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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-23

known as the Carbonate, short dis
lance north of Frisco, and some time
afterward the Rather was located and
added To the property. It passed into
the hands of a. G. Campbell, John Nj.
Burke and their associates.
In 1879 these mines were purchased
by ". s. Code and Beui0min Hamp-
ton, this Carbonate for S15v 600 and the
Rather foi S15,OG0, althoug the latter
proved Of equal value 10 the other. Aft
erward they associated with them
selves some Boston people and organ
ized the Frisco Smelling q Mining
company. among whom was one Bige-
low. a leather merchant This concern.
under the control of the Bigelow peo-
pie, erected a great dry concentrating
plant at the mine, which proved
thorough success. Something Ike $40
COO was invested in this plant. It was
the policy of GOdbe and Hampton To
employ the best skill of the period, and
they made mU Il money prior to the
coming of the railroad i'm 1888. There
after the concentrates were shipped
lo-th and the smeltef abandoned.
There was also another smelter at
one time in operation near Frisco. the
loca ton beiag at thu Cactus mine, just
over the range from the town. although
nearly fourteen miles by the wagon
road. The Cactus mine and smelter
belonged to a French company. and it
also erected an $4,000 concentrating
mill which proved unsuited for the ore
and soon afterward they shut down
that property.
Frisco's Decline.
Frisco began to decline when con-
nection by rail was established with
the outside world The occupation of
the teamsters was practically gone as
soon as trains began % run. and il
was found cheaper TO ship the high
grade ores and concentrates to the
shelters at Salt Lake than to continue
to reduce them at Frisco. which in
VOlVed the use Of charcoal at a high
price or the shipping in Of coke by rail.
With the abandonment of the shelters
and loss of employment by the freight
ers there was speedy end to Frisc0's
prosperity.
The Horn Silver mine has continued
to produce largely during all these
years. it is true. and has been a steady
dividend-payer. the property still
promising well at the present writing.
The Carbonate and Rather mines.
however. only second in Importance,
and which had also paid regular divi-
dends for a number of years fell under
had management and that company
was obliged to suspend operations. For
this there was absolutely no excuse ex-
cept incompetent supervision, and the
mines can probably be made to yield
as we'll today as at any time in their
history. But they have stood idle for
the past seventeen years. and have
gradually filled with water. The i'm
mense concentrating mill has fallen
into decay and al. present is worthless
except for old iron
At the Cactus the old smelter still
stands. q play ground for the birds and
squirrels its Stag pile overgrown by
weeds and the buiiding rapidly falling
To decay.
Frisco's Reawaken1ng
There are plenty of signs ct present
however. that Frisco is about to exS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-23
Imperial Mining COmpany'S Rich Territory
I NCLUDING somethine No. than

INCLUDING something more than
thirty claims, extending north
from the Horn Silver well on to-
ward the Cactus and Blackbird group,
and on both sides of the mountain. the
Imperial Mining company holds and is
de. clipping a section of territory from
which great results may be expected.
This is one OF the companies which A
B. Lewis has promoted, and which has
been organized with its headquarters
in Chicago.
The main groupings of the vein are
along the crest Of the mountain and a
short distance down on either side of
the Loeber gulch The prospecting
work has been done in this gulch on
two principal Gains. the Imperial and
the Ma esachusetts. and from both of
them high-gIade copper ore has been
taken and stripped. although ii could
only he moved from the mine by pack
ing on the backs OF burrOs. Several
hundred feet Of tunnels and drifts have
been driven in these upper workings.
fully demonstrating the existence Of
strong and very extensive ore bodies
The company has therefore. been de-
voting its energies recently to driving a
tunnel from we'll down in the gulch to
intersect this great vein at Q depth OF
pT0ha bly, 500 feet OF about ZOO feet
that it is expected must be driven to
reach this vein. 900 has already been
accomplish and il will be but a short
time before they wiz be ready for up-
raising at its terminal.
From shaft down ninety feet near
The mouth Of the tunnel just barely
water enough has been obtained 10
su--Iv the boilers for the compressor
plant and here. as elsewhere IN the
range. the question Of pern2rsnt water
sup0Iv is one of great Importance.
While it is not more than a mile and
q half over the range tn Frisco. u *
about eight miles around the road. fNcd
in going to the mine it involves a
climb ND heavy grade for nearly
three miles. The vein which shows
upon the apex Of the ridge is a very
sirens one. extending for miles and at
the head of this gulch there Is q cross
assure which has great significance.
There are many other veins besides
those referred to found upon the differ
ent claims in the gulch but there has
been very little work done excspt al.
the points referred to.
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granite, above which lies quartzite with
the ore protruding.
Further TO the north is another lime
formation much smaller than the one
before mentioned but with equally
good indications.
Mines Higher Up.
Beyond this is a peak far higher tnan
any other in the range, and composed,
for the most part, Of QuaTtzite, strongly
cOlOred with iron. Far up the western
side Of this are located the Cactus and
Blackbird groups. The shafts sunk at
these mines, no ever. are, for the most
part. through a lime and pOTphyry for
nation, all of it more or less mineral
lied
1t is not at all prOba bic that Frisco
viii ever possess another smelteT. The
absence of any considerable water sup
ply would operate as a serious Offset
to the many other advantages accruing
from such a location, and fuel would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-23
the Grampion. Sam HaWkes and James

the Champion. Sam Hawkes. and James
Ryan were the discoveries. but very
little work was done by them in de
VelOping tLs5r property. tt was short
ly after this that the Horn Silver mine
was located by the same parties. The
first ore taken out was a silver chloride,
which yielded away up in the thou
sands and gave to the mine its name
After sinking about zoe feet. the vein
pinched,' and at this point the mine
was solo to "a company composed Of a.
C.. Campbell Dennis Ryan, Augustus
Bryan. Matt Cullen and one other
for a round sum of $4,000 These gen
tlemen Immediately set cnergetically to
work and were rewarded by finding
vast deposits of exceedingly. rich ore
bur slight distance below where the
original owners had stopped work. The
character Of The deposits however.
changed TO suluhides. and these they
fCEud it impossible to reduce by the
crude methods employed at the little
experimental smeiter that had been
erected by Hawkes. and Ryan.
Al about this time there appeared On
tho scene Mr.. j. ID. Williams Familiarity
known here and previously on the Pa
cifc cast as Uncle John" NJ. VIII
Ian was an experienced smeltermau,
and. believing ne could successfully
solve the problem, found no difficulty
i'm contracting for several thousand
tons Of these sulphide ores at very ad-
yantageOus rates.
Thereupon ne built q smclter at Mil
ford, with capacity Of forty tons per
day, taking i'm as a partner Mr.. John
Il. Latey. BY process of preliminary
roasting in open pits. il vas found to
be an easy matter to REFUGE the ore.
After treating all for which they had
contracted, the mine-oWners refused to
sell them more, thereby compelling
1lessrs. Williams and Latey to shut
down their plant.
Another Shelter Built.
tt was i'm 1877 that Messrs. Godbe and
Hampton. who had been operating
shelters near Stockton for a number
of years. secured a contract from the
Horn Silver company to reduce 10000
tons Of its ores. They erected a fifty
ton smelter az the outset. bot for sew
eIal months found great difficulty in
procuring suitable iron fuxing. They
finally stumbled on some of the ore
from the Cave mine. which was so ad-
mirably adapted to their needs, and
by purchasing that property their
troubles were dissipaIed- They erected
a second SmelteT. d TeverberatOTy fur
mace and four fine charcoal kilns i'm
mediateiy at the plant. The Cave mine
Of itself proved to be a great producer,
and ten teams were kept hauling across
the valley. Then Mr.. Williams was
engaged to SUperintend the erection of
q new smelter at Frisco for the Horn
Silver company This also proved a
success, continuing to run until the ad-
vent Of the railroad i'm 1880
Sale of Horn Silver.
At that time the Horn Silver proper
ties passed into the hands of English
capitalists, who shortly afterwards
built new smeite- near Salt Lake
City. and began shipping their ores to
that point.
1t was only a few months after the
Horn Silver mine was dis, CeTo3 that
Anthony Blackburn and amin
Johnson located the prop since
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also have to be hauled a long distance,
charcoal being out of the question, even
to handle the ores Of the district.
Milford is a much more available
site, especially since the copper depOs-
its adjacent thereto have come into
such prominence. Frisco viii, Of course.
continue TO ship large and constantly
increasing quantities Of ore, and, with
the esta blishment of reduction works
at Milford, a probability Of the near
future, a market will be opened UP
for a vast amount of ore which is not of
sufficiently high grade to stand ship
ment to Salt Lake. Frisco may never
again attain to its former size, but as a
distributing center for the adjacent
mining district and the terminus OF the
railroad, it is bound to grow as the
mines grow, becoming eventually the
seat Of a large mercantile trade, far
more stable and of much greater vol
ume than any it has heretofore pos
sessed.
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perience a speedy regeneration. There
has been a recent infusion Of fresh
blood into the situation, and more is
likely to follow at an early date The
prime mover in the late awakening was
A. B. Lewis, who had not been long in
the county before he perceived the
enormous possibilities of the district
Immediately contiguous to Frisco. and
at once proceeded to interest capital
therein
One of the results was the formation
of the Imperial Mining company which
has acquired claims lying just north of
the Horn Silver and covering all of the
desirable prospect on both sides Of
the range at that point. Development
work has been going on in several
places during the past few months, and
2 tunnel has been driven $50 feet TO tap
the vein a a depth of some 500 feet.
About $50 feet remains to be excavated.
and it is quite certain that the company
viii ultimately have a great mine.
At the old Carbonate NJ. P. Gilbert
at ne head of q wealthy syndicate
which is also operating properties in
California, is engaged in sinking a new
1000-fOOt shaft and there is little
6Oubt that he viii take up the eighteen
months bond under which he is work
ing at the expirat ion of the time limit.
] L Is about as sure as anything in thu
nature of a mining proposition can be-
that this property VIII soon be placed
in the list of large producers.
Nothing is known at present as to
the intentions of the company with re-
gard to a concentrating plant, but If
one is decided upon. it is reasonable to
suppose that a new modern plant on
the lines of the mill at the May Day
mine al Tintic would be found best
adapted. there being no water avail
able for wet concentration. unless. per
chance. water shall be found in sink
ing below the old level.
Royal Mining.
Another of the opera tons inaugu-
rated by Mr.. Lewis is the organization
Of the Royal Mining company, secur-
ing options on the Cactus and several
adjoining claims. Mr.. Lewis succeed
ed in interesting Samuel Newhouse in
this property, with the result that
when the bonds matured on the prop
critics Mr. NewhOuse stepped in and
absorbed them all as individual opera
ton
A large force of men is at work put
ting the Cactus mine into shape to be
{ tDAtlC d AltdNg BAO0utCA. a new SHAT
is being sunk, which Mr. Newhouse
/ proposes shall not stop short of 1000
feet. 1t has already reached a depth
OF nearly 500, and prosecuting has com
menced on the 400 and 500 levels. Should
the ore bodies continue of the same
magnitude at all the lower levels as
| they have been developed down to the
/ third, down to which point $4,000. 900
/ worth Of ore is in sight, the total value
/ Of the mine, when it shall have reached
a depth Of 1000 feet will be almost
/ fabulous
A section Of the large concentrating
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-23

oveE a thriving progressive com
| nrn.tv Of more than 1000
v souls with two smelling es-
rar-nents iu constant operation,
N 5e center of one Of the most
v,,sefu. mineral regions of the
,rr.rv. the present little town Of
Frisco is hardly more than a reminis-
.s=s It's smelters are dismant.ed,
+ar-s'ths of its population gone. only
Hs a1 reliable Horn Silver mine IS
EFF If au its former greatness. one
s-ras the main line of the Oregon
ss7r Zine at Milford and after a Va
l-fars climb OF 1000 feet i'm a distance
sf seventeen miles. the train stops oe-
rah the shadow of thu giant san
Francisco range, almost at its southern
extremity
There is nothing particularly attrac-
.rs fn the appearance of q western
mining town. even at its zenith. and
one cannot resis; "a feeling of sadness
O.. iie completeness of the decay which
has B5e1aken the little village. which
rras here in It's picturesque valley.
And d seems hard To- account for the
,rne of tie town when one becoW es
rH'..8r with its possibilities. True. there
ore some drawbacks. but these did not
eate 90 prevent the town from be-
coming a mining and smelling point
@. almost the first Importance back i'm
ta JOS. even though no railroad had
a hat time penetrated the district
Ia--e was-and stil is-but little water
So be- .ound and the supply for dOmes-
81. purposes has always beer obtained
from Milford The present price is 81
Ir barre. while in early days il was
iar mere costly.
Denuded the Forests.
To operate the shelters the SUI
t1.rdi7g mountHius were stripped Of
their s1nty forests. and numerous
EHs 7dlI standing. testify 20 tn huge
0-41tues of charcoal which were fed
'.7 The hungry furnaces. The prod
l.- OF course. vas chiefly lead and
silver. with more or less gold. after
me values of the fine ore from the dis
'a1i Gave mine began 90 be drawn
,F01.
IN these days the ores treated came
'l'e7y from the Horn Silver. Carbon
e, Rather and Cave properties. the
A..er nearly thirty miles away by the
i'-l with tWO-thirds OF the distance
Almost entirely up hiI. the transporta-
w 1r wagons was a costly matter.
TIE high grade lead ores Of The
t.sa- tatter mine however. onI.- had
.o be hauled two and a half miles. all
gown h'iL and of these there was near
. enough, combined with the iron
.-A'as material from the Cave. to
1-p 2ne smelter running. the defcit
'-.as supplied by the Horn Silver.
~ Frisco thrivei amazingly and the
,-. long. StraggiinE street of the town
... S llHed Ton "a lalf-mile with rows of
~. dwellings. literally interspersed
~. ...l saloons and gambling places. and
s. ~ lair showing of mercantile
fuses Long lines of freight teams.
---" WIN ore and charcoal filed in
. .L out king tho streets IivaIv Win
y, ..ass,os of whips and shouts Of
The First Discoveries.
, o fas in -a thar the frsr claim, was
'-- ''- me Frisco district and called
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-23

/ 'aIion presented herewith
ag o[ g.,'s The interior of tie publish
o-,v Z Of the Beaver clipper. rha
v5s no. printed al the county seat.
az ss-.9~ lsad b this Office is famous
rrb =. ~ osen the one frst uss5 r.,
'1it Lake Herald and Tri6-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-23
The First Discoveries

l'-. --s Oh a thar the first claim was
.-'-I iA The Frisco district and called
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-23
Are the Coal Shippers of This Re-
gion---Baltimore & Ohio Directs
When Companies Shall Ship.
Hundreds More Miners Would be Emnloved e tr,s
shartaae of Cars Could be oyercome-..Inter-
estina Interview

The local correspondent of the
Wheeling Register publishes an inter.
esting Interview In reference to the
shipments of coal from this region as
given bel W.
The Register correspondent had a
talk with a prominent coal buyer for
this section this morning and was sur
prised to find the state of affairs that
exists in this section Of West yir-s
ginia. The man referred to represents
a big coal company in Chicago and is
here for the purpose of buying an the
coal in this section for his Company.
BE isnot a transient visitor but has
been here for several months and ex
poets to he here for several months to
come. Being buyer of coal he knows
the exact situation of the buyer, sell
:ler and shipper.
The first statement he made was
the surprising one that there was not
a coal company within fifty miles of
ciarksours that was getting one third
OF the cars that they could sen.
To make It plainer,, he said afor
every 100 cars OF coal now going out Of
central West Virginia now. there
could be 400 cars going instead, IL the
B. 8 o. c''uld move them. In other
words. for every car sold now four
could be sold. That would mean where
one miner gets a hundred dollars
month four miners would be paid that
much each. There would be four peo-
pie at work where there is one now.
In business there would be four times
the amount done" The coal COM
panies arc at the mercy OF the B. & o.
They direct the shipper where to ship
his product.
"Asfew days ago the shippers were
all notified to ship hfty per cent. Of
their coal to the west. Some OF the
companies had no contracts in the
west and were puzzled what to do. 1t
is true that the West Virginia coal to
the west Is hauled through the coal
fields of Ohio and Indiana, and It takes
longer to get the cars back, but that is
the orders from the B. s. o. and the
coal dealers can do nothing but sub
nit"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-23
OFFICER SUED
For Alleged Violation of the sched-
uIe Law.


A civil suit out of the ordinary has
been instituted in Magistrate James
N. Dayid's court. E. G. Davis, of Sa.
lem, as agent for George A. Watson,
of Parkersburg, but formerly of Sa-
lem, sues Constable j. E. Sutton, of
Tenmile district, and his bondsmen,
Silas Fittro and J. NJ. Morris, for
s2s5.42. The trial of the suit is set
for o'clock, p. M, January II. 1t
appears from the papers In the case
that Watson scheduled his household
goods and that Sutton disregarding
the law in the matter sold the sched.
uled property under an execution.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-23
DEBATE
OF Amusing Nature Between Two
Italian Miners.


-Four plain drnnks were up before
Mayor Grille this morning. Two dagoes
from Ocean Mines came to town yes
terday, bought a jug of booze apiece
and got out on spree. This morn
ing ingpolice court the two foreigners
and one jug showed up. After fine
of three dollars and costs had been
imposed upon each, quite linguistic
wrangle ensued between the two men
in their native tongue as to the owner
ship of the Jug. The debate lasted
some time and was amusing to the on
GERS and the court. The man that was
holding the jug, however, proved that
immediate possession was nine points
of the law, and walked out of the court
with it. This rather dazed the senses
of No. 2, and after Mayor Grille iinti.
mated that "Rack to the Mines"
would be the proper caper, he gathered
himself together and went forth into
the cold world, The other two drrnks
were fined the usual amount and
jailed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-23
WARRANT
issued Against the Goods Of Frank
HartweIl.
Alleged That He Mad Absconded-
Was In Coal Business.

Upon complaint of NJ. Frost, propri-
etor of the Family Liquor store, a dis
tress warrant was issued Tuesday
morning on the household goods OF
Frank W. Hartwell, who occupied
Mr.. Frost's house at 4ss West Pike
street. The warrant is for rent
amounting to $40. Walter f. Rau has
also an attachment on the goods for
about s2p. Hartwell was here en-
gagged in the coal business. 1t is
alleged he has absconded. as he has
not been seen around here for some
time. The goods were taken charge
of atonce, and after being properly
advertised will be sold. The warrant
was Issued from the ONCE of Squire
Samuel w. Gordon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-23
DIRECTORS
And Officers of cIarksbura Build
Ing and Loan Elected.
VIII open office for Business Janu-
aryl.

The following Board of Directors of
the Clarksburg Building s. Loan Asso-
citation have been elected by the
stockholders for the ensuing year:
John Koblegard, P. II. Koblegard, f.
G. Gaylord, j. w. Williams, DIR. ]. B.
Smith, j. T. Drudy, VIM. f. Aexan.
der, R. L. Riggs, DR.. s. NJ. Mason.
VIM. Brent, Stewart F. Reed. R. NJ
Orr and G. Il. Kidd.
The Board of Directors have elected
the following officers: John Koble-
gard, president; Frank q. Gaylord,
vice-president; Stuart f. Reed, sec.
retary and treasurer; R. G. Altizer,
attorney.
a committee of the Board is now at
work arranging to begin business by
the first of January, and the public
will be notified of the location of the
office in few days.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-23
ALBRIGHT
Is Appointed Architect of Unlversl
.ty Buildings.
virginia Trustees Like the Color
scene of Waldo Hotel.

Messrs; Michael Murphy, John Dag
ney and James o'Neil, trustees of st.
Davis University near Richmond,
Va, were in conference with Archi-
tect Harrison Albright last night in
reference to architectural work. They
accepted his plans for group of l5
buildings at cost of one million dol
lars. The contract viii be let March
5th next. This is recognition of Mr..
Albright as an architect of at least
national fame. He was the architect
Of the West Baden hotel in Indiana,
which has attracted the attention Of
the whole country. The color scene
IN the buildings to be erected at st.
Davis University is the same as the
Waldoshotel in this city OF which Mr..
Albright is the architect.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-23
HISTORY
of the Appeal Case Recently Re-
versed.

In the suit of j. Il. Morrison against
the clarksburR Coal s Coke Company,
in which the decision of the lower
court was reversed Saturday by the
Supreme Court, the controversy is
over a clause insthe deed given by
Arthur cowan,, original owner of the
land Co the Parkersburg Company
years ago. This clause provides for
The payment OF $500 additional,
whenever the surface or any part Of it
Is used in operationan mining Of
coal. Morrison made demand for this
amount after the company had begun
TO operate on adjoining property and
upon refusal to pay him the amount
he brought suit in the circuit court
here but Judge Mason decided against
him. He then appealed it with the
result that the case has been reversed
The point upon which reversal was
made has not yet been learned.