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

idle, owing to some misunderstanding
among the owners. 1t has yislded hand
somely in the past and as soon as the prop
erty is freed from litigation will again do
its part toward adding to the wealth of the
country.
The Washington mine and 10-stamp mill,
a mile east of the Forest King, were shut
down early in the fall for some reason best
known to the owners one of whom is
Charles Balbach, of Omaha. Orders have
been given to again start up the pumps on
March l, preparatory to renewing work n
the mine and mill.
The Elmira 20stamp mill at Banner
yields from 1000 to $500 ounces of fine sill
yer bullion per week, although it is an old
style affair, and capable of reducing only
from twelve to fourteen tons of ore per day.
The Banner and Wolverine mines, owned
by the company, have shafts down 500 feet.
The Banner is now idle, but work has been
going on for over a year in tunnel to tap
it at depth of 6S2 feet. This tunnel will
be $500 feet long. 1t is now in 750 feet.
and when the SO0-foot point is reached a
cross-cut will be made distance OIL l5O feet
to cut and develop at depth the Panamunt
silver mine, which is rich in the surface
workings. Between the 400 and 5O0-foot
level Of the Wolverine the vein is twice as
large as at the point above.
BEAVER DISTRICT.
Ten miles northwest of Banner is Beaver
district, which is sure to be the scene
of much mining activity, if not a great
boom, as soon as soon as spring opens.
The district has been visited by several
very competent mining men during the
three months and some very important
sales will be consumated soon. The frs t
mine located in the district was recorded
on July 5, 1889, by A W. Dunn. Mr.. Dunn
ran an open cut on one Of the claims,
known as the Horn Silver, from which he
extracted few tons of ore that yielded
nearly 400 ounces silver per ton. The
mines Of the district are own ed by Mr. H.
Kempner, Vivian Thorne, A. w. Dunn,
Charles Curtis, D. w. Brown and John
Henry. Although those men are all poor
prospectors without means, they have de-
veloped some wonderful gold and silver
properties at depths of from 100 to $50 feet.
consists of sntimonial and sulphurets of
silver, chlorides and horn silver. A good
wagon road has been constructed, connect
ing with the road from Idaho City to
Banner, and the camp is accessible the
year round. Timber and water are in
abundance-in fact, there is nothing desir-
able lacking in the camp.
sHAw's MOUNTAIN.
At Shaw's mountain, between this place
and Boise City, several mines are under
course of development that promise to
become very valuable properties. Ore
from q claim owned by Joe Kessler,
worked during the fall, yielded $40 per ton
in free gold. He has four or five men at
work in the mine now aud will have q
large pile Of ore out by spring.
NEW ORES.
Both telluride and tin ores have been
found near Idaho City. The telluride is in
small quantities and scattered over large
area of undeveloped country, while the tin
ores are in large lodges and assays give
returns Of per cent. tin. No development
work has been done on the tin mines, as it
was not known until after winter set in
that the metal is tin.
Boise Basin, although moving along
without any boom or excitement, is pro-
crossing well and the product OF the mills
increasing year by year. The best recon-
mendation we can give is that there is only
one failure to report for the past five years
and that one was the result Of wild ad-
venture and the erection of large mill
before the mines were developed. Still,
the mines are believed to be there, and
should they be opened at depth may prove
very valuable. Our people are prosperous
and the population of the county, both in
the mining and agricultural districts,
steadily increasing. E. w. j.