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Show MINING EDITION BEAVER COUNTY NEWS THE COMMONWEALTH A COMING BIG MINE OF THE FAMOUS STAR DISTRICT been sunk which has rut one of thr Over 3000 Fed of Work Has best ore bodies iu the Star district, Been Done on this Property it Is the intention of the comjany to sink a shaft to ronnert with this ore Large Bodies of Ore and new machinery hua recently been Now Blocked Out installed for the purpose of sinking this shaft. The ore makes in the lime The Commonwealth Mining Com beddings the same as is found in the pany owns a group of nine claims in Moscow and lied Warrior mines, aaJ ings und bundle the ore of both through the Commonwealth workings. There Ik no property in the district with a more encouraging future than the Commonwealth and it adjoining holdings. PAGE 3 mine of this property before many years. Mr. Buchanan has every confidence in the future uf the Star district and is sure that the lluuboll i will make good. THE KITTY CLOUGH. olite trachlte contact. On the Frisco Contact property a abaft has been sunk to a depth of over 500 feet In which some good veins of ore have been ojs ened up. Some time ago work was suspended on the property and since that time it has been idle. At the time uf the closing down of the mine a good body of ore bad JuFt been broken into and the client of tbla has not been determined owing to there being no work done for several months. It is stated that tbe company intends resuming operations In a short time and will then start an actte campaign of min- the ground of this coiuiwwy, all of THE IOWA UTAH. which are easily traced on the surface This is one of the most valuable running east and west Adjoining thr Wild Ihll on the west claims in the Star District and has proThe Commonwealth is ocitd nine is the prnnrt n( the lowal'tah Min duced some of the best ore in tbe ter miles front Milford snd is r?arbeJ by a ing company. Hut little work has ritory. At tbe present time tbe Kitty good wagon nad. The Moscow switch been done on this properly but there Clough is not working, but in past is but about four miles distant and this is a good outcropping of carbonate years enough work has been done to haul for the ore on the surface. A shaft has been convince the owners that it ia a valugives the company an ore. started and a couple of men hate been able holding. This property is owned ing. THE ERIE. In a three and a half foot vein which ia being followed by n tunnel in the property of the Erie Mining company, In Washington district, Beaver county, have been opened streaks of ore which constitute three feet of commercial product, according to Manager J. 8. Grow. Tbe ore rarries copper, lead and xinc values. The tunnel ia only 80 fecL A streak of the ore was encountered almost before the tunnel was under cover, and additional streaks have come in until there as almost a solid mass of ore. Tbe tunnel la being driven for the abaft, where there is a showing of six feet of good milling ore, with which is mixed considerable high grade. The shaft la about 500 feet ahead of the present face of tbe tunsix-inc- Property of the Commonwealth Mining Company in the Star District of Beaver County the Star diatrict which are considered as good as there is in the district. Seven of these claims are patented and an active campaign of mining is being carried on here. The property Is equipped with modern machinery in the way of a 60 horse power gasoline hoist and a good compressor. Good carries good values In lead, silver and copiter. Recent assays of the ore give value of 10 per cent copper, 40 per cent lead and 200 ounce silver. The ore will average $25 a ton and there is large bodies of It now blocked out in a number of places in the mine which will enable this property to become a regular shipper as soon as heavy mining operations are com, buildings have been provided, as will be seen by the accompanying cut, and the company baa ample facilities for menced. the working of a large force of men In former years the Communwe?lln f which it le the Intention to put on in has produced upwards of $60,003 worth of ore, but the. the near future. year or two the Over 3000 feel of work hag been work has bern Confined to the dedone on the Commonwealth property velopment of toe property and the and 1300 feet of this Is tunnel work. blocking out of the ore bodies a! depth. At the end of the tunnel a winxe has Several well defined fissure veins cross Vt A few weeks ago the final payment on the property wav made by the present owners and the propeny Is now In good shnp; for exteni"e nda there for the past several As yet the equipment consists merely of a gallowa frame and a whim. The ahsft will be sent down jie.'-va greater depth and it ia quite liketo another oierations. ing ytar will around the Cainmonwrnlij rollr ly that good ore will be encountered have become one if th3 LU mines of before very long. Beaver county and will he one of the THE HUMBOLT. dividend payers. On the opposite side of the hill from the Commonwealth mine this company The llumlxilt property la situated owns a property known as the Beacon, near the Gold Crown and while no oni which a shaft has been sunk have been carried this property yet U Is considdiith of 180 fci4 An 18 inrh stoSk of copper ore has been cut in this alaafl ered valuable holding, tbe Hun and the indications arc that this will bolt Is owned by Angus Buchanan, develop into an Immense body. It Is one of the old time retddenta of Beathe intention to connect the two work- - ver county, and he hopea to make a working months. e tia '.V by the Baxter brothers, or rather thr estate of Clyde Baxter. It ia located about eight milea west of Milford on tbe same ore zone ss the one time famous Vicksburg. A shaft has been sunk to some depth in the process of development and the property is in excellent shape for extensive opera tlons. THE FRISCO CONTAC7T ( nel. In the company's I have been made dertaken in the property within the next sixty days. Activity in the Beaver county mines in Increasing at an amazing rate, Mr. Grow says, and the telling results which are being attained are attracting a great deal of attention from operatprs and investors. The mining situation, lie declares, is approashing the point where "all roads also the ability, such as few towns the size of Milford have. ...PRESCRIPTIONS ARE OUR SPECIALTY... We also carry a well assorted line of st Ibe surface. New York capitalists who are negotiating for control of the Erie company, with the prospect that more extensive development work will be un- w We have the stock and KEY WEST and DOMESTIC CIGARS Cut Glass, Jewelry, Stationery, Sundries, and in fact everything that goes to make this the most complete drug store in Southern Utah. f MILFORD PHARMA E. F. MISCH, Proprietor WE ARE IN BUSINESS FOR YOUR HEALTH of claims, Mr. Grow says, are five other veins. In all of which ore disclosures the San Krsiclsco district on the Fl'.sco side of the mountain and is considered one of the best propositions In the district There are a number of claims in this group which arc located along tbe rhy load to Beaver county. This projierly is located group h |