Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-07-13

streets are kept clean, and the camp
has every appearance of thriving
locality. 1t is somewhat dull at
present, however; but all the inhab-
ltants seem to be doing we'll.
About $50 men are at work in the
mines in and around Bullion. OF
this number 100 are working in the
Bullion, Mayfower and Jay Gould.
The Maydower crushing and jig
ging machinery, to run by steam
power, was to be started up to- day.
The engine is Of 40 horse power, and
the crusher and two plunger jigs
have capacity of 40 tons per day.
This machinery is intended to zig
the second class ore-of which there
are probably 1000 tons on the
dumps-and to raise the grade Of
the resulting concentrations up to
that of firstclass shipping ore. In
this process about four tons of Sec
ond-class ore are concentrated into
one ton of first class ore. The start
ing up Of the jigging machinery will
therefore enable the Mayaower Com
pany in few days to prepare tor the
market at least 500 tons of ore that
has heretofore lain on the dumps.
In addition to the above the large
reserves Of low-grade ores in the
mine (which, as in other mines, must
be in the proportion of at least three
tons of low grade ore to one ton Of
high grade will all be made availa-
Bile. This will probably enable Su-
perintendent Hayens to double his
working force.
This years developments have
dispelled the impression that had pre-
vailed heretofore, that the ores of
Bullion became poorer in depth, and
that they carried less galena. The
figures of the Bullion mine are not at
hand, and no comparison can there
fore be made as to the yield of this
mine. But the books of the May
flower and Jay Gould companies show
a steady increase of grade over last
years ore shipments. In sinking
seven feet in the Jay Gould, the quail
ity of the ore has improved by 7(
ounces in silver and five per cent. in
lead. The average samples assayed
yesterday, which did not differ mate
rally from former averages, went
from 100 to 2O5 ounces, and 20 pei
cent. lead to the ton. So with ths
Mayfower. The average returns las
year was 1873 ounces silver to the ton
while this year the average returns o
the 1000 sacks shipped up to
couple of weeks ago was 16o ounces
The ore shipped during the past tw'
weeks is of at least as high grade
but no returns have been received.
"The yield of the Mayfower an
: Jay Gould, this year, has been YER
satisfactory to the owners. For som
time past the average shipments hav
. been one carload of first-class or
! per day. And this average will b
doubled before the end of this wee
; if the new MayAower machinery work
satisfactorily.
The Bullion mine owners hay
been somewhat lax in shipping or
: this year, owing to the high rates {
freight, and to the probability tina
the railroad which is rapidly al
preaching would cause a marked r,
: duction in rates. The result ha
justified these anticipations. Dul
ing the past month rates have bee
so reduced that shippers can now e
feet saving of $12 per ton, and i
another month a further saving .
$40 more can probably be effected
or a total Of $22 during the seasol
Then will come the busy season, q
:. the mine owners, no longer havin
anything to gain by holding the
ores, will endeavor to ship every to
that they possibly can, in order
= make a showing, as we'll as realiz
: on their property, and every avail'
BILE man will doubtless be crowde
/, on.
The TINES last year dubbed Bul
/ ion "The Backbone" of Wood Rive
4 It looks as if the backbone were sti