The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-03-09

cent iron, and sufficient silica for
self-fuxing. The other claims
have yielded 2400 tons of ore, at
rs ounces silver to the ton, with
10 per cent lead. But little work
has been done on any claim but
the Ramshorn proper, except in
recent months. With nearly
every working showing fine ore
in the face, it is a gratifying fact
that at no time since it's discov-
cry have the prospects of this
group been better. In the Fall
of 1880 an Omaha smelling COM
pany put up on Bayhorse creek
a 25-ton smelter, which yearly
made successful runs on the var
ious ores of this district up to
1883, when the present owners
of the Ramshorn bought the old
plant, and added thereto another
stack, with a blast furnace of a
capacity in ore, besides the fux-
es, of 40 tons daily. The COM
pany buys ore from nearly all
the mines in this and other dis
tricts. A tramway similar to the
one at Custer mine, and 1920
feet long, begins at the Rams
horn proper, and delivers ore at
the ore-house on Bayhorse creek
two miles above the smelter, be-
tween these points wagon trans
portation being used. Charcoal
is used as fuel, and a large fume
has been constructed down the
canyon above to convey wood to
the coal-kilns just above the
smelter. Average cost of smelt-
ing, SIS per ton; mining and
tramway, $40 to $12 per ton.
Besides the large force of men
employed in cutting wood. fun
ing it, and burning coal, there
are 125 men on the regular force
at the mines and smelter. Own
ed by J. B. Haggin, J. II. Gilmer
and o. j. Salisbury. 1t is at
present managed by the last
named gentleman.
Three other good mines situat-
ed on Ramshorn hill are the Bull
of the Woods, Silver Wing and
Skylark. The first is situated
about 1900. feet west of the Rams
horn, and is developed by four
tunnels $50 feet in length, with a
few cross-cuts, wines, and rails
es. The vein, which carries
seems of high-grade ore, is not
the Ramshorn vein, but is about
parallel thereto. The ore thus
far extracted has averaged 303
ounces per ton in silver, with 80
per cent copper, and no lead, and
is valued at SOL, 900. The Silver
Wing, situated west of the Rams
horn, and owned by George L..
Shoup, Owen Long, Jas Macnab,
Al. Barselow, Geo. Clark and
w. t. Stethem, is developed by
1000 feet of tunnels, ETC., and
has shipped in three years about
300, 900. First class ore aver,
ages 1000 ounces, and second
class 1875 ounces, in silver. The
Skylark, adjoining the Rams
horn on the west and the Silver
Wing on the south, has develop
ed a cross-vein of the Ramshorn
vein, by four tunnels, with a
total length of 1000 feet, besides
the usual connecting works. 1t
was located in 1877, and has pro-
duced 212, $50 ounces in silver,
and at an average per ton of 1923
ounces. It is owned by the
Omaha company, with A. j.
Crook as manager. These three
mines ARE in a formation not
materially different from the
Ramshorn, and the ores are also
similar, excepting that they
carry q smaller per cent of lead.
Two other mines, situated a
quarter of a mile above Htna,
that have a good record, and will
better it, are the Excelsior and
the Beardsley. The Excelsior,
owned and managed by j. d.
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