country. There had to first be an accumulation.- The Newhouse and Rus-t- i m hulldinga in Balt take mean simply the materializing into steel and marble and mahogany of some dull ore In the Cactus and Boston Con. mines. block la merely the The Haloran-Judg- e ore In tbe Silver King taking on b new form. It la the same way with the building; it will same way with 'the Kearns sky scraper. Bo much as ia finished of the great cathedral waa due to mining, Tor except for it, ita erection might have been postponed for half a century. The beautiful Packard library la but the treasure of Gemini and Eureka-Ilu- l transformed; monuments to mining are all over the state; others are beginning to take form constantly. There would have been no beautiful stock exchange without it, no superb commercial club building, no Newhonse hotel nor theatre would be under construction. To think how all the cities of the state would look were all that mining bos done and Is doing taken away, will enable anyone to imagine what tbe state of business would be without that potent moving agency. It la easy to reach great values If the measure la large enough, and mining la what supplies that measure. That rules the world; It haa since before Pharoah put the chain of gold on Joseph's neck; since before the ahlpa of Hiram and of Solomon sailed away for Ophlr and brought back peacocks and gold. REIGN MI8M. OF PESSI- - must be Increased. The wear of owns a group of claims seven miles southwest of Milford, which In past years has produced large quantities of valuable ore. The property is well equipped with a hoisting plant and tunnel equipment as well as a small mill. At the present time the property Is not being worked and the equipment Is being used by the Gold Crown company which has a three year lease on It. The accompanying cut shows the hoisting house and dump of the mine and will give some idea of the amount of work that has been done at this property. 5a-tel- Foundations! 'for Fortunes' Are right here in the advertising columns of this piper. If what youre selling has merit, ADVERTISE Aa ad. will IT. sell It for yoa. luoprrtsm. uw.brw.ni. u.) have as good a prospect aa there s tlon and Ita needs kept on Increasing, In the district and must be supplied. Railway facilities are notoriously inadequate and 8ENSELE8S Co. in Star District 4444 ex- isting plants must be made good. Tin Improvements In business In 1909 did Is this country shying at shadows, not become noteworthy until after and do we need a little more ginger midsummer. It is inconceivable that to our courage, or what ia the matter In the brief period of the remainder of with the markets, might be a fitting that year the deferred development of title to the following editorial of the two years was consummated. It Is yet to be done, and this means industrial Engineering and Mining Journal: The markets or the eaet are sub- activity. In fact, the consumption ot merged by a ware of pessimism. Rauk-ers- . raw material Is Increasing steadily. broken and especially investors, The pessimists ought to go west and. seem to be scared out of their wits. witness the population there buying What excites their fear la unknown even to them. They are terrified by thought of calamities. The world Is never free from evils. spook that they thfnk may exist, but whereof they do not know ;the nnture There nve some now. One of them ! or the manifestation. One specter at! extravagance. Another Is the greed least has been laid, namely, the pros jthat aecompanles prosperity and ni.u.i pert of labor troubles anticipated on fests itself in the financing of aiv.i April 1. the day of the proletariat. Of mutations to extract from consumers this there ms much danger. The 'the last penny they Mill p.iy. TV1 times are not propitious for strikes, 'status of (Mir foreign trade, , SEE EARLE THE PAINTER FOR ALL KINDS OF House and Sign Painting FULL LINE OF PAPER ALWAYS ON HAND WALL ' 4e444ve44b444ee4044eeeeee |