The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-08-31
MINING NOTES.
GALENA.

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extensive faulting, is now quit
clearly understood, and all the los
portions of the ore-vein have beer
tound.<~On the north side of tn,
fault the ore vein has been opened
up as far as the fourth level, and a,
the lowest point quite q body O
very high-grade lead ore is being
followed down. This ore has moi
been assayed, but similar ore in the
past has returned 800 ozs. silver in
ton lots. The work of following
this undeveloped northern portion
of the ore vein down is being Wig.
orously pushed.
On the Little Chief the new cross.
cut tunnel is in some 70 feet. II
will reach the vein at 80 feet. A
few small stringers of ore have been
encountered.
AT the Gladiator mine, the main
tunnel heading is being advanced
an average of Is to 10 feet per week.
The vein is we'll defined, with black
talcose clay on both walls. The
gangue and clay are very similar to
those found in the Parker mine. A
good deal of low-grade iron pyrites
and galena is taken out, but the
grade is far below pay. Everything
about the vein is encouraging, and
the owners are very confident of
reaching good ore body soon.
At the Wellington the lessees,
Titus d Nelson, have stopped min
ing, and are jigging their ore near
the Senate smelter.
Mr.. Kirtly is still working the
Baltimore on a small scale, and has
improved the ore showing to Won
derful extent.
sEAFOAM.
James Waters, a pioneer miner
and prospector of the Seafoam and
Sheep Mountain mining camps, ar
rived in Ketchum last Wednesday
and furnished US with the following
items from the above named dis
tricts:
Messrs. Sweet, Waller and Will
son, who own the Tracy mine at
Seafoam, have been driving a tunnel
upon their mine during the sum-
mer and are hopeful of soon meet
ing with success.
The Blackhawk, White Goat, Eu-
reka, Vanity and Josephus have all
been worked during the season and
the owners Of them have made ship
ments of ore from these mines to
Ketchum, at different times during
the summer, with good results.
Shipments of ore from the Maud,
Eureka and Summit mines are now
on the road to the Ketchum Sam
pling Works and are expected to
arrive to-day.
Mr.. Waters speaks very encour-
agingly of the camps and says the
claims and grade of ore are con-
stantly improving, Notwithstanding
the limited amount of work that is
being done upon them. What they
need, he says, are reduction works
so that the ores of their camp can
be treated upon the ground. That
the cost of transportation to get
their ores to market, a distance of
10 miles, is SO great that by the
lime the expense Of freighting,
sampling, assaying, ETC., is deducted
from the proceeds of their ore, they
nave bot small margin left. With
Ill the disadvantages the people of
;hese isolated mining camps have
been laboring under, they have with
oersevering efforts made a good
showing in the output of ore so far
his season, and next year it is to
be hoped that mills will be erected
n the vicinity and thus save the
ong and expensive transportation
If raw ores to market.
The Popham Brothers have re-
GENTLY made a promising location
situated on the west side of Boyle
Mountain, about half a mile from
he Ontario mine, which they have
FAMED the Harrison" The ore is
nigh grade. We hope these old
lime prospectors will be amply re-
varded from their new find long
before the expiration of the Char
ison" administration.
j. T. Griffin, brother of J. F. Grit
in, of Griffin's ranch, arrived in
<etchum Wednesday and has been
pending a few days with his rela-
ives and friends. Mr.. Griffin is
m his return from a trip to the
lew copper mines near the east
ork of Lost river. He speaks very
avorably of the prospects of the
lew camp. A Lake Superior COM
ANY has bonded a copper property
n that locality for 100000. A
ownsite has been laid out at the
amp and christened Samoa.
w. H. Greenhow returned on
Wednesday from a business trip to
he Hub mine at Era. Mr. Green
low reports everything about the
nine running smooth and satisfac-
Dry. Extensive hosting works
Nth double compartment shafts
re being erected, and as soon as