Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-05-07
The Ninesfn War Eagle Noun


tafn.--As We promised in our last issue 10
keep the reader posted with reference 10 'he
deveIopnent. progress and prospect OF the
mines in War Eagle ~ the glitterng king
Of the gem of the mountains, "the strong
hoy 81 in which are locked up means sum
ciept to make every man in the Territory
millionaire. we proceed with such items as
80 ha,.a nrocured from most reliable and
impartial source, and shall continue from
lime to time during the Summer to give
n fair and truthful statement as work ana
discovery progresses
THE Ida Gilmore shows as well To-Day
as ever it did since its discovery. The north
level il now in eighty feet from the shalt
and they have begun stopping on both sides,
and viii in a very short time be in fix to take
out any quantity Of ore from the present
working level They are still sinking the
main shaft for another level and the ledge
loses nothing by the exploration, IN fact, Is
larger and richer at the greatest depth
reached than at any point above.
The Baxter is IN splendid shape for
work. Mr. Humphrey and Col Hays are
oblging to visitors and understand the art
of mining TO advantage. The lower level in
This mine is one hundred and eighty feet
from the surface. They have out about one
hundred and fifty tons ready to take to the
sinker mill as soon as the roads will permit
Their first class ore, of which they take out
about twenty-five tons per week, is fully
equal in richness to that produced by the
Poorrnan in 1865. of which ledge we have no
doubt il is a continuation.
The Silver Cord is down in the main
shalt l2l feet and will continue eighty feet
further before starting level and commenc-
ing to stope. The ledge is from one to four
feet wide. They have out about twenty tons
of good milling ore, produced from sinking
the shaft. Martin Jones, the Superintend-
ent is working with economy and is highly
pleased with the development thus far, and
has every confidence in making il good
paying mine.
The Poorman has changed but little
in prospect The south level is now foul
| hundred feet from the shaft. The main shaft
| is three hundred and sixty feet deep and as
soon as the 400 foot level is reached larg'
quantities of rich ore are expected to b'
taken out, based upon the character Of thu
ground worked above. They now have so
tons Of ore in the shute ready for the mill
The Golden Chariot shows for itself
Their ore house, shute and yard are pile
full of gold and silver bearing ore that
Enthusiastically rich Native gold can be seel
in every ton Of the ore from the Chariot an
Ida Gilmore. The minute and very correC
report of Mr.. Ashburner in February, an
published in full by us a short time since
will serve as description of the mine Ia
day. with the exception that the main shat
is deeper, the 25O-foot level extended eithe
way from the shaft several feet, and fey
tons removed from the second level
We have thus glanced at five mines ON th
mountain that will be in active operatio
during the Summer, and that are known
be rich and permanent, to say nothing {
a dozen others fer the present, which will
worked more or less some Of which hay
produced well in the past and are emba
raised on account of litigation; othere al
, idle for want of capital to develop them, al
others again temporarily abandoned
reason Of the White Pine excitement, or {
account of the scattered condition of the
J. ties. Taken altogether the prospects T
producing bullion never opened better al
= Spring than the present