Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-31
SILVER DISTRICT.


District. They came to Crooked riv-
er the first day, and che second dav
TO kempners, where they remained
2 couple of days, and made it in from
hempner's in one day. They had a
rough trip, snow sticking to the shoes
most OF the way. Mr.. Lang informed
US that the raise from the Julia tun-
mel has in all probability tapped the
shaft ere this. When he left thew
were expecting any minute to make
the connection. The tunnel has been
driven in 485 feet. The shaft was
sunk to the depth of 112 feet, through
a good body Of ore all the way. The
raise is up about ITO feet. The mine
is now in shape for the extraction of
ore. The shaft on the line between
the Julia and an extension north, is
down sixty feet. Work was suspend
ed in this shaft short time ago, on
account of complete preparations for
work during the inclemency of the
weather not having been made.
Work will soon be resumed, however,
IN this shaft, which has also been
sunk through good ore all the way.
Mr.. Lang says those mines make good
showings, SO far as developed, and
the ore bodies are large. He says
there are no fears but that results
will prove that to be good district,
and Mr.. Lang is not in the least ex-
citable, is not an exaggerator, and
has had much experience around sll.
yer mines. He is one of the best
assayers in the Territory. Being the
assayer for this company, his opinion
of these mines is not based on specu-
lation or guess work, but on many
actual tests of the ore. He says re.
suits will tell, when the mill starts
up, and he is thoroughly of the opin.
ion that the results will prove salts
factory to the company. All wht
know Charley Lang place reliance il
his judgment based on his assays
and we have no doubts as to what b,
says, about this company's mines, be
ing verified. He says there are sew
enty-fve or eighty men in the dis
trict, and four families. The saw
mill is running right along, and eight
hundred logs are now at the mill, ane
a big lot already cut that can be de-
livered whenever needed. Two
walls of the quartz mill are completed
leaving only one now to be built
The engine house will be raised in
few days, and it will not be long befor
the work of raising the main building
of the mill begins. Col. Matt Ora
ham, the Superintendent, said las
fall that work would go ahead al
winter if he had to employ two mel
to make fires for one working man
No one, scarcely, believed that h
could be as good as his word; tha
the severity of the winter in that hig
altitude, and the short time he ha
to make preparations for winter
work, would knock his calculation
higher than the proverbial kite salle'
by Gilroy. But the Colonel Sc
things going, and everything has ru
like clock work all winter, just tn
same, and the worst part of the win
ter is now past and work will continu
right along. No undertaking of sue
dimensions has ever been pushed
Idaho so rapidly, with such set de
termination to know no such word 3
fail, and under so many disadvantage
and we don't believe such work hi
ever been accomplished in the SAN
length of time, with so many abstaclt
to run up against, in any other quar-
camp on the Pacific coast. The sa
of these mines was made to an Englls
company late last summer, and tt
district was then "howling wilde
ness" away out i'll rugged mounta
country, thirty miles from wage
road. The road was constructe
!, supplies got in, and the saw mill al
most of the machinery for the larI
quartz mill, also, buildings construe
ed. two mines developed, aud Il
work carried right along, notwlt
standing the severity of the wlnt'
Mr. Lang says during the cold sn
the mercury froze, so they don't knf
: how cold it was out there. Sn(
there was six feet and half de
!, when he left. Mr.. L. went down
!, the capital Saturday to make his
port to the company, by telegraI
'' through Huston and Gray, the co