The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-28
Idaho Mines.

Ramshorn.
A Blaine and Logan ledge has beef
located at Banner.
The Atlanta mine has produced
$1O0,0 900 q year since 1874,
The Atlanta company will put up .
15-stamp mill this summer.
1t is said Joe voshay has gone bach
east to sell more placer mines.
A silver claim has been located with.
In hall mile Of Ketchum's principal
street.
The Idaho mine at Wagontown will
make its owner rich in the next six
months.
Sands mill, says the Silver City Ava-
lanche, will soon start up on ore from
the Black Jack.
The avalanche recently reported the
discovery of a diamond mine about fiji
teen miles from Silver City.
James McFadden has mine-the Is
abella-on the Little Smoky that assays
from 12O to 200 ounces silver.
The Silver City Avalanche says Chas.
S. Peck has found placer diggings on
Webfoot Gulch that pay ten cents to the
pan.
The HALEY Times says the Idaho
Democrat mine is soon to change hands. !
One thousand dollars forfeit has been |
paid.
Four bars of bullion from the Vienna
mines were shipped through Ketchum
Saturday. One bar will be the daily
output.
The Elkhorn mill at Centeryille was
started up couple of weeks ago, and
twelve men are employed at the mill
and mine.
Afoot of galena was struck in the
Big Horn prospect on Trail creek on the
goth, says the Keystone, and the owners
are jubilant.
Frank O. Metcah, of HALEY, has re-
turned from C@ur d. Alene and says
there are a number of good paying
mines there.
The Big Prize, on Lost river, owned
Brown, Williams and the Burners, of
HALEY, averages 25 per cent. in copper
and $35 in silver to the ton.
There are untold millions in gold in
the Snake river placers. One of the
best pieces of property on the river is
the Badger, owned by Caldwell parties.
A solid vein, foot wide, of blue car
Donates has been discovered on the In
dependence ground just below the Pride
of Idaho on the east fork of Wood river.
1t will net $40 to the ton.
j. B. Shaw, proprietor of the Silver
Plate circus which is so extensively ad-
vertised to appear at Caldwell on
Wednesday, July I'd, has specially en-
geged for his western tour the celebrat-
cd Leo brothers.
The j. B. Hunt placer claim, located
near Salmon Falls, on the Snake River,
Is one Of the new gold mines opened up
he past year. The output for January
md February, 1884, with two-foot
was $400 month; for March
md April, about $500 each; for May,
300, with two small machines; and for
une, about 5000. One run of five days,
he first part Of June, realized $3.50.
his is fair average of the Hunt claim.
he Smith and Justice placer claim, at
be lower Salmon Falls, is averaging
'om $500 to $3.50 month, with two
,ur-foot machines. These gentlemen -
i'd one cleanup Of Sl70-a weeks run
ON one machine, while the writer WAS =
the mine. The Thompson ditch will
} completed in July, and . new claim
'ened. 1t has good prospects. Stew
t g. Jacobs have also begun the con.
ruction of four-mile ditch, running
ar the Thompson ditch, TO bar lying
owe Smith & Justices claim. Peigh-
4 g. Co, have located water right q
" DOSuA WOlA VI q ooNou iullo ultCA,
q bar between the Hunt and Thomp.
/ claims. This ditch will reclaim
out three sections of farming land.
,kerson d. Co., below Salmon Falls,
oeot to put in q water wheel and
upon their claim, from the
lis. Near Bliss station, Conner &
rkin have completed ditch, and ex-
It to begin mining very soon. Wood
rth & Stotz, on the Eureka bar, at
IS, are cleaning up $500 month.
er placer claims, from Shoshone Falls
Caldwell, are running, and over a n
ldred claims have been located this tJQ|
ION. At Eagle Rock, special reports
be Journal state that Edwards Bros.
cleaning up 5000 week, with two
shines; while Dick Chauberlip ia