Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-07-21
SILVER CITY NOTES.
Pay-day--.Thc Gilmore Mill...Crnnd
Enter.ainmcnt--.A Glib Tongue.

Entersainmcnt---A Glib Tongue.
Orc Fino payday made times
lively in Silver last week.
The Cosmos mill will begin in
few days crushing ore from the
Wilson mines at Wagontown, the
genial Captain De Lemar, since his
return, having set teams hauling
ore.
Superintendent Howe is having
the Proustite company's mill at
Wagontown overhauled and put in
shape to start up, with plenty Of orc
In sight to keep it steadily running
for a year. He repclts that his
mine never gave better promise than
now
The purchase Of the Gilmore mill
has been closed and that big prop
erty has been turned over to the
Orc Fine Limited. The company
at once began to make extensive
improvements, ordering ten more
stamps-making 50 in all-and pro-
posing to almost entirely recon-
struct the mill, adopting the con-
centrating process. On Monday
they started up the Leonard with
an improved concentration, on an
experimental run. 1t was a most
pronounced success, and promises
| to so revolutionize the processes OF
treating the ores Of this camp SO
completely that thousands Of tons
on many dumps on War Eagle
mountain will become fortunes to
their owners. 1t has been demon.
strated that one hundred tons can
be concentrated into one at cost
Of not more than two dollars per
ton. This viii be done at a LOSE Of
perhaps two dollars Of bullion, in.
Cured by the light chlorides Of iii.
yer floating off with the taiiings
As this loss has always occurred in
the expensive pan process il is not
worthy Of consideration, when the
difference in cost is remembered.
Six concentrators have been or.
dcred for the Elmore mill, and a
route for a wire tram to the Orc
Elmo mines is being surveyed. Al
soon as the mill can be put in order
it will commence work on Orc Fine
ore, the mine now being in shape
for an output Of a hundred tons pei
day, without interfering with the
progress Of development work.
The citizens OF Silver City. proud
Of their achievement in completing
a telegraph line to Caldwell. and
equally gratified that this enter.
prise occurred for them a telephone
to Nampa and Boise City as we'll
have determined to celebrate the
completion Of the two lines and for
get all the little acrimonious say
ings engendcred by the rivalry O.
the two companies, and extend a
cordial welcome to the citizens O
Boise City, Mountain Home, Nampa
and Caldwell to come up and joir
us in a love-feast when there viii
be an Grafton, banquet, a ball and
fireworks. All this is to come Of
en- Tuesday night, the oath instant
Good people, all come. Bring your
wives and daughters or best girls
with you. Get out Of the heat and
dust for day or two and enjoy the
/ pleasures Of a visit to this beautiful
mountain resort The stage com.
pany has promised reduced fare.
from Nampa for all who do not
find it convenient to come by pri
vate conveyance, ard will put or
extra coaches.
a man came over here from
Mountain Home few days since
and put in a bid for hauling the Orc
Fine freight, and was told that he
could take his chances with other
bidders. We have all sorts Of
stories since about his telling that
he had secured the contract, and Of
his diekering with all the ferries
and forwarding men for rates. We
also hear that he is condemning the
road from Mountain Home. This
individual has too glib use OF his
tongue for his own good. The con
tract is not let, and will not be for
some days to come, the company
not yet having determined what
they vii, require.