Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-06-30
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GOLD and SILVER MINES.


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Especial correspondence Il tie Auacnnda Standard
IDAHO Cry, June 20.-Beaver dis
trict, between this place and Banner,
promises to become a very important
district this year. A. w. Dunn, own
or OF ten or twelve locations there,
has hopes of making a sale of one
group soon. Among the mines of
which he is negotiating is the famous
Horn Silver, which be discovered -four
years ago, and from, which he had sew
eral tons Of ore worked that yielded
over 400 ounces of silver per ton.
Since then he has done considerable
development work on many of his
claims, oil of which show up splen-
didly. A short distance from the To-
cations owned by Mr.. Dunn, are the
Edna and Bella mines, owned by
New jersey company, with John Hen
ry, the discoverer and one of the
stockholders, as Superintendent. This
company is driving . tunnel to open
the Edna at the depth of about 400
feet. The tunnel is now in over 900
feet, and Mr.. Henry expects to cut
the ore chute in about two months,
when the company may proceed i'm
mediately to erect mill. Several
tons of surface ore worked in the Ban
ner mill from this mine yielded splen-
didly. If mill is not erected by the
company this year they will ship to
the Elmira mill at Banner. The mill
is about ten miles from this district.
Southwest of the Beaver district
mines is Summit Flat, where there
are many very promising gold mines.
Considerable WORK has been done on
the Golden Era, owned by Thos. Bar
ry, Sr. 1t has yielded good deal of
rich ore, and Mr.. Barry may erect a
mill on it this year.
Near the Golden Era is the Mon
arch, owned by Thos. Barry, Jr., VIM.
Oliver and VIM. Kearney. The vein
in this mine is not large, but the ore
is very rich in free gold. AS it will
cost money to develop it thoroughly,
the owners are not working it at
present. The King, owned by Steve
and Peter Smith, yields very rich ore,
and they have been working it con-
stantly for more than year. The
ore taken out during the winter is
exceedingly rich. As soon as the
snow is off so that the mill can start
up, crushing will commence and be
continued through the summer. A
claim that contains some very rich
gold ore is being worked short dis
tance south of the King.
East of this district is a mine owned
by B. F. Simpson, known as the Col
conda. Several years ago an eastern
company owned this mine and erected
a Ave stamp mill with which to work
the ore. The tunnel run to cut il
never reached the vein, but all of the
ore obtained was from a slide. Be
ing discouraged because the weir
could not be found in place, the com
pany moved the mill to the Blaine
mine, in Gambrinus district, where i
now remains idle. Two or thre,
years ago Mr.. Simpson located thu
abandoned mine and commenced
searching for the vein, which he sue
ceeded in finding. AS he is pros
pector, unable to sink for purposes o
development, he has confined hi
work to the surface. The ledge is
very large one. He drove five fee
into it without getting any indication
of the opposite wall, and it is file,
with small seams of ore that are i'm
mensely rich. l weighed some c
the ore, panned it out and found
to be worth about $1,10O per tor
These seams run every way throug
the ledge and the mass will mi
> handsomely. In the hands of cap
talists able to put in pump the Go
conda would prove very valuabl
property. Near the Golconda ar
several locations owned by Isidt
Smith, Ben Solomo, Dan1 Waugh
and others that promise much. |
fact, all that is needed to open up
great district around the Golconda
a little capital.
u Southwest of the Golconda, an
;, about ten miles distant, is the Wasl
!. ington, owned by Charles Balbach,
e the Omaha smelters. There is a pc
pendlcular shaft down 800 feet c
this mine, from which drifts hay
been run into the mountain, makir
the depth something like 600 feet b
IS low the surface. Mr.. Balbach erectt