The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-08
BEAVER COUNTY HOME
OF GREAT MINES
Properties Showing Up Fine Ore
Bodies of Many Precious
Metals.
Special 10 The Tribune.

| MILFORD, Utah, July An lnspec-
ton and knowledge OF the mining dis
tricts and the mines therein being op-
Grated In Beaver county make II q
pleasurable task to write OF them, OF
their intrinsic merits as showing by
developments and OF the wonderful pos
sibilities of which they are updoubted-
ly capable. Within less than q third
or a century Beaver county has con-
tributed multiplied millions of dollars
to the worlds wealth. The Horn silver
mine alone has been made to disgorge
nearly s6O00,000 In dividends, and today
SHOWS better than at any time during
the past ten years, The volume and
quality or the orc on the 300 and 100
foot levels Is as great and Of as good
quality as any yet found in thosu
places. Tho ore is silver-lead OF high
grade shipping quality. The manage
ment ships about 200 tons of this ore
weekly to the valley smelters. This fa-
nous mine is not yet over one-half
prospected, and there Gun be little
doubt but the Horn Silver will be
dividend-paying mine thirty years
hence, as she has been in the past and
is today.
Moscow Full OF Surprises.
OF the Moscow. in the Star district,
1t may be said with truth that the mine
is behaving splcndidly. This Is q prop
surface about $50 feet east Of the work
Ing shaft Is wonder At a depth of
forty feet in the incline, the shaft Is
all in ore OF fine chipping quality. There
is nothing so far shown by which TO
determine the extent Of this wonderful
ore body. In addition, a great strike
has been made In drifting on the 200
level. Here the vein Is large. running
into the mountain, and the quality
equal in richness to any yet found in
the mine. 1t Is the opinion Of parties
best informed that the Burning Mos
COW can be made to make Mat Cullen
or Salt Lake the richest Individual mine
owner in the State. The Moscow con-
tinues a constant shipper
Unexpected Strike Made.
In the immediate vicinity and sur
rounding the Moscow are many promis-
ing mining properties, Notable OF these
IS what is known as the Utah Mining,
Milling and Transportation company's
properties, adjoining the Moscow on
the southwest This property Is being
opened up under the direction of c. T.
Burchard OF Boston. president and gen.
eral manager. A few months ago Mr..
Burchard determined to run a tunnel
IN to cut the contact vein at depth, For
this purpose contract was let to run
700 feet. Before that distance was
nearly reached, an unexpected vein OF
splendid ore was reached, OF the same
class and character as that Of the Mos
COW. This Is most encouraging, as 1T
gives almost positive assurance that
Mr.. Burchard Is on the eve OF opening
up full sister TO the Moscow And
why not? II Is on the same vein, and
the formation In each is Identical.
Fine Deposit of Iron.
The iron deposits OF Beaver county,
of which but little is known on the
outside-oyen Salt Lake Is in a man.
ner ignorant of the great quantity and
splendid quality of tho Iron ore which
here lies buried-is destined to become
one OF the great wealth-producing In
dustries OF southern Utah. In the
Beaver Lake district alone, aside from
Its rich mines OF gold, silver, copper
and lead, are Iron deposits OF llmitless
extent and first-class quality.
1t Is within the personal knowledge
Of the writer, because he was permitted
to see the analysis made by one of the
most eminent chemists In the West.
that In the Black Rock mine, upon
which there is a shaft down vertically
10 feet. every foot of which Is inn solid
iron. the quality being the same at the
bottom as at the top. The analysis
shows II contains $3.50 per cent pure
iron. lead none. copper none, sulphup
trace, phosphuron three-tenths OF l per
cent, zinc none, lime none, silica per
cent, water construction per cent, 1t
Is an oXidized ore, and II not an ideal
ore out OF which to make Bessimer
steel, then purity in quality Of iron goes
for nothing.