Show f + + + t ct + + t t + tt + + + + t0 + 0 + + + + 0 + + + + + 0t0 + t + + 0 + 0 + + t + + + 0 t + 0 + + + + + 0 + 0 + + 0t + 0 + + + H1 IN TNE CAMPS OF the Something Region FarReaching that About is Almost the Boundaries Rich an Mines Empire of in a BEAVER COUNTY + i J + + 0 + t + 0 + + t0t + + t + + 0 + t + + + + t + 0 + t0 + + + 0 + + + 0 + + 0t0 + + + + e + 0 + 0 + + 0 + t + 0tt0t0t 0 + + + + 0 + + t I I the supremacy of Blngham as a IJ I camp of copper Is In any way threatened i threat-ened and if I within the next few years II its output of tHe red metal Is I to be exceeded ree I ceeded by that of any other region in I i the State that distinction Is not unlikely un-likely to be achieved by the copper bearing interests of Beaver county Of the presence of copper within the far reaching boundaries of Beaver the miner mi-ner has known for more than thirty years and yet It was left to the cour age o the last few to emphasize Us I I Importance and to elevate copper mining I mi-ning down there to n commercial basis Its presence In the Horn Silver mines at I Frisco was proclaimed as early as was 1 that of the presence of silver in sen rational quantity of lead In tremendous volume of gold In average values oC zinc In astounding acreage HAD OTHER FISH The earnings from these sources were too munificent however for the I original or the present owners to pay I much attention to the copper with which those metals were associated and then the antipathy toward copper at the valley smelter of early days was Euch as to render Its I presence positively posi-tively detrimental Indeed It was not until the reconciliation between copper mining and copper smelling a few yesterdays yes-terdays agone on the calendars of time that the faintest attention was given to the presence of copper In the Horn Silver and that It was permitted to become a unit in the output of the mine I as as contemptuously brushed aside as WHS the zinc ajl yet it haunted he management with the persistency of fabled Uanquo upon each new level It would not desist THE FRENCHMENS PART 2 As a specialty in a district which now however appeals to the expert copper miner as vigorously ns any in I the State copper mining in Beaver > county was introduced by what was I L known to that generation as the French company this launched by a number of wealthy Parisians who had 1 acquired the Cactus group of mines equipped it with smelter and concentrator I concen-trator and laid plans to supply the copper cop-per markets of the world Not asmuch > was known of the metallurgy of thc f diggings in those days as has since been learned however and wlille the I Frenchmen made copper from the ores I ot the remarkable group it was not nt the profit on which they had reckoned and copper mining as a specialty In Beaver county was again indefinitely suspended THE LATER EFFORTS In this condition it was permitted to t I languish The Frenchmen with their wealth of resources having failed the fregion was abandoned Indeed it wns a 1 bleak nnd n forbidding spectacle that confronted A 13 Lewis now representing represent-ing that locality in the legislative halls of the Slate in recognition of his splendid splen-did services as a miner when he cut his way thrdugh the gloom There hi pitched his tout lie acquired the 0 K group of 1 mines near Mllford and they cresporded to his touch in a manner thru I I astounded him and astonished I ho State Its highgrade copper deposits i opened up like a rose In June Of this ore 25S tons were shipped that stag Isered the natives and he I repeopling oC f a region which had been empty for so long was begun LAUNCHED THE MAJESTIC Th Majestic company was organized I by 1 him to its acquisitions were added rinany others and when It WtS finally i crystallized its ilale was one of the I most Commanding In I the West This I was followed by the organization of the Imperial company and hen was made his boIl dash for the I deserted pnssruhsions of the Cactus About this I group his ambitious I l dutch was fas told n5 it as a I few months later upon the Comet min the latter now among the highly prized possessions o the Imperial MR 1 NEWHOUSE APPEARS I was about this time hat Samuel Newhouse daddy of the copper diggings dig-gings and fouivier of ultracopper smeltIng smelt-ing in the State had his attention drawn to the t tong neglected opportunities opportuni-ties of Ban e county and l Mr Lewis who had been in almost undisputed possession of the t field awoke one morning morn-ing to find u rival He didnt want the entire earth however notwithstanding notwith-standing he had already acquired u large portion thereof and grasping his rival by the hand he led him into the slumbering catacombs of the Cactus group Mr Newhouse was dazed and a few ronths later after it had heen exhaustively sampled by his expert representatives rep-resentatives the properties of the old French company had passed Into his Kjinds t Vith the presence 1 of this muster mus-ter miner In the arena the struggle for a foothold was begun by scores S others and copper mining as a specialty spe-cialty In Beaver county was reestablished reestab-lished A PROMINENT FACTOR In accomplishing this the founder of the I Majestic company has always been the more prominent factor his achievements achieve-ments having been made possible by the splendid array of wealth with which he surrounded himself and while the Newhouse mines are racing it for first place their prestige at this time dismissinG the enormous volume of ore which has been disclosed is due to greater extent to what is going to be done in the way of equipment than to what has been done On the Majestic this work is practically ever THE MAJESTICS RECORD The exploitation of the Majestic the dispatch with which its I undertakings have been consummated and the prominence prom-inence to which It has risen affords one of the most extraordinary samples of achievement in the diggings Desolate Deso-late and neglected a few years ago its possessions are today 1 scene of the most thrilling activity the most Impressive Im-pressive results Its ore bodies have responded with a liberality that finds Intervals a precedent only at rarest its smelter has demonstrated Its earning earn-ing capacity and the adaptability of its furnaces to ends that are sought and surrounded with a wealth of talent and experience the results that musn be attained can be In no doubt whatever what-ever The Majestic indeed In Its policy pol-icy of acquisition has surrounded itself with advantages attained by few IT STANDS ALONE Not only does It raise Its own crop of ore but added to it is Its own crop of fluxes and while during the exordium exor-dium 0 the smelters career all these may not have been available to the required extent their presence within the ledges Is established nevertheless Whvle the campaign of development has been prosecuted with extraordinary results re-sults and while the ore bodies have expanded with every volley of shots that has been poured into them the eln of development is yet In Its infancy in-fancy and while its Interests at home and In the East are permitted to exult ex-ult over what has 1 already been accomplished ac-complished it Is not to be compared with what the possibilities hold out that which Is unmistakably assured by I the future ITS TROUBLES ALL OVER The Majestic has experienced Its tribulations tri-bulations but none that have not been easily overcome and with the horizon upon which the new year opens the harmonization of all Interests and with the company as ably represented at Its mines as Is It by W H Alexander the business manager here the results cannot can-not be other than anticipated While the performances at the smelter smel-ter have been most satisfactory and the clays of matte disposed of on the local market affords the I best evidence of the quality of the companys ores It Is I said that for a period at least everything every-thing at camp is to be subordinated to a most liberal campaign of development develop-ment work and that for this the sinews will have been provided In short time In this the local management and that which has its firesides along the shores or the Atlantic have concurred and pending this it Is not unlikely that active ac-tive operations at the smelter may be suspended Indeed there arc n number num-ber 01 conditions according to those who have surveyed them that with a little time can be simplified and to this end every Interest will work with I united effort I NEWHOUSES CACTUS GROUP That t Samuel Newhouse has upon the 1 ame great copper gold and silver I bearing zone acquired Interests In his acquisition of the Cactus that shall rise Ito I-to if they are not In their natural endowments en-dowments made to tower above those that are beingso successfully exploited by the Majestic company no one not even interests that cluster about the latter will regret Indeed a miner oC his dashing effort and welldirected energy en-ergy Is entitled to all with which the diggings may respond Perhaps the real extent of the Cactus posalbllties were never appreciated until they ere grouped by him and et he has been preceded on the ground Perhaps no one ever Inquired into them as exhaustively ex-haustively as did he No sooner had he embraced them however than with an army of men he began to exploit them under ground with the best talent that his wealth could procure and test them in an experimental plant above FOUND A BONANZA The results in both were conclusive and then was Inaugurated a period of most active development With these results the miner is conversant and while the purchaser himself has n knowledge of assets Into which a fortune for-tune was being placed no one was more astonished that he perhaps at assets which awaited him In the unexplored portions of the big domain Not only was the average value of the ore which Induced him to invent maintained but In virgin ground awaited him percentages percen-tages In copper that exceeded anything It was possible for him to anticipate these percentages associated with characteristic char-acteristic values in silver and gold The merits of the pioneer ledge established the organization of a company launched as the Newhouse Mines and Smelters followed EQUIPMENTS IN HAND Then the attention of the owner was turned to means for the reduction of the ores to an economic avenue through which to deliver them at the plants A smelter as well as a concentrator concen-trator of stupendous proportions was projected while the drills began to gnaw their way Into the earth and the driving of a tunnel 5800 feet between the pioneer ledge and the site of the reduction works was inaugurated I as In the prosecution of work upon this outlet that the management revealed re-vealed the presence of another ledge as huge as the original and to the old mine the owner of the Cactus had added another as large Q crosscut to determine deter-mine the width of the ore body In the new having been extended into it for over 130 feet without encountering a wall HE PURCHASED WATER Meanwhile preparations had begun for the erection o mill and furnaces and for the funding ot the town of Newhouse The fundamental thing was the acqulslon of water This was found at Wah Wah springs over nine miles distant and at a cost of 10000 over which sum an obscure ranchman went away chuckling this was added to the Ncwhousg estate Since that purchase a pipe line has been constructed between be-tween these springs and others that bubbled up along the margins and the townsltc and for water alone the townsie founder of the enterprise has reached I Into i10000 his resourceful wallet for over I SWELTER 1 SET ASIDE I I was about this lime that the Amer lean Smelting and Refining company had Its attention drawn to the bonanza that had been aroused from Its slumbers slum-bers and after an examination of its ore bodies a proposition was submitted to Its owner which Induced him to forgo for-go the building of a smelter with which to reduce the product of the conccntra for which will now under the contract with the American Salt come to Lake valley for treatment and conversion into in-to copper bullion containing gold and silver It Is said indeed that before this contract shall have been discharged the owner of the Cactus will have delivered de-livered to the smelter ores of the value of 10000000 THE BIG CONCENTRATOR To expedite production work upon the concentrator which will have a capacity of 1500 tons daily at the start lr to begin at once the working plans upon which the mechanical engineer Is now engaged by day and night shall have been completed and with a rush that will go forward to early completion comple-tion the reimbursement of Mr New house and those who have been permitted per-mitted to Interest themselves with him to begin in 1001 In the dawn of that day all Utah will rejoice THE IMPERIALS BIRTH In the same constellation Its possessions posses-sions stretched along the same domain do-main of copper Is the Imperial company com-pany another of those at whose birth State Senator Lewis was present and should It In future successfully contest con-test the right of the Cactus or Majestic to first place the congratulations from no source perhaps will be more cordial cor-dial than those from the owners of the later Neighbor of the Cactus the story of the Imperials researches is the story of the Cactus during a corresponding corre-sponding period 1 there Is a distinction distinc-tion In the ores contained in them It Is Imperceptible the ferrosulphlde in which occur the copper the gold and silver the feature of each The early development of the Imperials possessions was upon a ledge of tremendous proportions whose guarded nose was elevated far above the surface sur-face A LONG TUNNEL I having been prospected with commercial com-mercial results from the outcrop the lot of ore sent to market testifying to Its qualItya tunnel was started to taP It at great depth I was upon this undertaking that the management was concentrating Its energies during the year when at the 1010foot station sta-tion It broke Into a parallel ledge into which It han now advanced for nearly 100 feet with the real extent of It yet undetermined The objective point however is the discovery ledge which Inspired the splendid undertaking the management believing that within Its walls arc ore bodies that shall eclipse any yet encountered In the region CAPTURED THE COMET Added to the Imperials original acquisitions during the year was the Comet mine that had been profitably worked to a depth of 180 feet In former days Its old bullion record certifying to the presence 0 silver and gold In astonishing quantities as well as to lofty percentages in copper The Comet which butts up against the Cactus was reopened the past year and while the result of development has not been vociferously exploited It Is known nevertheless that a crosscut from the 200foot level has been run for 110 feet Into a mass of copperbearing ore this too identical with that in Its prodigious neighbor It was a fortunate acquisition acquisi-tion indeed and while its length upon the strike of the great ledge is confined to the length of n single location it Is amine a-mine Independent o the Imperials remaining re-maining possessions ROYAL IS LAUNCHED With the other propositions given to the world of wealth by him are capable I of paddling their on canoe some of I them producing nnd others moving forward for-ward to an era of production Mr l r Lewis In 1903 devoted his talents I largely to a reorganization of the Royal Gold and Copper Mining company com-pany with a capitalization of 10000 000 while 700000 of Q total of 1000 000 shares has been retained In the treasury The properties acquired by the Royal company comprehend a mineralbearing territory covering nearly 4000 acres In getting hold of this vast acreage he was required to lIght his way through the most stubborn stub-born rivalry but as usual he triumphed I United It Is said that the properties over which the Royals mantle ha I been spread have been productive of ores o n value exceeding 53000000 This is i verified by the records of the valley smelters THE MONTREAL GROUP More prominent In the list of these perhaps Is the Montreal group that standing alone ought to be enough to gratify the avarice of an army of fortune hunters This group was purchased pur-chased of the Glasgow Western Exploration Ex-ploration company Its hold upon It relinquished re-linquished because of the long haul between be-tween the southern camp and its furnaces In Nevada although the quality of ore which contained from 13 to 267 per cent copper a much as 380 gold and as much as 15 ounces silver Justified even that With these interests active development was begun be-gun during the year and will continue steadily Mr Lewis and his staff be lovIng that they will be made as productive pro-ductive as any in the region THE BLACKBIRDS SUCCESS Another of the more prominent of Beaver Countys undertakings upon which operations have been vigorously prosecuted with most gratifying results re-sults during the year is that behind which are the sinews of the Blackbird Mining company organized by Dr P A H Franklin and his powerful Eastern East-ern alliances The territory incorporated incorpor-ated within its holdings also adjoins that of the Newhouse Mines and Smelters Smel-ters Its ledges presenting the same general characteristics the composition of Us ores identical with that occurring occur-ring In the Cactus At present these ore bodies are being opened up on the various levels of a shaft which has been dropped down Into the zone for 300 feet and the work of 1304 should record its advent among the stalwarts Certainly Manager True Is exerting himself to that end and with the intelligent in-telligent cooperation of Superintendent Superintend-ent McCrea SOME OTHER UNDERTAKINGS 10 enumerate the various properties and prospects that certify to the merits of Beaver county as a mineralbearing region however would be to prolong this reference to It to perilous extent At the Blue Acre on whose territory the company has been prosecuting a steady campaign of development most important disclosures have been made under the direction of Henry I Crow her who promoted Its organization whileat the Erie the mannniement is ploughing its way through a ledge which In the presence of native copper is not unlike those of the Lake Superior Supe-rior region however much the matrice may differ from that In the north In addition to these arc other meritorious undertakings among which are the Skylark the O K Extension the Copper Cop-per Mountain the Ben Harrison and Beaver Consolidated The Federal Gold and Copper Mining company of Beaver county Is incorporated incor-porated under the laws of Utah with headquarters in Salt Lake City Capital Capi-tal stock 1000000 divided into one million mil-lion shares of t1 each nonassessable They own ten claims or 150 acres of mineral ground in the district I adjoins ad-Joins the O K mine the Skylark and other paying properties the two shafts being only MOO feet apart The O K has made the largest shipment of high grade ore ever made In the United States and has ore enough now to warrant war-rant them In the erection of 1 350ton smelter which will be complete by February 1st This ground also adjoins and the Blue Acre the Ben Harrison Buc cre The camps adjoining the Federal prop ercs are receiving much attention While mining for lead with Its associate asso-ciate contents in silver and gold In Beaver Bea-ver county has been subordinated to the development of its copper resources the production of land hu by no means been abandoned I was in this nrcuu Indeed that lead mining In Utah was first attempted the pioneers who were seeking that metal with which to resist the encroachments of the savag haying hay-ing found it in what has sine been known us the Lincoln mine Its greatest great-est achievement along those linen however is revealed in the story of the Horn Silver mines at Frisco that have been productive of ores of the value of J20000000 or more and that continue to reach the smelters kith lead conc n trates from Its mill and which has since It was acquired by the present company been productive of dividends amounting to 55342000 the latest having hav-ing been posted at the December meetIng meet-Ing of the board of directors However it Is Indebted to its copper ores for the greater portion of Its earnings earn-ings In 1003 Within the mines and I upon the tailings dumps arc enormous tonnages of zincbearing material for which the management has been seeking seek-ing 0 commercial outlet during the I year In this effort Manager Farnsworth I Farns-worth hns forwarded ores to the blS zinc reduction works at Tola Kin and to others in Belgium At each the ores were easily and inexpensively reduced but railway tariffs between the camp and those distant l localities are such as I to prohibit the patronage of either and until other relief is afforded the zInc product must remain inactive Throughout Beaver county are many opportunities awaiting capital anti I prospector and the year 1001 should record many of the brightest conquests in the diggings of the State Certainly this Is foretold by results that have been accomplished In t lcen accomplshed lflO1 wherever systematic work has been prosecuted and while all have not found a bonanza bonan-za many more are on the trails that lend to one |