Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
ON THE UP GRADE AGAIN.

Rocky Bar is again climbing the
grade to prosperity. At the 550-foot
level of the great Elmore mine a
large body of low-grade ore was en-
countered several months ago, but
it scarcely paid expenses. A winze
was then started IN the west-end
drift, the sinking of which was diff
cult and of slow progress, owing to
the vast amount Of water encoun-
tered. Everything pertaining to
the working of the mine and its pros
poets was kept profound secret by
the management, and hence the
BULLETIN, although knowing the
exact state of affairs, was honorably
bound to suppress the news, and
save some Of it's friends from being
summarily discharged from the
mine. A number of miners who
we're until recently employed in the
Elmore, have gone to other camps,
and we presume one of them stop
ped at DeLamar and reported to
the Nugget editor--which may be
found in another part of this paper.
II is humiliating TO any newspaper
man, who is diligently working for
the interests Of the community in
which he derives support, to not be
able TO give the current mining
news Of his section in each issue
and il is still more humiliating TO
have such news first published in a
distant paper. Yet such things
often happen and We suppose will
continue to occur SO long as mining
is prosecuted.
The winze above mentioned was
sunk but few feet before good ore
was found, and it was continued
down TO a depth of fifty feet, the
ore body improving in quantity and
quality as depth was attained. Ev-
identity the company is satisfied
with the developments made in the
winze, as the superintendent to-day
advertises for bids to sink the main
shaft 200 feet deeper, and also has
ordered 10000 feet of lumber from
Casey K Hollands sawnill.
just now the people of this sec
ton have good reasons for antici-
pating booming times by early
spring.
Following is the article referred
to above, from the DeLamar Mug
get Of the I'd instant:
Accounts from Rocky Bar indicate
that the Gilmore mine. formerly the
Alturas, is in it again for another era
of prosperity. Five years ago this
/ mine had produced large quantity
of money and had then apparently
played cut and had fallen in debt
until the stock went way down
Mr.. Kemp van Ee then bought up
nearly all the stock, loaned the com.
pany money to pay off the debts aud
took the management. In very
short time he developed a body o
ore averaging about eighteen dollars
per ton, and soon had The property
producing about one thousand
ounces of seventeen-dollar bullion
per week. and il continued at this
for several months, the stock in the
meantime running up to sever
times it's lowest selling point. Blu
the pay ore finally played out ano
everything fell into the sumps again
Now, in sinking a winze, they hav'
encountered the rich ore shoot deepe
than the former workings, and re
liable reports say ii is very muci
richer than before found and tina
the vein, three feet wide, will ruI
forty dollars per ton, or more thar
double that in the worked-out shoot
As the cost Of mining and milling
this free gold ore does not exceed
four dollars per ton, another boon
in that stock will be liable to sent
it away up again, II was down las
week to nine pence per share am
every effort was made by the know
ing ones on this side to keep tn
. strike a secret until the men her
could load up. More than thirt..
thousand shares were purchased i
: London on cable orders from thu
side and the lucky ones are chuck
: ling, for they expect it TO 20 bac
, to thirty shillings once more. )
mote it be, and we are only sorr
J we are not in it.