Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-14
BAN ER.

BANNER.
THE Banner MILL, owned and op-
Grated by the Elmira Silver Mining
company, is closed down for the pres
ent. The business of this company
is carried on in such quiet way that
but little is known of their opera
tions by anyone outside the camp,
except the fact that silver bars are
shipped over the road during the time
the mill is running. We are now in
formed by one who knows that the
product of one thousand, seven hum
dred and fifty tons of ore, milled there
this season, was one hundred and
twenty-five bars, weighing something
over four tons Of solid silver, averag-
ing about $40 fine, making the out
put from the mill about 81, 900 per
day, for all the time the mill run, and
their milling capacity is limited at
that, being only twenty stamps, and
not sufficient furnace capacity to roast
as much pulp as the stamps will fur
nish; yet they have done well, and
besides their extra expense this sea-
son i'll putting on one large boiler and
a much larger pump than they have
heretofore been using, and running
tunnels to prospect claims that they
haven't worked before, they have
paid dividend of 20 per cent. on
their capital stock. This is the sec
ond dividend paid by this company,
all of which has been taken out of
the ground, besides the cost Of i'm
provements made on the property
since this company bought it, amount
ing to probably 100000 or more,
besides labor, supplies and general
running expenses, showing conclu-
: sively that there's money in Boise
county mines when properly worked,
and judging from present appearan-
, ces, when this company get their sew
eral claims in Banner district thol-
oughIy opened up, and new mill OF
fifty stamps IN working order, they
will be we'll rewarded and more than
satisfied with their investment in this
county. The superintendent, Mr.
t Brown, has gone East to buy a com
plete new outfit for sinking on the
, Crown Point and Wolverine lodges
: both being on the same vein. Then
| shaft is located near the center be.
: tween the two claims, both of which
: and the Banner they have patent;
} for. Before leaving Mr.. Brown
= bought from Mr.. Irwin two claims or
the Banner lead. 1t is not known
: what he paid, 1t was a cash sale
, The fact that a crushing from one o.
: these mines, the Panamint, this sea
r son, in the Banner mill, yielded 50;
j per ton, would indicate considerable
= value in those two claims of three
5 thousand feet. These mines are very
. convenient to the Banner mill, ant
e only thirteen hundred feet west o
/ their Banner mine that Yields i'm
r mensely rich rock.
The company are working thirty
S men this winter in the Banner anC
: Wolverine lodges, some stoping anc
e some prospecting, under the direction
r of Gerard Huppertz, Foreman of th'
2 Banner, and Ben Miller, Foreman o
: the Wolverine. These two mines ar,
i one mile apart and on different leads
Erwin JOHNSON received the fol
. lowing telegram Saturday from Geo
:, :, w. Taylor;
1--WE have the Camas No. ?. Asl
: Childs to forward report"
: Which indicates that the Californi
$ company has either bought the mine
: or got a bond on it. This compan,
; made an offer of 100000 for tn
mine-s4o,000 down and the balanc'
: on the 1st of May, and the indication
e are that Doniphan & Co. have accept
It ed the proposition.-[News-Miner