Show in beaver county Z 1 fit 1 1 J 4 4 axx xa side view of plant betwee en milfourd Mil forrd and horn silver mine on which hangs much hope for restoring old camp to former glory ed tor a note th s is the I 1 fth of a series of echt e artches art cles on the batory h story and a I 1 of the th e san franc see mm min ng re lion sion bea er county utah I 1 although the san franci francisco mining district was organized august 12 1871 a little more than a year after the star district in the same county activity lagged until the discovery of the horn silver mine stimulated by the discovery of this mine prospectors swarmed the hills and many claims were located in the san francisco and other mining districts of beaver county the beaver carbonate the shaun tie shenandoah cit elephant city south camp moscow hick ory red ed cloud and others were brought t into production but none rivaled t the e horn silver it is interesting to note that one of the first recovery furn fu mances ances in utah was built at minersville Miners ville beaver county not far from the san francisco district isaac grand grund in cooperation with others built a crude recovery plant at minersville Miners ville vilIe in 1858 th s was near the lincoln mine which was discovered and produced lead ore as a early as 1852 lead was in demand then as like all frontiers some trouble was experienced with indians and the metal was needed for the production of bullets according to accounts says bic o ic writer something in the lead at the lincoln mine made it too hard for bullets that something was later found to be silver the sixth article in this series will appear soon in these columns |