The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-06
REVIEW OF THE MINES.
Encouraging Conditions in owyhee
County, idaho.

REVIEW OF The MlN rs.
Encouraging Conditions in owyhee
County, idaho.
The Avalanche of Silver City, Idaho,
in speaking of the mining interests in
its immediate vicinity says:
When the adverse conditions sur
rounding mining are taken into con-
sideration, the advances made by that
industry in Owyhee county during the
past year are really astonishing. Our
producers have increased their out
puts; another big group has COM
menced porting it's treasures into the
channels of industry; other properties
have been taken hold of by capital
lists and are undergoing vigorous de-
velopment; new and promising pros
poets have been discovered; every
thing goes to prove the permanency
and enormous richness of this mineral
district Owing to the fact that the
producing mines of this camp are
owned by CLOSE corporations Ono stock
being on the markeD. the Avalanche
is unable to give exact figures upon
the output for the year, but the data
Obtainable goes to show that the mil
lion mark has been passed by the
mines of Silver City alone.
THE TRADE DOLLAR GROUP,
owned by a Pittsburg company, has
been paying dividends for about three
years past, each succeeding year Civ
ing increased returns. For the year
ending Dec. l, 1896. 1882 tons of ore
were milled in the company's ten
stamp mill. The mill was in operation
35S days. crushing an average of %
tons per day, and saving 95.1 per
cent of the assay value. This ore
made 143 bars of bullion, and little
more than 1876 tons of rich cOncen-
trates In addition to this. one car
load 90, $40 pounds) of ore was shipped
to a Denver smelter. giving returns of
$50, 1857. More of this rich ore is ac-
cumulating. The mine and mill give
steady employment to about 125 men.
During the year, ESQ feet of dead and
development work have been run.
James Hutchinson is the able superin-
tendent
THE BLACK JACK GROUP,
also owned by a Pennsylvania COM
pany, has been in operation about six
years, the last four showing a good
balance on the credit side of the ledger.
The company owns a fine mill; treats
about 900 tons of ore monthly; saves
over 80 per cent of the assay value;
ships from one to two bars of bullion
weekly and a carload of concentrates
monthly. About 100 men are employed
the year around. The property is I'M
der the careful supervision of Mr..
Frederic Irwin.
. POORMAN GOLD MINES, LTD,
owned by a London company, has
employed from 10 to 20 men during the
year on prospecting work. Recent de-
velopments are extremely encouraging
for steady production in 1897. The
company owns a fine ten-stanp mill,
erected in 1895, and connected with the
mines by wire tramway. Mr.. Henry
King assumed charge of the work at
this property today, vice Foreman
Dean, who has sent in his resignation.
THE PAUPER MINE,
]. L. Crutcher, superintendent, has
done a large amount of development
work this season. A drain and work.
ing tunnel has been completed to the
shaft, opening up a big block of stop
ing ground. This property is almost
certain to rank as a heavy producer
this year.
The South Central property which
has been handicapped by a clouded
title. is now cleared up, and under bond
to DeLamar parties. The deal was
made too late to get in winter supplies,
however, so that no extensive work viii
be done before spring. About 20 tons
of rich ore were milled from the prop
erty this fall.
The Alpine group, owned by Nichols
& Lewis. and under bond to the Trade
Dollar company, is being opened by
a croSs-cut from the latterS ground.
This cross-cut has cut one ledge mot
the main one) which promises to be
valuable. This group lies in the prin-
cipal ore zone of Florida mountain, and
is hound TO make a producer.
The Banner group, in Coffee gulch,
is being thoroughly proSDected by the
owners and will make a good record
during 1897. Its product will be gold,
principally.
The Morning Star group, almost in the
town limits. which has been closed
down for several months, will resume
work early in January with Dave
Adams as superintendent. From Is to
20 miners will be employed and the
property thoroughly opened UP.
The Gold Bug group, under bond to a
California company, is new discovery
in Silver Cord gulch. The company has
erected comfortable buildings and are
pushing development work. Dr. Lagan
of California came i'll this week and
will have charge of the work. He has |
increased the force to IL miners and |
will put in a hoist at once. They have
ore assaying over $500 in gold, and a
fine Uniform vein.
The Tip Top mines and mill were sold
to Salt Lake parties this season. No
work has yet been done by the new
owners, but operations are looked for in
1897
The Cumberland. belonging to Shaw
Bros. has recently been bonded by
Chicago parties for a big figure, and |
extensive work may be looked for this
season. A fine lot of ore is blocked
out in the mine and on the dump.
The Big l, formerly known as the |
Henrietta. at Wagontown, owned and
operated by the Old Glory Mining and |
company of Boston, is proving
itself as valuable as it was accredited |
with being by the men who knew its |
early history. Under the careful man
agement of Mr.. W. w. Fisk, enough |
shipping ore is being extracted to cover
cost of mining, an unusual circum-
stance in opening an old mine and run
ming necessary development work. |
About II men aree mployed and con-
siderable quantity of milling ore is ac- |
cIIn01lafinp at fha-r mill rea6v for. fraa r |