Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-06-12
WOOD RIVER TIMES
A!AlLEY. IDAHO.
NE SHOULD HAVE GOT POSTED,

A correspondent VI su0 OusS0
(Montana) Mining Journal who claims
to have visited Idaho iris spring. gives
this account Of the mines here:
An inspection OF the famous News
paper) Csmas Gold Belt, showed from
what little | could see, tor it is only
surface scratched, a strong ard we'll
defined vein composed of quartz and
iron pyrites. Tho rock is being
worked by tho stamping and ooncen.
tratin9 process and considerable free
gold and concentrates are thus ex.
tracted, but not in sufficient quantities
to make any Of the mines payable to
the investors. Very imperfect fac,li .
ties, scarcity Of fuel, water and capital,
but more especially the lack of mining
knowledge amongst tho operators.
have been the cause of drbarring that
prominence and prosperity, which un.
der more favorable circumstances
would surely come.
The Wood River country, by the
present Appearances, seems to be one
Of the shave beens" II not for the
un,iring and ind-fatieshIe advertising
perseverance Of the "Never give up
the ship" rus,!ers of HALEY their min.
ing boom would have passed away
long ago. Lack of mining skill and
tricky management have been the
cause Of some of the companies own
ing properties once valuable pro.
ducers, making preparations to with.
draw the pumps from their mines.
The gentleman cannot have de.
voted muah tim to the examination
Of the Gold Belt. II he had spent
even one day there. and endesvored
10 obtain accurate information, he
would have made a different report
Instead Of its being "a strong and
well defined vein," it carries at least
three, which sre from Que tn three
miles apart. The Camas No. 9 Is
probably yielding profit Of 800 to
1900 per day. The Veteran group,
better known a. Captain Gums, has
been pierced with tunnels hundreds
Of feet in ext'nt. and shows over
sixty thousand (6o,0o0) tons OF ore
that, even under the cruelcst sampling
will average over SO per ton. The
Csmas No. | adjoining the No. 2, ia
believed to he fully AS good property
as either. The Tip.top and Dead.
wool constitute property Of splen.
did promise, which already shows
several hundred thousand dollars
worth Of ore. Tho Malad Consolida.
( d seems 10 have u mountain Of ore
il At least one clxim-ths title one.
So with the West Camas. the Alaska,
Cham plain, C.bi-. Junction, and n
dozen other claims.
IT is true that, IS the correspondent,
states, the facilities are Imperfect.
But that is only for working in a
small way. A company opera ing on
the large scale usual with experienced
mine men. with 100 or 200 stamp
mill q. HALEY, wouli obtain watr.
power. wood, timber, snd oth-r sup
plies not only At reasonable cost, but
1T even lower figures than the same
could be procured elsewhere.
The Wood River region prospere
until an anf'iendiy Democratic aa-
ministra.ion crippled its leading in.
dustries BY an,aeo"ising silver, .d".i,.
ting Mexican lead free Of duty, and
practically withdrawing its pubic
lands from entry and sale. But It is
not, and can never be, . has been.
Not ono. tenth Of its mineral treasures
sre yet uncovered, and even after
they shall be exhausted, II that ever