The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-14

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Sdier lode, which hos tanned oct 10 bsvssy
rich, aad on hin return organized company
here. The company did not iaciuds many
persons orffd9lly, 1Ny yet, An
the stock was al ddiy paid up on call. Last
spring General Mcqueen, thaa whom no
more honest, capable sna1E1dD1 nea -
be found in the country, went out and took
charge, ~ General Agent, Of the company.
His opsatisds there vess noa iadicious and
succeasfal. md he sstablished most spyiA-,
BE reputation for the company, Is weffas fJr
himself, BY bis mode Of doing business.
IL juas last H. 8. Jacobs, . thoroughly prAc>
teal mAn, famiiisrly acquaisted with the
mining business, aud with the machinery,
|adaptsa 70 its prosecution, WAS employed and
sent on to take charge Of the erection Of the
mill, and the placing Of the proper machin-
cry ssd srpIsaess for reducing the ores.
OwiHg 70 the scarcity Of skilled labores, and
the difficulty Of procuring suitable materials
it required . longer time than VAS expected
to cree. the mill and sdsps the mschiaery.
| But fiually the mill was completed about the
middle Of November, and is universally re.
ported 70 be one Of the most complets stzuc.
iurss 70 be found in any Of the mining dis
tricts OF the West or on the coast.
Notices IN the papers of that section,
as well as private letters from General
Mcqueen to The same purport, leave no room
to question that fact; and the mill is worth,
we understand much more than the sixty
thousand dollars it cost to put it there.
! u We Sad the following notice ia the Oryhee
dralanche Of the Esd OF November, 10 regard
| to the mill and those actively concerned in
lis construction:
II. 5. Jacobs, Esq, chief engineer and
constructor ta the Iowa aud Idaho Co = Mill,
| ia Flint, lift hero night before last on the
koise stage 10 visit his family ID loWa. He
will 60 overland, and will also visit Chicago,
Washington and other places on business, and
will return to Owyhee early in the Spring.
alf. Jacobs IS much esteemed here and Ger
,uinly deserves great credit for the skill and
lensf9y Displayed IN his operGions during the
.st four months. Previous TO his Departure,
the people OF Flint signed and presented hi N
with friendly testimonial Of their kind re-
CARDS. and General Mcqueen, the agent Of
the company, on behalf Of the employees en-
igAged in ths construction Of the works un-
der the soperintendency Of Mr.. Jacobs, pre-
rented him with q magnificent silver brick,
! ,isty Inscribed. &c., las token OF Friendship
and essssm.h The General will remain here
thls winter. The Iowa and Idaho Mining
Company are certainly very fortunate in hav.
I ing such men a. he aud Mr.. Jacobs 70 a,ssnd
to their valuable interests in Owyhee.
The Boise City Tri-Weekly Statesman pub
fishes the following:
GoiNG EAsr.-Mr. II. 8. Jacobs whom our
readers all know has been erecting works in
Flint district for the Iowa aad Idaho Minina
Co., starts for the East on business this morn
ing. He leaves the miilin successfaI operst,on,
OF which We purpose speaking further next
week. Before leaving, the citixens of Flint
addressed Mr. jacobs the following fatter.
irg note, which We have every reason to be-
| lievs ia we'll dsaerved:
FLINT DisrRIcT, Owyhee Co I. T. I
"Nov. 18th, 1857.
All. s. JAeoRs, Esq.-Dear Sir: We have
heard with much regret Of your early depart.
IRE from our midst. four uniform kindness
to, and upright business intercourse with US
causes us toieei that we should express in
some manner our regrets for the void your
absence will create in our community. ",
hope your absence will not be of long dura-
ton, and We believe it will not if you SC
| d,nire il; for The prompt and efficient name
Id which ron have executed the com mission
lentrustad to you by the Iowa and "a dht
Mining Company, will warrant them or any one
else in retaining our services in business o
this character
" Wishing you safe and pleasant journey
home, and speedy return, we remain, ver]
respectfully asd truly your friends, ID. G.
Coleman, j. Nichols, J. A. j. Chapman
James Brown, Burr X. Smith, James Sargay
u. ". Camp, John L. keiser, G. q. Hun
toon. 8. j. Jones, Andrew McPher.cn, Glenr
Lowe. J. F. Sorts, Geo. Drew, T.. s. Nc
Kenzie, A. @. Mcqueen and Chas. c
Ihornton.'
Mr.. Jacobs arrived here couple of day,
since, but has been so unweil in consequence,
e the exposure on his trip, that he has beer
cIa6ned 10 his room ever since his arrival
He brought with him very substantial ant
| solid indications of the character ofthe mines
and the work Of the Iowa and Idaho mill, i,
'hc form Of haifs dozen silver bricks of va
rlous dimensions. and of about a hundred
lpoond weight in the aggregate. Parties in
terested and others who have seen little els,
but greenbacks and postal currency, can hav,
an opportunity to refresh their recollection
Of what money used to be made of, by calm,
~ the CATS CyY counting room to day. Mr.
Jacobs having kindly committed these ssspeci
men bricks to our charge, we will plac,
TEN on our ,ountsr, where I'll who desi,,
can inspect them for their own satisfaction,
during the cay.
I Owyhee Avalanche says:
We are informed that the Iowa mill ha
worked several tuns of ore from the Risin,
Star mine which paid from eighty to on,
hundred dollars per tun. Allowing consitl-
cradle discount on this y1eld, the Iowa snt
Idaho Mining Company have now . suficasn
quantity Of ore on lhe dump Of the Risin,
Star to turn out one hundred thousand dol
lars. The people Of Flint DISTRICT are look
ing cheerful, confident in the success of Ii,
mines.
This yield, We are informed, is NO fair test
- it was the FIRST run through the mill, .ns
sutsqnsnt teals AAse establiaAel tat Il,
average yield is from two to three hundret
dollars Of silver to the ton Of ore. The last les
ter received from General AcQ Queen sssses Ia
thirty tens wss taken froa The mine the IA,
lbsfore. and hat he expected 70 take On. Ne,
thaa half million dollars wortA ef ON !.
fOts sprins, and the General, " have reaso,
g stess, j. not - nan 10 do leus -. /,
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1As eo.sesy be- . ssoA ding, ~ loab
-. end i sasy esesa aas.srs u sAs lussr,
ssia tie psas. viii, sss many ~os1hs h.y,
elapsed, begin to realize ,he ft.;t. - Il /;
l1k0 asa their iavssenent. ~, go,
property ~ ExtAoGeo 81 inexhArneasAlA