Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-06-02

country, and perhaps is unequaled in
the United States.
An Idaho man engaged in placer
mining recently found very large
blue sapphire, unusually pure and one
of the largest ever found. He refused
an offer of So 500 for it from Tiffany of
New York, and is now en- route to
Europe to realize its full worth.
A force of men is now at work on
the Pearl Morris lode in Silver City,
Utah, and the showing is very encour-
aging. In the shat, which is less than
ten feet deep, streak of ore has been
encountered which shows assay values
of sl3,6o in gold.
Work at the Molly Bawn is progress
ing very favorably, the whim being
already in place and the timbers and
ladders in the mine. Two men are
now at work, and the force will shortly
be increased and the shaft pushed
down as rapidly as possible.
There is considerable excitement in
mining circles south of Tintic over the
discovery of large deposits of mineral
two miles north of bennington. and
also at Oak Creek, 12 miles south of
that place, and as a consequence this
locality is just now experiencing quite
a boom.
A Salt Lake City mining expert has
just returned from Grand Encampment,
Wyo., where he attempted to buy the
Golden Eagle claim the first on which
gold was discovered in the district.
He offered the owners Sl2, 900 cash for
a seven-eighths interest in the mine,
the remaining eigth to be forever non
assessable. The offer was refused.
Major A. V. Bohn, the well known
Leadyille mining operator, after MAX
ing a careful examination of the mines
of Camp Floyd district, including Lion
hill and the west dip states that the
camp is but in its infancy yet, and that
developments yet to be made will sur
prise the mining world. He believes
that Camp Floyd will yet open out into
the greatest gold camp in the known
world.
The ore body in the A. J. of Aspen,
Colo. has been driven into on the sixth
level for distance of thirty-seven feet
and the drift Is still in ore. Develop
ments on the seventh level show the
ore body to be richer than on the sixth.
A grab sample across the face of the
thirty face averages $50
ounces, while defined streaks running
through the ore run 1000 ounces. 1t is
generally conceded to be the biggest
strike ever made in the camp.
for the payment of fee of so cents
for each 81 900 of capital stock on filing
articles of incorporation. Last week
the Seven Devils Mining company filed
papers for a capitalization of $40, 900,
which at the rate of 80 cents for 81 ,000
necessitated paying fee of s.. A
day or SO later meeting was called
and the capitalization was increased to
81 900, 900. The fee for filing such
increase of capitalization is but S..
Thus it cost the Seven Devils but Sic
to file papers for 81 ,0o0,0 900 company
This is saving of $500 to the incorpor.
ators.
The report of the strike made in the
Mollie Gibson ground at Aspen seems
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metallic ore is five feet wide and runs
| so per cent. silver, over which is q
| layer of gray copper one foot thick
+ which rims 1900 ounces of silver to the
ton Just above this layer of gray cop
per is found layer of shaIe three feet
/ thick which runs 500 ounces silver tt
the ton. 1t is said that Sl00, 900 is now
in sight The lease under which thi,
ore is being taken out expired the day
the strike was made, but it is stated
that the company will permit tn,
lessees to continue work.
The statistics collected from Minera
Industry, the annual supplement of tn,
Engineering and Mining Journal, show
that the total value of the mineral ant
mineral production of the United
States in 1896 was $751;, rae, ,7s2, an In
crease over 1895 of s,791, ,264.
The Ida Elmore mine, at Rocky Bar
Idaho, which has been worked spas
medically the past eight or ten years
and each time work stopped the gen
eral opinion was that it would nevei
again be the scene of activity. Tn,
mine above the 3oo-footlevel produced
several million d ollars, but after tina
it has not been a paying proposition
Now news has come that the old min,
is to be further developed by its Owner
w. A. Clark, of Butte, whose plan is Il
sink 900 feet deeper and thorough,
explore the property. The Elmor'
may produce millions yeti