New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-24

continues good the only point OF exhaustion VIII pe
when It IS worked deep that the ore will not pay the
expense Of raising 70 the urfacea very remote one ID
these days Of hosting by steam Twenty 1--we
efarl0ced 10 taking out The orchaf working by dny and
laf N night-under the teu-hour system Joining the
"dGv gong" NJ their substantial diuner IN the log
boardinc -hOuse hard by We found them young men,
and peculiarly integen.--ke most working gOld ana
silver miners everywhere in the West
Neat wc visited the MInnesote, opened o feet IN
dcuA TIE lode j. inches thick 81 the surface. hn5
Wdencd 20 three feet and the-Oe j. believed TO aver.
age eco 20 tie ton Vow. the bleakest summit 81
War Eacle the freezi-s wind stuug our iace' aoa
stopped orr breath. We saw stakes inhuhelhDIe
making the course Of lodea; and Stats tunnels end
ditcLes witt 1ut Emit: for prospecting and developing
mines There Is one series OF WORKS wheTe an oregon
Company spent 500 600 IN seokng 10 strike ceiia
Ledge oi known richness, without finding II. Amer
viewing number OF other veins our last NaI was 70
tie Hays 4 Rly. owned by The New. OK ana w! zee
Comraiv Three shafts are begun the deepest - ieet
anu tunnel . feet; and development i gong or"tr1
randy Tie vein thus far rom one 20 three ie.
vide tie orc almost white 30 SOFT ttai one may Guy J.
with knife. and very rch. From portions taken out
I'm ms presence picacd sheets Of native silver o. large
IN half dollar Its average Weld promises TO
be greater thln any Other ore have seen.
Higher mp on the lode Was pointed out Fort Baker
q log building Ioated By some brcastwoIks. aad rs
walk pierced for rifles Nc WHO listen WIN eFeduhtY
to the whispers o. fancy and pBTsue WIN ehfeiHcs'
the IlantOIs Of hope. who beHeSe siiver-mihlng a
pacific pursuit and suppose quartz mills not subject 20
bomladuent attend 10 the history OF Fort Baker and
the "Poorman War" The Hays & Ray lode as
canned ana slaLeu III August idNi hdr isoyv ~ +P'
a month ator. other parties claimed and siaked Tor
J. 400 feet lode which they called tbe fOorWah'
crossing the HAYS lay the middle ct an acute
angle the two lines OF stakes exactly representing the
letter X.
The Poormau party began TO work their alleged
loCe az either end but 1t the very point OF crossing
the Hays and Ray; aud theirs struck pocket or chm
ney Of ore Of unprecedented ricbnes.-indeed amOst
pure silver Portions OF this actually yielded by the
mill process 80 10 90 per cent OF sNea result never
before equaed in mining history. and elNng use 10
Tenorts that the Idaho miners had found TIE sOnu sc
in chunks a. large candle boxes III j. calihcu
that they tool. out $3.50 600 in Two weeks Ibey Ger
taiuiy harvested large quantities OF ore and catct ~
away ly night on the backs II the mules over tne
mouufa.. 20 be crushed in Portland. oregon iIoDa,
bly is the first silver ore ever discovered when "Ouu
nay 10 zeal or TO carry 500 miles In crude state
Tie Hays q RaV claimed that the fo0rnan Leoge
did not exist hut that the adverse party were Tab
ont and reducing their ore Tie "POOriDan at might
be more exact 10 say the PooTnen, though they would
denied this, bat. with an armed force uiO'co 'De
HAYS a Ray workmen from portion OF the lcdge, ana
threatened bloody warfare unless they could have their
"ripbts" After long Investigation Judge NyfOn
Kelly Of the United States District Court granted an
Injunction restraining the PooIman party rom taSng
ont more ore as prescn-Orderlng both contestants 10
sink shafts and trace their odes to the disputed p0n-
ground. This decision, obviously just ard equtaole;
caused intense indignation among the dlscomntied
uor, II was even threatened TO tar and feather Tie
Judge ana strong attempt is being mace Tor nj,
rem0yal Still this is better than the early days o.
Nevada when. in great quartz cases, one party ahI
sometimes both used 10 buy tho witnesses jury shefn
prosecuting attorney and Judge. The man IN thc pay
mast have lived in mining region before ne 'eutne
mo prond truth that Honesty Is tie root OF All eva
and money is the best policy" A. D. d.