Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-03
THE ALBA.
4 STRONG COMPANY TO OPERATE
AT BULLION.
its Managers Men Of National Reputa.
ti"n, and Its Property One of the
Most Promising in this Region Etc.

tIonS anu AtS properly One OF the
Most Promising in this Region Etc.
r. NJ. Thompson, General Manager
of the Alba Mining Company, who
has been here since the 18th Of last
December, and who has since been
busily engaged i'll looking into the
business of his company, has at last
got matters stra;tened to his satisfac-
ton. He has paid, in full, all claims
against the company to date, caused
his ground to be surveyed, taken the
preliminary steps for obtaining a
United States patent, and put force
of good miners at work on the claim.
The company's property originally
consisted Of full claim-known as
the Rising Sun-and which is 1900
feet in length, by 600 feet in width.
The claim is located on the mount
ain about IA fourth Of mile south Of
the town of Bullion; is bounded on
the east by the Ophir, on the north
east by the Bullion, on the south by
the Spotted Tail, OH the west by the
Mountain View and Rough and Ready,
and on the north by the jim. Holt,
formerly known as the sold Abe"
1t is situated on the main Bullion
mineral belt. in Mineral Hill district,
in the very center Of the best pro.
ducing mines of this region, and the
amounts taken out of its immediate
vicinity are immense. A few instances
of these heavy yields will suffice to
give the reader some IDEA of the
"fertiIlty" of the adjoining ground.
Only 1900 feet nor,heaste,ly of the
Kissing Sun is the Idahoan mine,
which is still in the hands of the
original locators, and has yielded over
$3OO,9OO in dividends - of which
some $4,000 last year, and which
still shows . vast quantity of ore
Scarcely $50 fer-t from the Rising Sun
shaft is tho ground in the Bullion
Oph'r group which yielded over 81,
100000 in less thsn three years; while
the Mayaower mime. so~-o,' ~
feet no-t'---''g1--- --"',e'y oOo
- .--..nerIy from the Rising Sun,
has already yielded nearly three quar-
ters of m lion dollars!
In this connection the TIMES is |
permitted to make the following ex
tract from private letter recently
written by gentleman whom every
one here knows, as he has, during the
past four years, extracted from the
lnines under his control nearly two
millions of dollars worth of ore--of
which over one. third was divided !
among his co-owners. Here it is:
FRIEND TnoMPsoN:--!n reply to
your inquiry about the vein that the
Rising Sun is located upon, | would
say:
1st.--The vein is true assure
vein in limestone, and its direction or
course is nearly east and west and
dips toward the south. Where it has
been exposed to the greatest depth it
is about 55 degrees from horizontal,
and it carried in the 0. X. and Red
Elephant mines an argcuti'eroas ga
lena ore. The returns from he o. *.
mine for one year in which over $780,
600 was shipped, give over 100 ounces
silver and over 6S per cent. lead
Very many higher ASSAYS were obtain.
ell, but carload lots are the best cri-
terion to go by. The Red Elephant
mine, which mas shipped nearly as
much as the 0. X. mine, shows ore in
large lots which goes up l25 ounces
silver and about so per cent. lead. |
The above named mines are located
ON the same vein as the Alba mining
property, west Of them, and are sep
arated from them by the Point Look
out mine, which has not had much |!
development as yet but has made |
some small shipments which run over
100 ounces in silver and over G5 per
cent. lead per ton. The Mountain
View mine, adjoining you on the east
on same VEIN, has had quite anumber
nj large shipments running more in
silver than the western end Of the |
vein, that OCCURS in the Mayhower
vein, directly he!ow your veins, and |
IN the same belt and only a short
distance apart Both have the same
course and dip; both carry about the
same grade of ore. The average Of |
the MavAower shipments for three
years was over l76 ounces silver and |
over a3 per cent. lead. Your prop
srty lying just above ours ought to
larry about the same grade ore. The |
Jay Gould Hine. directly under the
}. K. mine, carries the same grade AS .
he o. X, or, IN ot!,er words, AS YOU