Show old utah producer responds to new system I 1 ill K P 0 k 4 k aj S zi its fan me W 14 fo t when mother alother nature the eal th and its crust she mixed in a cert certain certia aln lii quantity of mineral sub stances utah was vis fortunate foi dunato in ili her share ot of endowment 0 of minerals unit hie file state today is one ot of the greatest producers of base metals in ili many instances tile the minerals on the surface and as a esulto the early eaily settlers found rich ilch deposits with comparative ease rolay however the surface deposits have been pretty well prospected and the modern miner must go deep into the bowels ot of the eiith th and depend upon geology t I 1 leal and 11 d geophysical science to find ore it la Is therefore etore more difficult to find and more expensive to pro duce ore one of the most striking ex amples ot of surface discoveries Is that of oe tile the horn silver mine sit bated about 14 miles west ot of mil tord ford la ia beaver county the horn silver ore body was discovered in the early e irly sixties when prospectors found out outcropping cropping on the surface ahugh a huge deposit of lead ore this discovery led to the open ing of one of tile the great mines of the west vest aid the establishment in the early eail days das of one ot of the largest industries in ili southern Sou thein utah the ore 01 e body was followed from the surface down to the toot foot level and yielded in gross production in ili the neighborhood of 54 tho the photograph shows tho tha ivoin silver and ili ID the background the hu huse e glory hole from which tile the ore oie was as taken this huge glory holo Is mute evl evi dence ol of the active days of 0 the past when tile the mine was one of the states largest producers the horn silver Is not through thi ough the mine has produced intermit bently since the original ore oie h 1 1 v was believed to have been 11 i 1 I out in recent months effort 0 revive the mine have met with a gratifying degree degier of success in n addition to proving the continua tion ot of the old original ore body in some places new ore discoveries have been made today the mine Is producing two carloads ot of ore dally daily and furnishing employment tor for about BO 60 men in reviewing the old mine however it has been necessary essaiy to search far into the underground sounding out new theories of geology the old mine la Is a fitting example ol of the development and expenditure necessary essaiy in ili an effort to develop a profitable mine in modern mining |