Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-03-21

amount of work since the commence
ment of operations several years ago
The main tunnel was run in 1900 feet |
and several drifts run off both ways
from the tunnel. A large extent Of
ground has been worked out between
the drifts, by "breasting," as miners
term it. The total length Of tunnel
and drifts will not fall short of mile.
They are now taking out gravel a
hundred and fifty feet below the sur
face. The ground is good all the way
VI. The gravel lies between stratas
of what is termed by miners false
bedrock" the scientific name Of which
is pseudo-morphous deposit. The thick
est strata is about eight feet through.
The portion Of the claim that was
worked south of the tunnel by drift
ing and breastiDg, a good while ago,
has caved in. When the underground
workings reach the limits of the claim,
the ground, from the surface down,
will be worked off with hydraulic.
The caving in of the ground loosens
it up so that it can be very easily
piped off, but before tumbling ia it
could no more be worked by the hy-'
draulic process than could quartz
mine. 1t will be several years yet be-
fore the pipe will be turned loose on
this claim, as there is quite an extent
of gravel yet to be scooped out on the
, lower strata. Very rich gravel is
, now being taken out, and there is a
good-sized pile now on the damp.
, Keane & Hall expect to make hand
, some cleanup on this run. They will
wash up sometime during the early
/ part of the coming summer.
= AINsLIE wrote letter to Colonel
: Stevenson on February 18th, five days
g before the latter arrived at Washing
S ton. George, not knowing that Ste
venson would be at Washington, sta.
! ted that he had abandoned the origi
= nal bill; but he hadn't. Stevenson
q made arrangements to appear before
the House G, mmittee on Public Lands
on the 2lst to state the objections tx
the bill. Ainslie, on hearing of this
. slipped in the amendments, and onl,
a few minutes before the time agreed
>. upon for Stevenson to appear betor,
the committee. This was three day
after the latter arrived at Washing
ton. 1t was not till then that Aims
lie had any notion of amending tn,
i bill. When Stevenson brought up a
the seat Of Government George fel
. like canine with a can to his tai
:. He tried all sorts of lies to free hin
= self; but the more he tried to ge
- away from the flume racket the NOR
!, he showed his connection with tn
: disreputable business. It's fastened
- to you George, and there's no use t
Il try to run from it.
X. P. PLowMAN's North Star m1nt
ID on Shaw's Mountain, is developing il
* to regular bonanza. Drifts hav
10 been run east and west ON the vel
v. from the point where it was tappe
to The east drift has been driven fort,
1e eight feet and the other about twent
ID feet. The ore in both drifts is yer
ID rich, and the vein of good width, ave
ID aging nearly three feet. The ore COZ
n, tain great deal of copper and ire
* sulphurets. Plowman says if the OF
;e body holds out as it is now, this mir
at alone can turn out rock fast enoue
at to keep his ten-stamp mill runnin
le continuously during the coming SUI
in mer and fall.
he THURMAN expects to tap the Risir
~ Sun mine before long. He has bee