Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-07-31
OUR TABULAR STATEMENT.

The tabular statement published O
the first page Of the TINES, to-day
shows that 80 lots or specimens wer.
sent to the Denver Exposition from
this section. OF these samples AZ ar
of~smclting and 16 Of ssdry'' or mill
ing ores. The smelling ores carry al
avard&e of 203.1 ounces silver ant
62.65 per cent. of lead, and are wortl
t264.90 per ton. The milling ore.
carry an average Of 7'4.55 ounces sill
ver,and are worth $4,000 per ton
Average per ton Of both smelling and
milling ores--silver. 35S.O9 ounces,
lead, 44.49 per cent. Average value
per ton, s432.69. The silver is com
puted at Sl.l4 per ounce, the lead at
$55 per ton. Several of@our best
mines carrying rich ores, like the Min
ME Moore and Monday, near Belle
vue; the o K, near Bullion; the Rocks
group, and Black Hawk, near ketch-
UNI; and several around Galena,
Boulder, Vienna, Sawtooth and the
Smokeys, are not represented. The
Atlahta mine, not being situated in
this immediate vicinity, does not iig-
ure in the averages, aud the best Of
these samples is that they can be du-
duplicated in quantities, BY the ton.
Take itiallm all, and we doubt il
any mining section can mako show
rig equal tai that Of Wood ,River and
savtbth, And this, too, although
scarcely months off ,ial notice Of
the Exposition has been given us. If We
had had three months for preparation
I'VE would have astonished the mining
world BY our display. Bat, even as
It iS il is exceedingly orcditable.
While OH, this subject the TIMES
seizes tho opportunity that presents
itself to place the credit for this sue
cessfnl display where it properly be-
longs, First Of all, Mr.. Bradley, the
hssayer, deserves honorable mention.
For a month past he has been indie
[a4tigable. in samping, assaying, re-
porting, and classifying the ores, and
the statement which APP
pears to-day. Comparatively insig-
aifcant as that statement may appear
10 the uniformed, it is nevertheless n
TACT that it represents a good steady
work of miners, mine owners.
'tage-drivers, assayers, etc. Mr..
Bacon assisted Mr., Bradley in assay
ng. a " ! s#s Sc
Bur thenFin credit 81 the exhibit,
toswit; That Of collecting, boxing,
and forwarding the specimens to Den
yer, is certainly due to H. z. Burk
hart and the stage companies Of which
he is agent at HALEY. From the date
Of his appointment as Wood Rivers
at Denver, Mr.. Burl,
han has labored indefatigably to make
a good showing. To that end he was
compelled to write several letters
daily to agents, mine and smelter and
in all parts of this sec
ton, besides receiving, cataloguing,
boxing and shipping the specimens.
A couple of weeks ago, i'll order to
secure all the specimens possible, he
took a weeks trip to the various
camps above US, and, in several in.
stances, even carried weighty speci-
mems in his arms for miles. Such
zeal and intelligent activity certainly
deserve special mention in the columns
Of the representative journal Of this
vast and rapidly developing section.
The TINES has also materially
sidedih Tie good cause BY daily re-
nindefss to mining men and pros
pectora. But for that it deserves no
great credit other than that attaching
to the faithful performance of duty.