The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-07

the Mahogany and other claims
near Bayhorse. This camp has
many valuable silver-lead prop
critics surrounding it, almost too
numerous to mention, but some
of the noted mines that have in
the past produced millions of
dollars, are today showing bet
ter than ever. Development has
proved them to be permanent
lodges. The Ramshorn mine
owned by Mr.. Salisbury and 9TH
ers, is truly wonderful proper
ty, both in size and richness, and
we know OF no mine of the same
character of ore that equals it
anywhere. 1t has been develop
ed quite extensively in the past,
perhaps more so than any mine
in Custer county, but it holds its
own and is a wonderful produc-
er. But few men have been en-
ployed on it during the winter
months, but as the snow goes
away and work can be pushed to
advantage this force will be
greatly increased. In this sec
ton of the county are located
many other valuable properties
and many of them are steady
producers, which all tend to
make Bayhorse rich camp, but
owing to the damnable curse of
silver demonetization placed on
the people, Bayhorse, like all
silver camps, has almost laid
idle for number of years, of
course the smelter generally
each year makes a short run, but
if silver and lead were firm at
fair price, one thousand men or
more would be employed there
in mining and prospecting, and
this camp would be one the
greatest producers of minerals
known. We are all living in
fond hopes the day may come
when the riches of this camp
may be shown to the world in
its true light. At Clayton every
thing points to prosperous run
this year. Supt. Greene is quite
elated over the outlook. The re-
cent rich strikes made In the
Silver Bell, on Poverty Flat; the
Monarch, near the town of Clay
ton and the Redbird-all these
mines the properly of the Clay
ton M. & S. Co., is encouraging
news to all. AS soon as the
snow disappears so as freighting
can commence, active work will
be pushed in this camp, and we
expect that the new smelling
plant built at that place last sum-
mer viii be run to its fullest
capacity. Already we learn that
a few men have been put at work
on the Skylark and Silver Bell
mines. This Company owns
a vast number of mines, and per-
haps a majority of them will
prove good producers when fully
developed. But the main work
Tor the past year or so has been
done on the Redbird and Sky
lark mines. The Redbird ore is
used mainly for fuxing purposes,
although it contains some silver.
The Skylark has been a rich and
steady producer ever since its
discovery, and has yielded a vast
amount of money. The first
class ore runs up into the thous-
ands of dollars per ton, while
the second-class is also very rich.
This ore yields mainly silver,
although it carries some gold.
The Skylark is bonanza. With
in a radius of a few miles of Clay
ton are several other mining dis
tricts that have promising mines
and prospects, but which have
not been developed very exten-
sively, viz: Squaw Creek, Slate
Greek, Thompson Creek and the
Tightening Ridge district. At
Thompson Creek some very rich
prospects have been found, and
some high grade ore has been
taken out. AS a rule the lodges
are small, but high grade. The
value of the ore is chiefly in gold
and silver. Tightening Ridge
has large group of mines own
ed by the Livingston Brothers,
of Denver. This is a silver lead
belt, and these mines have i'm
mense bodies of fair grade ore.
We are of the opinion that these
districts will be good producers
if ever opened up properly. Up
Salmon river near Robinson Bar,
some place mining is carried on
on a small scale at a profit. At
Custer everything is running
along smoothly. Nearly two
hundred men are employed by
the Custer and Black companies.
The mines that are being worked
are showing well. Last fall q
ctoolx con,pany from Golt alxa