The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31


deserves the attention Of capital more
than Beaver county. 1t is a highly
mineralized section, and while the va
rious districts within its environments
are still in their prospective stage of
development there is every reason to
believe that the day is not far distant
when Beaver county will rank among
the largest producers Of minerals in
Utah. All the minerals found in any
other part of the state are found in
this county.
LINCOLN DISTRICT.
The first discovery of mineral ever
made in Utah was in the Lincoln dis
| trict, which covers a large territory to
| the east of Milford. This was made
as early as 1858, by Henry Rollins and
several others. In 1868 the Rollins dis
trict, now known as the Lincoln, was
organized. The first discovery was
made in the Rollins mine, which passed
| into the hands of syndicate of Hi
| nois capitalists who rechriStened the
property the Lincoln mine. The new
name was given it for the reason the
new owners were residents of the city
| of Lincoln, Ills.
| Little work was done at the Rollins
mine until after 1868, because of mad
equate transportation facilities and
because there were no means of work.
| ing lead ores to advantage. The prop
| erty was heavy producer for time
and for years supplied the demand in
the local market for lead. Finally, a
slump came in the price of the metal,
\ and together with the common enemy
to deep mining-an extraordinary vol
ume of water-the mine was closed
| down.
| During the past year, however, the
present owners. have undertaken its
development and $4,000 has been ex-
pended in the purchase Of pumps and
other machinery, besides various ad-
ditional improvements. The company
| is still struggling with the disturbing
element and from late reports received
from the property the water seems
| nearly under control.
With the mine cleared the extraction
of ore can be resumed and it is stated
that shipments of ore can then be made
that will carry values of so per cent
lead, Sc TO $40 in gold and about the
same values in silver.
| II is probable that a large concen-
! trating plant will be erected there be-
| fore the close of 1900 The property
was incorporated last year as the Roll
Inns Mining company.
Creole.
The next best developed property in
the Lincoln district is the Creole, owned
| by w. l.. Croft of Minersville and B.
l.. Croft of Juarez, Mexico. The prop
erty is developed by two tunnels 800
and IFS feet in length, respectively.
Nothing more than the assessment
work was done last year. The mine
has produced some very rich ore in the
/ past, carrying good values in gold,
copper, silver, lead and iron. There
: is vein of ore forty feet in width on
the property.
December
The December property adjoins the
Creole and is patented. 1t is developed
by shaft 125 feet deep, also by several
tunnels and croSS-cuts. 1t is owned by
] Salt Lake parties. Ore assaying $2S to
! the ton in gold, copper, lead and silver
| has been taken out.
Rather.
The Rather mine, just to the north
of the December, is developed by a 500
| foot tunnel and several shafts, from
which pay ore has been taken. The
| property has been idle most of the
year.
Louis Leasing of Minersville is de-
veloping a promising property in the
district known as the Richmond He
has a shaft completed to a depth Of
| 100 feet, showing good indications.
! There are other meritoriouS propo-
] sitions which are likely to become of
some Importance after development,
such as the Key, Donnerberg & War
Eagle and Forest Queen.
BRADSHAW DISTRICT.
The most important property in the
! Bradshaw district is the Cave mine. 1t
stands second to the Horn Silver in
/ underground workings and production.
| The development consists of tunnel
1900 feet long, besides numerous cross
| nd CHI re Tho NINA ham
a noted shipper in the early days and
enriched its former owners handsomely.
Some shipments have been made dur
| ing the past year, but more attention
| has been paid to exploration work pre-
paratory to an increased output this
year.
The Rialto and Summit properties
adjoining the Cave give great promise.
SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT.
Frisco, the principal mining town of
] the county, is in this district. 1t has
been in existence for thirty years and
has been the scene of much excitement
in the earlier days of mining in Utah.
Horn Silver.
/ The chief producer in the district is
/ the great Horn Silver mine, which has
paid in dividends s5,27e,000. Only one
other mine in the state-the Ontario
has exceeded this record.
Aside from paying $4,000 in divi-
dends to its shareholders last year. a
great amount of money has been ex-
pended in development work, so the
property will be in a better condition
/ for production this year than ever be-
| fore. New and rich ore bodies have
been opened up from the 600 down to
the 1000 level. While silver was for
merly the chief product of the mine,
the developments of the past few years
disclosed great bodies of sulphide cop
per ores, carrying values in gold, and
| they now form an important feature.
/ As depth is attained, copper seems to
i largely predominant, increasing in val
ne as they go down. Ore giving as
! high as 20 per cent copper has been
| found.
The Horn Silver mine was sold over
! twenty years ago to Jay Cooke of New
York for over $1,000 900. The mine has
| made a brilliant record, considering the
! obstacles it has had to contend with
in the past, under the able manage
ment Of Philo 7. Farnsworth.
Washington.
1t is only a little over a year ago that
| the Washington mine came into exist
ence. and while it is scarcely out of its
/ baby clothes it is ranked as bonanza
! and gives every promise of becoming
as great as its famous neighbor. the
Horn Silver, about two miles distant.
The Washington has paid its way
from the grass roots with the output
of ores and the owners have never
been out a single dollar of their own
\ individual money from the start. A
double compartment shaft has been
sunk to a depth of about 800 feet. The
property was equipped the early part
l of the wear with a large hosting plant