The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29

mint ltlbLHeI property OF lite Males
tic c0muauy-wOrk has been progress
Ing steadily Cor six months past with
crew of ten or twelve men. under
The foremanship of Charles Price. This
work has been i'm the nature of a pros
pecting venture, justified, seemingly.
by the theory that the assures from
which the rich ores were taken years
ago extended downward. 1t the pres
EN- moment the foreman reports a very
satisfactory condition. with increasing
quantities of the rich steel galena ores
such as made the property famous and
kept the OLD Shluntie smeiter ir com
mission twenty-five years as.
The total area Of all the s,eral
groups belonging to the Majestic com
pany is about 1900 acres, ar mineral
lied ground. in which every step in de-
vciUpment as shown astonishing re-
suits. It also has a sn.eittr site az
900 acres. embracing all the great STRAIT
sGic advantages at Milford.
ViekEburg Group
This group of three claims is $50 an
important part Of the Majestic prop
erty. 1t is quite Uuhkr lutr. .se. siJs
haN Ing great veins Of iIDU males
carrying as much as - TO - o.. cent
Of iron. ana from - 60 sac ia s-.... No
work has yet been done ON This prop
erty, but IL viii nos long d. IDLE Ihere
have been many applications 70 lease
the property, but so far Jhpy have not
been favorably considered
DC 10 Frisco.
A drive OF d few miles through the
valley JTaversed by the short Line
branch running Irom Milford TO F'ris
co brings us TO the latter place, which
nesties at the base OF the gigantic san
Francisco range. Here II the famous
Horn Silver mine, which, Tor twenty
Eve years has been a large ana steady
dividend-payer. The ore bodies which
have been so prOhtabiy worked in this
mine have, hAwever, been largely ex-
hausteO. and latteTly attention has
been turned to the copper ores eacuunt-
cred at various places during past
gears. 1t $ from the marketing of
these copper ores. in fact, that divi-
Cends have been paid during the last
lew months.
Around the mountain to the west, at
q distance of some eight miles from
Frisco by road, but only one mile as
the crow flies. lies
The Imperial Group,
comprising some COO acres. The rock
formation here is extremely peculiar.
tain nearly TO the top. 4 tremendous
Is steep Sgon road winds up this. on
one side or which the rock is i.ard,
igneOus granite. dating clear back TO
the deV0nisn age. In this there Is. Of
course, no trace whatever OF copper or
any other kind OF mineral But Just
across the road the character oC sle
rock entirely changes, and we ind "a
quartz formation carrying copper car
Donates, together with more or less
iron, also n some places small per
centages of gold. Development work
has here been carried on somewhat eX-
tensively, and over 5000 feet o. shafts,
drifts, crosscuts, etc, eXcavaJaI nearly
ali in copper ore, establishing beyond
all DOUBT the continuity and richness
o. the veins. 1t was then determined
that the most economical method of
further developing the property would
be 10 run a tunnel in from Il point
much lower down the canyon, tapping
the ore bodies from beneath.
THIS tunnel was a gigantic under
ticking, but of the leo feet necessary
20 drive to reach a point SD feet below
the nearest upper workings, over 500
feet have been completed.
Constant progress is still being made
on this work. and when the necessary
connections shall have been made and
The projected Smelter erected. there
is no question but what the Imperial
VIII speedily enter the dividand-pay-
ing list OF Beaver county mines.
There is also ia this property q great
north and south vein known as the
Horn Silver vein, tTaversing the group
over into the Copper GuIch country.
IN the midst CT the property there is
an interesting pOrphyritic dixie, which
ls highly mineraiized, especially at IT,.
point of intersection, forming one Of
the greatest surface exposures Of con-
per- bearing formation 10 be found in
the western country, the Old Hickory
not excepted.
The Old Massachusetts,.
In connection with the deals that
have been closed within the past few
days. BY which Mr.. Newhouse becomes
the sole owner of the Royal or Gao
Gus group, the Massachusetts group
has been added to the domain oC the
imperial This has been one Of the
great producers of the district. and
some OF the richest ore ever mined
there mas been shipped from IT. n
was ore frcm this mine that attracteL
so much attention at the late paris
exposition, and which was ava rdad
t't hrst prize for the beauty and bieh
grace OF as copper exhibit
All Proving It's Value.
Just north Of the Imperial. on the
same side Of the mountain, lies the
cactus group, elsewhere discussed
ana on the Northern end OF that prom
erty we md the Rlackbird HOLDINGS In
both OF these Their, is the same class
or ore, which admits OF concentration
at small cost A spur of the railroad
win be, laid around 70 all OF these
mines as soon as they are IN position
10 make steady shipments, and trans
portation facilities are thus assured.
Surrounding Conditions.
There are. of course, MANY other
mines. or rather prospects, ia Beaver
county. the most Of which lie In the
district above mentioned. Some. how
ever. are found in the mountains to the
east of Milford, and still others be-
Vnnd Be- or IN most of these there
are promising Indications, and dozens
nj them could be made profitable Il
mere were smelling facilities in the
district.
Water Is Not Plentiful.
There was. and still s., the important