The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-02-05

quiries from residents of New England
towns concerning the character and ex
tent of the property of the Old Glory
Mining Company, a Boston corpora
| ton, owning, among other properties,
the Big 1 formerly known as the Hen
rietta mine) in this camp. To numbers
of these inquiries we have replied SUBJ
stantially as follows:
The Henrietta mine in this camp is
an old discovery, almost universally
considered here as property of great
merit, which when it first became the
property of company years ago was
exploited by management which at
| tempted to make money by stock sales,
| by what to the knowing ones here were
apparently bare faced swindles. Even
their maps showing its location were
the grossest Misrepresentation. Here
is an illustration About the time
their stock deal was on, the Potosi mine
at Silver City, nine miles from the
Henrietta, was making great showing,
and one of the maps circulated in New
England, placed the Henrietta as an
adjoining property to the Potosi, and
one Of those maps coming here and
falling into the hands of the then pub
Usher of the Silver City Avalanche, was
threatened with exposure, which was
suppressed by the manager with a S.
NM nhnpl- nf hot mo a,,f |
made failure at developing the prop
erty, went to pieces and then the prop
erty was sold to New York company,
known as the Proustite company. This
did some desultory work dur
ing the fall and winter of 1887 rs, did not
regularly pay the men employed and
fell to pieces in very short time, even
when the outlook of the mine was i'm
proving The managers heels were,
the greater part of the time, toasting
on Silver City stove, when he was
not writing for money to pay his men.
The New York, Proustite COMPANY
'ailing to pay for the property, it agai
ell into the hands of Boston partie
md remained in charge of watchmai
Up until the latter part of last sum
ner, when the manager of the o.,
ilory Mining Company, then exploit
ng several properties in Boise county
me hundred miles north of here, sc
ured possession of the mines an,
placed Mr.. G. o. Norcross in the man
cement Mr. Norcross, whose mar
cement has since, to all appearan
een intelligent, economical and ju-4
ious, went to work at once to take out
he water, clean out the drifts and put
he property in shape for development
III of this has b g / done and the veins
4 the drifts have been found to be bet y
or than the manager expected to find i,
hem, and work is now being prosecut- =
d vigorously and successfully with
Ill double shifts of men and the prop
rty is evidently proving to be quite as
God es the old miners who have known =
S history from the first claimed it
ould prove if intelligently developed. ;
The writer of this does not profess to
now anything of the status of the OLD
lory Mining Company or anything
bout the other properties it has ac- f,
hired. He does not know anything h
oout the plans of organization of the d
,mpany, the amount of its capital u
ock, the value of shares, etc, and is 4
Dt in a situation to either endorse or
'ndemn it. But can say that so far
) the merits of the property in this c
mp are concerned and the manner tC
lie property here is being managed he u
N safely give it his general approval. -
Mrs. Baker has purchased the Del
onica Restaurant from Mrs. Thomas
I'd will take charge on the 10th inst
rs. b. will close her present boarding
,use and keep dodgers there instead.
oard at her restaurant will be So per
lex and for board and lodging SGT 80
+ month. See ad. next week.
eLamar and Silver City
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