Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-06-05
MINING NOTES.
Progress Of Development Work In the
Mines In the Vicinity Of Bullion.

seventy men are now employed
daily on the Mayaower and Bullion
mines. te.t
The Jay Gould company is employ
ing 80 men which are as many as room
can be made for to the present time,
owing to the mine levels and connec
tons being left in bad shape by the
lessees who, as is usual, were more in.
tent upon extracting ore than in leav.
ing the minei n shape.
The . K mine employs Is men
daily and has all winter, and will soon
increase the force as underground
work progresses and room is made.
The Ophir mine, owned by Colonel
Wall and Others, is working slowly on
developments and extracting ore
which is encountered in the work.
The Rough and Ready and Noun
tain View mines. Barney Qu,gg,
Superintendent, are being developed
in good shape. The lower tunnel to
cut and open both Of these mines is
now i" 500 feet, and the miners cx-
pect any day to cut the vein in the
breast which, at the depth now secured
by the tunnel, should be strong.
The Idahoan mine is not yet work
ing night shift, though fast prepar-
ing to set one at work. Fifteen men
arc employed i'm and about the mine.
The Eureka mine will be running
in about two weeks, or as soon as the
water is pumped out of the shaft,
when miners will continue work on
the lower levels. This mine, which
two years ago could be bought for
$1,000 and was later sold to Colonel
Wall for $4,000, in ten days after
work was started to develop it, showed
up ore and a value of $4,000. 1t is
now developed to a depth OF 100 feet
below the creek, aid is the deepest
worked mine at Bullion or in Mineral
Hill District. There are at present
over 100 tons of first grade ore on the
dump, and the ore body runs from top
to bottom Of the shaft an average of
four feet wide. Messrs. Senate and
Welsh, two old miners, were the own.
ers originally and, like most pros
pectors, had so little faith in their own
property and little courage to open it
that they sold it. To-day it is valued
at 100000. If prospectors would
open their claims and stay with them
they would succeed more frequently
in making their longed- for "home
stake"
The Valley View mine is on the
same vein as the o K, and is opening
up better each month.
The Old Abe mine is supposed to
be on the MayAower vein, and the
Rising Sun and Spotted Tail on the
same vein.
Martin Curran and William Heffron
have recently been investing more
money in locations in the vicinity of
the Jay Gould mine. They have so
far been very successful in their in
vestments.
The Rising Sun and Old Abe mines
arc not developed owing to the ill
health of the owners, who have been
so far unable to have more than assess
ment work done. Arrangements are
now effected, however, with parties
possessing ample means, who will take
hold and develop these mines with all
the expedition possible. They will no
doubt bring the two locations into
prominence very soon, as the work so
far accomplished shows considerable
ore, especially on the Rising Sun,
which averages over foot of galena
with several spurs or feeders running
in each, carrying galena, and the ore
assays an average of 100 ounces
silver.