Show t TI v mining in 13 beaver eaver comity county ejk V L ZA avi Z PA P surface plant at horn silver some of these budi buildings ings were erected at famous producer when it reached its peak metal production ed tor ter a note th a s the second of 0 a acres e of seven artches art cles on the h story and re ll ival 11 of the san franc co in n ng re K on beaver county utah like all great mining camps the san an francisco district in beaver county utah had a small begin lung ning little did ryan and hawkes know when they sold their claims for 25 that they were selling what was to be become ome one of the great producers of the west a mine that was to support smelters build railroads and support a corn com of more than 2500 persons this was ras the beginning of the horn S iver one of the few out standing mines of the world a mine that produced 45 from a single claim eyan ryan and hawkes sold to a group which included A G camp bell matthew cullen dennis ryan and A byran with the crude mining tools and mach nery of that day hand steel for drill ng and solid rock and hor horse hore e wh in horse operated hoisting equipment for hoisting broken material the new owners pushed their shaft down ward the horn responded unlike e present day prospecting which calls for deep exploration the horn silver ore body continued from the surface its magnitude was soon revealed but this presented problems of transportation smelt ing equipment and financing the first ores were slipped sh aped miles to the nearest railroad ra 1 broad point at that time and from there it was shipped to san francisco for re fining the new operators found it 11 necessary to go east cast for capital necessary to conquer the numerous problems lycurgus edgerton ther associated with jay cooke th railroad builder became interested inter estea in the horn and finally succeeded in interesting inte J cooke company of philadelphia in the por perty the third article in this series wil appear soon in these columns |