Show Mining in In InI Beaver County J y if jig 5 4 V- V f r. r r w j 4 I Surface plant nt at Horn Silver Some of these buildings were erected I nl when it reached its peak metal production I Not Note Th U II tho of a acri cri toe w of r n Articles on the tho history and renal of the San Francisco Francisco mining relon re re- re gion irion lon D T r County Countr Utah Like all great mining camps the Ean an Francisco district in Beaver County Utah had a small begin begin- ning Little did Ryan and Hawkes know when they sold their claims for that they were selling elling what was to become one ono of the great producers of the tho West a n amine amine mine that was to support smelters build railroads and support a community community community com com- of more than 2500 persons This was the beginning of the Horn Silver one of the few v outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing mines of the world a n mine that produced from a single claim Ryan and Hawkes sold to a group which included A. A G. G Campbell Campbell Campbell Camp Camp- bell Matthew Cullen Dennis Ryan and A. A Byran Byron With the crude mining tools and machinery of that day hand day hand steel for drilling and solid rock and horse whim horse operated hoisting equipment for hoisting broken material the material the new owners pushed their shaft down down- ward The Horn responded Unlike 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 presente problems of transportation smelting smelt Th trig ing equipment and financing first ores were shipped mileto mile to the nearest railroad point a at t that time and from there it wan wae shipped to San Francisco for re re- fining The new operators found i necessary to go east for capi capita necessary to the I problems Lycurgus Edgerton the l associated with Jay Cooke th railroad builder became interest t in the Horn and finally I in interesting J. J Cooke Compan I of Philadelphia in the Y The third article in this series wil i appear soon in these columns |