The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-03-22
The Mineral City Mines.

Mr.. P. j. Fahy, of Fahy Bros, arrive d
here Sunday from Mineral City and
gives us a budget of notes from this
busy aud bona tide mining camp.
Mineral City is in Washington dis
trict, about thirty miles by trail from
Weiser. A direct route by trail is from
the fourth crossing of the Snake river,
about twenty miles. There are about
sixty mon now in the camp, nearly all
of them being prospectors. The ores
found are antimonial silver, chloride 4
silver, black metal and copper. About
forty Moe have now been recorded
and at least thirty-five of them show
fine veins and bodies of ore.
The Black Maria and the Black Hawk
are the best mines in the camp. There
is about 400 tons of ore on the dump OF
the former ard SEQ on that Of the latter.
In the Black Maria there is an incline
of 100 feet, with drifts of forty feet at
the bottom and wiz some twenty
feet, all in ore. Messrs. Landy & Boggs
own the Black Maria ard Messrs. Duffy,
Flowers & Kelley the Black II iwk.
Fahy Bros. own the Gen. Robert E
Lse and the Dolly Val dan, directly
above the Black Maria, which averages
about sixty ounces IN the groupings.
Other mines are as follows
The Daniel Boone, owned by Hofmsn
and Hull. This is bonded for $50. 900
to Ed Holcomb.
The E gan, owned by George Hoffman
The Carson, owned by Peck AZ
which makes very fine show
ing.
The Lady Banks, owned by Mr.. Max
we'll, has large copper ledge running
through q mountain tf magnetic iron
ust above the camp.
The Martha Washington, owned by
Jack Davis and Mr.. Speeks OF the Ferry
full CT silver.
The Red Rover and the Wild Rover,
owned by niece & Gunn-both very
rood mines.
The Dreadnaught, owned by MeGee,
iunn & Day.
The Niagara, the Twilight and the
'lj lag Dutchmsn, q owned by Duffy,
lowers & Milky.
The Lucky Boy, owned by Peck &
ames.
The Jolly Trsve5er, owned by Darby,
1alloy e. C)ok-o ie Of the best.
The Muldoon, close to the Black
1aria, owned by Mr.. C,mpbeI.
There are others, but Mr.. F@hy could
OF recall their names.
The mineral belt is from four to eight
lilies wide and thirty miles long.
here is fine belt of tim Der close to the
amp and a good stream OF water
'ennett creek. A small mill, to be
sed for test mill, is going in by a
ian named Hagerty from San Francs
D. twill do little work also.
The Hoffman Bros. are The Oldest
ion in the camp, having boon prospect
lg there for four or five years. Natu- ,
Ill j, they own some Ct the best prop
-ty. Peck & James also o8n some
aluable claims.
The Fahy Bros. have put in ~ stock
general merchandise and arc able to
lpply the camp. The nearest postof-
% is Conner Creek, in Oregon, where
lere is q a0stamp mill running on
III ore mined near by. The owners
tend to Immediately enlarge their
ill to double its present s'z,. ,
There is no use for laboring men to
, to Mineral City, the mines are not
Vt enough developed to be worked. But
ere is good investment for capital
there. The mineral is there, aud all
,eded is capital to properly work
en-, There is no "C@ar d'Alene c
'om" to them, and those already in
sire none. They moan business and '
INT business.
Mr.. Fahy came in after supplies and y
turned Wednesday. we have no {
ubt the Fahy Bros, rs well as all
hers in there, have struck it rich, as
ne will show.