Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-11-26
MINING NOTES.


the Sacramento mine at Mercur
A Denver expert is at Ashland, Ore,
making an examination with view to
erecting a cyanide mill equal to 500
tons per day 1t viii be located at the
Ashland quartz mill and will COM
mence work on 2OOO tons of tailings.
Reports from the Seven Devils, Ida,
are to the effect that the mines are
developing wonderfully. The smelter
will soon be ready to blow in. There
is renewed talk about the railroad and
there is an impression hat it will soon
materialize
Word has been received from Gold
/ Creek, New, that the Gold Creek ~
Nevada Mining company, in recent
! placer working at Gold creek, uncov-
cred a vein, the assay of which shows
1898 in gold aud 1913 ounces in silver
This is one of the richest discoveries
made in this section of Nevada.
Considerable interest is being taken
at Soda Springs over the recent un-
earthing of choice mineral. A gold
ledge of twenty miles in length is said
to have been discovered and is being
taken up rapidly. Assays made from
the rock are said to run as high as
$40, 900 to the ton.
A force of men is employed in the
development of the Grunter group of
mines near Shoup, Ida, in which the
Waterman brothers of Salt Lake City
are interested. 1t is reported that this
is the making of splendid gold pro-
Queer, and it is more than likely that
within year it will be equipped with
a mill
Henry Bratnober, the mining expert
who recently made a trip to Dawson
City in the interest of the London Ex-
ploration company purchased num-
Der of claims for his employers, the
aggregate price paid being $4,000, 900.
Mr.. Bratnober's operations is thought
to be additional evidence of the value
of Klondike's gold fields.
A. c. Yost, one of the survivors of
the Inflated expedition from Colorado
to the gold fields of Bolivia and Peru,
has returned to Denver. He says the
stories of terrible ravages of fever in
those countries have been greatly
exaggerated. He says the gold fields
consist of rich placers which give rich
returns for machine mining, but poor
men have no chance there.
1t is said that the mining district
surrounding Baker City, IOre., is q
great country for gold, aA1 that in
nearly every camp there are several
mills in operation, the number of
stamps dropping with contemplated
amounting TO over 300. This
is an excellent showing, and it is be-
lieved that in the near future this will
rank as one of the leading gold re-
gions of the west.
The Gypsy Queen Gold Mining com
pany composed of Chicago business
men. and headed by Percy D. White
head of that city, have closed a con
tract with the Missouri Dredge com
pany at Kansas City for an elevated
bridge, an immense affair which is to
be attached to the bow of steamboat
now building in Chicago and which it
is intended to ship west within thirty
days, to be sent into the Klondike.
The richest gold mine in the world.
according to the New York Tribune.
IS located under the thriving town of
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The
town has about $4,000 inhabitants.
nearly all of whom are employed in the
mine. There are more than 100 miles
If tunnels under the city, some of
hem being at depth of 1000 feet.
The entrance to the mine. which is con-
rolled by a corporation and is known
Is the Band, Barton and Albion Conn
ills is outside the city.
The department of mining and geol-
'gy of the Wyoming State university
las just given out ten remarkable
Essays of surface gold ores from the
irand Eneampment mining district in
southern Wyoming. These ASSAYS
we're of ore from widely different parts
If the district, no two samples being
rom any one prospector or miner.
The phenomenal average of S461. 80 re-
ulted from them, The best ore ran
l'5l6.35 per ton, the lowest grade be-
ng Sl3.66. These assays were made
n the university and conducted by
Professor Wilbur C. Knirb+ of ~