Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-06-19


They therefore abandoned their sur
face we,kings after making them So
cure against csving or other accidents
20 frequent in mining, and started .
tunnel 300 feet lower. There they
run into concentrating ore. Another
tunnel lower down met with like
result. But tho vein cont nued -
regular and well.de6ned - . ball
room floor. The ore, too, not only
KEEP. Of . most encouraging grsde.
but widened in depth. I" tho fr>t
tunnel it was scarcely foot in width;
in the next il had doubled in width;
and in the lowest, or Cleveland tun.
mel, ESQ called because run through
Grover Cleveland arou"d) the ore vel"
OF body had attained enormous pro
portions, being fully to 10 fsrs i"
! width hy over .uO in length.
But it was still Of the second or
concentrating grade. This did not
suit the owners. It could b. made to
pay expenses and leave . reasonable
profit; but what they wanted was
large profits. They wanted . eenu
inc, rich bonaoxs. 10 6"d il hey d..
t~rmined to sink vertical shaft which.
after al, il the most economical. most
advantageous way Of operating .
mine), and fixed its site on Grover
Cleveland ground, II the mouth or
initial point of their loves, tunnel.
This shaft has just attained . vertical
: depth Of zoo 'e-t. and \ station il be.
0 ing opened to conn. It it with the
|: veins in tho Mayleaf, ono Of tn"
claims owned by the company, and
which are already tspp'd ny the su".
nels above, and opened by the d'if,s.
>, raises, " mas, and galleries Of various
kinds ageregatinq between two and
three miles in length. 1t will take
about two months time to connect the
shaft with the vein, and make the
y necessary connections with the upper
. workings, and then the Triumph will
y be . trump 'an' success and, not i'm
probably, our champion produ er.
u But the present owners of the Tr,.
e umph are too prudent t, risk the sue
10 cess Of their operations by limiting OF
10 combining them to oue point on one
y CLAIM. They are therefore working
l. At other points. They are extending
'e their lower tunnel into the origina
}" Triumph claim to ap the chimneys o.
ore the BLOSSOMS" Of which bold,
}" outcropred high up on the surface o
st the hill. This drift or tunnel extern
r. sion WAS ALREADY in 1l5 feet last Sun
" day, when this reporter visited tn
~ mine, and il WAS the intention to ex
?" tend it some 1000 feet into Tn
70 mountain, in order to tmrougil !,
prospect it. When 800 to 500 fee
in it will cut the Triumph veins; 2O'
y or 800 feet further tho Minerva veins
m and 30 on, until tho location, At leas,
NJ OF every vein in the ground shall b
BY demonstrated, and fair oppor.""it
Il, Of ascertxining their orc caring valu
. afforded.
in The Triumph group has new hois,
~ ing works Of sufficient oap.oi'y t,ope'
d. ate to depth Of At least 500 f.e
to from tho collar Of tho Shaft. Thi
g m"sns much. more.than tho unini,is
IN ted would imagine; - tho conform
~ alton of the ground 10 such that
ut depth of 500 feet in the shaft wi
'er give fully 1900 feet OF backs or stop
T. ~ tn" pitch of the ledge! Fiise-
to hundred feet Of depth. by a length {
in 5000 feet, and . width OF 1900 fee
30 This means fully 10 years Of enc
90 Rc,ic work for 81 to 100 employee
CO.. Aud. that, too, with an enormo,
quantity Of fair grade ore in sis|
already and . great reliability {
it's cutting irto and developing muc
nc richer ore in depth, a. has been II
'he experience At every ninc on the Ea
bis Fork Belt.
'o' This splendid result has not bee
ne attained without intelligent rfo'
u" and the expenditure of considerab
H. capital. Since taking hold, abo'
n.y. three years ago, tho Triumph Con
A. pany has expended between tlOo,O(
u" and $l25,00O, and It will prob.b
have to expend about 1880, no.