Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-03-26
THE MEMNON.
A HALEY CLAIM THAT PROMISES
TO PROVE A NINE.


Hill-Some Of the Hardships En-.
dnred by the DISCOVERIES.
During the past winter F. w. A.
Cunningham and S. j. Mccormick
have been doing some work at the
base of Carbonate Hill that will have
very important bearing on the future
of this city.
The gentlemen named are thorough.
ly-trained prospectors and miners,
having lived and worked in the mines
OF Australia and America for over
IS years, and being familiar with
every conceivable mineral bearing
formation. In looking about, last
fall, for promising prospect upon
which to work for the winter, they
came across an old abandoned tunnel
IN which considerable work had been
done by the original locator, who quit
after driving about 40 feet in hard
rock, besides running a crosscut about
20 feet more. In looking about the
tunnel Messrs. Cunningham and Nc.
Cormick found that it was driven on
a vein of quartz and spar about IA
feet thick which was strongly min.
eralized, and carrying gray copper,
silver-glance, galena in spots and
blotches, and brown carbonates in
punches and narrow seams. They
reported their discovery to E. Cramer,
to whom they offered third interest
and, later on, when the amount set
aside for the purpose was exhausted,
disposed of quarter-intercst to Mr..
Martin aud another resident of HALEY,
for supply OF tools, provisions, etc.,
sufficient to last until the first OF
June next.
While working in the tunnel, one
day, they saw Professor Delius pros
pecting, a short distance north of their
tunnel, bu: paid no particular atten-
ton to him until he came to report
that he had discovered another vein,
and to inquire where the north end
line of their claim was. I. being in.
Dictated to him he said he had Just
found a vein, but that it was evident.
ly within the boundaries of the
Memnon claim. He then prospected
northwardIy for about rs feet and dis
covered a third vein; but this, too,
proved to be on Memnon ground. In
this way the Memnon claim is proved
to contain at least three parallel
veins, about rs feet apart. Further
exploration by Messrs. Cunningham
and Mccormick demonstrated the
width of the veins to be about as
follows: The first, or northerly vein,
seven feet; the second, Is to 20 feet;
and the third, about IA feet. All
three veins seem to be equally valu.
able, and to carry the same class Of
ore, and a large number Of assays
made by A. Wolters demonstrated
the following value: Brown carbon.
ates and galena, 10 to 5l4 ounces,
and 40 to 65 per cent. lead; gray
copper and silver glance, 1915 to
1913 ounces silver and small percent.
age Of gold.
Mr.. Cunningham feels confident
that he has discovered what will prove
to be high grade milling PROPOSE
ton; and although he has found no
continuous ore-body as yet, he is
quite positive that, with the expendi.
ture of little more money and
muscle, he will find ore in paying
quantities. He has not endeavored
to save any quantity Of ore as yet, as
he is too old miner to fool away lis
time sorting little bits OF ore; but he
has nevertheless saved a few sack
fuls of pieces which he and his
working mate stumbled over in SHOW
cling, and in about 10 days he will
ship a ton or so to the sampler at
HALEY which, no thinks, should 60
between 800 and 500 ounces. If this
proves to be the case Mr.. Cunning
ham will be satisfied that he has in
the Memnon q mine that will prove
very valuable as, even should no con-
tinuous body of ore be found, he will
have a good concentrating propo-
sition.
The Mennon could not be better
located to benefit HALEY even If it
had been made to order. Being a:
the foot Of Carbonate street, scarcely