Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-04-30
THE EAST FORK.
IT WILL YIELD CONSIDERABLE
QUANTITIES OF ORE THIS YEAR.


Are Being Deyeloped-The Pride Of
Idaho, Mockins Bird, Independence,
p. k.-Etc. |,
To THE EDlroR OF THE TIAEs:-l
Here are few items from the East
Fork of Wood River.
The Pride of Idaho was discovered
last summer by James W. Davidson.
Shortly after Mr.. Davidson shipped
$3.50 worth Of ore. sad rs he wished
to winter at his home in Placerville,
he gave a lease to Messrs. Welsh,
Teachenor, Taylor and Hastings until
May l, 1884. Before the winter set
in the lessees shipped $500 worth OF
ore. They have since run drift on
the ledge 225 fee, at the depth of $50
feet and extracted in doing 80 81
tons Of ore, besides showing length
of 200 feet of ar ore. vein from thrae !
to II inches thick. The ground is IL.
vorable working, and the ore-vein
above and below is untouched. BE.
low this tunnel, 200 feet, q tunnel 20.
feet long is in, which shows ore all the
way. Above the upper tunnel is =
shaft 40 feet deep showing ore all the
way. The lessees have, besides the
above work, built cabin and other
necessary buildings which cost over
$500.
The Mocking Bird was discovered
: shortly before the winter by Messrs.
Lord, Butch and Reesler, and has
been worked ever since. A cut IL
), feet shows 70 feet Of tho vein, which
4 is six feet wide, two feet being gale"a
and carbonates. A shaft down 40
feet shows ore all the way. This
/, claim adjoins the Pride of Idaho.
q The independence, near by, owned
by J. D. Gray and u. w. Teachenor,
- shows a 1O-,nch vein Of ore running
. from 81 to 125 ounces silver and Is
=, psr cent. lead. Ledge soft, in tale
II, and porphyry.
The Lookout is on the same VEN
=. In sinking the shaft u feet three tons
70 of ore assaying from " to las ounces
l. silver and IS per cent. lead were es
IN tracted. The Maggie May, adjoining
~ has considerable quantity Of worl
- upon it, but the owners found nothing
"a of value until recently, when, in
b. drift from the discovery shaft larg'
4. vein showing six inches OF solid or
!. was found. These two lodes ar
NJ owned by !. |. Lewis and d. w
Tsachenor.
The Leader is owned by Mr.. Phip
pen. This claim was discovered j
1881, but nothing of importance wa
,"' done upon it until last summer, whe
Mr. Phippen kept three men at worl
:. The ledge was tapped at = depth
- "a feet, and drift run 100 feet in tn
ledge. This whole distance was
ore, the vein being l6 inches wide, {
D.. solid galena and carbonates, the ave
~ age assays being 100 ounces in silv'
-. and 60 per cent. in lead. Anoth'
I'm vein runs parallel with this, but G
=, feet away, which is stripped for
:, length of 300 feet and shows an ave
:, age Of six inches Of galena. NJ
- Phippen is man OF means, and
~ intends to do much work on his CLAIM
H.. this summer.
=, All of the above are located me-
=. to the North Star mine, but souther
from it. Six miles further are Il
J.. famous iron mines, but comparative
~. little work has been done on the.
Among the best known OF these is Il
p. X. lode, owned by Q. A, Fren'
and others of HALEY. This claim is 81
uated opposite the Paymaster al
nto lronclad group of mines, and is SUI
OF posed to be on the same ledge as Il
:s Silver Fortune and the Snowcla
,ta. The ledge has a very fattering a,
rest pearance. An open cut exposes TO
nal. feet of quartz, iron, galena and natl
uo- copper. The owners intend to wo
, ,.o this claim this summer, to show VIII
md is in it.
on. The Snowclad promises to becou
en- bonanza A 4O-foot cut exposed
ep' solid mass of galena and carbonate
Nv. but the ore is not rich enough in silv
!" is to pay expenses, at present, witho
who concentration.
hen There is no doubt that the Es
VI Fork will not only maintain its pla
,.rv this summer, but that it will prove o
rent of the most productive districts