Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-31
Important Work Being Carried
On in Beaver County by
States Mining Company.
PONDER0uS PUMP INSTALLED
And Placed In Operation mt Lincoln
Property Which WINS the First
Operated In Utah.
specIal Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Milford, July 3o.--Away back in
Utah's history. 1t might have been
as remote period as 1856. in a then
recently established settlement some
IA miles southeast of here, it became
known to the settlers that In the
adjacent hills were ores carrying met
ais OF value and use The former con-
sderation at that time was not OF
so much consequence as later, but
the principal product, being lead, was
an actual necessity. Transporting II
by the slow and restricted methods
then in vogue not only made 1t scarce
but high, and to produce the metai
right here at home was matter OF
great importance. Accordingly work
was begun on one of the outcroppins
assures about the time stated by
Bishop Henry Rollins of Minersville-
the settlement spoken ot--and rev
associates, the exact point where TINS
enterprise began being what has peen
since and is now the Lincoln mine, bet
ter known TO many as the Rollins lead
mine, the pioneer location of Titan.
The percentage of that metal being
very high, Utah lead soon supplanted
all other in this region. With the
crude methods of extraction then
available the gradually increasing pro-
portion OF silver made the leaden
product hard and doubtless more
valuable than the producers knew
WHEN LOCATED.
In 1861 the first district in Utah
was formed there and named for the
president who had just been Indicted
into office. The mine went into or
ganizing hands and its fortunes have
ebbed and flowed during the inter>
yening time Once 1t and its sur
roundinss were such producers that
a goodly town spung up and smeiter
was built, but in the midst OF Its pros
perity a vein of living water was cut
in the Lincoln. ore extraction ceased
and evrything went back to its starting
place. Many thousands of dollars
have been spent intermittently In try
ing to overcome the water diHicuity,
but in vain until Sunday evening last,
when as is believed the beginning OF
the end was ushered in.
BIG PUMP INSTALLED.
Some time since great pump was
ordered from Salt Lake City by the
States Mining company, the pres
ent holder of the property. ana ar
riving two weeks ago was at once
handed UP to its destination ana put
In place, this work being completed
and the new era started up AT the
time above stated. the work being an
done under direction of the company
manager. Arthur Rice. The machine
is known as the Slope pattern mining
nump. is 20x10x1S and has capacity
of 1000 gallons a minute. IL was ac-
companied by A. r. Jayne, a mecnah-
zeal engineer of great reputation, anu
is one of the largest and costilest ma
chimes of its kind ever turned out
# p. Kesler, one OF the heaviest
stockholders in the States company,
was present when the power was turn
| ed on and the leviathan machine be-
pan it's ponderous strokes. There was
not a hitch anywhere and at once
| the water gushed forth almost 10 the
| full capacity of the pump. great
| stream tumbled and foamed down the
| mountain side, first south. then west
then southwest. finding It's way 10 the
| Beaver river near Minersville,
The flow Is continuous and is be-
| lieved to be free from impurities, not
| withstanding It's long association WIN
| metalliferous ores, is cold and excel
| lent to drink 1t of itself Is worth
| something to the community ana as
| the season advances VIII be worm
| more. There were III feet OF wa.es
| in the shaft when the pump startea
| and 1t has been going down at the
| rate OF nearly a foot am hour, tnus
showing that the bottom will be reach-
ed inside of two weeks.
IMMENSE ORE BODY.
AS 10 the ore itself. It Is continu-
Gus body extending from top TO DOT
tom. the sides OF the SMART talltns "
reach The limits horizontally. the won
derful deposit being one that no doubt
is practically inexhaustible. Samples
Obtained from depth Of Si3 feet'
showed values of 800 to $3.50 in gola
silver and lead. the latter predominat-
ing of course. In short time SNIP
ments are to begin and then Lincoln
long neglected. Will be itself again