Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-02-25

Bar is so rich on the surface that i
seemed to him that unless there is al
insurTountable obstacle to its profita
BILE working it would have been take,
up before. He knows the grount
well, and thinks that the questions o
water and dump are very seriou.
ones. The experience heretofore hac
been that while individuals working
in small way had made money OF
Snake river, companies had failed. J
IL. Bacon, of this city, had leased the
ground of the Holbrook company
upon which that organization sunk
thousands, last year, and he had made
money this year, besides paying al
onerous royalty. He feared that the
fall of the ground on Lucky Ba,
would not permit the use of the ma.
chimes now on Snake river.
j. A. Eide considered it indispens.
able that an engineer be sent there tc
survey the ground, ascertain grades
dumping facilities, etc.
E. B. True said one point was lost
sight of, in talking of a dump. All
the Lucky Bar gravel he had seen
would pay to wheel down to the
waters edge and work right there
1t was much richer than Hunts claim
for instance. There it only paid 10
cents yard or less, while ours might
be worth IS.
E. A. White said the experts should
go and make one or more cuts at the
most eligible points. Then it would
be only question of cost and proba.
BILE revenue.
e. B. True and Ole Rorem were
proposed as the committee to prospect
the ground.
Mr.. True said he would much pre-
fer to send practical man to ascer.
tain how much rich gravel there was.
John NJ. Cannady was decidedly
opposed to steam pumping for placers.
He had worked in placer mines since
'49, and never knew of any successful
steam pumping in placers. He had
packed dirt on the back of a jackass
to a spring, where he rocked it or
PANIED it; he had also used water.
wheels on the MERGED river, in Cali
fornia, and had worked with various
appliances, but never knew of a case
where steam machinery had paid. If
any one knew of any such success he
would like to hear OF il.
No one present knew of any, but
Ole Rorem, had, in Colorado, seen
water raised and used for hydraulic
ing six miles away. He did not think
he could spare the time to go down,
as he was working on a salary. But
he did not think there was bar rich
enough on the Snake river to pay for
pumping.
Mr.. True said the proposition was
to raise $50 miners inches of water
20 or 80 feet. That would not re-
quire over Is horsepower.
Mr.. Waters said the railway com.
pany would deliver coal at Glenn's
t'erry-a mile and half from the
claims-for S. per ton.
E. B. True and Pierce Dorgan fin.
ally agreed to go down and prospect
the ground, and report. An assess
ment of So per claim was levied to
defray their expenses, and Ole Rorem
was requested to go, if possible.
w. 7. Hall, M. N. Miles, E. A.
White, John M. Cannady, and J. S.
Waters were appointed committee
on organization, and instructed to re-
port plan at the next meeting with
recommendations for an incorpora-
ton.
Some one inquiring how much
money $3 per claim would raise, it
was stated that there were SO claims,
covering nearly 100 acres. A few
of the claim owners had hitherto
borne all the expense.
Art. Smith and Charles Nelson were
appointed committee on finance.