Show old utah producer responds to new system jr F A when mother nature the earth and its crust she mixed in a certain quantity of 0 mineral substances utah was fortunate in her share ot of endowment of 0 minerals and the state today iv 1 one ot of the greatest producers of 0 base metals in many instances the minerals outcropped cropped out on the surface and as a result the early settlers found rich deposits with comparative ease today however the surface deposits have been pretty well prospected and the modern miner m must u st go deep into the bowels of th the e earth and depend upon geological and geophysical science to find ore it Is therefore more difficult to find and more expensive to produce ore one of the most striking examples ot of surface discoveries Is that ot the horn silver mine alt sah bated about 14 miles west of milford in deaver beaver county the horn silver ore body was discovered in the early sixties when prospectors found out cropping on the surface furfare a huge deposit of lead ore this discovery led to the opening of one of the great mines of the west and the establishment in in the early days of one of the largest industries in southern utah the ore body was followed from the surface down to the foot level and yielded in gross brodu production in the neighborhood of 0 the accompanying photograph shows the horn silver and in the th background the huge glory holt hole from which the ore was taken this huge glory hole Is mute evidence ot of the active lays days ot of the past when the mine was one ot of the states largest producers the horn silver Is not through the mine has produced intermittently since the original ore body was believed to have been mined out la in recent months efforts to revive the mine have met with a gratifying degree ot of success in addition to proving the continuation of the old original ore body in ill some places new ore discoveries have been made today the mine Is producing two carloads of ator ore dally daily and furnishing employment tor for about BO 50 men in reviewing the old mine however it has been necessary to search tor far into the underground sounding out new theories of geology the old mine la is a fitting example ot of the development and expenditure necessary in an effort to develop a profitable mine in modern mining |