Show mining in beaver county BY WILL VILL 0 C HIGGINS the wave of prosperity which swept over the minin mining districts of the west during the year 1916 was most appreciably felt in beaver county utah a section of the state noted for its wonderful and extensive and which in the early days of mining in utah was responsible for a large portion of the mineral output of the state it is somewhat difficult to make an ac septable cep table explanation of reasons and conditions which have kept the mining industry of beaver county in the background during the past twenty years although during that period one or more districts in the county have experienced mining booms of more or less magnitude and intensity but the lack of profitable operation on a large scale can in all likelihood be charged to the lack of deep mining and it is believed in mining milling circles familiar with beaver county that when more properties have acquired greater depth more producers and profit makers will join the ranks of the few dividend payers now attracting attention to that section dividend payers deaver beaver county at the present time can boast of two dividend payers these are the horn silver mining alining company and the mos cow mining alining milling company the former located at frisco paid in velvet money in 1916 making a grand total of to date tile the moscow while failing to continue dividends in 1916 has already posted one for which will be paid on january 15 of this year the disbursement bur of which will make a grand total of the horn silver the horn silver is the deepest mine iliin in the county and is still productive after being in continuous operation for nearly half a century the mine under the management of vv H hendrickson is making regular ular shipments of silver lead ore and looks good for dividend disbursements for some years to come the caldo mining company the caldo mining company of salt lake leasing the tailings at the horn silver has in operation a milling plant of tons daily capacity that is retreating a product going from 6 to 7 per cent in its zinc content 6 per cent lead and 7 ounces silver and turning out a concentrate going from 40 to 45 per cent zinc 18 to 20 ounces silver and 10 per cent lead the product being consigned to oklahoma and colorado amel A feature of the companas comp anys milling plant is that it uses only fifteen gallons ot fresh water per minute this economy being made possible by the fact that filtering and settling equipment installed at a cost of enables the management to reuse re use the water and maintain a flow of gallons per minute en circuit J al callow is manager forthe for the company the utah leasing company the utah leasing company which is working the old tailings of the cactus mine at newhouse lias has been working most profitably during the year the company has in commission a milling plant employing the flotation method of ore treatment and the capacity of this mill is being increased from to tons daily the new equipment is most modern and up to date and the company should enjoy increased prosperity during the present year the officers all and di rectors of the company are V P strange president J C dick vice president D R pingree secretary and treasurer II herbert erbert and frank W royer successful operation under trying circumstances indicate careful and able management the cactus or the south utah mine as it is now named was practically inoperative during 1916 the moscow mining milling during 1916 the moscow mining milling company added greatly to its mine equipment and now has one of the best electrically operated mine hoists to be found in the southern portion of utah on account of the heavy expense connected with the installation stal lation of this equipment and the carrying on of extensive development and exploitation at the same time the company passed its regular dividends for 1916 but as previously stated has started the new year with a good sized disbursement the company so it is stated has on hand a cash surplus the officers are matthew cullen president athol rawlins secretary and treasurer and G S wilkin mine superintendent the antelope star during the year considerable activity has been been noted in the antelope star oj of which A C is superintendent and in whose property an important strike was reported just before the holidays this strike according to mr was made in the bedding planes uncovered by the south tunnel at the intersection of a cross fissure the ore measure is reported to be a toot foot in width with galena all through it it is believed that this discovery is chekey to bodies of marketable ore which surface showings would indicate will be found with systematic development the creole mining company during the year the capital stock of the creole mining company was listed on the salt lake stock exchange and company shares have been active in trading ever since the company is engaged in active development work and has been making ore shipments during the year since the first of the year advices advises have been received from manager homer mccarty that two ore disclosures of importance have been made one of which is in the main tunnel and from which a considerable tonnage of marketable ore has already been broken down the company owns nine claims five of which are patented the group is located twelve miles from the salt lake railroad judge N W haire is president of the company and J M reynolds is secretary and treasurer the paloma the paloma has been strongly in the limelight of public favor during the past year and has accomplished a large amount of satisfactory development work during that period the company is making shipments of excellent ore and it is reported that the mine si showing lowing is most satisfactory the stock of the company is listed on the salt lake board the company owns a group of fourteen claims in star district and the writer is informed that quite recently a large contact deposit of shipping ore was uncovered in the mine workings the officers and directors are M P braffet president charles W olson vice president J I 1 H braffet secretary and treasurer B IF caffey and H B cole C J graft graff is superintendent in the beaver copper work is being pushed in the development of the beaver copper under the diree tion of lew merriman superintendent of 0 the yankee consolidated in tintic gintic district utah the main working shaft of this property is being sunk to the level at which depth a crosscut cross cut will be run to the vein on the foot level a drift to the vein uncovered four feet of vein matter two and one half feet of which was ore of marketable grade it is expected that an improvement will be noted on the the company is shipping regularly and believes that it will be able to make a great showing in profitable operation during 1917 in the same locality is the beaver lake metals also under the management man gement of mr merriman which it is expected will soon begin regular shipments of lead silver ore the copper mountain in this same section is the noted copper mountain mine which is owned by samuel newhouse of salt lake city the copper mountain is now under bond to A J mcmullen of salt lake who has had years of mining experience in beaver county and under whose personal direction the property is being systematically developed and operated this winter among mining operators of experience the copper mountain is looked upon as possessing splendid possibilities with more extensive development the majestic mines company under the supervision of manager moffat performed a large amount of development during 1916 and maintained main tined a considerable tonnage of good ore the master key the master key in star district bids fair to take rank as a regular shipper of high grade ore this property is under the su erin tendency of henry barney an eapen encee miner who was in charge of the great cardiff mine in big cottonwood district utah when the lower tunnel was being run to catch the wonderful ore body that has since made this property so famous and in mr air barneys barneis Bar opinion the master key has the earmarks of the making of an equally as great a producer in the exploitation of this property a double compartment working shaft is being sunk in order to intercept one of the main ore bearing channels of that section during the year considerable activity was noticeable in north star star Jar loose fortuna beaver lake and san francisco districts in beaver county among therom the companies operating and receiving more or less favorable attention being the mammoth copper company the commonwealth mining company the red warrior mining company the 0 K extension mining company the utah mining milling transportation company the lady bryan the beaver butte mining company the beaver gold mines company the beaver mines company the croft mining company indian queen mining company rob roy the leonora and others according to advices advises received from star district a short time ago an important dis closure has been made in the commonwealth mine a near neighbor of the cedar talisman which during the past year shipped a considerable tonnage of high grade zinc ore judging from all indications and generally satisfactory conditions beaver county should experience a most prosperous season during the year 1917 |