Scomt Saparovan
THE Tribe of Sirius is a troop of
older scouts fostered by the
Branch Agricultural College, and is
an outgrowth of the old B. A. C.
Troop founded by Arthur J. Morris
and Irvin T. Nelson. In October,
1927, the present organization...
MINERAL RESOURCES
The early discovery of precious and valuable mineral and the development of the prospects, placed the count; as one of the most important mining centers of the west It has been said that the whole county was a vast laboratory,...
travelers and freighters. It's beginning was somewhat different from the forts that have been mentioned before and was built for the protection of settlers that were to build communities.
It was built of black volcanic rock laid in lime mortar, 100...
Boyter, John Merchant, Charles Merchant, Orrin Puffer, Ephriam O. Puffer, Hannah Gale, Henry C. Gale, Lafayette Shepherd were also among the early settlers.
Charles Merchant (1842-1904) and John Merchant (1850-1927) came from Australia with their...
tunes was "General Hancock's Grand March," which had been arranged by Lorenzo Schofield, one of the band members.
The instruments, with the exception of about three which were privately owned, had been bought by, public subscriptions, costing over...
ing because of their whole-hearted support. Poppy wreaths are made each year to be placed on the graves of our departed heroes. Essays in the schools have been sponsored by them. Five district presidents have come from the unit, namely Minerva...
present highway bridge. Bullion made in the crude smelter was made into bullets, in rough molds, for the rifles of the settlers of this entire area.
The ore was soft in nature, with gold assays running as high as one-half ounce to the ton, silver...
machinery from the end of the railroad to their distribution points. " ARVIN STODDARD HOMESTEADED TOWNSITE Arvin M. Stoddard, Milford's first settler, was one of the original pioneers, coming to Utah in 1847 with his three brothers, Sheldon,...
The passengers all piled into the open rig and hadn't traveled very far until they found they were stuck again in another drift of snow. Mrs. Bradfield says she can see "Bally" Sackett now as he looked that day. So bald he was, he seemed rightly...
from crowding too much upon the timbers. The present expense of mining is low. We have as the cost of taking out 90 tons daily Labor …24144.00 Timbering 90 tons @ 82c per ton 73.80 Superintendence 6.00 Supplies and incidental expenses ...
district there are several large ledges of pyrite and copyrite ore. Some work was done upon them, and a small amount of a very high grade silver ore was mined several years ago. The principal claims are the COMET, CACTUS and COPPER CHIEF. CACTUS...
BEAVER CARBONATE MINE Located 1 3/4 miles northwest of Frisco. Elevation 6,750 feet. Property consists of a group of 11 claims and fractions. The principal developments have been in the Carbonate and Rattler claims. Discovered in 1878. Sold in...
upon their own claims. Hence there are a lot of rudely-worked prospects, with very little development. During that time 40 men were working and prospecting in the two districts.
A two-stack smelter was built in Shauntie in the sum-mer of 1873. The...
The Harrington-Hickory, owned by the Majestic Mining Company, is on the east side of the Star range, about 5 miles from Milford. A. D. Moffett was general manager of the Majestic Mining Company for some time. BEAVER LAKE DISTRICT The Beaver Lake...
Ebenezer Tanner Jr. bought the place from his father, and in turn sold it to Mrs. Jessie Robinson, who continued to use it as a hotel. It was later used as an apartment house, until it was razed in 1946. Mrs. Tanner, widely known as "Ma" Tanner in...
Jeddy and Heber Dean of Beaver, freighted to Frisco for many years, hauling lumber and merchandise. John Brooks was an old veteran freighter of Beaver. John W. Myers says, after relating experiences in freighting, "Those were hard times, but happy...
Soon they were on their way. The men didn't get much sleep the rest of the the trip, they were watching for desparados along the way.
EXPERIENCES OF AN OLD FREIGHTER For a long period of time before and after the rail-road came into Milford, in...
Newhouse has gone and the wind still blows over the desert waste. Yet in the hearts of the people who once lived there a warm spot remains for the "Old Town that once was." THE STORY OF THE CAVE MINE John Bradshaw was born in England and came to...
CHAPTER TWENTY STAGE COACH AND FREIGHTING DAYS MILFORD AND THE STAGE COACH Milford was on the old stage route. The route from Salt Lake followed the Mormon Trail to Kanosh, then turned west at Kanosh and on to Antelope Springs, which in the...
All the machinery for mine and mills, all the supplies and food for the camp, was freighted from Milford, more than 150 miles away. The agent, directly in charge of these shipments and supplies of all kinds, was P. B. McKeon, located at Milford. It...