The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-07-27
MINING NOTES.

rive cars loaded with ore from
the Silver King mine at Sawtooth
were shipped from the Ketchum de
pot yesterday consigned to tn
Grant reduction works at Omaha
Three of the cars aggregated SO, OK
pounds in weight. Major Hynd
man, the manager of the mine
proposes to keep up this lick in tn.
shipment of ore from the King fol
some time yet.
A lot Of ore from the Warrio,
mine on Warm Springs creek wa.
sampled at the Ketchum sampline
works during the week, which yield
ed at the rate Of 12O ounces silver
and 5S4 per cent lead per ton.
Mike Carey has let the Ontario
juggling works at Boyle mountain
to Joseph Perkins, who will here.
after have charge of them.
The strike in the Senate mine al
Galena, to which reference was
made in our columns two weeks
ago, is of great importance. The
discovery was made 81 feet below
the lowest level, where the exist.
ence of any ore has never been sus-
spected in past years. The ore
seam at the bottom of the winze is
ten inches thick, and the ore will
average over IS per cent lead. A
new level is being crowded from the
working incline to this ore body,
and when finished, the Wine will
be pushed further down on the ore.
On the new vein, on the surface,
three ,40-foot drifts have been run
80 feet apart. These drifts all show
good, strong vein with continu.
Gus body of high-grade galena. Nc
ore is being broken anywhere in the
mine. Work has been started or
the Little Chief mine.' Some $14,.
600 was taken out of one pocket in
this property, and much ore is still
showing in the workings.
Woods e. Pearson's pack trains
are busy packing ore for Ole Ope-
land and others, lessees of the Par.
nell mine on the East Fork of the
Salmon river. The ore is packed
from the mine to Galena and there
loaded upon wagons and hauled to
the Ketchum sampling works,
About forty tons of high-grade ore
is now en- route.
We publish elsewhere in to-day's
issue of the KEYSTONE, a copy of q
bill intended to amend the old min.
ing law in several particulars, which
will be introduced by Senator Stew
art at the next session of Congress.
The measure is one of great impor-
lance to the prospector and those
interested in procuring valid titles
to mining property. The amend
ments proposed by the bill are well
worthy of a careful perusal and
consideration. The notifications
to the existing law offered by the
bill ought certainly to meet the ap-
proval Of all those who are inter.
estcd in promoting the best interest
Of the mineral resources of the
country. The bill limits the num-
Der of feet that can be acquired by
location on the same vein, restricts
the relocation of a claim which a
person has heretofore located,
changes the time for the relocation
of abandoned or forfeited mining
claims from the first of January to
the first Of October in each year,
and dispenses with a good deal OF
red-tape i'll obtaining patents to
mining property. It also proposes
a change in the mode of acquiring
title to interests where there has
been a failure Of a co-owner to con-
tribute his proportion of expendi-
lures required by law. There is
probably no man in or out of Con-
gress that is as familiar with the
details of everything pertaining to
the mining interests Of our country
as Senator Stewart. For more than
half century he has been unremit-
ting in his efforts to benefit the
miner and prospector, and We sim
ccrely hope he may be able to &C.
cure the early passage of this bill,
and thus prove himself more than
ever, the miners friend.