| Show anil bining ill m beaver Be avier count county y 0 1 ka ak V V V 1 I f 9 4 1 V M W OMNI I 1 1 rk 11 i lw Z now new biving plant built to 0 o treat ores orca of horn silver some pro diet this is the stop step that will bring reaver beaver county back to important trtat us as till metal etal producer editors Ed llort noti hotel Is 1 the fourth of a 1 series of seven eracles on the liln tory and nd revival of the san francisco mining hefflon lon deaver beaver county Coun tji utah the old horn silver I 1 mine in the gait ban francisco district beaver county utah presents a fitting contrast in mining then and as aa it is ia today the horn ia regarded ns as one of tho ilia riches pieces of mining ground ever mined in tho the west its ore body pres sled isted from apo the surface to the iho ninth level aad vas located ally on oil ono one claim records show the following average values ounces silver to the ton 36 per cent lead 08 per pei cent copper and ounces gold to the ton compare that with present day average average ors ore of 10 to 15 ounces silver hilver 10 per cent lend lead with small dinall 4 cs in gold zinc zinc and di copper op per moreover one bodies are not found at the grass roots any more the old timers did not pass up much and it is ia necessary to tho the deeper levels of the earth for minerals toda today la liko all mines the horn had ha d its u ups p s a and its s calv downs ow ns its first great period p oi lo 10 of activity a lasted from frol n the tha discovery in fit 1875 to well into tho the eighties when the rich ore gave out since that time the horn silver has haa been worked intermit bently and has produced much metal tho the past production record of tho the property reputed to bo be has ya always ways intrigued those of following an old mining saying which goes something like this if you want an elephant go into a region where elephants grown tho the fifth art article acl e in ili this series will appear soon in fit theise columns |
