Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-28
THE ATLANTA LODE,
A SECOND COMSTOCK WITHIN Al.
TuRAS COUNTY.


The Camp Marching On TO Great Pros.
perfty at an Early Day-The Men who
will Contribute the Most to That End
Etc.
Atlanta Hill, which bounds the
town of Atlanta on the south. seems
to be mass of mineral. Vein after
vein carrying rich ore has been dis.
covered, and although exploration
work has never been conducted very
systematically in this district, these
successive discoveries have proved
tie existence Of mineral belt ex.
tending for FIVE miles from north to
south, and for four miles from east to
west. The veins with the exception
OF the Atlanta, the mother lode of the
district, all have u general southeast.
erly and northwesterly course, and
either run to or from, the Atlanta
ledge, which has ture east and west
course. That is, the trend or strike
OF the veins on the south of the At.
lanta ledge is toward that ledge, while
the trend or strike Of the veins on the
north of the Atlanta ledge is from
that ledge. All the veins, on both
sides, join the Atlanta ledge, but
none cross it. They are therefore
mere feeders Of the main ledge; not
cross veins. Yet these "fecders' are
Of enormous width; the Tahoma, for
instance, has an average width of 35
feet; the Leonora, Is feet of ore, and
an equal width of ledge matter; the
Magnet 30 feet; the Alaska the same;
the Last Chance Tor Atlanta HilD GO
feet; etc. These feeders being so
wide, the width of the main ledge
must be very great indeed.
CnIortuna.ely there has not been
enough work done upon it to prove its
width; much more attention having
been paid to the feeders or outside
veins than to the main ledge. But in
the Monarch Tor Atlanta) mine, which
is acknowledged to be the leading
property here, and to contain the
"nub" or best part of the ledge, the
vein at depth Of $50 feet below the
surface, is shown to have a width of
over ~ feet Ii the width is SO great
near the surface, what must it be in
depth?
Although the Atlanta mineral belt
has been discovered nearly 20 years,
comparatively small quantity of work
has been done in it. The greatest
depth attained is in the Monarch Tor
Atlanta mine, to-wit: about 400 feet
below the groupings; and no system
attic development work has, until re-
Gently, been engaged in. Heretofore
the miners would look for ore, and,
when found, would select such IS
would pay for working, and leave the
balance in place. AS it cost about
$50 Il ton to realize on ore, none as
saying less tlian 500 could be worked;
many thousands of tons of ore ASSAY
ing less than 800 are therefore await.
ing better working facilities and less
expensive modes Of reduction.
BETTER TIMES AHEAD.
These are at hand. Daring the
past few years the men who have
had charge of the Atlanta mines
have generally been practical men
who have opened their properties with
the view Of developing them for more
economical working, in the future,
rather than to make a brief showing
Of prosperity at enormous expense
and to the permanent deterioration Of
their properties. Thus the Tahoma,
the Big Lode, and the Atlanta Tor
Monarchy mines have been opened.
The latter is especially we'll worked.
Instead of the irregular holes mis-
called shafts, and the crooked COYOTE
holes miscal!ed "tunnels" it has
regular Comstock three-compartment
shaft, with drifts or levels opened at
every 100 feet, and running to the
ledge, where straight drifts arc run
both ways, with crosscuts to the walls
at regular distances. Instead of the
old.iashoned, muddy, rickcty, buck
cts, a substantial and clean safety
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