Salt Lake Tribune | 1897-01-01 | Page 23 | Beaver County Mines

BEAVER COUNTY MINES HORN SILVER this old well known property located at frisco fell back consider considerably atily in both lia its output ot or ore and in its receipts and this caused tho the company to pass three of its quarterly dividends the mine shipped in 1896 tong ton arrudo rl udo ore or ra OM concentrate S totals abow the number of men employed vaa ivas on jon january u a ry and 2nd ono e dividend of 0 was paid D durine u ring the year 1000 was paid for imp improvements rove about tile the plant the company has a line concentrating mill capacity of tons or 0 ore per day and it was kept running a large portion of 0 the past year the mine Is 13 equipped with wilh a splendid hoist a and ll 11 the shaft Is 1 down 1100 f e eel et it s I 1 has been tile alic custom of 0 AIa manager nager fit farnsworth R rn sw 0 rth to keep the mine ex exploited fit 0 it far all c ad of the slopes and lately in ili doing this some bamo very large oro ore bodies have lieen beca opened in tile lie lower levels there la Is enough ore in sight in the mine to keep it operating for many years besides the first class or ping ore and the class clasa now be belnac milled there are immense bodies of ore carrying a ble big per cent of 0 zinc it in time may become quite valuable after the proper process for its treatment has been discovered As it Is 13 the horn silver Is still a great mine and wll will bo be a alir producer for many years to come