Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-02


Esass Ch@ne~ Mine.
kssrwes. 50. AAs ms-tsss Aaa2ea sslael =
Ahsss sssasss Aaslt sHs~sagl tsss frsss ArlhasA
a slse EsvAn ~ a. a ssAuT misl.
ne 80 sssrsssad trasm to- Isss tasahae fes ia tie
ones fAassus sois sAnsss RS ths aalt p~ug-rsy
neu ~asses n IN esaus asarss qamp il sAAhs
Ansssssr sse4a-ur 81 L. made t4ss CaAaas esr
iAasr In IRE sras irQaAAsy ahoat shs m8ass a No.
rvsn9ss ahseh i sxsss.ea 10 s4ssl the hinn yixai
- upwards n ssa@sa aaiis represents the ~intsrs
wusk az 81 @sn. Thsg ~erS nat enapaeyvs al the
time In rxtyartsea. Ter e1Rs4issa3e development
wask ~ns daHe On tbs pEosxrsy Thv yisla last yoAr
~As siseos. hat there Were only three en-.
pleysxi besldes the Lessee, r. y hro~ne who had
charge a tae sarfacs xork. The pre-laes - year
ago soid 10 Wells, Fargo Co. IN salt Lake CRY
ne bullion the way hers Is 10 he shipped 10
tho United STATES ASIA osFee - Hoise Gay.
The Last Chance ~ the early locations an
Atlanta nill. that stands tsck Il the tosn The Al.
isnt is.se. II II eiiss, Aeag ths summit II
{ the h fF distance 81 three nes. aftl that
nu'nhcr a noted mines whose production tsass ~
i the millions The bullion yield Of the Last GAAce
40 far a. Acvegntcs for, amounts 20 s-aa.so II -
nstesssrs maze this qualified statement beeAnse
/ the owners were rohhsd for Years The property is
noted specimen producer and free gold quAtx oi
phenomenal richness hNs been found IN posksts ami
narrow streaks Thousands u sinArs woEth O. this
rich ore stolen b. miners and shpped out By the
trunk full
/ The property has been operAtsd almost eontinu.
ousy tor 10 years II ought % have made fortune
for It's owners bat II never ~orked honestly and
the management MAS very sxsrasagAnt. This, 20
gsihsr with the populations and wholesale robbery b.
miners ard o,her accounts fot The dsTnoraliIsd con
dtiun Of the AeW~NoEk associRtson known the At.
| IAatA hin Gold Mining and Milling Company that
owne'i and operated this property up u three or
four years ago Five six years ago Major CAvanah
xho ua~ the last superintendent "a the ola company
| vent abroad 10 place the property the L3HduH
market II MAS reported that sale made for
k.AF KssafHf 1a6AfM a.
York company 10 receive s1no. 500 and usual
the larger share was 10 TO the promoters and mid
die men.
The reason Why the deal f.ll through was Explained
to be the passage OF the alien law IN lsss Although
the author ~ the Law Judge faysaa OF Indiana, de-
cared that IL intended include mineral
lands uisf the operation % the as the failure 70
exempt them worked great injury 10 Atlanta ~
well A. other camps in Idaho Whether or not this
;n~ re-fa1sh for breaking OF negotiations, ths
sale fell through Hugh AuehineluSE, ami old New
York. mrrs hAnt, the heaviest In the cyiln
operate the mine because, a. he claimed. IL I'm
possible TO secure honest management III. death
occurred shortly after the collapse o. Major Cavanah
dsas Trustees OF thu estate refused TO do any thing
with the property, aud three years ago il sod
under foreclosure, mortgage Of 100000 having
been placed on the property % secure an issue o
bonds. The property was bid In by Major william
HYnJman and Robert " uhapia, president 81 III,
Ingersoll h6ck Drill Company who had been inter
esled IN the atlanta Iiill Company.
A four years lease of the Last chance given Il
X. n. Browne, an oil railroad man from the oil re-
gions Of PennfylsaDi who went TO Atlanta ahou
1854 lie dropped 100 10 $50 90 there IN mnul
operations ami Sas the Pooh Hah u the camp he
sides being half owner in the Last Chance, MAio
iiyndman Is lacking Lessee Browne, having sal
yanced the money for operating the mine,
The FIRST year of his lease. Browne, with the hell
Of one man. cleaned up q, 90 from that on
u the upper workings, just abput the time Of tn
foreclosure sale the last Chance stamp mill sa
burned. II xa= claimed that this piece OF spit
work, for ths IRE Vas clearly q ineendtary origin
was very complete plant Of ten stamps with cope
on the edge " the town. Zach the Tahom
mill Is leased to work the taken from the mine
THIS h an aniaigamating and concentrating plant
The Last Chance Is about mile and haf freq
the town of Atlanta and on the crest ~ the hill
10 strictly gold proposition. The pay streak 81 th
vein Is very marrow, seldom exceeding tina
three inrhes in width, but the sat1 10 sSO
60 the ton and in sOue places IL has gone up into th
thou=ands bcsiies this rich rpck from two 10 thru
/ feet u hard vi te quartz show average value 4
. about sla 10 the ton.
! Prior 10 the Bsosne lease little attention va
paid 10 extracting orr from III. lower workings Tn
bulk OF the ss000o9 that the former got GU
Of the property came from the suriac. al sigh
depth. u was customary Ia the spring to hold IN
, snow water and work the ground for piaeers, Mas
OF the that was treated hoiStsd by windlas
FROM shallow shafts and frou, Slopes, The mine
! now well equipped Tor deeper workings. having
double compartment shaft down about 325 feet, Wit
good reses and ldgcrwnad hoist that cost 90, uh
Lhs ,,, are three level. at n. - foot mark y
Is caie is Ne. level and is $50 feet in length
Level No. also runs to the surface. That is know
~ bflth i8tnefoy TUNER starts on Efnnld
the Buffalo Company which produced O.. opQnuo
the past and runs through the Brick PoHntroy int
! the Last Chance distance Of 90 feet.
The Pomcroy u short claim OF go feet on N
: ledge and tina, il bonded hs Major Hsndman. Tn
a25.toot Level has bsen 62a feet. Water trol
! this Is huistad 70 the Brick romercy tunnel an
. drained To the snrfaee.
Large blocks Of ground are As vel unsorkei 70 ii
west nf the shaft where these wells have all been
last OF the shaft Il Is all virgin ground and Tor All
tanee Of tn1 feet has not bern explored. Wit
proper mana geInent it ought ia make great min.
In the Last Chance is the salvation Of Atlanta A
though numerous deAls have been pending and neg,
tia,nns have progressed 10 a encouraging stage r.
Iarhinx sale 81 Of the old producing propo
ties. nothing u practical nature has resulted an
there - no prospect Of an immediate resumption
. operations on them by the present owners II,
shen the temeritY ~ capitalists Is there
likely IA be gieat stisitS on the Last Chance
:. Atlanta Is. at present, merely suggestion ot
once great camp from which millions Ia gold
!, shipped out In lisa IL had a population Of 5,es
!, nus there arr barely 21n people IN the town. foI
hne mills stand idle Atlanta lliil, within IN
| miles Of the camp one Of shich cost sIsa.oO0. IN
!. Is a silver plant and belongs "a the Monarch Con
Iaus which shipped ~ fso ooa worth Of goli and 81
YER bullion IN tins proportion Of about two ~
neorge + CAMS in ). l. Herald.