Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-12-30
$4,OOO,OO0 !
THE YIELD OF THE MINES OF AL.
IURAS IN 1854.
Fair Estimate Based Upon Known Pro.
ducti"u-Every ImpOrtan. Town in the
County Makes a Good Show ing Prob.
able Yield for Next Y"ar-Eic.

the low price Of lead and the violent ,
fluctuations in the same, the change OF
policy on the part of the Philadelphia
SmtI,ing company, and the REFRESHING
effect of the Presidential ca,npai On,
the yield of the mines of Alturas county
will, thi, year, fall short of the Illness
estimate by about Sl,OUO,Ooo; but it
will doubtless appro xi,natr *4,OoO,OOO,
which is fully halt-a- million dollars
better than las; year.
The ore and bullion shipping bust
moss Of this county is getting SO sys.
tematized and concentrated that it
would seem very easy to obtain accu-
rate statistics, yet such is not the case;
the samplers and smclters, being
owned by individuals or op' rated by
agents, these do not always feel at lib
erty to supply the desired information,
because their patrons might not care
to have their production known. Yet
it is possible, by drawing upon various
unofficial sources of information, to ar
rive at a fair estimate of the yield.
The Vienna Company, for instance,
has produced steadily during the past
year, at the rate Of one and.a half bars
of fine bullion, worth about 81 800
each. This would DO some S2,250 per
day. But the mill having been idle
occasionally, from various causes, its
total production of bullion for the
year may be placed at not more than
S.5O,OOO.
The Atlanta and Rocky Bar bullion
does not seek a railway via Wood
River, as it has a nearer shipping
Point at Mountain Home. The yield
Of the two camps mentioned, the PAS,
wear, is, however, stated to have been
yearly 100000.
The Ketchum works shipped bull
Ion and ore valued at about $33O, 900
: This company had very brief cam
. paign, and the management did a
r "safe' business; that is, it made the
business self-supportine-someth
! unknown heretofore in the history OF
, smelling on Wood River. While pur-
I suing this conservative policy, its
Y working facilities were increased, Sc
e that next year its output will be muct
e greater than this.
P Bellevue and Broadford, the pas
wear, made quite IA record as an ore
:. producing point. The Minnie Moore
:, having changed hands, early in thu
. year, her ores were extracted and mar
J. keted, and some $45O,O0O thus re-
If claimed from the vein where it ha,
r. lain buried. The Queen of the Hill
J. mine also became an ore producer
is aud welded about $4,000. Tn
IL Weld OF the mines OF Bellevue
r. L,oadi'orl and immediate vicinity 70
2 the year may be safely put down a
S.5O,Ooo.
T. HALEY still remains the shir
;" ping point for the mines of Bullion
= Deer Creek, and intermediate point
at most If the ore from which is sample
h. at the HALEY >amphng Works: yet
A. some ore was shipped without bein
r sampled here. The total shipmer
+ from this point tire past year will vi
=. c!oubtealv aggregate 100000.
=. Nuld,ou did not make much of
y, showing this year. The owners {
I'd the smelling furnaces there are II
:, same as are interested in the ketchu
- furnaces, and having determined
make their operations in this coun
self-sustaining, they concluded
+, keep the Muldoon works close
for the year. Sometime during t!
y summer, however, Colonel BallentiI
Wv and Fulton Haisht succeeded in o|
y tanning lease Of the company's pro-
' erty, and the output Of the camp SIM
probably amounts to about $1,000
while the yield Of the Snake riv
placers will dou otless be at least 81;
nd 600.
Nv The total output of the mines
nd Alturas county for the year 1884 IN
VS. therefore be safely stated at "a, OO(
EN- 900.
W. The past year has been one OF e
w. pertinent and building. Smelling fl
II naces have been constructed in q
gu place and "shut down" in others; Sc
res -ral hois,in. and concentrate
we works have been constructed, rOaSti