The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27


mining companies imply
great deal by their nomen-
clature. The first three of these have
their possessions in Beaver county,
Utah. and the possessions Of the lat
ter are situated around Phoebe, Ney.
The destinies of these properties,
present and past, are, and have been,
presided over by one man. This man
Is a. y. Lewis, state senator from the
district i'm which the Utah properties
are situated and TO whom credit IS
due for the work that has been done
upou them Mr.. Lewis is entitled to
be called a genius. Be it known, how
ever. that geniuses are the easiest IN
dividuals understood With their
ears TO the ground and their senses
alert to the conditions which sur
round them, they seek facts. Ge-
muses. and poets are Numerically
opposed a genius IS but the plain
prodauct required by the highest form
Of government as q juror. Tie weighs
conditions as they exist. This class
os great men derive their greatness
from their simplicity, and when they
arc turned loose IN new fields their
work consists of sitting to the bot
tom in most practical way the
things that the ordinary mind would
consider trivial. Geniuses are men
of the hour who work upon the SIM
pie things about them. In this class
have been John Knox, in religion
Napoleon. in war. and the late Cecil
Rhodes in the industries Of South
Africa.
Went Into Southern Utah
Mr.. Lewis came to Utah some four
years ago and cast his lot in that
southern country This territory
was backed by a proud history, but
1t had relapsed into complete decad-
enca. 1t was. in fact, a veritable
graveyard, with only the Horn Silver
mill. ut Frisco. standing as Its mon
mont Smelters and concentrators
on other properties had been built,
hourislAad and decayed.
This great territory Is primarily
n producer Of copper, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the Horn Silver,
with Its PRODUCTION of forty millions,
IS and has been a producer of silver
and of tcuc.
Modern demands. however, with
electricity as It's primal force, called
for copper, and, knowing this, Mr..
Lewis has based his future on these
conditions. His work might be com
pared with the story of Aladdin's
lamp by some, but it Is not of this
nature. it Is the opposite. Dis
robed Of the tautology of enthusi-
asm. it has been the practical work
of plain common sense, adjusted to
the worlds needs in this practical
age. 1T is a great field, filed with
opportunities and possibilities that
would staggcr mathematics. Four
wears Is short time. but IN
that duration many things have
been done. This period, however, is
sufficiently long to create gray hairs
and burrows on the face, and demon-
strate the passage from one period to
the other IN life, as depicted by
Shakespeare seven ages of man.
In a conversation recently had with
senator Lewis. when all this subject
matter was discussed, he referred to
the Majestic properties and Its name.
with tears In his eyes, as My Baby
There have been, within the past
wear. arrangements between Mr..
Lewis aud a part Of the stockholders
I'm that company. These estrange-
ments. however, have been happily
buried and for the future there APP
pears possibility. nay, even more.
probability, of a combination of
all these interests IN most perfect
harmony. that viii surprise the
world, In the magnitude of the opera
tions, and give their promoter the
right to have his name chased IN
gold on the granite of time. The
intensity and the immensely of these
vast undertakings have been iuspir-
ing. and even this word Is weak COM
pared with the strength of the en-
terprise.
Luck Assists Pluck.
Like all great undertakings, the
element of pluck has been strength
ened in this instance by lack. In
the o. X. mine, less than two years
ago. large body Of orc. carrying
over 40 per cent copper and approx
imately 50 TO the ton IN the rarer
metals, was found. This occurred
at a depth OF less than 200 feet, and
(. the occurrence, TO say the least, was
marvellous. but it was needed, new
ertheless. In order to strengthen the
undertaking.
1t was a revelation In the min
ing world; such values at so limited
a depth were never before found.
The mining investors of Boston,
. which Is the center of affairs IN cop
/: per, would not believe these facts
. without personal observation. They
then came, saw and were conquered,
: and from that time Beaver county
has had less difficult task to perform
in presenting its claims for recog-
. milton. individuals came first, and
they were followed by squads, which
(. increased to special cars filed with
: inquisitors. These values did not
continue indefinitely, but their APP
! pearance was. q stepping stone and
: a foundation for Greater Beaver
: county which no one now doubts.
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