Show rj nj j j jn n L 1 BOXELDER 3 R COUNTY u t T rt e i 0 j Population 10 1900 O 1009 Assessed valuation 19 1900 Boxelder county I is ole one ot of the laret largest In the State ol of Utah anti and I is situated In the extreme northwest It Its resources and industries ar are Ina many and varied arle In n tIme production ot of frit fruIt It Itis Is unrivalled In Utah l Educationally Boulder cun comma ty jy is coming rapidly to the front the hol being strictly ald and well el managed County Superb ot of Scholl Schools Nephi Anderson la furnished the information fur for forthe the benefit ot of readers of the News New There Ther or are school dl Iii In the county and teachers are employed The numb numbers abut about U 1510 O pupil besides abut about tort forty students attending the HIGh School at City the county count lat seat of oC the county When the superintendent has bu O slon sion to visit time the schools h he travels la in lathe time the neighborhood ol of M mi miles and vl visits school hol houses hOUI This year ther timers I is being erected I In Cly City a 0 splendid III School building which when finished wi will cost over I It I is the intentIon ot of the trustees to hae hei this building redy ready for u use at the begInning or of the next school year yar Lt year reM ai 71 hl tien dren bame became or of school ale age end and forty live were graduated out or 01 the common schools The value e of the school property is II U W The l average pay of tM the tl teachers tale and female is II Ut UtIn 48 In the corner comer of the State and also of nf Ih the county of is II situated the Ashbrook min minIng mm lag Ing district 1 a mineral belt l ot of country In which until the lat last two years no vigorous attempt hd had b been n made to reach the bodies of ore of being there thereIn In the spring of 1887 the Sl gaIt Take Ike Mining anti Improvement n associAtIon uon ot of SAlt Lake Lak Cf City obtained I a on u 0 t that what hat Is n as 08 the pi situated un on Creek Uth Utah about bU u mile from Oakley ald and Ammo Almo idaho property consisted of tight calm claims ft a ente sated mi mill site le ld and live ve un claims claim For over A year ear they did Ime some continuous but In 11 undertook the tbt sinking of a shaft II which the they found ore at al the dept depth of l 11 fet feet From this shaft several Inclines were er run on tu dip of the eln which the existence of ore and all also of water ater Leak Iok ot of proper facilities to 10 economIcally handle both bothof of wIt with the small mal size Ille of at their concentrating plant which could only take cart care ot of twenty tons ton I In I hour hours cUM caused the oe otti cers tr or of the association to Cl cease In both lb the shaft hat and mill And to sink Ink shaft at a point abut about 1 feet lower down don the gulch This l shaft was wa begun un In the tail tal ot of 1199 and Wa was sunk to a distance of abul about HO tet feet unfortunately they lost their by a fire which swept awe awa every eury vestige or of tb the nd and eon con content tent not even th the whim bO horses w were vii Fortunately b by wet wat water weter er tram from a spring abut about N W feet dl II tat tant tbt the ot of the latt shaft w was saved Within two to weeks t thereafter a steam hosting plant lant ras a Installed but In even thIs did ld not nol end their troubles tar for three daY days they the Mck water In a quantity which dr drose theta them from the hot torn of t the h shaft fatt and I it was a five ve months thy they sw saw I it a again aln and that only br b means ot of continuous pump Il log J lit thE the meantime a dr drift tt had been started at I a point safely ab above the water line this Ihl wu was run for R a distance c vein In lOB 18 or of feet or ore passing through an having time continuity o of ti the tre ere tha tar far the was put putdown down about 1 feet further or 17 feet teet abut f 17 In 11 all In Ibi this sinking they again passed through the ore body and upon JI I it they Ibey start started three drifts Ire are arenow now 11 iii ore throughout theIr entIre S i length In n running theS these n a bunch ot of high hh grade ore are V was encountered se ig hi eral samples of which assayed over I SO ounces ot of silver 2 gold and some seine ne ha hae lead Heinl Being desirous or of testing the Ule pc cf general quality or of this ore oro a carload e a ot of mixed stuff we was shipped to Salt City averaged 15 15 ounces silver i and nearly 39 gold To further ono ocono ni rim mil In tle the extraction ot of ore are IUt and to drain the It decided um uma water was 1 to run tunnel Into It from lower n a I rm a a pint point this tunnel I is now In over 1 tet feet and andI allI I its total length Is II expected to b be e and I fet feet lt mit which pint point I It should tap tle the theore or ore b body 0 tim There I is nothing now to prevent pren t t me modeling the for its Ils treatment mi which will 1 b be done li In the sprinG spring anti til as al It II I the intention to enlarge It to 10 00 otis per day capacity I it t wi will there therefore tore fore ailo also b be to connect It with Hh tle the mint mine by a tram r road To o meet the these Improvements Improvement and enlarged Sir abut about to 10 b be inaugurated or ue are already being pr per perfected tete eIther to increase time the capital ni stock tOk or of the association or more Ikel likely a to merge mrle It with a corporation ado ade adequately large lare enough to lo handle the A Proposition ton agim iii The property I is not Isolated to tt It are several lt 11 r f fing ar Iv rl I 1 I iN a t In ing proposition especially one trul group ot of caim claims Into Inlo n a tunnel ho has ben been I ally I Y t I driven for tor over 10 1000 tet feet and from the ot of lur ur showing the owners of oC td this d l lare Y are confident that In n ft short r f tho n they 1 tap tin nn ore ly boty which cro crops tho tm r rout rout out Ime some distance With th these po developments and those bing being car carried 4 on In Coton Cotton Th Thomas ma II in th the tt same l is II e w reason e 11 belIeve that I ti will 1 nt not 1 Ilan any moon hI hIlfor before the AshbroOk dIstrict wi will 1 be famous 11 as one of t the largest aa and most mining emps camps tn in this 1 It I mIneralized State al ml 1 |