The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25

IGSHRSNE drew thousands of adventurous
~ - men and fortuue-seekers from
SsS S7evrey part of the Pacific slope,
GOD and which turned out nearly 500, =
~ 100000 from her placers, gives
~ promise of soon becoming a great
quartz mining section. On the west side of
the basin the Gold Hill 25-stamp gold mill
has been running for over twenty years,
during which time not an assessment has
been levied, and the dividends have been
arge and steady. During the first fifteen
years ore from the Gold Hill mine was
worked, but during the past few years the
operations have been confined to the Pho
neer, a porphyry ledge sixty feet in width,
all of which is put through the mill without
any asserting.
Southwest Of the Gold Hill and P ioneer
mines, and on the same belt, are several
other claims owned by prospectors. They
are on Canon and Fall creeks, and are
pretty well developed. In the hands of cap
ital, so that with reduction works of large
capacity and capable of reducing the large
amount of sulphuret ores, they would be-
come great properties and do much for the
advancement of Boise county.
At the head of Alder creek, between
Placerville and Garden Valley, Ed Smith
and William Sweet are developing good
sized ledge thatcarri considerable galena
and prospects well in both gold and silver.
At Pioneer Boston company erected a
twenty-stamp mill on the Silver Queen
gold mine, but it was completed too late in
fall to make run. 1t started up last spring
and ran steadily, yielding big profit.
The mine, like the Pioneer, at Martzburg
is porphyry and from six to seven feet in
width. Six hundred feet from the Silver
Queen is the Muddy and three or four
other mines, also owned by Boston parties
and William Sweet, of Pioneer. On the
MUDDY shaft has been sunk 22S feet The
ledge holds its width of seven feet all the
way down, and the rock improves with
depth. A test run was made in the Silv err
Queen mill, and the ore yielded Sl5 per ton
in free gold. To cut these mines and de-
velop them at the depth of 200 feet TUNE
is now running from the Payette riv er side
OF the mountain. This tunnel, which will
also be used as working tunnel, will be
1900 feet long, and an effort will be made
to reach the Muddy mine by October l,
1892. 1t is now in 200 feet, and three eight
hour shifts are kept at work. Every con-
venience to hasten the work and give COM
fort to the men has been looked after.
Rails have been laid and cars holding one
ton put on.
West Of the Muddy about two and one
half miles Lee and Sylvester Bunch and
Thomas Mahan discovered gold mine a
few months ago that gives great promise.
The vein Is eight feet wide and has been
traced $500 feet. The ore is very rich in
free gold.
GAMBRINUs DISTRICT.
On Elk creek, eight miles north of Idaho
City, is the Boulder, owned by the Nor
iarity brothers. II is a gold mine forty
feet In width that will mill SIS PER ton
without any asserting. On the north wall
is a vein seven feet wide that will yield SIS
at low estimate. They have erected a
new mill, which commenced crushing on
December 8. The amalgam in the batteries
and on the plates shows fully as well as
was expected.
The Blaine mill, in the centre Of the
Gamorinus district, is running right along
and has been since December L. 1t is only
fve-stamp, but reduces from ten to
TIVE We tons per day. The ledge is ten feet
wide, five or six of which will yield about
$40 per ton in free gold.
A few hundred feet from the Blaine
William Liebby and George Chapman, sr,
are running a tunnel to reach very rich
chute of gold ore in the Chickahominy. 1t
is now in 400 feet. but viii have to be
driven 100 further. Ore from the surface
of this mine, worked in the Silver King
mill over year ago, yielded over 500 per
ton.
The Forest King mine and mill Is nA.-