The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-11

mas Dee0 III lnlS city lOI several QdyS,
last evening gave to d Standard re-
porter some interesting facts regard
ing the condition of mining affairs in
his state These will be found of
interest to Montana readers, as show
ing the confidence which Idaho miners
have in their state in being willing
TO continue operations in the face of
the discouraging conditions which exist
at present 1t will be a matter Of sur
prise also, to learn that so many of
the properties are being operated.
AT Wardner.' said Mr.. Haskins, the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine is working
steadily and giving employment to
about 200 men, The Emma and Last
Chance properties are nearly all be-
ing worked by leasers, as are those
Of the Stem Winder. The Sierra Ne
vada has a few men at work and is
making some shipments of ore. These
properties are keeping up the camp in
fair shape.
'At Wallace and Burke there is not
so much going on, although much dead
work is being done. At the Gem they
are cutting a new station, and putting
in a hosting plant, preparatory to
sinking a new shaft. The Poorman
people are not shipping any ore at
present, but are repairing their shaft
and enlarging it by one compartment.
The Tiger is in about the same con-
dition. Development work is being
done, but there are no considerable
shipments being made. The Frisco,
however, is running full handed, and
gives employment to about 100 men.
The preparations that are being made
for further work in the Poorman and
Gem will cost about $4,000 in each
mine, and it will enable these prop
critics to be worked on large scale.
If the free lead clause of the Wilson
bill is defeated the coming season will
be a most profitable one for these
mines
The Standard, near Burke, is work
ing full handed and the ore is shipped
TO Wallace where 1t is concentrated
in the Union mill About eighty men
are employed at this mine The Nam
moth is being developed. but not much
ore is being shipped. On Nine Mile
Creek, near Wallace, the Custer, Cali
fornia and Black Cloud are doing
development work, but nothing else
Extensive development work is being
lone by the Granite people and at
Gem. on Canyon creek, the Black Bear
Ing shipped.
AT Murray the past season has
been the most prosperous for years.
Increased forces have been at work and
the wet season was of great advant-
age to the placer miners. More gold
was produced this season than has
been taken out in many years. The
Mother lode and the Golden Chest have
each 1O-Stamp mill in operation and
q cyanide plant is being put in at
the latter mine. l believe this process
will be of great advantage to our min
ers when it has been adapted TO our
ores. At the Golden Kink five stamps
are dropping and other smaller prop
erties in this district are running mills
of two and four stamps. At Mullan
everything is shut down and nothing
is being done
In the Sunset Peak country some
development work was done last sum
mer and fall and prospectors are busy
even now. The district promises to be
one of the richest of all our mining sec
TONS but is sorely in need of railway
facilities. 1t is eight miles from the
railroad and is on a high mountain.
but there are vast bodies of rich galena
ore here that will some time prove very
profitable
Down in southern Shoshone county,
in the Pierce city section, extensive
preparations are being made for opera
tons on a large scale in the placer
fields. In Idaho county there have
been some excellent quartz discoveries
made this season. I have been shown
some Of the ore and it is first-class. In
the old Boise basin, too, there have re-
Gently been four or five discoveries
made that look very well.
The Neal district is a compare lively
new one. 1t was discovered some three
or four years ago, but only last year
was it developed to any great extent
There are now eight properties in this
district that can be profitably operated.
and three Of them are now being sue
cessfullv worked. There are two five
stamp and one ten-stamp mills in this
district. Next season will, think. wit
ness extensive operations in this dis
trict
Many Montanans will remember the
old POorman mine. 1t was one of the
old producers. 1t is in the Silver city
country, and last fall the vein was
opened up $50 feet deeper than ever
before by an 1900 foot tunnel. At this
point in the vein they have gold ore
that runs 800 ton and the bullion is
so nearly pure gold that it is worth
over $12 an ounce.
The De Lamar mines are working
in good shape and are getting better all
the time. The owners claim to have
enough ore in sight to run their thirty
stamp mill for ten years without any
further development. The mines have
been paying a monthly dividend of
from SAL 600 to $1,000. In the De La
mar mine there are eight distinct veins.
five Of them having been discovered
since the property was purchased
l.
inches to a maximum of Y feet. This
remarkab BILE width is attained on the
ninth level, and have stood there and
looked at the rock without seeing any
where waste rock as large as my hand
1t is a remarkable mine. A rich dis
covery has been made adjoining the
DeLamar that was bonded last October
for 100000. In the following month
they struck and cut into one vein of
u feet of good ore and another OF
three feet.
.On Florida mountain, two miles
from Silver city, there are five claims
that are now in litigation, and conse-
quently they are shut down. The ore
is very rich, being of gold and silver
in about equal proportions The Trade
Dollar and Black Jack are being
worked. Each has a ten-stamp mill
and regular shipments are being made.
In the Wood River country the war
Dance, Star Red Elephant and Red
Cloud were working when 1 was there.
three weeks ago, and are, l suppose.
still in operation. The ore is very rich
galena, running from so ounces to 400
or 500 ton. There are large quantities
OF ore that run from 100 to $50 ounces
&c the ton.
In the Salmon river country the
mines are more seriously affected by
the price of silver than the other mines
in Idaho, there being much less lead in