The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-20
MINING NEWS.

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e soon becoming paying properties
) Among the mines owned by this
company is the West Point, located
3 near the Quaker City. A small
{ force of men have recently been
, put to work and a vein of galena
/ three inches thick is now in view,
which assays we'll.
Another of the Company's mines
: is the Bertha. lying in close prox-
unity to the Elkhorn. Three men
have been to work here to run an
adit fifty feet on the ledge, with the
expectation of striking the ore body
at that distance. Superintendent
Reiff, who represents the Company
here, is kept busily engaged in Wis
iting the different mines and at
tending generally to the interests
of tho company.
THE MATTE.
1t is particularly gratifying to re-
cord any improvement or strike in
one of our near home mines, and
the recent developments made in
the Matte, on Trail Greek, five
miles from town, are of a character
almost sufficient to justify its be-
ing called "strike." The pres
ence of a small body of ore in the
mine was known to the owners,
Messrs. Reiff & Snow, but not until
assessment work was begun last
month was the extent of the same
realized. At present the ledge is
two feet wide, with streak of ex-
cellent ore of an average width of
eight inches. At the forty and
eighty-foOt stations on the incline
drifts have been run, which appear
to embrace the ore chute, and,
crossing the same, will connect with
each other, thus affording good
ventilation to that portion of the
mine. The work now being done
is that of general development to
ascertain the extent of the ore
body and making the necessary
preparations for the commence
ment of extracting the ore for re-
duction.
THE SILVER STAR
During the winter months the |
Philadelphia Company will keep
twelve men employed in the Silver
Star mine, prosecuting the work of
development and preparing it for
active operations next season. A
large quantity of the ore has been
brought to the smelling works here
for the purpose of being thoroughly
tested as to the best manner of
working the same. For this pur-
pose Frue Vanning concentration,
set of stamps, and other machinery
are to be brought into use at the
smelling works. The various meth
DDS employed in the testing of the
Silver Star ore will occupy some
time.
A RICH STRIKE.
The Buffalo mine, owned by
George II. Boyle, well known here,
is one of the new discoveries in the
Lava district. 1t is situated at
Cottonwood, about two miles from
John Wards place, and was located
last September by Mr.. Boyle.
From the first stroke of the pick
the mine has shown constant i'm
provement, and to-day a fine ledge
of free milling ore is exposed six
and onc-half feet wide which will 4,
average $118 a ton. Never was ,
there a new mine that gave more
substantial promise of being a big ,
ore producer than this. ,
BAYHORsE ITEMS.
Reports of the condition of the
mine are of the most ia ,,
vorable nature. The Company /,
proposes to put up a concentration
now on its way there, and it is ex-
pected to have it in operation in
thirty days, and will be run by wa
ter power.
The Bayhorse Shelter will run l
until January. j
The Ramshorn mine is showing
l fine body of ore, and gives en- |
Dloyment to forty men. A con- I
,ract to run a crOss-cut 100 feet in
he Beardsley mine has been let I
md will be completed this winter.
The Clayton Smelter has shut
Town. !;
The Riverview mine is being ,
worked by six men, and is pro- :
lucing a good quality of ore. {
The Skylark has ten men at |
work. 7
The Cinnabar mine is showing a i
rood body of ore and has six men at r
work. The ore is sent to the Clay '
on and Bayhorse smelters.
The cut in wages has had the
fleet of driving a good many e
miners from the district. Z
MINING NOTES. :,
There is one foot of snow in q
smoky. v
A car load of ore from the Flint I
mining district, Owyhee county, 1