Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-06-02
MINING NOTES.

arranging to pay the men, and in few
days coin will be plenty in Bullion.
The Davitt mine men receive their
pay to-day, but in future Superinten-
dent Chase will pay on the tenth of
each month.
Morris Mcfarland, the Surveyor.
started out yesterday with an outfit
Tor Sheep Mountain, to look at some
mining properties.
Milton Pinney left for Muldoon yes
terday, to examine some property there
Tor company of capitalists resident
OF Bloomington, Illinois.
John Kenney, who has been i'll at
Mrs. Walkers clearinghouse for some
days past, will leave in few DAYS for
Smoky, to open up his mines.
Superintendent Gibbons, of the Or.
nament mine, came to town this morn
ing on business. All going we'll at
the Ornament and Ohio group.
A new strike is reported in the ILL.,
nois mine, over the divide between
Bullion and the main fork of Deer
Creek, and now bonded to Sam. Friend.
}. Chase, and others.
John V. Farwell is in London, and
said to be negotiating a sale of the
Bullion, Ophir, and other properties
owned by the Wood River Gold and
Silver Mining Company for s2,OOO,OOO.
William H. Watt has sent large
box of choice specimens from the Bull
lion mines, including some covered
with wirs silver, to Wisconsin CAPT.
talists who are considering proposed
investments here.
Superintendent Chase, in company
with party of investors, will visi,
Bullion District morrow, and the
vicinity Of Kelly Gulch, to examine
mines, for the purchase of which pre-
liminary negotiations have been con-
cluded.
Barney Quigg is about to strike his
ledge in the Mountain View mine in
his long tunnel, at depth of 200 feet,
and old miners expect, from all pres
ent indications, that he will show up
as fine a body of ore as has been
opened at Bullion.
Reports from the Wolftone mine
are very favorable. Six new men
have been added to the payroll re-
Gently. The mine never looked SO
we'll, and many new locations have
been made in the vicinity during the
past few days.
Professor Jenney is on his way to
Wood River, with representatives of
a new Chicago company, to open and
develop the Modoc Chief, Saturn and
other mines bonded to the Professor.
He will operate the Durango tunnel
with percussion drills, and use steam
power.
Work has been resumed upon the
Bay State mines, owned by Colonel
Shaughnessy, of Salt Lake. A tunnel
is being run to cut the vein at depth
of 800 feet. 1t was within twelve
feet of the vein last week, and by next
Wednesday it will probably cut the
ore-body
The O'Leary brothers are opening
up the Snake River View mine, in
company with V. S. Anderson. This
property is on the Bullion divide, and
shows six inches of galena. Plenty
more locations would doubtless afford
as encouraging results, if the owners
would go ahead and develop them.
There are at present on Wood Riv-
er many gentlemen representing large
capital examining mining property
with the view of purchasing. There
is very little apparent excitement, ow-
ing to the vastness of the district, new
ertheless considerable activity is evil
dent in mining circles, and among in
vestors. Prospectors are greatly en-
couraged, of late, over the increased
inquiry for mining property.
"A nun Der of heavy teams are en-
ployed hauling iron ore from East
Fork to the ketchum smelters. In
fact, most of the time teams are kept
as the miners cannot get out
ore fast enough to keep them running.
The East Fork prospects are develop
ing as favorably as the owners could
desire, and all accounts agree that
there will be a large mining popula-
ton employed regularly in that
as soon as the mines are suf-
ficiently opened to crowd men in.
Mr.. Williams, formerly of the Black
Hills and recently from New York,
visited the Davitt mine yesterday.
Two months ago this mine was only
prospect. Yesterday Mr.. Williams saw
and measured Is inches of rich gale
na-silver ore from the collar to the
bottom of the shaft, which is now 100
feet deep, and figures up that there is
$50, 900 in sight. He says that in two
months the ore from the mine will pay