Show NT M wj I HH N v M NJ u H I I i C f J T H TS ITS BODY Of COPPER Y 0 I VH J NN uj A N u N 1 marks nn nfl epoch In Inthe Ini Ini HE JlE put past year i the tho history of mining in Beaver naver i county and It would not be Jo Arising If It after alter tho lap of or ofa orn O Oa since a n quarter of ot a I n century tho of oC the famous Horn Sliver Silver and ana such uch mines mIno as ns tile the Cave Cove Savage 8 and reducers another era ern of ot pro iro proT 1 0 i other oiher r old should lie be ushered In mining to 10 have lilt t i and the ot Of the county Iy jil l r plo nHit H work worle done there th re during durIn tM ti W car have been boen generally very yin g Tin Ti entrance Into the t nu 1 tho the Franklin t I I v and und the tf fl 11 Lewis has Attracted the tile at cd lt 1 by b AD A or 01 ft 1 groat many mining men menTie menito Tie ito 0 O K Ie 1 has given Iven in Ita object lesson lesion on tho lie ores 01 of ot tho the Like Uke die dIs I by lIy the th III shipments at of name OO 00 tune tone tont if t JIM nw ore since Ince last Jaet July while the T nt 1 nt ot of nearly a 0 quarter of ot a 0 mil milion millI ion lI ton for tho the Cactus gI Cul In lit Copper revealed to the world that great have lately been made ill Hat old mine or Mr would not Ilot i Jay ny such lIuch a sum slIm for tor th tile property A I great greut tul of at work worl hi lies l been heen en done eine e lust bit The lIo result results may nUY not be b at ue geat a II as eon might expect but bul built It be bo be said uld they com coni comP comI P PeP M tl with the thc developments d ii I ii I many of at tho time prospects ct of ut Part Park City CIt and other campH of ot tiP II Standing tit fit mlle south Of 01 Inka 1 ko City ono one viewS vIew the prin principal cipal mining districts of ot Heaver Hila ver county In Oni ni of ot n II circle nomo caine thirty or forty Ory miles III lies In diameter At Al tho thu west wait western we t ern etil extremity or of tho circle W k It the Horn Silver the tho Copper In Inthe n tho Frisco district dietrict the richest Known part of ot the tho th belt cOIning Coming to Mil illi Milford Milt ford t on tha tho he north the heaver Beaver lI Mer Lake ells clIs Id III l reAched In III which Is IR located the rich 0 Od K 1 C mine Continuing the Rocky Hocky district In 10 next encountered Mme iome five or nr nix lx mlle miles from tram Milford Here It l I located tho the Old OM Hickory and the Ou and Western proportion Lying east ea t of at Is I tho the GrAnito district and it HH H i r i t oj JJ t r r I iii j i T i i t 3 i ia T J a t 1 y 1 h r X r 4 iL iLI iLI j 1 f I I 1 i f 1 I I I I II 1 j p pI I 1 1 f I IVlow LOOKING DOWN COPPER GULCH f 1 View Showing the Blackbird Hoist Holst 1 1 I I I t t 1 1 I I II IMM It Ii here hors the Cave mine U IA I located Con Continuing the circle south of at North Star Atar district Is 10 l next entered bout about five liv miles southwest of ot MiltoN H lIere Iere re II U located the cry Dry claims This Tide district Joins the Star proper it kt Elephant Canyon at nt the head o of DC which is II located the Savage ani ie Hoosier Boy Do and tome some other prop properties from tram which shipments were wore made mudo years e eara rl ago Some Somo promising prospects ore are found south of at Elephant canyon but the best showing appears In that canyon and north of It at tho the UAn n ny where a force of twenty men Is l em employed employed In drifting from rom rein two old shafts and preparing to sink a t working shaft below the present level of ot feat cot In Inthe Inthe the tho Adella Melin claim ot of tho tim group some Borne very lino 1110 lead Is U encountered In the north and south drifts from tho the level lovel Borne Bomo omo Carbonate of ot copper also appears Several S veral lots lot of ot oro ore have been marketed from the property prop Intel A Is down about forty feet below the level In a n grade of ot ore which Is IB said to be very good A main working shaft Is to bo be sunk lUnk a n short abort distance dl tance easterly from the Adella dolla claim It U Is III down less lell tItan than feet teet and the lh management Is 18 waiting for tor the arrival of a new hoist hoisting hoIstIng ing lag plant when sinking will be resumed The Tho old Harrington HIckory shaft 1st bi down own to the the last feet tt of oC depth having been bean attained sInce Mr Lewis took hold of ot the group last laet tail rail Some good lead lond carbonate ore oro appears appear in Ia 11 the drift on that love level but the best showing Is l probably on the and SOD 00 levels level W where here ionic ome four tour feet feel of ot otoro ore oro Is in tight eight Both Hoth shafts are oper opera operated cited by whims and the work Ii Is in charge ot or Will Wilt Roberts of ot rho The present prospect work Is 18 very ver rat grat gratifying but la III expected to begin In earnest as al soon a as the hoist bolt Is In Installed Installed stalled at the new double compartment working w v shaft which will cut rut the veIn v ln at greater depths on their dip Adjoining the above group croup Is the old M Rebel Hebel claims from which about worth of ot heavy lead ore oro was wan shipped years yean ago from tram n a 1 chute lying lylar on nn the surface IU Ita continuation to In the depths depth probably offer a n good chance chau t to some nome of at the men of oC time the state Noth Nothing lag ing has hall been done dons on tho the property pro rt for tor years rears and the occurrence of or the Isolated and elongated lead lend ore oni chute on the cur sur surface face Is not Known to have hae any an connie connection tion if with deeper der deposits U any more than it U as os years oar ago KINO KINOn n a k l the most Intermitting Inter groups group In Ina fOil r a u j t i t to Ii undoubtedly the Copper Co per Kg og n up owned by the tilt Blue Ulue Bird of which Dr P I A s H II r Is manager The group IOUP lies lIel lIeler kor ber er n a divide about one and a half bait mites miles from the in a westerly direction The group was w l located In 1271 by James Jam who sho U is now foreman In charge char e It cn ts of oC fourteen en claims chums covering tho the strike of ot a nt outcrop of Iron and ana copper COper cop er ton for some come two miles milea mil The l huge U deposit I U about abou t sixty test feet across acres ol 1 the h e surface and It lt h has been ben crow cross cut ut bout about the some distance nt at the l or e feet It ft was nl Mr b by Otilo by y a t I number of ot open o Cn cuts cute I I and previous to Its Iti purchase by bythe bythe the tIm Franklin syndicate a IL ago last August l different places olon the outcrop some fine of or cOpp l oro Ore made hut but the tho great grat of ot the vein II far an nt fit pre pres present ent developed la Is to 10 be bo n a very vory heavy lIIa Iron ore Two prospect rt ct shafts 40 O feet apart have havo been ell sunk mink by lIy tho the company the di drIftIng If ting In both bolh of oC thorn ll eK kidneys of flue fine copper copp r oro ore With much Iron Iroll show the tho llo oro ore ip tp II run ns IH high as ounces ounce ItI or and ond 20 por It cent ent copper r ore are orelias lUll has been boen coming 3 gold per imer ton toll the tho tim outcrop of tH vein rIn eln him liim been boen traced fur for ii IL distance on Oft the Urn show sliu tho tile O vein vail ur to ir flOr 20 to tn 60 hO per remit cent Iron DI t i Franklin 1 Is lii proceeding on th the he th ory that tho the lion Iron will trIll be found to in be IO of ot n a t bIg bly body b 1 of ot t copper Some Homo 8 twelve men are ar on mK 1 I In work stork to determine tho lie pIneo to begIn the main work workIng Ing OTHER Among other prospects In 10 I tho Iho Star tor district Is Im I Ihl iii ERt on Worl vork la In l being og directed i hy by y General W IJ n During the tho present YOI yeara A tunnel has boon boen driven in Iii war vcr 00 feet The file vein tin Imi In ot at n a 1 vertical depth nf If It about HO liO f pOt Seine Homo good values nr iii found III In voId fiola anti and copper OPPI lint hut I Ithe the to formation around the tUB tun iF el ul 1 nt lu lupear I pears pear to ho broken up tip oom lIm v n I t Ii the gon raf Intend t t I i I t I month mon t to la Hi l tim I I nt It greater A Of Cit f men inen have havn been he working all 1111 at the lie Boy Hoy Itu gr tm ii lI to tb W w V D I Williams In Iii nic fl 1 pliant Pith lit canyon of or II I I find The Ilio he 1 I 1 t tunnel la hi now In over oo fo fet t with soui s distance detailed to t go th eln ein II Is tapped lapped I In visiting l tho the minis of ot Heaver conn COUll ty the lie very iery strong stroll that speaking it M is not lint 11 t poor cutup camp Mill Tho properties roper proper ties lieu ns as Well null nfl lib the tha 0 O K arc lire exceptions to 0 the Innuendo of or low how grade rollo ore which the tha visitor ices H NI In Copper luich as III well ns as In 11 district In ho Inthe the latter let tho lii old Hickory IH Is undoubtedly tho tilO Joust mo t Interesting pro petty port covering ru as n It does 1005 part llOrt of ot tho the I rc nT side of ot a II hill bill with a II vein wide at tho the outcrop For all nil that width and half halt way up the hill hili a II mass of at green creen copper rock stands out very pret prettily prettily tily On one side eldo of ot the tho copper lies Ues somo 15 16 or 20 feet Ced of ot 40 to CO 60 per er cent cont Iron ore are which outcrops for toro a consid considerable enable erable distance up tho lull hill No ox ex exploratory work has hus been done In tho the thoron theIron Iron ron deposit but a n number of ot open cuts cuta and shallow shafts have been sunk Bunk along the huge copper vein from which some shipments of ot ore are kayo have been made carrying from 10 to 40 per pen cent rent The fhe mass of or the vein In is In of ot course ourse much lower In grade but the deposits of at high grade which have been round found on greater grenter depths and aud thus materially help belp the average which will probably run five tho per cent The rho size of ot the tho deposit and tho the beauty of at the huge hugo mass inane of ot green colored rock on tho the outcrop and Oil on the tue dumps are aro very Impressive sights and the tho conviction Is forced up upon upon upon on one that hint when whon the real awakening occurs In Ih Deliver Beaver county things will wll willbe willbe be done dono on a grand scale This will Viti b be necessary In order to handle hand I the tho de do deposits deposits posits of ot oro ore found there Tho The Old Hickory group consists of at nine nIno claims at present bonded by the tho Majestic com corn company company pany Tim THE GLASGOW COMPANY CO The rho deepest work worle In the Rocky dis district district has hOs been bean done Ilono by the tho Glasgow and amI Western Exploration r company un under don der r the direction of ot Jo Jun Tarton Farron of oC this city The company owns owtis IT 17 claims In the district thrill three ot of which lie east ast of at the Old Obi HIckory On one of at these cUlms claims a II shaft batt 50 feet teet deep deop has been Iwen sunk lunk and ore o similar to that In Iii the time hickory has been en encountered encountered countered On the tue It 11 claims which the tho company owns across the canyon northwesterly from tram the Old Hickory this the company has hns expended many thOU dollars In open cuts cut and tunnels A line fIne road rond was wan built around the hie hill hili which Is over a n mile long inch and for more than of oi a mil ml the roadway cuts cute through a n great outcrop of copper ore or The same caine outcrop has been ben quarried Into over oer thu hull hill adjoining the Copper opper Ranch property It Is 18 to conceive the thC magnitude of at the deposit as ns noth lag ing more mora has hu been done than to quarry out big blocks block of ot copper bearing gran ite He at different places around the huh hills A tunnel was Will years jears earH ago ngo to Intercept the th great greas Ire t veins at nt depth but It Is I only BOO feet on lt its way wa with come IOme or m ICO feet teet to po JO before the tiff ore ions aone in I ii n reached The ore oro Is h u a In granite The aver average average age ale Is low 10 grade grode thou h sonic some very ver Rood good ln ore has 1111 been found In different place romo som of at which carrIed front from 1 IS 18 to It II 1 per cent copper In the tho open cuts A very If fair tall quality of oC ore oro jia bl be been oon n exposed In El I shaft latt lower tower down the bill hill than tho the open cuts The company spent considerable money a few tew years ago a o but very ery little has been b en done dOM during the past year or orTHE orTHE two THE 0 O K MINE INE Throughout all nil the tUe districts of ot flea Den ver var county GOun water II U at a premium load Good Iler KM hi been obtain obtained at m Mi III ford tord In nn an artesian welt well and this is mod made to supply tho the o Q K 1 mine some seine 10 or 12 inlIne from COIll I na as welt well ns as n a number of ot prospects The Tho water for tor forthe forthe the tho 0 K IC J Is IJ conveyed by rail within 2 miles from tho the mine It IH is hauled th noe by lIy b traIn team rue O 0 K Ie Id Is sustain sustainIng Ing log the tho reputation It made by Its Ita first lr t shipment In August Augu t last At that time Um 10 cars carll of ot oro ore netted HI 1 f to I 1 Since then it has bal sent lent out nine nino cars cam I of ot similar ore oro and decided improvement has hu been made in tho the condition of ot the tho mIne under un er the tho direction of at David Maudlin A lot lotof lotof of ot oro ore was Wn loaded when the writer vis vie visIted visIted the mine on November TIle Tho ore are averages average about 40 10 per cent copper but the superintendent stated that tho the thelast last shipment carries In addition about SS 8 gold per ton tOil which IB Is somewhat higher than tho the first lot With thIs tills shipment nearly too tons of ot oro ore has hns been boen bee 11 marketed since luce August Mr Maudlin says that lie ho will wll market at It least ten more morl cars before Christmas which will raise tho the output for Cor the thelast thelast thelast last six months montha to about tons tona the tho value of ot which Is la approximately 76 75 The Tho mine Is being developed by an nn Incline on tho the vein The Incline In is isnow now down feet teet and drifts have been beci run on tho the vein at Intervals of ot feet teet The best showing In tho the mine millo ap tip appears pears on the level I vel where the body OllY of ot high grade ore was nos 15 feet teet wide on 19 IP A rave tavo hall had recently been boen broken Into Inlo on that level which IB Is Isene one ene of ot tho the most beautiful sights Eights sl ht Im mi Imaginable Tho The vein furnishes tho lie finest of ot and black one un wish to lo ryo In TI the midst t of tho thu ore CUI thio crystals of or white quartz but bitt on an the oo level tl lie lieC i iro C ro to Is III practically solid for tOI a J width ot of 15 feet Time Tho 0 O I 1 came rame Into t m tin years ago iO AI a u a JI of at hl h grade ore JIe but the tho discovered hs then pinched and the propel property ty was for far forthe the time abandoned About Aboul n a year soar ngo og ng work Will was resumed r with II lent Maudlin in charge The ia extend nl tho the 00 O to tho the 4 level evel und mind drifting wan ivas started on or orlie tho lie JOO 00 ao us wall AS us on the and W level I Got COO feet teet of drifts drift have been bean run iou both Loth wu Ill on the tho Win eln In on tOme nIl 30 level li ol and oro ore ana iao been found prat pra all nil the way wa The on ore Ii is to 10 tolie tobe 1 lie be under shipping grade however though n a better claw class of oro ore Is II now paid cold to be app appearing In the time faces of ot the thi two to unCle drifts On Oil the Hie 4 41 II level hovel about f |