The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-04
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CARBON HILL TUNNEL.

CARBON HILL TUNNEL.
The new tunnel being run to tan
the Elknorn vein is known as the
Carbon Hill tunnel, and is to be
completed under contract to Griffith
Thomas, Lewis Gregory and Hans
Berndt. The Carbon Hill location
lies just southwest of the Elkhorn
ground and offers superior advan-
tages for tunnel site, dump and
such improvements as will be neces-
sary to carry on the work of devel-
oping the Elkhorn ground by means
Of a low tunnel. The new tunnel
starts from this location, and sur
veyors' estimate places the distance
to the vein at 700 feet from its
mouth. The contractors have the
privilege of a years lease on the
property, to date from the compile
ton of this tunnel and the inter-
section of the ore vein. The lease
will be upon the basis of one-fourth
royalty. Any veins crossed in the
progress of the tunnel will also
come under the lease. Brighter days
are in store for the Elkhorn, and if
the new project isn't baffled by such
impenetrable formation as was en-
countered in the Keystone tunnel,
the time required to develop ore
will not exceed four or FIVE months.
The Silver King mine lessees
shipped their fourth lot of 6rst-class
ore on Tuesday. 1t consisted of
29,957 pounds, which assayed 1926.
81 ounces per ton, and returned
1862, net. The, Silver King is
rapidly making its record as a pro-
ducer of high-grade ores, and fur
thermore casting away all shadow
of doubt as to the soundness of the
recent transfer of Wallingford's in
terest in the lease. The present
lessees are making a good mine of
it, and have, in James Hickey, a
superintendent who understands
his business.
The Ophir mine has been shut
down, and not a pound of ore ship
ped by the owners since the prop
erty was turned over to them by
the lessees, Notwithstanding the ex-
IRENE foresight and wisdom(?) of
the Haley Times. The Ophir,
however, is accounted a valuable
property, and will probably figure
among the most productive mines
of this region when it is operated
to it's fullest capacity.
The Anxious sold to the First Ma
tional Bank on Tuesday, a small
lot of 'first-class ore.
The Silver Star, owned by the P.
& I. Company, shipped a few tons
of high-grade milling ore through
the First National Bank Tuesday.
Jack Irving sold a small lot Of
MONDAY ore to the Ketchum SAM
ping works.
Jack Leopold, of Sandy creek,
reports a large number of prospect
ors making locations in this new
and promising district and rich
strikes are numerous. The McKil-
lip BOYS are hard at work and their
arastra is doing finely. From the
present outlook no more f1attering
prospects of future camp can be
found in Lemhi county.-Salmon
City Recorder.
Charley Magee brought in three
bars of Banner bullion yesterday.
weighing 245 pounds. This makes
twelve bars turned out by the Ban
ner mill this summer. The mil
will shut down in a few days, for
want of ore. New levels have to be
opened in the Banner and Wolve-
rine mines. The four hundred level
of the Banner has yielded great
amount of ore. but is now exhausted.
Idaho World.
That the Orc Elmo Limited in
tends to do large amount of work
is evidenced by the fact that it has
already shipped into the camp a
rock breaker weighing about 5000
pounds, which will be placed at the
mine, and an almost daily shipping
in of mining supplies, consisting
of lumber, fuse, caps, powder, steel
and candles. Twenty-one thousand
pounds of powder arrived last week.
City Avalanche.
The Minnie Moore mine is CO n
tinually spending a good deal OF
money in prospecting new ground.
Last week a body of water was
tapped on the 6OO-level, east of the
shaft. This lead to new body OF
ore. Twenty inches of good ore
are now developed. But the MIN
ME Moore is so used to finding
bodies of ore in new parts OF the
mine that this find creates no stir.
Herald.
A great many placer claims nave
been located the past year on More
creek, from the Halfway House to
the mouth of Grimes creek. The
mouth of said creek is about twelve
miles below this place.-Jo Vo-
shay had a piece of Washington
ore assayed in Boise City the othe:
day. 1t went $514.1O in gold and
500 81 ounces in silver per ton.