The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-23
The silver King Nine.

The Silver King Nine.
This mine, situated near Saw.
tooth, is fast coming into note &c
one Of the leading mining proper
ties in this section; yet it happens
that very little is said about it in
the public prints. Whether this il
because its enterprising proprietor,
Major VIM. Hyndman, is too mod
est to have his affairs paraded be.
fore the public, or because he thinks
q description of the mine in its
present state of development would
be premature we do not know. But
whatever the reasons for his reti.
cency may be, there is enough
known about the mine to say that ita
ores are of good quality, and that
they are sufficient in quantity to af.
ford guarantee Of q valuable mine.
Hence we are pleased to be per-
mitted to rifle a private letter Of
the following facts concerning it:
The mine.'n says the writer,
"looks fine. It has worked q full
force Of Is to -18 men all winter,
running three shifts most of the
time. Three hundred feet of shaft
has been sunk in the very best
shape; two compartments have
been timbered every FIVE feet with
8 by 10 sawed timbers. Found the
metal vein perfect all of the way
down, and carrying ore most of the
way, particularly in the last 100
feet, where it is abundant and good.
This seems to demonstrate great
mining proposition, and that the
Silver King is probably second to
no other mine in Idaho.
Considerable ore has been taken
out in sinking the shaft, and the
foreman, Mr.. Jack Reynolds, thinks
he can in a few weeks Slope out suf-
ficient shipping ore to pay all ex-
penses of the winter, and can have
it ready to ship as soon as the roads
opel, e an desired.
But tRe Creates Na'',~ef the
mine ia IN iss asiliing CIV hseh
AYR immense. sure, ~nsSh X WILL
=. -. FOR fassh@ish, Il now
taxes g., - saarks an Gro
sron, ssawtooth, and sir fignd'ass
pFopusea TO get as mach value into
every Ion shipped 10 possible, hy
concentration or osi4sr reelection
process, wnlcn - !. sot.au hpsln 4
proposition.
"Up to this time Mr.. Hyndman
has seldom shipped ore of less value
than 5000 to the ton. but he wants
to make it worth $1,000 if possible,
and thinks he can make the new mill
and machinery at the mine do it.
1.-THE main shaft is now down 600
feet, but no stopping has been done
below the 3OO-foot level and not a
quarter Of the ground above the
3O0-foot level stopped out, SO the
mine, as will be seen, is in good
condition for work and to yield
large quantity of ore. But Mr..
Hyndman has had a long and hard
pull to put his mine in its present
excellent condition. He has been
over a year and a-half running
drain tunnel, clearing the mine of
water, which had to be pumped out
at heavy cost, (quite enough to have
discouraged an ordinary man and
sinking the main shaft. But in ad-
dition to this he has had to put in
a new and expensive Washington
pump and q Lidgerwood engine,
and to build saw mill, and alto
gether has paid out fully $25, 900 in
cash, but it takes just such enter
prise and pluck to open up and
make a great mine, for the best
mine in the world is valueless until
developed, and quite as many men
lose money in the mines by becom-
ing discouraged too soon as by
pushing q work too far"
The letter from which the above
facts were extracted is from q reli-
able source, and it's statements will
be passing good news to our Ketch-
lm readers, not only because they
will be pleased to hear of Major
Hyndman's property but because
it will contribute greatly to the
prosperity of our town and people.
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