Idaho weekly keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1884-1884, 1884-09-06

Mines Locking Wel1.-1wo Hundred
Men at WOri ON Them.-Wood
Contracts.

looking exceedingly veil, and promise
much more to the diligent prospectols
and miners in that country than at any
previous time.
The Vienna mill continues to do good
work, and tina. Co. st present gives en-
ployment 70 ninety men in and shout
the mines.
The Mountain King employs twenty
and the Vienna seventy five hands.
Both mines are worked TO supply the
vienna Co.'S. nlsll, and make an aband-
ant yield.
The solace il at present laboring IN
der the disadvantage Of too much water /
for rude means Of drainage, and viii /
employ but the present crew Of i've min /.
ers until such g time az pump can be !
constructed OF frosts blockade the sur- j
face water. The property II, however, /
placed in excellent working condition
under the present management With
superintendent ChiIds as pilot
the writer was pleased to ex-
/ plore the workings of the mime
and the most surprising fea-
ture we noticed was a tunnel completed
TO the length Of 400 feet with sn east
and ives; drift comprising 500 feet addi-
.ioral. OF this length $50 feet continu-
Gus shows two fine bodies Of ore IN con-
tact. BY survey it has been shown that
string stretched On the surface from
one end OF the Gre body TO tie other
would cover the ore az every
point. From a raise On the west
drift to height Of $50 feet 8 stope
has been run at one point 8 distance Of
100 feet. showing everywhere large
and well defined continuous ore bod.
sample assays Of which show q value
ranging from "a ozs.. the poorest ore
extracted, 10 1900 ozs. the best ore
found.
Sixteen miners sill be employed upon
the solace during the winter, and, i;
practicable. the owners viii commence
the construction q nIIl ~ eeriy as
possible in TIE spring. There are Al
present $50 tons of ore in she ere bini
that is worth s2oo Per tan.
OTHER MINES.
The Emma mine employs tEelye nj
ners, and hss been doing excellent worl
since resuming operations thirty day
since, soon after when the ore body va
tapped and commenced to yield Thi
ore is similar to that of the Solsce, oftei
produced in ton-Iots that assay 500 ozs
The wagon grade TO the Vienna and so
lace mines has been completed on TO th
Emma. SO tina. nov supplies can /
shipped in and ore out without an
= trouble. Ore house. shops, bOardin
house, etc, are-being built at the Enlm
preparatory to steady work through Ii
winter.
The Maryland, prospect located Q
the 24th Of July by B. Wood, ]. D. Fin
:. and Nick Miller, on Big Smoky, about
mile south Of Vienna. is thought 70 [
parallel with the Emma, and pronais.
= much The ore body IS gigantic, b
low grade. assaying about 40 ozs- p
ton. Il is free milling and may prove
bouanza- A 40-foot tunnel is already
on the ledge and a l0-foot shaft.
The yuLcan, nov owned by Y s. Il
"a derson, Mr. Evans, of the Arm Of G
lette & Evans, and Al. Hoskins, is sit
an. ated hall mile south of the Marylal
and developed to the same extent. T
the ore Is q grade higher in value, assayi
about % nzs- per ton The ultimate d
~ velopment Of these claims Esy wars
.
her the construction OF milling works
that vicinity.
H The Tariff. Nc and No /, discover
,rs and owned by Harry MeCallum and Of
ers, is among the best looking prospe
ing in the Vienna region, and the questi
;, Of extensive work upon ii is at prese
We understand. receiving fair ecnsid
atien.
With TEE MIL.
L The Vienna mil is steadily c-ushi
away ST its fall capacity, employ
re- about thirty hands and turning on
good profit 10 the company.
The big wood ecntraet that vss lei
nee John Gowan by the Vienna CcInpan,
day. completed. and Mr. Gowan has secu
,iv. the same contract for three ccusecui
years hence. Upon this condition
has begun she construction of :
lyed mile iiurns dcSn Smiiey creek for
then purpose q Eoatiag down timber.
The total number OF men il and sb
Vienna eamp is about so.
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