Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-06
PEACOCKS GREAT
SURFACE SHOW Nc
Grass.root Prospecting opcns ''
Silycr-Lctd Orc In
Ten Pacg's.

After putung in - strenuous Meeh
surface prospecting over the properly
of the Peacock Consolidated Mihlhs
cornany IN Beaver county. Manager
r Block has returned home, declhI-
ing there Is no other prpperty IN 'nV
district which has a gn@ter SURFACE
showing. ana n what he mas wa" j"
rintic II would create "a sensation
s.yyith ave men I spent several days
opening up grass-root sh"vings sal"
Mr. Block Monday In 10 diuereht
places we opened up good ore, rich ore
in fact that runs well In lead ana
silver. The formation on the property
Is altered lime cut by Dorphyry dlhe'
The strongest ore bodies are found III
the contact between the lrne and por-
phyrv In places the ore makes OF III
bedded planes in the lime one loo-toot
shaft and its drifts have penetrated IN
10 one OF these bodies which gives vol
,lmes of 81 TO 100 ounces silver, 10 10
40 per cent lead and a little gold. rms
orc is not from streak the width OF
your finger but II runs in feet In
one place the ore body opened up IL 10
feet across ana how Tar u
continues We have no idea as
we have made no attempt 10
block out the ore bodies encountered
in the development Of the property
But even greater than the nne ore
bodies we have opened In the lbo-toot
main shaft and drifts, | consider those
10 outcrops we uncovered on the sur
face last week They are In as many
distinct parts Of this property OF ~
acres. proving there Is undoubtedly a
- veins CROSSING
the grounds We believe many or
these veins converge In rich mother
vein on the main contact on the prop
crty. and to discover this VIII be the
objective points OF future developments
of the Peacock"
This property Il all patented and Is
located only half a mile from the rail-
road. but requires some road build
ing before the ores can be hauled 10
the track to advantage. 1t Is only
5000 feet west Of the famous Horn Sill
yer mine which has a dividend record
of s5642o0O and Is close to the Jesse
Knight King David domain OF about
20 Claims. where a depth OF something
like 700 feet has been attained. prop
erty in which the now famous mining
wizard" has placed great deal OF
confidence.
Considerable activity is seen all over
that part of the Beaver county district,
and some NnuSual strikes are loohcu l'l
any day
III fraction If the development work
that Tintic has had in the last five
years were put into Beaver county, you
would see more shippers and greater
dividends" Is the opinion OF an old
Utah mining man acquainted as well
with Tintic as he Is with Beaver coun-
~ But things are coming our way
We must not be In too much of hur-
~; few years and you will see. Bea-
yer will yet lead the state in tonnage
and dividends"
one other encouraging thing for
Beaver county mines Is the renewed
activity seen today at the old Cactus
mine at Newhouse, a short distance
northwest Of the Horn Silver mine al
Frisco. There are now over a hundred
mon employed In the Newhouse mines
and MILL and the country round about
there again has the appearance OF its
whlom days, when n was attracting
more attention of mining men. stock
brokers and investors than probably
any other property in the state. The
mere fact that work on a large scale
r. beginning al the old Cactus viii di-
rect more attention TO Beaver county
in New York. Hoston and other east
ern mining circles than anything els,
that could possibly happen In that
part OF the safe. II Is sure TO be pro-
ductive for good In directing capital q
Investigate the wonderful mineral re-
sources Of Peavcr county