The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-03
SENSATIONAL FIND
IN BEAVER COUNTY
Twelve Foot Surface Pit Near
Peacock Copper Producing
Carloads OF Rich Ore.

Coming with aii the glamour OF n
fairy Gale. IL the story of success Of
two leaders on diminutive fractional
claim n nine Co ten acres located down
in Beaver county. The best thing about
this story is that 90 is true I'm every
particular.
About two months ago. two salt
Lake men. George Guult and q. Bal
liuEcr. took an eighteen months lease
on fraction kitc-shaped claim
wedgcd in between the Kinu David's
mammoth territory and that Of the
.icncucc Copper Consolidated Miniug
company. The property is owned by
j. p. Block. president and general
manager of the Peacock company. The
fraction property belonged Co the King
David ground. but iu surveying. this
fractional claim was considered SO
uuimportaut that the engineers were
Instructed 90 leave 90 off When this
came 90 Mr.. Blocks attention he To-
Gated it just Co Keep out luterlopcrs.
while Epiug over the fraction this
summer. Er. Block ran onto an in
conspicuous little mound OF rock. Pick
iuE gu a piece Doc was startled by it's
weight. Cracking 10 open with his
rrpspcctins pick. there eparlSlcd forth
I'D GlIeua- The whole mound was OF
flo snlug stuff on gray and weather
marked from g. -u0aure 90 the elements
.fyr perhaps fifteen OR twenty years.
1ir searched fhe surface near this old
mound. which stood beside n scrub
tree. but hIe efforts were umrewardcd.
About two months ago Block told
c1r1Ecd t0 do the annual assessment
work. ~ his discovery. and ne and
Eailinger decided to lease The tract
ana hunt for che vein from which this
mound 81 ore had been taken. They
worked and prospecfed. and when dis
Outraged and about 90 give up i'm dis
gust. Mr. Block again appeared on the
ground and instructed them to put
down n hole near The scrub tree and
porphyry and the limestone
Lucky pick
Tho first pick broke into bed Of
EIfffCriuE Eulru1. Within IN few days
they had on The dump n small carload
OF ore and about two weeks ago
shipped o. TO the american Smelter az
.tHIf Lake. to brought $3.50. Word
from there this week is Thar the bows
have another carload ready. which viii
DO shipped today or tomorrow This
win run about $50 90 the ton. The pit
from which ON this rich ore has been
extracted Oh not over twelve feet deep
end about 10N1f feet ON the surface.
That viii be- over $4,000 out OF this
sursacc pit and the bottom Of the pit
a. "a mass OF ore. In addition. there is
mound ~ twenty tons or more Of ore
on The dump which is worth 500 TO tho
tom An analysis of the orc shows ~ Is
strong iu silver and lead. with TO 3
or cent copper. This copper content
gives rise to tine idea that this may
Do 1 permanent body. or overflow from
zine fi-Eurc contact between The lime
and tho uorphyrr this ore having
made or into tnc lime.
Dips Into the Peacock.
The block fraction is situated only
quarters Of O. mile from the rail-
road. about mile west from the
famous Horn silver mine (which was
o covered iu about as sensational "a
rrr.--Eorne wood hnulers coming down
Dim. happening to knock of piece
or rich silver ore while out taking
trrIr wagon. ard the mine afterwards
produced SIS wiIliousI. and BE- is este
mated that 90 iE ou the strike Of the
Horn silver veins. Tho pfc from which
fnr ore came ia within firty feet Of the
side lines Of tho Peacock property
which the United States smclter pco-
rIa "a few days ago permitted 20 slip
through their hands ON tcchnicality,
sfter an exhaustive exam inatiou and "A
rumorcd very favorable report hv two
.Truwineut mining men on the Peacock
Undoubtedly tho Block fraction ore
body makes over into the Peacock
property, end ffe Peacock may still
Do found Co embrace the heart OF tho
rich mineral deposit
SO any rate. Tho new find ie uroh1hi
the moss sensational thing iu miuiuz
which has happened in the entire state
within the year.