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Show tiew Beaver County Mill Hears Completion 1 . ES XT' J 4f(.C. 4 ; "tj t , - - 1 i . ' . ' . .'. .... . j 'A .-. V . " . ' . -, , . ' j j ' i- 4 i . 1 " v i I I -1 , , - s , , I if J ! . y j;! - ' j : I - ,'M 1! ! Two Views of New Concentrator Near Horn Silver Mine. ,'i Once a high grade mining camp, ! 1 the San Francisco mining district l.j in Beaver County, Utah, seems k destined to regain some of its for- '! mer status as a producer of metals j 1 from lower grade ores, i Construction of a BOO ton mill- , , ing plant near the old Horn I. Silver property is nearing com- . pletion and should be ready for operation during the coming sum- ! mer. Buildings to house the plant 1 ', are now about three quarters fin- I j ished. The plant is located about : midway between Milford and the i j Horn Silver mine. Cost of- the plant is estimated ir excess of $300,000 and is being erected by Metal Producers of Los Angeles, California. Metal Producers Pro-ducers have been sounding out possibilities pos-sibilities of the old Horn Silvei for more than three years. The Horn has a history of earlj day production which made it one of the leading mines of the West It is estimated that $54,000,000 ir. gold, silver, copper lead and zinc was produced by former operators. The mine at one time supported a smelter and a community estimated esti-mated at 2500 persons. |
