is to be found the old town of Frisco, noted for the Horn Silver Mine. Also, it passes through the big valley known as Pine, near the Indian Peak Indian Reservation, and on into Nevada with a direct line to the famous Lehman's Cave near Baker,...
poses. After other, and more modern, facilities for school were procured, this building was rented to the Beaver Creamery, where butter and cheese were manufactured. Then, finally, it was turned over to the Beaver High School and the old historic...
Spanish-American War Veterans Indian troubles were over, and the Beaver citizens were a happy, patriotic group. Their first real call to defend their country (since the Mormon Battalion) came in 1898 in the "Spanish-American War." John Frank...
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
MINERSVILLE-ITS FOUNDING AND HISTORY
Imagine, if you 'can, coming -down* the canyon and viewing this valley prior to its settlement. The river fol-lowed much the same course as it does today, with a few scattered cottonwood trees to...
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...
The first molasses mill was built in the street west of the school house, and was operated by Albert L. Stod-dard. Molasses took the place of sugar in those days.
FIRST SCHOOL
The first school was held in "Grandma Corbridge's" house, located where...
The furnace of the smelter was made of stone, with a firebox beneath a cup where the lead was placed. When the lead was melted,-'a hole beneath was opened and the lead ran out into molds. This bullion was used as money, which was a curiosity in...
pointed to fill the position when Hardy resigned), T. V. Rollins, Jack Kelsey and Clarence Gillins.
The first electric lights were installed in 1913-1914. Moroni Myers was president of the Town Board at that
time.
When Josiah Osborne was president,...
ment it was operated on special orders of Brigham Young, to supply the Mormon pioneers with lead for bul-lets.
On March 20, 1937, the marker was dedicated in front of the Town Hall. The following program was rendered under the direction of Mrs....
Photos of Jane Banks, Ida Hollingshead, Lois Roberts Hollinghead, descendants of James H. Rollins. Althea Dotson and Jane Banks, descendants of Isaac Grundy and James H. Rollins at unveiling of Lincoln Lead Mine Marker. Mrs. Effie Marshall and...
Photos of Early Pioneers: First Row: Jane Ann Eyre, original pioneer, Susan Gallard Roberts, original pioneer, Vivian Rollins Marshall and son, Val, with six grandmothers, Rachel Marshall. Back Row: Laura Eyre Rollins, Rosena Rollins, first white...
"GRANDPA'S DIARY" (Note: The Author of This Diary Is Unknown) Sun., March 13, 1859 Went to lower Beaver Valley in company with Isaac Grundy, Tarlton Lewis, William Barton and John Blackburn, our object being to find a location for a settlement near...
so light all the chickens left their roosts. This appearance lasted nearly all night. Sat., Nov. 5, 1859 Rode to Beaver. Bishop Farnsworth requested me to become one of his counselors and take charge of Minersville. I advised him to defer making...
the Beaver river to reach the mill. One ford was at Horseshoe Bend, two miles south of town near the present Bill Baker ranch, and the other was east of Yellow Banks, about two miles north of town. Freighters, traveling laboriously with their heavy...
In those days, Mrs. Bradfield said, they danced until midnight, a big supper was served, then they danced on 'till dawn. A DAY'S EXPERIENCE Mrs. Bradfield said she came here one time to go to Frisco on the train, to work. It was a cold, wintry...
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN MINING IN WESTERN BEAVER COUNTY THE STORY OF THE HORN SILVER MINE Two prospectors, Samuel Hawkes and James Ryan, had been operating the Grampian Mine, from which they had been getting a galena type of ore. Every day, on their...
this position he was in direct charge of everything. All business transactions were under his signature. In 1943 the Metal Producers Company, of Los Angeles, Calif., took over the mine, operating under lease a syndicate of three men, as follows:...
erroneously been called trachyte, a short distance above the level of the valley. Still farther east are extensive beds of tufa. The water in the district is very bad and scarce. Drinking water is brought on the railroad from Black Rock, from 30 to...
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...