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Show THE MINING PROPOSITION" IX HEAVER COUNTY The general criticism offered against Beaver county ore bodies is that they don't go down or extend in depth. This criticism should be taken with a grain of salt. We hear again that ores are not profitable 'hat are mined here. Before accepting these statements r.s the final word on the mineral or mining possibilities of Beaver county, coun-ty, it will be well to make a few observations ob-servations of what has happened in a few instances. I am not go:ng to r?.me any property as guilty of the 'mistake I have observed in some, but sufice to say that sm-h is the reason rea-son for some discouraging results. . The prospector in starting his cam- paign of development, and we are I all prospectors until we develop an i ore body that pays, has started his , shaft on what ant-pars to be the dip or rake of the ore shoot, and as work f Proceeds the shaft is going down on i an apparent dip and soon passes cither over or under the true clip of the ore cr passes off over the side of the ore shoot, the mineralization decreases as more depth Is attained, giving the appearance that the ore !-as stopped, when as a matter of fact 'f the ore had heen followed on the true dip it probably would have continued con-tinued with depth. Ore shoots or lenses of the replnce-, replnce-, merit type are not so apt to follow the true dip of the fissures and beds. It Is easy enough to pass out of the mineralized zone if this condition Is not watched. Mineral bearin-; solutions solu-tions can be likened to a stream of water running in a furrow of soil near the banks the soil soaks up the water and soon becomes saturated saturat-ed nn dfree water goes on to the. next dry particle of soil. This process will continue until the friction becomes too great for the attraction or the water exhausted and the soil re mains dry. So it Is with the mineral miner-al bearing solution near tho source or near the mineral bearing channels the values will be stronger and as the solutions replace the wall rock thoy become weaker, and finally reach the point where very little mineral min-eral will be found. So It is easy to see If a shaft Is going down at an angle to the rake of the ore shoot. It will soon reach a point where the ore disapp. ars. and n great amount of work might necessary to recover the vein. This extra work will probably pro-bably be thi- canst- of the mine closing clos-ing down, tin- funds have become exhausted and the stockholders discouraged dis-couraged nm! clnlin the mine no good, where if the ore had been followed It would have bct-ti ti much brighter story. leaver county Is holding her own with other districts of tin- slate oti nverngt- value of tires shipped. The I Mines lli-porl for l!i0 gives the average av-erage value fif Iht- I'rlsfo-Xi-whoils'- ( district f2S.n of tin- Star district $5 1 .711 per ton. J In tin- Tlntic district tires sold and j treated averag'-il $30 per ton l.itlle Cottonwood district $49.94 a ton. The total value of 1920 is given for Beaver county as $52,295,632. The dividends paid to stockholders of Utah properties up to 1920 is given as $221,795,226, so it is quite apparent appar-ent that Beaver county is still in the ring. A. C. NEBEKER. |
