Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-09-10
A BONANZA At HAND.
THE SILVER FORTUNE GROUP
SHOWING ONE.
GROUP


Length Traced and Exposed on the
Surface-WOod Rivers Yield to Soon
Equal that OF Leadvills In Its Paint.
est Days.
Kenneth Mcleod. foreman of the
Silver Fortune group of mines, on
the East Fork of Wood River. is in
town. He is exceedingly we'll
pleased with the result of his last few
weeks work, and says that he feels
confident that he has got hold of
property that will make considerable
noise in the mining world.
"You stated, the other day, that
John A. Wilson, our superintendent,
said that he was satisfied that re had
a mine," said Mr.. Mcleod to TIMES
reporter, yesterday. swell, We are
going to have four mines instead of
one. The Silver Fortune, Oregonian,
Snowclad and P X are four as good
prospects for big mites as can be
seen on Wood River. The four
claims run end to end, aud we have
traced the vein nearly the full length
Of 5000 feet-or for over a mile. We
struck ore in every place where We
did work; and would not be sur
prised if we had al ore-chute over
mile long! If that is not the longest
continuous argentiferous galens ore
chute in the world, l am much mis-.
taken
ave Grst got ore in the Silver For
tune, where we sunk shaft 70 feet.
That was the discovery. We traced
! the vein 600 feet from the dis.
covery, made an open cut there, cut
the vein, and found nice showing of
ore.
GOA the Oregonian, which adjoins
the Silver Fortune, we sunk a shaft
70 feet, found ore all the way down.
Now, mind YOU, we traced the vein
as far as we went. We run two
open cuts, and found ore in both.
We are now running tunnel,
further down the hill, to cut the vein
deeper, aud expect to DO this any day
and get good showing of ore. We
will then diff both ways in the Vein
"On the Suowclad we traced the
vein, ran an open cut, sank on the
vein 40 feet, and found ore.
"On the p X we've done no work
besides tracing the vein on the sur
face. We found plenty of good
float, however, and have no doubt
that the vein is there, aud very fer
tile.
81 think that, for the amount OF
work done this is the best showing
ever seen anywhere. l tell you that
East Fork Is going to be bonanza
camp, and l believe that a year or
two hence will see the Wood River
region as productive as Leadville
ever was.
II hardly expect to ship any ore
this fall; but by next spring l think
that you will hear from u.s. con.
cluded Mr.. Mcleod with twinkle in
his eye that meant ''su.elter here!n'
just as plainly as it meant anything,
The Silver Fortune group is owned
by John Borden and G. q. Wicker
of Chicago. The former of these
gentlemen has been mining "since be
was boy" and is an enthusiastic
miner. Being worth seven or eight
millions of dollars, he says that he
has all the money he wants, and that
he keeps interested in mines for the
fun of it. Mr.. Wicker is a promi
nent real estate man of Chicago who
is as "sharp as steel-trap" and in
vests wherever he sees chance o.
making IN honest penny. He oHns
an orange grove in Florida, and ha.
''nest' eggs" scattered through old
Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon
and Idaho. Borden s. Wicker are
therefore possessed Of ample means t.
open mines, build smelters or mills, OF
do anything else III that line that they
may take fancy to.