Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-09
WOOD RIVER.
CONCLUDING ARTICLE UPON THIS
IMPORTANT DISTRICT.

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Surrounding Cnmps-The Philadel.
phia & Idaho Company's Smelter and
Mines-The Gold Belt.
Written for The Oregonian by Herbert Lang.l
SMOKY DISTRICT.
The Philadelphia and Idaho CON-
pany's most promising mine is the
Silver Star, i'll Smoky district,
claim which of late has attracted
great deal of attention by reason of
an experiment in concentration which
has been carried on. The ore con-
tains native silver as we'll as several
silver minerals, with some gold, which
could not be successfully saved in the
ordinary concentrating apparatus used
in lead ore dressing, that is the COM
mon jigs and rolls, so Frue vanners
were tried experimentally, and as they
proved a perfect success, as was an
ticipated, large mill, of a pattern
somewhat advanced upon previous
ones elsewhere, was built last autumn
and is now running. 1t contains
twenty stamps, wet crushing, with
total daily capacity of three tons per
stamp, or sixty tons in all; and SIX
teen Frue vanners, which receive the
pulp and concentrate the valuable
part into about fifteen tons, which as
says $40 in silver aud $40 in gold.
These concentrates are shipped by
teams to the smelter. AS the mine
contains, according to report, vast
bodies OF concentrating ores, in I'D.
dition to which there is considerable
that does not require vanning, it
would seem to be very valuable
property indeed. 1t cost the z. & |.
Company *45, 900 six years ago, and
after lying idle for three years, began
to be developed, and is said now to
be in the finest possible condition for
producing. The machinery of this
fine mill was furnished by Fraser &
Chalmers, of Chicago, who have built
nearly all OF the frst-class mining
plants in the territories, and the com
pany were assisted in the choice of
apparatus by Mr.. L. g. Trent, Fraser
& Chalmers agent in Salt Lake, and
= most capable mechanical engineer.
The principal mine of Smoky dis
trict is the Carrie Leonard, which was
opened in 1885, when rich ore chute
was found that assayed 12O to 200
ounces silver and SO per cent. lead.
During the year the profits of mining
were $3l, 900, aud in 1856 a 60. ton
concentrator was built, the FIRST six
weeks of running paying $4,000.
Some Salt Lake people bought the
mine year since for $lO5,O0O and are
now working it vigorously, employing
over forty men and making large prof,
its. J. Swift, of HALEY, is superin-
tendent.
Near the Leonard is the group of
claims known as the Dollarhide mines,
the property Of Ketcham people, not
incorporated. There appears to be a
large quantity of ore in one Of the
claims, contained in assure vein nine
feet wide, and explorations reveal a
great deal of first class ore, running
high in lead AID silver.
The King of the West mine is
owned by an incorporated company.
1t is said to have a great deal Of ore
in sight and the building of concen-
tra,ing mill will be undertaken next
year. The ore recently extracted
carried about eighty ounces of silver
per ton. 1t has never been a large
producer.
Several smaller mines, the Galore,
Stormy, Alma, Keystone, Tyrannis
and some others, have produced fair
quantities of good ore, all of which is
handled by the ketchum sampler.
These ores are uniformly rich in silver
and add sppreciably to the output of
the district, which is flourishing and
important one.
NEW AND PROMISING CLAIMS.
Two important "strikes" have been
made in mines on the East Fork, not
far from Ketchum. The North Star
has long been known as one of the
best of the Philadelphia s. Idaho Com
pxny's numerous properties. and OF
lite 4 vein Of pure galena ore two feet
wide aud carrying 100 ounces silver
per ton, has been exposed. The Tri-
umph mine is found to contain bodies
Of Commemorative ore of a magnitude
almost unequaled in Wood river mines,
and this property takes stand as one
OF the greatest mines in the distric,
and may possibly be a rival of the
Minnie Moore.
The most actively worked mines on
the Boulder mountain, above Ketch.
"sa, are the Ophir and Yankee Blade.
The former, leased by Bassett Bros
saatps regularly, the quality Of ore be-
ing high. and recently gold has been
found on the claim. The assay
VALUES are $500 for 6rst-class. while
concentrating or second class is left tc
be mih-d. Over $50, 900 has been tx
txscted this year, while working in a