Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-07-21
OVER $l,O00,O00 /!
THAT IS THE NET PROFIT ON ORE
IN SIGHT IN THE BULLION.


A Magnificent Block Of Ore that May
SEQ Down. to Great Dspth-Another
Bonanza in Sight on the Adjoining
Claim-The Bullion.Ophir GrOup-lt
will Pay to Work for Many Years to
Come-Etc.
E. A. White, the furniture dealer
Of this city, and TIMES reporter went
up to Bullion yesterday, to visit the
Bullion niue. In company with COL
onel f. A. Wall, Superintendent and
principal owner, and Martin Curran,
foreman, every working part of the
mine was examined, and the ore vein
was, as far as practicable, measured,
to ascertain its value.
Six levels have so far been opened
on the Bullion min~. The three upper
levels were run on the slope Of the hill.
The first discovery was in the
grass-roots, within short distance of
the Mayfower, the adjoining mine.
This level was opened, and the ore
stopped out and sold. 1t averaged
about 12j ounces. The two suisse
quent levels were also opened and
stopped out, the grade of the ore in
creasing with depth. Alter working
two years in these levels, hosting rig
was procured, and set up in position
on the surface, on a plane with the
third adit Oh level. The other three
levels are below the hosting works.
These are just opened, or, to be
more accurate, just being opened, as
the greatest length Of drift on the
lower level is scarce 200 feet. This
entire length of drift is in ore, the vein
or chute varying in thickness from
three to six feet. OF this thickness,
from six to % inches is first class ore
which is almost pure metal, carrying
go per cent. lead and from 200 to
1000 ounces in silver per ton. The
remaining thickness OF vein is OF sec.
on1-class ore, which runs much lower,
the resulting concentrates showing
about G3 per cent lead and 1870 to
l75 ounces silver. AS above stated,
the ore is of two classes; the first class
being just run through the rock
breaker and washed, while the second
class is concentrated. The second
class (so-calledD is of much lower grade
than the first, while all the ore shipped
from the concentrating works is of one
class. But for this the first class ore
would average about 300 ounces. AS
it is, the ore, as shipped, yields from
40 to 100 ounces silver and 65 to 70
per cent. lead per ton. The improve
ment in value of the ore, with depth,
is quite uniform and shows plainly on
each level.
So does the width of the ore chute.
On the first level below the surface,
the ore.chute had an extreme length
of 200 feet; on the second Qeaving the
surface level out of reckoning) the ore
chute was 300 feet long; on the third
level it was also 800 feet; on the fourth
level it is $50 feet long; while on the
fifth Tor sixth level, if the surface be
reckoned as the tirst) level its width is
not yet ascertained.
About all the ore extracted so far,
from the third, fourth and fifth levels
always dropping the surface leveD is
what had to be in running the levels
and crosscuts and sinking the WINES
These are not numerous. Ga the third
aud fourth levels there IS OF course a
drift between six and seven feet high,
from end to eu6 of the ore body.
There is also Wine from the second
to the third level, another from the
third to the fourth level, and still an
other from the fourth to the fifth level.
In addition there is crosscut on the
third level and shallow winze from
the same. All these are in ore. And
this is all the open ground; that is to
say, all the ground from which the
ore has been extracted.
These openings have been located
with great care, on either end Of the
ore chute. For instance, the shaft
from the hosting works cuts through
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