Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20
Large in area.
Rich in Mineral.


Beaver is one of the largest coun-
ties In this state. Its eastern boundary
extends to the summit Of the Wasatch
range OF Mountains which divides II
from Sewer and Piute counties, 1t Is
bounded on the north by Millard coun-
~; on the west by the state OF Nevada
and on the south by Iron county, Bea-
yer City is the county seat and Milford
Is the chief railroad point and the min
ing and commercial center. The lat
ter Is the natural distributing point
for almost the entire county and with
the development and Sadvancement OF
tho mining districts, rs growth is CEN
tain to be rapid and will probably take
the lead in the way Of population.
MANY DISTRICTS.
In Beaver county there are probably
a dozen different mining districts. The
one farthest east is kn0wn as the New
ton district. II lies below Mr.. Belknap,
C"Baldy") and is justover the range
from the great Gold Mountain district
the home OF the Annie Laurie mine
The ores OF this district are principal
Is gold and form an extension to the
Gold Mountain belt. Across Beaver
valley and in the range of mountains
which spans its western border
Is located the Lincoln district also
the Bradshaw district The ores OF
these districts are principally gold sill
yer and lead Crossing over another
valley from Bradshaw district TO Mil
ford, one gets into the edge OF the
great copper belt, the scene Of the most
active operations at the present time.
The nearest district 10 Milford Is
Rocky, where the surface shows mar
Vicious groupings Of copper The Old
Hickory and the Montreal are the most
extensively developed properties here.
Continuing TO the west from Rocky
one passes Into the Beaver Lake dis
trict, covering vast territory six miles
square Beaver Lake Is In the copper
zone bat the ores all carry gold and
silver with heavy percentage of iron.
Among the principal properties Of this
district are the o. X. Ben HARRISON,
Beaver Consolidated. Blue Acre, Klon-
dixie, O. X. Extension, Copper Noun
tain, skylark, Beaver Lake, Galena,
Wasatch and Banty.
Still further on to the west Is the San
Francisco and Pruess districts. The
town Of Frisco, the location Of the Horn
Silver mine. Is In this San Francisco
district. Copper predominates here as
in the Beaver Lake and Rocky dis
tricts. The Horn silver was once a
famous producer OF the white metal.
but In late years. as depth has been
attained. copper takes first place. The
Imperial, Carbonate and Rather Wash
ington and Horn Silver Extension are
among the silver properties. The
Pruess district claims the Gao
tus. Blackblrd, Comet and other
Gopher Gulch properties. Copper
again predominates here. how
ever. rich silver-gold ore Is frequently
found in good quantities In the mines
most extensively developed.
BACK TO MILFORD.
Returning to Milford and then strlk-
ing off In southwesterly direction, the
North Star district Is entered.
Considerable lead is found in this dis
trict in ocon junction with gold and sill
yer ores. Copper also cuts a biz figure.
especially In the western portion OF the
district The ola Rebel. Harrington
g. Hickory, Blueblrd and Kitty Clough
are among the principal properties.
The Star district stlll farther to the
south, has about the same formations
as the North Star The entire district
is well mlneralizcd.
The Washington district lies IN the
extreme southwestern portion of the
county The Blue Jay Extension
owned and operated by salt Lave peo-
pie in the principal property.
REDUCTION WORKS SITE.
The valley near Milford Is an ideal
location for reduction works. II Is CEN
tral. but most important Of all Is It's
accessibility 20 railroads. its close
proximity TO the coal fields OF Iron
county and the unlimited water SUNNY.
There is room for more big smelling
plants and II Is not unlikely that more
viii come before very long. Beaver
county has the ore to keep several
plants, as large as the Majestic com
pany's VIII he, busy all the time,
MUCH CREDIT DUE TO A. b. LEWIS
While the mining interests OF Beaver
county we've at a decidedly low tide
there was n, least one man who pinned
his faith IN them. This man was a. Il.
Lewis, who came 20 Utah from Chi
caCo He made an inspection OF the
country around Milford and Frisco. He
saw surface groupings OF copper ore
rarely found anywhere; he made a
study Of the formations In which this
ore was found and concluding that the
geological conditions were favorable. he
saw great future ahead for Beaver
county. He believed that by develop
ment some Of the best copper mines
the world has ever known would be