The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
MINING NOTES.
GALENA.

A fine vein of ore has been opened
up on the first level in the Senate
mine above the working tunnel. The
vein is eight inches wide, and high.
grade galena. Thirty-eight sacks
were taken out of cross-cut four
by six feet. The newly-discovered
vein shows, in some places, four
teen inches on the surface, and has
been traced nearly 400 feet, assays
showing 81 to 1O3 ounces silver and
60 per cent lead.
Ore was struck last week in the
face of the main tunnel being run
to the Gladiator mine. Several as.
says made from ore encountered by
the tunnel give the following re,
suits: Galena II ozs. silver sui.
phurets 81 ozs.-63 ozs. silver and
$40 gold-mixed rock, 81 ozs. sill.
yer. The miners are making one
and a half feet in the tunnel pei
shift. The engine recently put up
at the mouth of the Gladiator tun-
mel for the purpose of atfording
ventilation to the tunnel, is work
ing very successfully.
Col. Kirtley and his sons are
working the Baltimore mine, and
from present prospects feel hopeful
of soon being able to take out a
considerable quantity of ore from
the vein exposed.
Titus & Nelson are at present
busily engaged juggling their second
class ore from the Wellington mine
During the week they have made a
shipment of six or tons of concen.
trates to the Ketchum Sampler.
sEAFoAM.
The two shipments of ore, one
from the White Goat and the other
from the Blackhawk mines, located
in the Seafoam Mining District,
which was sampled a few days ago
gave the following returns, viz
White Goat, second-class ore, as.
saved 125 ozs. silver and Is per
cent lead per ton. Blackhawk, first.
class ore, yielded 1876 ozs. silver
and second-class, $50 ozs. silver,
and IS gold per ton. These lots OF
ore were shipped more for the pur.
pose of testing the value of the ores
and ascertaining the best method
of treatment with reduction works
upon the ground.
The lessees Of the Solace mine
at Sawtooth have had two lots OF
ore sampled during the week at the
Ketchum Sampling works with the
following results: First class ore,
ATS ounces silver and $l4 gold pei
ton; second class ore, 200 ounces
silver and 81 gold per ton. How
is this for high from the old granite
range?
Reliable information comes t(
the KEYSTONE that an importan
strike was made last Wednesday il
the Sunday mine, at Boyle noun
tain. The ore chute is reported Il
be forty feet long of four feet o
solid Galena ore. assaying 100 ozs
silver and 20 per cent lead. This
no doubt, is the finest strike thai
has been made in the vicinity o
ketchum for a long time. Ed
Flanagan, the veteran miner, is tht
lessee, and we are glad his Sunday
mine bids fair to prove "Sabbatt
blessing" This is another instance
Of undaunted pluck and persever
ance at last receiving their meritec
reward.
Jesse Hughes brought to thu
Ketchum sampler five tons of ore
last Monday from the Star of Hope
mine, on Lost River. Regular ship
ments will be made hereafter dur
ing the season.
From Peter German, who visited
the property, VIC learn that the re
cent strike in the Badger is of {
great deal more than ordinary i'm
portance. The face of the working:
shows l6-foot body of almost clear
ore which will assay 80 to 1O(
ozs. per ton. This new strike, as to
width and quality, is almost du
plicate of the great ore body in th'
Lucky Boy, adjoining property. A
contract has been let for the con
struction of a wagon road from 30
nanza down the Yankee Fork ane
main Salmon to Clayton. This roae
will place in close communication
two Of the best mining districts O
the county, and enable mine owners
at Custer and Bonanza to ship thei
ore for reduction. This road vii
do much toward bringing the Yam
kee Fork country to the front again
The Skylark and Silver Wing, own
ed by A. J. Crook & Co., are work
ing about forty-five men and max
ing their large usual daily output
which is shipped to Clayton for re
duction. The tirst-class ore from
these two properties is 80 fine thai
it is shipped to Omaha for reduc
tion.-Challis Messenger.
The people of Clayton are jubi
liant over the recent discovery 0
two important mining claims il
close proximity to their town. ON
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