Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-08-25

pany--The Wide West aud
the New York.

Great Propesstes.-The Alturas Com.
pany-The Wide West aud
the New York.
The fifty stamps Of the Alsuras Gold
Limited Company fan - regularly ~
The ticking Of . clock. Immense bodies
Of orc are GOV in sight and there is NO
fear Of the want Of it in the future.
Out Of their many iodes only one has
been worked by the present company
and that the Alturae, which your
correspondent believes TO be long
distance iron the best. It never did
prospect like the Elmore, Confederate
Star and some Of the others. The
drifts are now pointed toward the Star,
and We shall b very much disap-
pointed il. when it 10 reached, results
are not develo Jed which will astonish
the people Of Idaho.
Since last weeks communication
your correspondent has visited the
property Of the company with . view
Of it, critical examination. Even the
people Of this. town know but little Of
its innensity, and learn but little ON
the streets, for the company will not
permit it, employees 70 tell anything
about it, Affairs on the street. And in
this the. ars right. Whatever 10 heard
in bar.roOms may therefore b relied
upon - mere conjecture or mxudlin
drivil. have been deceived by it 70 y
great extent, and have made arrange
ments Tor the future 20 - 70 arrive 1T
solid facts. The truth 10, this and the
Wide West cocapany has been the
salvation Of Western Alturss-Or FL
moro county. They have increased
the population Of Rocky Bar and Red
Warrior gulches from about 100 10
500, and have materially helped Noun.
tain Home ~ we'll ~ Boise City.
But We are wandering from our
subject One large body Of ore has
been struck on level No. 8 in the Al.
turas during the past week, and the
fncs has been 20 arranged ~ To have
three shifts instead of two. The ore d
very rich and the vein about four
fe~t wide upon an average. Speci-
mems arc not At all unusual. New
slopes are being put in. On No. 2 the
width aud richness Of the ore has q.
increased that three shifts have a!s<
been put on. The pay roll Of thi,
company contains the names Of liz
men. This has nothing 70 do with the
employment II gives toward wood
choppers. lumbermen, carpenters and
others. II the prospects continue Il
develope in the future ~ in the past il
is probable more men will be put on
II other mines on the property were
opened We do not zee why 100 stamps
co Id not be employed for years.
Red Warrior gulch is not behind tin
Alturas company in the matter Of .
new add rich strike. Since my lAs
the third k,ds has been struck in til,
Wide West tunnel At distance OF Oh
feet from the mouth. To use . yer,
unclassical phrsse, it is ~ rouser."
went into the tunnel and saw it
picked of some Of the ore with m,
fingers, for part Of it IL soft and de
composed. and in company with thre,
other gentlemen l viewed this wonder
full strike. The lode is struck 1T nearly
y right angle. When We visited it til,
miners had gene eight feet into it ane
had not yet struck the foot wall. w,
brought out some OF the ore aud triet
it. II prospscted excelleatly and viii
20 thirty or forty dsllaEs TO the tDn
Mr.. H. N. Thomas, the mining boss
seems to understand his business very
thoroughly. The 20stamp mill il
going up under the skillful direction
Of J. NJ. Thexton, Of whom it is nj
aattery TO say he is the best mill
wright in he United States. We 81,
this because the putting up Of quartz
mills is the most difficult Of any Other
and his work together with his repu
tation in that respect, IL cOextensivt
with the territory where quartz mill,
are used in the west. The boiler 10 ir
place, nicely set in y stone bed; tn.
smokestack is to be put up to-day. A
ditch has been made leading water H.
y tank set in the mountain side neal
the mill. This tank will hold LOOK
gallons.
This mill is one of the most sub
st&ntial structures on the continent
It may be called automatic, fer Their,
10. the most wonderful saving of lsbol
about it in AL ito departments. II
may be said TO almost work itself
There will BE- twenty stamps, each on,
Of which will weigh $50 pounds. w,
would like 70 give y moro full deecrip
ton, but take int, consideration thu
fact that yomr readers must have som.
news from other points than Rocky Bar
The Mountain Goat and the OphiI
are both taking out excellent ORE We
have not ~ yet visited these minsa
and our knowledge ct their ore il
from seeing It csStcd through the
streets on the way TO Jake Reeser',
mill, and from examining il wher
thus brought from the mines. We fee
sanyuine that the New York compan,
have = grand property, but ~ 70 de-
tails, having been very often deceived
We feel dispossd TO "look leetle out.
The New York Company will prob
ably lease tho old ElmOre mill until
they make more thorough trial Of theil
ore. 1t has ten stamps and belongs 4
Vie AltuIas company.
M. H. G. FOljsmbe, Of the New
York company, finds plenty Of bust
ness to occupy his time Vt present
He 10 making preparation for milling
and has great quantity Of ore ON the
dump.
Our public school opened Monday