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Show II IS GREAT STILL. Us lamous Silver Horn Mine In the Frisco Distriot Continues to Produce Good Orest TBOUBLE WITH THE EAILBOADS. Some Difficulty Experienced In Making Shipments and Getting Supplies Sup-plies to the Camp. There was a time when the Horn Silver Sil-ver mino was tho subject of conversation conversa-tion all over the mining and financial world. Hut its one timo lustre has been dimmed, not because it is not still a great mine, but because it is not so transcendtly great as it used to bo. Were it only known by its present works instead of its past history, " it would bo considered one of tho wonderful won-derful mines of the territory, but it cannot stand in tho glare of its 'reflected 're-flected pristine greatness without suffering suf-fering by the comparison of years affii. lint the mine is still a great one, and a verilablo solitaire in a desert of rocks, for it is the only really good mine that is working and producing iu the district today, although there are others which have ore bodies which promise well- At the present time the mine is working a force of one hundred miners and making a production of from 1500 to 2M0 tons of ore a month. Tho company com-pany have suspended temporarily tho shipments, on account of the railroad being unable to ail'ord them adequate aeeommodatious for the transportation of their product. There is also some discontent on the part of the company :iud the people of Frisco generally because be-cause they cannot get in supplies, as they must depend on the outside world for'everyihing they eat. There is over 1000 tons of ore on the dump now which is the product of the present month's work, which awaits transportation. It is supposed that shipments can be resumed re-sumed in a few days. This oio is coining from the third, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth levels and from the cave of the old workings which is now being timbered tim-bered and sorted. The mine is reported re-ported to be looking well in all parts and recent developments are said to be very satisfactory. The shaft is now down to a depth "of 1400 feet, but the reasons why it is not being worked on the levels from the 1000 down to that point is not disclosed. There are frequently fre-quently encountered masses of verv rich ore, containing horn; ruby and almost al-most every other variety of rich silver ores, but the great value of the shipments ship-ments are contained in the low grades, which run from 20 to 50 ounces of silver and from 30 to 50 per cent lead. The average of the ore is 85 per cent lead. This ore is shipped almost everywhere in the United States where there is a smelter, some of it going to Denver, to Aurora, 111., and shipments have been made to Vallejo Junction, California. During the quarter ending March 31 a most satisfactory showing was mado, and from statements made to the writer by the company's agents it is believed be-lieved the present quarter's work will produce about the same results. The settlements for the quarter have been made, and the statement of transactions has been forwarded to New York. When it returns it will be given to the readers of The Times. There is evi dent on the part of the superintendent the same reluctance to give the public exact information of the resources aud profits or losses of the work, that is so manifest a policy of so many mining companies in Utah, even wnen their slock is listed on the exchanges and the public constantly dealing in it. Why tliis is an almost recognized policy cannot can-not be fathomed. |