Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
SILVER CITY AND IT'S MINES

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The Avalanche Of the 10Th has an
article on Silver City and
its mines from which we make the
following extracts:
Silver City is located at the head Of
Jordan creek, in Owyhee county
Southwestern Idaho. 1t is sixty miles
South Of Boise City and fifty miles
from the new and fourishing town Of
Nampa, on the Oregon Short Line
Railway, from whence it is reached by
daily stage. The town is in rough,
mountainous region $500 feet allow
the sea level, and is located in a can
yon bounded on the east by War
Eagle mountain and on the west by
Florida mountain. These two noun
tains rise about 1900 feet above the
town, the former being slightly the
higher. The view from the top Of
War Eagle is magnificent, taking in
more than one hundred miles Of the
great Snake river valley, with the
river itself seen at many points, and
views Of mountain ranges and peak.
in every direction. 1t is claimed that
on account Of the clearness Of the at
mosphere the range OF visible objects
10 greater from this point than from,
any other point Of vantage in the
United States, butte being visible in
Washington Territory, 425 miles
north, peak in Montana, east more
than 800 miles, and mountain ranges
in Oregon and Nevada, east and
south 200 miles and upwards.
The climate in the summer is per
feet, the days never being very hot
and the nights always cool enough to
require blankets on ones bed. In the
winter the cold seldom gets very sc
we're, but the snow often gets quite
deep and drifts badly in places
There is seldom, however, a day when
it interrupts hauling ore to the mills
and work is prosecuted IN the mines
without interruption all winter, sup
lilies being laid in before sever.
weather.
Both of the mountains mentioned
are scanned and cut by numerou
lodges OF mineral bearing quartz, TIL
the veins running generally north ant
south. With very few exception
these lodges are free milling, yieldini
both gold and silver. There are fey
veins outlying in which the minera
is slightly base, but easily concen'
aated.
About one year ago very success
ful English mine promoter and opeI
ator who has brought great amour
vi foreign capital to this country an
operated number of prosperous PROV
critics, CHANGED to be in his Londo
Office, when gentleman called wit
letter describing the Orc Elmo min
He asked the mining man to NAL
inquiries about it on his return
America. To be brief, this resulted
the purchase OF n number OF the mo
prominent mines in the group, thsr
by closing the biggest mining tran
action which had taken place in Id
no for years.
The new company, which by u
way is composed of only nine or Il
persons, none OF the stock havil
been put on the market, obtained \
session in February last, and beg'
active work in May. Since this tin
they have ex pended nearly SlOO,OOO
cleaning up the old levels in the mir
putting in new tracks, adding to I
machinery, running in tunnel
the ledge, which when completed "
be 1900 feet long, and generally p'
ting the mine in shape for economi.
working without making any attem
1t production. They know where
rich chute OF ore probably existed, al
Tor the past three months have be
drifting the 800 foot level to reach
Three weeks ago they came up to
and have now drifted into it
enough to convince themselves Il
they have bonanza. They are c
tainly in very rich chute OF Q
with ever 400 feet OF virgin grou
ahead Of them, and at the point tn
now are with nearly 500 feet OF n
ground overhead. The mine has |
almost no work done below the 3
foot level, aud promises to be +
Queer for generation to come.
After operations we're actively
run on the Gro Elmo, negotiotl'
were begun for the purchase OF n,
her Of mines comprised in the Pe
man group. This was consumated
July last, the purchasers being s
dictate composed largely OF parties
A.,rastad in the Orc Elmo.