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Show NEW DISTRICT IS IN THE MAKING P . onounced Activity in Mining Predicted for Beaver County. Beaver county will undoubtedly occupy a spotlight position during coming months. Entrance of the American Smelting and Refining company into its development, results re-sults of activity in the Horn Silver mine of the Tintic Lead company, progress at the Moscow mine in the Star district, and reports of a resumption of activity at numerous prospects all combine to make the outlook for Beaver county brighter than lor decades. Although Beaver county had lain dormant for 20 years, operations of the Tintic Lead company during the last 12 months did much to strengthen the belief that this territory, ter-ritory, with its impressive ' surface features and pronounced mineralization, mineraliza-tion, would see the development of other' mines. The favorable state of mind created by the shift of fortune at the Horn Silver has been enhanced by results at the Moscow, where on two horizons, the 900 and the 1,600, extensions of ore bodies exploited on intervening levels, are evidently about, to be entered. Nevertheless, the weightiest fac tor in argumenting confidence ii the future of Beaver county has been the announcement last week of the American Smelting & Refining company's intention to develop the Frisco Lulu, adjoining the Horn Silver Sil-ver of the Tintic Lead. The pioneer work done by the Tintic Lead company, com-pany, the Moscow, and the Frisco Silver Lead attracted attention to the area, but the entrance of the A. S. & R. Co. has put a sanction on activity ac-tivity that no amount of work by small companies could win. Now s more than ever, heed will be paid to the numerous opportunities existing in Beaver county for the develop ment of promising mineral outcrops in soluble limestone areas. Although numerous of the Beaver county mines bear the name of silver mines, the white metal is not predominant pre-dominant of importance. Silver in Beaver county is a by-product, with , lead, zinc and copper of leading im- i portance. The existence of diversi- ; fied mining stabilizes tthe industry and precludes the possibility of vital injury to. the prosperity by a drop in the price, of any one metal. w Work Renewed. In the light of these facts, a resume re-sume of prevailing conditions at the district's leading properties should be directly in line with the significant signific-ant trend of recent events. At the Frisco Lulu, the western department of the American Smelt ing and Refining comjpany is laying plans for the installation of an up-to-date electrical Koist and other euipmcnt to replace the obsolete steam plant and other machinery now on the ground. Concerning this property, the United States Geological Geologic-al Survey Bulletin No. 80 says: "The Lulu Mining company's property is immediately south of the Horn Silver mine and development began soon after the discovery of the Horn' Silver Sil-ver deposit. A shaft has been sunk to the G50-foot level and drifts have been extended along the contact at this level and at the 400-foot level. General geological relations are same as those in the Horn Silver mine. The Horn Silver fault, which throws the volcanic rocks down against the limestone, passes through the property and is offset by east-west east-west faults. To the failure of past developers of the Frisco Lulu to solve the fault problem is attributed the lack of production by the mine during the past. With Manager A. H. Means : 'of the American Smelting and Re- ' r fining company's western department of mining in charge of development, the Frisco Lulu company will have the benefit of the outstanding geologic geo-logic ability and engineering skill a? well as funds sufficient to carry development de-velopment to a decisive point. Tintic Lead Makes Good. Tintic Lead production is holding around 2300 tons monthly with the possibility of doubling Ithis output, when metal prices justify an increase. Lead-silver-zinc ore is being shipped from the 900 foot level, where a body of massive sulphides has been (Continued on back page.) .1 NEW DISTRICT IS i IN THE MAKING ! (Continued from first page). opened up showing a width of 79 feet, a thickness of fifty feet, and a length 'of 300 feet without proving; the lateral or longitudinal limits of' the 'deposit. On the 800 foot level,: shipments of copper are being made, i The last ore of this type reaching j the Salt Ike market from the Horn S'.lver ran G.5 pel' cent copper and 2s! ounces of silver to the ton. From the 300 foot level, the company i.s : shipping gold ore. ; Moscow Zones Near. Reports from the Moscow Silver, ?ilines property in the Star district, nine miles from Milford, and just ii.ross the valley from the Horn Silver and Frisco Lulu, indicate that important objectives should ,' be reached on two horizons within a j few weeks. ' On the 1600 foot level, the west! crosscut is evidently entering the; downward continuation of the Mo.s-! C'W shoots and on the 900 foot level, the upward extension. The formation on the lowest level, along the hanging wall side of the Mammoth fissure, is nearing the Moscow ore beds, where the large replacement re-placement deposits have occurred. Numerous seams of sulphides are being cut indicating nearness to strong mineralization. On the 900 foot level leasers are taking out ore from thel Glory fissure. fis-sure. A . carload, shipped from the fissure, assayed 14.6 ounces of silver to the ton and 43.2 per cent lead. The main heading to the south has passed pass-ed through a 60 foot porphyry dike, a fractured limestone zone and now has entered a shoot of iron sulphides, which,"according to Manag-er Garratt S. Wilkin, is evidently the casing of an ore body. Ahead, the drift should reach the upward extension of ore bodies, productive of rich ore in stopes below. This country with its 1400 feet of unexplored backs on the dip and several thousand feet of continuous con-tinuous vein on the strike, offers in the opinion of the management the possibilities of opening up a new mine in itself. A carload of ore shipped on March S cr.rried 15.7 ounces of silver to the top, 37.7 per cent lead, 21 per cent iron. Another arriving on the Salt Lake market, March 15, ran 7.7 ounces of silver to the ton, 24.1 per cent lead, 0.5 per cent copper and 26 per cent iron. Limes Prospected. West of Grampian mountain, on the east side of which lies the Horn Silver mine, the Frisco Silver Lead Mining company under the direction of L. F. Block has numerous impressive im-pressive silver-lead showings. This property, which has a large acreage of the same limestone of that of the Tintic Lead, is crossed by two major mineral zones, an east-west and a north-south. The east-west shear-zone shear-zone can be traced for 5000 feet to the big cave on the Horn Silver property pro-perty of the Tintic Lead company. It is this same shear zone, according to Mr. Block, that has caused the Horn Silver ore bodies and also the mineralization miner-alization in the Frisco Silver Lead. Of hardly less importance to the Frisco Silver Lead ground is the north-south channel, in which bodies of shipping, and milling ore have been opened close to the surface. A shaft sunk in the early days in the east-west shear zone opened up high grade ore at a depth of 100 feet at two points. Recent work however how-ever has been confined to the north-south north-south series that on the surface measures from 75 to 100 feet wide. In driving a tunnel but 75 feet wide, eight parallel fissures were cut. First the adit was driven 40 feet south on a fissure to cut a bedded replacement ore body five feet wide carrying gold-silver, lead and zinc on the surface. Ore of shipping and milling grade was followed 35 feet south, where a winze 125 feet deep was sunk. On this lower level, according ac-cording to Mr. Block, low grade ore was cut for 75 feet. Within 20 feet the main mineralizing fissure should be struck. On the surface, this fissure carries ore that assays as high as 250 ounces of silver to thej ton, 870 per cent lead, $5 in gold, 7i per cent copper and 4 per cent zinc, j Bed Ahead. ! But a short distance ahead of this j fissure, Mr. Block expects the head-j ing to enter the downward continuation continua-tion of a bedded limestone deposit,' 20 feet wide on the surface. Assays of ore taken from this bed on the surface by a representative of one of Utah's leading mining companies ran 18 per cent zinc, 3 per cent lead.i 4 ounces of silver and 40 cents in ' gold to the ton. Probable, ore show-1 ing on the surface of this grade is j estimated by Mr. Block as totaling : |