Show r J C d rr IV t i4 r S7 p 9 a rb o S n r E nhp r 0 Q 3l re r 0 Ty Y 1 I tti t7 S r r 4 o + t + 7 JJ rri r + > YaS i2 S o r R t 1 1 Ri IUR o r 0 0 0 0 ° O O o N O Q V Q VV IS r I TWOWONDERFUL I Iv rr MINING DISTRICTS f The San Francisco and Beaver Lake mining districts In Beaver county are Ito I-to of the richest i In the State and I are tho home of some of the richest mines in the country THE COPPERGOLD BELT Upon this zone during the past year the most active figure was that of IrA Ir-A B Lewis and while physically more or less diminutive its possessor proved a stalwart Quick to detect the opportunity oppor-tunity ho was equally prompt In grasping it and the Imperial Copper company was launched by him As a foundation for It he had acquired over 325 acres ofcopperbearing territory In what IB known as Loebers canyon Between Be-tween Frjsco and Copper gulch In the same locality were tho Massachusetts and Washington mines From the first work was most Industriously prosecuted prose-cuted Open cuts were made along the vein and tunnels driven to tap them on their dip Ore made its appearance In every puncture and then followed the customary trial shipments the smelter returns revealing as much as 10 percent per-cent copper and from S3 to 520 in gold with some silver Since then work has been going forward steadily and the present season promises Its Equipment for a steady campaign of prbduction THE ROYAL COMPANY The same talent that exploited the founding of the Imperial company launched the Royal I with the famous old Cactus group in Copper gulch near Frisco The Cactus had been formerly operated by a company of wealthy ParrsluhB who did very extensive work but who were loolcing for a silver sil-ver and lead lather than a copper proposition By them it was clabo rately equipped A mill and a smelter wore erected but In the absence of tho proper liroccsses they were < dlsappolnt men ts I During the fall of 1900 thcsa holdings with 7001 acres of ground passed Into the hands of Mr Lewis and his associates asso-ciates and work upon the domain which covers an arci of 900 acres want begun sampling of the ore bodied shows goodvalues lu copperarid gold with some silver and both mill and smelter can be made to servo the new company whenever It Is desired Indeed In-deed no proposition In the State Is more efficiently equipped from hoistIng hoist-ing plant to reduction works The new company is now engaged upon the sinking of a triplecompartment shaft that will he pushed rapidly to a depth of GOO feet At the collar of the new shaft was encountered ore running well up in copper and the development develop-ment of the territory from that opening open-Ing will be followed by the miner with keeneest I Interest THE MAJESTIC The Majestic group of mines which has just been incorporated In Chicago with Mr A B Lewis as president is composed of the following groups The HarringtonHickory the O K the Old Hickoryand the Vlclcsburg all In the vicinity Of Mllfbrd and l all good producers pro-ducers in the past Vigorous work was commenced under the new management manage-ment some months since on the Har ringtonHickory The chief developments develop-ments have boon prosecuted on the Adolla where the vein has been reopened re-opened on the second level and a large amount of highgrade ore extracted The mine Is showing superbly The old shaft on the HarringtonHickory has been put In shaW and work begun on the mine This is also showing v finely In the I HarringtonHickory Is an immense im-mense vein of zinc lead and copper silver and a nttle i gold On the Quartz claim same group arc extensive openings ready for stop Ing This group has a record of about 750000 already produced On the O K a hoisting plant of 35 horsepower and the necessary buildIngs build-ings for all pucposcsare being erected and extensive developments will begin with the nevv ypar On 1 this mine two shafts ore of 225 feet and one of 240 feet l are sunk and allno body of hlgh I grade copper ore Is exposed Carloads I of ore have pecn shipped from this mine which returned CO her cent copper I cop-per with gold artd silver The mines ot ihls company were all extensive prod hccs formerly but with smelter charges 35 per toh and no rHoSvanco for copperand none for gold under 5 pjbi r ton lJ hc mines ware closed down |