Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-12-08
GEM WILL NOT CLOSE
New Body of Ore Struck on the
Lower Drift.
IMpRovEmEnTsAT The FRISCO
the New Min Ffss More Than Denh'e
,h. Capacity OF she oid-cs-oper-
stivr Pisn 81 the Morning..

wallace. Idaho. Dec. There Is con-
siderable uneasiness in mining circles
over rumors that some Of the mines
now operating in the Occur d'Alenes
win colse down within couple OF weeks
One Of the rumors WAS that the Gem
would shut down today.
]. A. Finch. OF Finch a Campbell,
managers OF the Milwaukee Mining Co.
the owners OF the Gem. was asked II
there was any truth In the rumors.
There has been no such order given
out as yet" said MIR. Finch frankly.
but cannot say positively just what
We will do. We have been employing
Ih5 men until lately and now have a
force OF rs at work. The mine has not
made any profit for several months,
and November will show a deficit OF
probably $1,000 TO 5000. We sunk
shaft this year which was run down
fa5 feet and a drift has been run AT
this depth along the vein for distance
of 100 feet. What appears to be a nne
chute of ore has been struck within
the last three days I'm the breast or TINS
tunnel When first encountered it was
IS inches in thickness and has widened
to five feet. In view of this recent strike
and the prospect OF II improving we ex.
pect to keep the mine open during the
winter with one crew. that is. one shift
for the mine and mill. which will give
employment to about rs men"
AFINE WATER POWER.
one of the novelties of the Gem mine
il the hoist The stream of water used
is caught 1000 feet up the mountain side
and turned into 10-inch iron pipe
The water as 1t rushes down the steer
bank Is forced into 4-inch pipe. and
/ furnishes at the mine about 400 pounds
pressure. which hoists the ore from tbs
new shaft.
The several claims belonging to this
Gem mine were located in 1855 and ar,
owned by the Milwaukee Mining Co
This company bonded the mine in 1SS'
and the concentrating mill was bull
In 1889 The first run made was in Au'
| gust of 1899.
The mine has been opened with three
tunnels which extend 1000 to 800 feel
/ into the mountain. During the pres
ent year the company has added ma
chinery 10 sink a shaft from the leve
of the lower tunnel This shaft ha,
been sunk $50 feet. At les feet station
was cut out and a drift was made foi
the ledge The ledge was not encoun
! tered Just where il was expected ant
there was considerable uneasines
among those interested. but 1t wa
not for long The ore body was fount
several days ago and a fine 5-foot ledg,
H. now being worked. The company
Is also stopping between tunnels one ans
two and between two and three. TIL,
new ore body uncovered is of a better
grade than that IN the Slopes above
and the indications are that the veir
will be wider. The shipments amount
to from 1000 to LOO tons per month.
The new twin air compressor put int
the Gem power house for the air drilli
preparatory 70 sinking the shaft. 1,
one of the finest pieces Of maehiner,
In the Occur dAlenes and alone is sal,
10 have cost about s20,00o II has al
Is and 2Sx30 compound Corliss engine
and has duplex air cylinders. Tn
wheel, which weighs eleven tons. 1
~ feet In diameter. II is 20 drill ma
chine and occupies a space in the powe
house 30x45 feet. Ii was put In tn
mine last August When at the limit o
its speed this monster air compresse
requires about 800 horsepower to on
crate IL. The Gem Is now arrangin
to run all winter