Show I BEAVERS BEAVER'S PROBLEMS ARE BEING SOLVED SOL Operators Are Learning Where Whereto to Look for the Ore Deposits EXPERIENCE OF PEACOCK I Drift Run Under Bedded Vein Veini Horn Hor Silver Siver Zone May Be BeThe Sensation The difficulties attending the making of ot mines in Beaver Denver county count and one ono oi of tr tho the reasons why for tor years car tho the ore oro bodies of ot that region were regarded as ne a surface deposits deposit only arc illustrated by tho experience of at tho Peacock Copper Copper Copper Cop Cop- per Consolidated Mining company compan of or which L. L L F. F Block of or this city is man man- ager A shaft Bhatt was sun sunk to tho the depth of feet teet when wien it I became necessary to re- re tho the whip in use usa for Cor sinking with machinery of greater greter hoisting capacity In e. e excavating for tho the new hoist several sev cy- cy eral feet of or good shipping ore oro were wert uncovered It I had been Intended to drift north from tho the bottom of the shaft shan cutting cross a n mineral minerai zone zon I about feet wide which Is 15 well wel filled with wih fissures But upon making tho the surface discovery discover the plan was changed for tor the time being and a n drift was run eastward with the tho to expectation of ot picking up un the oro ore body bod In 40 or 50 feet teet The Tho drift was as run but tho the oro ore was not found where there thero w wa as every reason rca rca- son to believe beleve from surface indications that it should have been found Then the cut cross cut cros-cut was started northward as ns originally orIginal intended and at about GO 50 feet In tho the cut cross cut cros-cut the oro ore W was encountered en en- countered purely countered countered purel purely by accident Mr 11 Block was examining tho the workings ono one day when b by the light of or his candle of In the he caught tho the glint galena roof root of at the drift Finds Ore Oro In Roof Hoof not Only a n speck of or tho the bright stuff slur was wa visible and nothing had been found in tho the workings but ho ordered shots hots shot placed in tho the roo roof The shots dl disclosed two feet of at ore which gives alues values of ot from 40 to ounces In sil si- si sil- sil vcr ver yer l 15 to 63 per cent lead and 1 0 to o 4 4 in I gold gob gol 11 Mr Block Bock has since sinco figured out that the ore from where it was opened on the ho surface extends downward downward a l short distance at an nn angle of 45 degrees then makes in a bedding bedding plane for tor 60 50 0 feet teet from which point it goes down own to a second bedding It is In ill the tho 10 second bedding that tho the ore has been encountered from tho the roof root of tho the drift Since Sinco that time the drift has hns been run rn about 50 feet feel further and an occasional shot In tho tho- roof root has hns ms demonstrated that tho the oro ore is still there Thus it seen to-seen that but for n a of luck or 0 n. n 0 esso f unusually coo t ho o bOon n run a a Ion long d' d under oro ore without knowledge of bt its presence beIn being being be be- In ing gained And thero havo have been many sch such cases of tho the oro ore being lost w where ero the search arch has l as been heen abandoned and the thc report has been given out that hat tho the first deposit was a pocket The Tho experience of or tho the Peacock company company com corn pany panl and that of every other company operating in Heaver county that has stayed with wih its is on oro is that tho the product product product pro pro- duct gets better boler at depth dept that the de- de posits larger largel and Indications of or permanency are not wanting Horn Hor Silvers Silver's Lost Ore Ore OreAn An even oven more striking example of or losing tho ore and finding It again is that of ot tho the Horn Sliver Silver Siver In that mine mino waa Wa worked out several sc erl years yeans ago aso a phenomenally rich depo deposit it of ot silver siver ore since which time more than one of or drifts has ha been run searching for or tho the extension of ot tho the vein The drifts have havo been leen run northward because because be be- cause cuse tho lime diorite Ime contact extends in iii that thal direction and experts contended contend contend- ed Cd that tho the ore must bo found on the contact Recent Recently lessees on tho the property property prop prop- erty crt departed from the th beaten path They struck out boldly In tho lime toward tho the west west and wet and and they quickly quick found the ore te And this teaches another lesson lesson- that tho the ore makes makeR In Ill tho the limo lime In Beaver Daver county count pr precisely as a It does In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Tintic district district With a few tow moro more such lessons the tho te operators will 1 know better beter how to go after tho the oro ore In Bea Beaver Bear r and that thal section will wH become ono one of or the tho greatest mining regions in tho Ve West t. t It I Is now contended that the Horn Hor Silver great mineral zono zone Is easily traced tred to t the westward across the mountains and Into tho the valley aUe west of ot tho the San Francisco rang range Within tho the next tow low we weeks ks a lot of ot new activity I will wi bo be started in lit tho the region rellon to provo prove it Jt That it I will U result In the tho making of or several good mines Is about as sure sura as anything can cnn bo before it is actually actual actual- I ly h demonstrated I Rich lUch Find in Old Shaft Shat Revering Reverting to tho Peacock company compy and Its operations Manager Block tells another characteristic Beaver Bever county count experience A short time ago ngo h ho bo examined an old aIe Inclined d shaft on ona ona ona a portion porton of ot his company's compans property about feet northwest st of or theman the tho main man workings The old shaft shaf was 8 sunk and abandoned perhaps 30 years ears ago and It was wo presumed that nothing noth troth In ing was wa there thero of ot consequence But Buton Buton Buton on the dump lump five o f or six tons of ot otare showing what looked to bo be ore are wha copper stains stan Just to satisfy satiety his curiosity as asto asto asto to whether there thero was wa copper in It it I. I Mr Ir Block took samples and had them as as- a- a sayed To his surprise the tho to returns showed silver sUver values alue ranging from tram 50 to 1800 1600 ounces to tho the ton Following this discovery ho he examined exam exam- eam- eam ined med tho the old workings and found In Inthe Inthe inthe the bottom of ot tho the shaft ahot streaks trek of or orthe the tho rich stuff sut from tram six to t 15 Ui Inch Inches wide It Is I not unlikely that the tho pioneer pioneers pio plo neer who did tho the work thought as M did Mr Ir Block that that the te ore carried cred only only- ont a little copper and ad as copper In those tholo days was of ot no account further Investigations were ero not made Another discovery In tho the Peacocks Peacock's main man workings Is I a vertical fissure which carries caio considerable good ore tho the bedded vein before spoken n of passIng pass pass- pal Ing Ini directly through It It The new v vein has ba not yet et been prospected however for Cor the tho reason ran that work is 18 being centered centered centered cen cen- upon driving the cross cut which Is 15 gaining depth rapidly with wih what is regarded as n the main vein eln atte of at the great zone yet et 60 to 70 10 feet teet nhe ahead te J Its It's a n mighty might Interesting country countr is I that Beaver n cr country country- And It will bewell bo be bowell h well to keep It in mind |