Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-08-04


A Blake crusher and a new en-
CINE to run the same has just been
set up at the Orc Elmo mine. This
will enable them to send ore to
their new mill in good shape, as
soon as the wire tram can be put in
operation. The company is now
making a second survey for the
tram, to avoid running over the
tops Of buildings in crossing the
town.
Mr.. Brotherton Of London was.
last week, through his agent here,
put in possession Of about dozen
mines, comprising the Poorman
group. Mines here are not tied up
in punches and sold like asparagus,
because Of trifling value. On the
other hand, it was the enormous
value Of this consolidated group,
making them conspicuous, that at
tracted heavy capitalists to make
investment. Although purchased
in the name of Mr.. Brotherton, an
American citizen residing in Lon
don, the investment was made for
syndicate Of eight gentlemen, all
reputcd very wealthy, and one Of
them now quite conspicuous in
American politics.
1t is difficult thing to get new
notions into an old camp like Silver.
The idea Of concentrating the ores
Of the mines here and saving a
larger percentage in the concen-
trates than had been done by ANAL
gamation did not take among old
timers until actually demonstrated
Tests have proven that even the
silver ores at Wagontown can be
be very much more cheaply worked
and a larger percentage saved by
this process than by amalgamation.
Mr.. Howe, the energetic superin-
tendcnt of the Henrietta mine and
mill, now contemplates putting in
Blackhawk concentrators.
Oatside Of the big transaction Of
the Poorman group, several small
trades were made in War Eagle
mountain mines during the week.
There is complaint among our
hunters about the shortage of the
sage-hen crop this year. Thirty
hens is very good days work fol
two men now.
1t was a big disappointment te
Silver people that no one from
Mountain Home attended their biz
telegraph celebration. We were
mighty proud of the style we put Or
and would have been delighted te
have you all with us.
! A. large sum of money was paio
out in Silver last week in consum
ating the purchase of the Poormar
group. Many small claimants hal
to be paid off by the sellers to cleal
up their titles and it was curious t.
note the effect of the strange sensa
ton of money in the pocket on som,
of the men. One old hummer will
a large sum in his pocket and mer
chants, bar-keepers and even poo
widows after him with claims, was
loud in his abuse Of "black-mailers,
as he called them all, and prompt,
got drunk, sat in at a game of poke
and began squandering money tina
should have gone to pay homes
debts. A few days more will fine
him broke. and it would be only to,
good a thing if he had sense enough
to buy a rope with his last dollar
hitch it to the gallows frame over 1
shaft out of which he has had many
thousands taken for him, tie tn,
other end around his worthless oil.
neck and then shout, there goe
nobody" as he leaps down the shaft
He would save the county the ex
pense of maintaining his worthless
existence in the future, as it vii
surely have to do.
Quite the reverse was the actor
of one of the so-called black-mailers
who, when he had collected a small
percent of the sum due him
promptly remembered the man VIII
had bought him a sack of hou
J three years ago. One man has beef
; conspicuous as mine owner ant
the other poor devil who, though
a miner here for several years, i
known only by q nick-name-no
three men in town knowing his rea
name.