Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-08-19
NE VS. FLOAT FROM SHEEP
M0UNTAIN.
SHEEP MOUNTAIN. Anr. XII

Ed. WORLD: There are perhans
fifty men in this section working an
prospects, which are looking well for
the amount Of work done on them
| will note few OF the principal
ones. The Mountain King is one Of
the first locations made, and is own
ed by the DAILY Bros. |. Bowers and
E. Beard. These parties did not
commence work till July-about the
goth. After working a few DAYS.
moving ground that had cayed in.
they commenced taking out ore.
which looks to be Of better quality
than they ever before had, and the
ledge shows every indication Of per-
manency-all Of four feet Of solid GA
lena They will load Nick john
sons pack train the first of the com
ing week for the Bayhorse smelter
and will ship perhaps 80 tons of ore
IN the next two months. The next
NINE is the Franklin, owned by
Rhodes and Jack Elliott of Boise
City, and is about 5000 feet south of
the Mountain King. The mine looks
well. They loaded Kersuth's pack
train last Monday with about six tons
OF ore for Bayhorse. A sample as
sayed over $1,000. The old man
thinks his load will bring him $4,000.
lie has been hard worker and de-
serves success. He has men at work
running tunnel to tap the ledge 100
feet deep. No work has been done
on the Alta Johnson this year, but
the parties are expected soon. The
Traca ledge, about mile and a half
west of Rapid river, looks well, and
the owners are taking out lots of ore.
They have two lodges running paral-
lei across their claim. The first
ledge was struck about twenty feet
IN the tunnel, and is about two feet
wide. The tunnel is now about eigh-
ty feet in length. They think they
have about twenty feet further to 90
to reach the main ledge, which is
about three feet wide on top, where
they first sunk 20 fit. shaft on the
vein and then stopped. The tunnel
will tap the ledge eighty feet below
the surface. The owners of this mine
are Charley Waller, Tracy, Clyde
and Cameron. They are cutting out
trail down Rapid river and will
soon make shipment Of ore. There
are quite number of prospects in
this district, too numerous to mentio
that are turning out ore, but not in
large quantities. The Greyhound
prospects are looking well. Six men
are at work in the Greyhound, and
will load kersuth's train next week
with ore for the Custer mill They
are taking out some very rich ore =
free milling. The Greyhound is
about ten miles west OF Sheep Noun
tain, across Rapid river. The Sea
Foam mine is looking well--carries
some very rich ore. The character
of the ore is black sulphurets, chic
ride and wire silver. The Sea Foam
is about four miles south of the Grey
hound supposed to be the same lead.
They will ship some ore soon to Gus
ter mill. 1t would take one hundred
pack mules to pack out the ore that
could be taken out this fall They
expect to ship only what will be ex-
traeted in prospecting the mine
Men came into this district year
ago, went out and talked very dis
couragingly about the country, with
out cause, as the mines were not
opened up. The district is working
out on her own merits, and the time is
not far distant when Sheep Mountain
will be counted one Of the leading dis
tricts of the Territory.