The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26
MINES OF OWYHEE.
Some of the Big Properties and the
Men Who Run Them.


Silver City, De Lamar and Dewey are
the three important mining towns in
Owyhee county that were recently Wis
tied by The Herald correspondent.
Dewey has one of the best equipped
hotels in the state, and what is said to
be the finest combination 20-stamp mill
on the Pacific slope.
As the mining industry is first in i'm
portance to the people of Owyhee cOun-
ty, it demands first consideration;
hence we begin with Florida Mountain.
FLORIDA MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES
Besides the producing mine on Flor
ida mountain, there are a number OF
partially developed properties that give
promise of becoming regular producers,
among the more prominent OF these De
ing the Tip TOP group, owned by
Banker Mccormick of Salt Lake, and
the Banner group of five claims ad-
joining the famous Trade Dollar mine,
and owned by John Crete, Fred Crete,
jr., and Robert Leonard.
WAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN.
The mountain which bears this title,
and which lies directly east of Florida
mountain. Jordan creek serving as the
dividing line, has a place in the mem
DRY of the leading mining men OF 81
years ago, by reason of its having pro-
duced so many millions in gold and sill
YER Ida Gilmore, $6,0OOOOO; ORC Elmo,
So 600, 600; Golden Chariot, $9,OOOOOO;
Poorman, s., 900, 900; Morning Star, So
GOO 600; Mahogany, $2,5O0OOO, and others
of like productive fame. Some of these
old producers have recently fallen into
new hands, and will, no doubt, be oper-
ated successfully in future, among
which is the Morning Star, now under
the management of Dave Adams. X
| H. Britt. a most competent mining en-
] gineer, is now in charge of the Poor
man, and Will soon place IL on the Asl
1 of producers.
Tim Reagan is arranging to reopen
the Orc Fine, Ada Elmore, Golden
! Chariot and certain other adjoining
properties, and it is more than prob
| able that ne will run the much talked
| of Sinter creek tunnel, which would
/ effect a complete drainage of War
| Eagle mountain.
! War Eagle mountain also has num-
Der of new mines-the Cumberland, re-
| Gently purchased by George A Some
man and James BranScOmb of Spokane
I is being developed under the super
vision of Stanley EastOn. The After
| Thought, adjoining the Mahogany, is
| owned by r S. Halves and Thomas
| Davey The GoIdburg group of six
claims is row being developed under
/ the supervision of ID. y. McKimmon;
| the San Juan group is owned by Fred
! and John Crete.
THE TRADE DOLLAR.
This mine, by a majority of the peo-
| pie of Silver City, is referred to as The
! wonder OF Florida mountain" And a
! wonderful producer it is-S400, GOO is its
| dividend showing for 1897, while for
next year it is freely predicted that the
I Trade Dollar will swell that sum to
! $500, 600. The property consists OF 10
/ claims, a 10-stamD combination mill,
I and other necessary improvements, and
/ is owned principally by J. M. Guffey,
! A. W. Mellon and Thomas b. McKaig,
! Pittsburg capitalists, who purchased
| a majority of the claims comprising the
| group in 1891, and in July of that year
incorporated the Trade Dollar Mining
1 & Milling company, began the erec-
ton of the mill already mentioned, and
the systematic development and explor-
aticn of what has since proven to be
enc of the most valuable mines IN
Idaho, and that will stand comparison
with the greatest mines of the world
famous Cripple Creek district. The
Trade Dollar owes its productive fame
to the skill, experience and directing
| energy of one of the foremost mining
men oe the west. Mr.. James Hutchin-
son. formerly state mine inspector of
Colorado, who has been ably assisted
by his son, Joseph, the latter having
served the Denver mining exchange in
the capacity of secretary and treasurer,
and the mining exchange at Colorado
Springs as caller. From the time Mr..
Hutchinson became superintendent. five
wears ago the Trade Dollar has been