The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

4 PRISE eAuiD1seu Dy the MdJeSLlC
Mining & Smelling company,
Beaver county mines and mining in
terests have attracted wide attention
during the past twelve months and
large sums of money have been dis
tributed among the people Of that
favored section in Consequence. The
business OF Milford has outgrown the
town and the building OF the new eifv
OF Lewisville. at the site of the Ma
lestle eompany's new smelling works
TWO or three miles southwest. has al
ready commenced in earnest
Not many new enterprises have been
launched during the year. All efforts
nave been directed 70 the rounding
out and perfecting of those previously
undertaken and in this line much has
been accomplished. Like every other
active mining section of the west
Beaver county mas been more or less
handicapped by the difficulty in Sc
curing the delivery of machinery, build
ing material, etc, all due to the same
eauses-inability on the part of the
railroads to handle their bust
ness During the past few weeks
the congestion has been somewhat re-
lieved and it is believed that from now
on less dlfnculty viii be experienced
Lewis E1eaE enterprises.
To begin this synopsis of important
| doIngS IN Beaver county's mining
world during the year with anything
other than a review of the enterprises
launched and brought to the front by
A. b. Lewis. would be to begin at the
wrong end. On the foundations which
ne began laying a few years ago
mighty Industrial structures are now
being reared With an energy born
Of knowledge and conviction that the
mineral zones of the region of which
Milford is the geograp hicaI center are
among the richest in the state Mr.
Lewis labored in the face of all kinds
of diScoura cement He swept away
! barrier after barrier never faltering
Tor moment, and today, after seven
years or more of incessant work he
| has the satisfaction of seeing hundreds
OF operators tramping the trails which
| ne, a few years ago, Travelled alone.
And all of them are preaching the same
gospel that he preached; all of them
+ are buckling down 10 the work that
he declared would result in the making
of Beaver county the greatest copper
producing section of the state
Every steps advance in the rounding
oIt of the plans of the Majestic COM
pany has been recorded as il was tax
en- The year has witnessed the final
payments on all the properties former
" held under bond by the company.
the installation of several new hosting
plants and the inauguration of syste-
matte mining and development under
one of the widest known and most
competent mining engineers and ex-
perts in this country-Wnliam A Far
ish. When he reported on these pro-
critics for the eastern shareholders he
told them that, with systematic de-
veIopment and good management, the
mines of the company would prove
very valuable. When called upon 10
take control and demonstrate that his
judgment was not at fault, he accepted
the challenge.
Tremendous Ore Bodies.
During the few months he has been
in charge q mighty change has been
wrought in the physical condition Of
the properties and one year from to-
day the story he will be able 10 lay
before the shareholders in that eorpo-
ration will astonish the most optimistic
among them 1t was only the other
day that a mining man who has been
operating in this field for twenty years
declared that since Mr.. Parish took
| charge of the Majestic comPanys
| mines ne had made one of its proper
/ ties-the Old Hickory-worth more
money than the entire capitalization
of the corporation, which is S. 00O, 900.
| The other mines are ali reported to
/ De responding in like manner
Considering the difficulty experienced
1 in getting building material. the head
way made at the company's new smelt-
/ er is astonishing. The first shovelfuI
of dirt was turned in October. The an
nouncement is now made that the plant
viii be practically completed by the
end of January, a piece Of news that
reflects great credit upon Constructing
/ Engineer Harry r. Ayres.
A few weeks ago, when the annual
meeting OF the Imperial Copper Mining
company was held in Chicago, the an
nouncement was made that the Comet
and Massachusetts groups. formerly
acquired by A. B. Lewis. had been
turned over to the company, the capital
having been increased by $l,000,0l0 to
make the purchase. The deal places
the Imperial company in possession Of
I one of the largest and most valuable
/ blocks of mining ground in the county.
1t is now being developed through a
/ long. deep tunnel which is rapidly ap-
/ preaching the magnificent ore bodies
( opened above That the company will
4 be knocking at the doors OF the Ma
/ jestic company's smelter before the end
/ of the next year is just as sure as any
/ thing can be.
Newhouse's Great Mine.
| Of no less importance to the mining
! industry of Beaver county have been
! the operations Of Samuel NeWhouse at
! the Cactus. The property was pur-
/ chased by him one year ago last DC
tober. Since that time it has been
/ converted into one Of the biggest cop
per bonanZas in the country. The
mine has been opened to depth ex-
| ceeding 600 feet and millions of tons of
ore that viii average about s per cent
/ copper have already been exposed and
blocked out. About two weeks ago,
( Manager johnson began the running of
a tunnel from near the mouth OF Cop
! per gulch to tap the mine at a point
below the present deepest workings.
| During the construction of this tunnel,
! a mammoth mill VIII be erected at its
mouth and next fall the handling of
]. 900 tons Of ore per day viii commence.
( The Oregon Short Line railroad is pre-
pairing to build a spur to the mouth of
the tunnel from Frisco and a busy year
at the property will result. BY the
time Mr.. Newhouse begins receiving re-
turns on his investment at the Cactus
he viii have spent close to 81 ,OO0, 900.
/ With not less than SIC, 900 600 worth OF
ore blocked out to begin with however,
the expenditure seems like mere baga-
! teile.
! The DI,,e Rird