Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01
THE EL,foRE NINE.

Geo. A. Mccormick. Since last
spring this company has done
vast amount of improvements on
top and development work under
ground "A continual outlay of
money with but little recompense.
But the day is certainly not far dis
tant when the stockholders Of the
Elmore viii again be handsomely
reimbursed.
The building over the new shaft
is an immense structure of large
timbers, covering three engines Of
l75, l50 and 30 horse power each,
blacksmith shop, and change rooms
for the workmen, besides sufficient
room to house large lot of mining
timbers for winter use. At the rear
Of the hoist building is q bulkhead
built of large timbers to prevent
dirt or snow slides.
The new shaft is now at n depth
of AIS feet and the contractors are
making excellent progress daily,
working three shifts of eight hours
each. 1t is 5x14 feet in the clear,
and is timbered in sections Of five
feet in depth with 12x12 supports,
and il requires, exclusive of tagging,
800 feet of lumber for each section.
At the 300-ft level a joint cross
cut has been run north along the
line dividing the Gilmore and Vishnu
claims to distance of 675 feet, at
which point favorable vein matter
was encountered but water came in
so rapidly that Mr.. Mccormick,
fearing further increase of flow
might seriously impede the sinking
Of the shaft, suspended operations
for the present.
At point 430 feet from the shaft
in this crosscut, the Gilmore Com
pany has run a drift west on what
is known as the Star vein. which,
when we visited it, was a distance
of $40 feet. The vein is consider
ably broken but has well defined
walls and warrants further exploit
ing.
At the 430-ft point from the shaft
the Vishnu Company has drift
extending east along the Idaho lode
$50 feet, following a plainly visible
foot wall all the way with vein of
quartz that varies in width Of ledge
matter from three to four feet,
streaks of which are remarkably
rich in gold. The face of this drift
indicates a widening Of the vein and
they are liable at any moment To
cut into large body Of ore, as sew
eral valuable stringers, all pointing
to the vein along the foot wall, have
recently been encountered. About
so feet from the crosscut, stopping is
being done by the Vishnu company
The vein is narrow, hence the daily
production of ore is small but very
rich.
There are sc men employed by
the Gilmore and Vishnu. the great
majority of whom are working eight
hour shifts, and development work
is being pushed vigorously without
cessation night and day. Sixteen
hundred feet of tunneling has been
done on the 800 level since March
last.
The new works at the Gilmore are
provided with all manner of con-
venience and labor saving. Air
pipes extend throughout the tun-
nels, crosscuts and slopes, and by
means of u fan propelled by steam
the air in the mine is kept con-
stantly pure.
A cage is in operation in the
shaft, and engineers Rowett, Rath-
bun and Paw are not only compe-
tent but careful men at their post
of duty--hence the absence of even
the most trivial accident since the
commencement of the new shaft.
A tramway runs from the mill
through tunnel to the shaft, tap
ping it 70 feet from the surface.
At this station the ore cars leave
the shaft and are run by hand to
the ore-bins of the mill-thus com.
ing direct from the drifts or slopes
and requiring no rchandling what
ever.
1t requires four large boilers to
work the plant when in full opera
ton, and we noticed workmen re-
pairing some Of these boilers, furna-
ces, etc, in anticipation of the early
necessity for their constant use.
Acres of ground are now covered
with cordwood for winter use, and
they are daily receiving large tim
bers for mining purposes.
At the west end of the mill is q
hydrant with 3-inch hose several
hundred feet in length, attached
which, in case of fire, could in a
moments time be unreeled and
turn loose such volume Of water
that a serious confagration is sim.
ply impossible.
Superintendent Mccormick and
his mine foreman, Tim Donovan
while pushing development work