Show role r A MtlLUltU imntllT III Is not generally known bnl Is still I a fact that the first mining to amount 13 anything In Utah took place Ib lies ver rouuly the exact location being U I the ItjIMcs had claim since known as the Lincoln mine Late In the fllllea the claim was duly reoirded and from the vein which had been discovered 16 I C discov-ered native lead running more or less In 1 silver was taken In abundance This was used ohlaflr In the making of bar lead I for the market also t for the CastIng cast-ing of bulloti a very necessary article I I arti-cle lu theme days when wild men and wild animals were muob mate newer P Due and much leis I restrained than they have been In later I years The ores of the Hollies mine I became gradually harder which Ish circumstances coupled with the accompanying Iou Dying fact that the lutrlnilo value I ESI of the metal Increased accordingly In rpoT proportion to the Incieaie of silver ilnl soon made it niceisary to lull I using E tbeona I for the lead that was In thorn sso only but In those days there were no sho smelters reduction works cod Ihs fricassee employed lu obtaining lead were too primitive to beat all aJiii lon I I tsecoui when the proposition became = = = = I a olluId out so rOt some time the ordei prolarly was In a state of comparative IrGo Ir dlBUltUdB Jjlccolo district was organized a few I years altar the Met discovery spoken Ut t I rr I l ol f II Is I sheeted north and tail of the = 0 0 town ot Mluersvllle the location of Pas lord the miD pkn of and most of the as a t I otbeii there ere aow something like MM fifty ot tLem being at au average I Sta 1 I dtetatce from that place ot about three miles Other lucatlons togau to = be made work was done In a desultory Orden I desul-tory way and Stool towards 1870 the ular S M I t I district talk on a Ljcni of decided proPortions pro-Portions A mining camp ojutslnlog at ODe Uo over LeO looplo sprang Into ii existence with all the cocomltnl RN helaool1 to uh mushroom grontbi fialoons blOlbI > divas and occasion I I I I I ally the Indispensable man for break f sbutlnthemldel ol It all Ibo was ISO enormous Amount Of business of a legitimate character IrantaoteJ Heveral tf the mines were shipping hlghureuJe ore to Bait Like by mean of wagon and team and making good profits at It this alone showing that the shipments must have been above the average In value to bring side the balance upon the right of the ledger with the expense account Ibo largely on count flgurlof up so other side I Times were decidedly lively In lUal 1 Then while neighborhood lot B 1 the shape came the first dark cloud In bait of living water In the Lincoln Tile property Justified the 0 pendlpa re nobtslnlug 01 large sums 01 money pumping machinery and while this worked successfully It 1 was no more i buloe IhanHbe wator atlenllvetobuslneis was the Jailer comlnn In I is last aa It was Taken out and Be ally the work was shut down Ihls ul such a disfavor over the others that II required re-quired but tllgttt d scale raze Monts hereafter to make theta d j llkowlio aDd as a kind ol finishing touch to the work ot prostration came the crime of 73t P bymeans of which the white metal ores relegated to the domain of marketable commodltlis Then they ell slopped although some few once In a while worked for short lerlods performing principally > prospecting And development work and yet with Ibo title upllIlg lhal has recently taken place It Is claimed by the Initiated that the mines or mOIl cl hem areas good its they ever were while the ground Is I not nil I locate by tiny moo There ate Indications of on early levlvnl so Boon as the Lincoln cannot rid of tbe legal en anglemeuta Into which It has drilled 01 late I years and starts up again thus giving Iho needed Impetus others will I follow In like manner and a general anti altogether welcome change come upon the scene Beaver county Is I richer In mineral resources than 10 any other know 01 present and since nature has done her lull bliatela the matter of 1 Providing prosperity for her children let them see 10 II that they do therkst |