The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

| HALEY, Ida, Dec. 23.-The year just
ended has witnessed a great revival of
activity in the Wood river country.
The ore shipments from Haley and
Ketchum to Dec. l aggregate in value
some $3.50, 200, this not including numer-
Gus lots that were shipped direct, nor
the proceeds from the cyanide plant,
operating at the Camas dump, nor the
bullion returns from the Croesus and
| Tip Top mines, on the gold belt.
| The Idaho Democrat group of mines,
| incorporated as the Della Mountain
Mining company, owned by Colonel
Watt and Thomas Brennan of this city.
| is situated about four miles northwest
of the town of Haley, and consists of
five claims, patented, some of which
were located as early as 1880, and over
100000 was extracted and shipped by
the original owners. The present own
ers purchased the property in Novem-
Der, 1895, and have produced some $751;,
900 worth of ore The mine is worked
through a system of tunnels, no ma
chinery being required. The ore is ga
| lena, carrying IS per cent lead and 100
ounces silver, mostly a first-class pay
streak from three inches to three feet
in width. A tunnel is being run at the
bottom of the gulch to tap the ore
bodies above, which will give $50 feet
of backs between the lower tunnel and
levels above. The property is one of
the most convenient for economical OPP
erations in the country.
John A. Boggs is still operating the
Jay Gould, Jay Gould Extension and
Bullion claims, under lease, from which
a large amount of ore has been mar
kete6. Owing to the shortage of water,
= L H. l.
until spring, when he will have plenty
of water for the mill.
Red Elephant, the old-time famous
producer. lies idle, litigation being the
cause.
The Red Cloud group on Deer creek,
consisting of sixteen patented claims,
is again producing good results under
the management of Thomas Kennedy,
who, with Colonel Havens of Denver
lease on the property. Some $4,000 has
been shipped thus far this year.
The Croesus.
The Croesus, situated about four
miles southwesterly of Haley, was pur-
chased by S. E. Rigg and associates of
Spokane and Beatrice, Neb from Il. c.
Lewis, a little over year ago. 1t is
being vigorously operated under the eff
ficient management of Mr.. w. G. Page.
Since January, a force of about thirty
five men has been at work constantly.
They have on the property a good ten
stamp mill. which. however. is of en-
tirely too small capacity to handle the
output; also a compressor, hoist, ETC.,
and are now awaiting the arrival of adj
ditional compressor to exploit at
greater depth. The ledge is tapped by
cross-cut 800 feet, at a depth of 200
feet vertical from surface; then a shaft
is sunk 230 feet, with stump. From the
shaft three levels are run at fifty, $50
and 230 feet.
The ore in the lower level is changing
in character. carrying copper in pay
ing quantities. besides the values i'm
silver and gold. The ore is of a good
grade of milling, a deal of which pays
to ship direct to the smelters in place
of milling at the mill. The policy has
been, however, to thoroughly develop
the property before any stopping is done,
and with this in view no ore has been
extracted save what was run through in
development. Tests of the ore have
proven that the present method of
amalgamation and concentration is the
most economical method of reducing
The property has over $4,000 tons of
ore exposed. and the owners ha.a4
planned to erect a thirty-stamp mill in
the spring. and thus be in position TO
handle the ore when stopped, which will
make the property one of the best pay
ing mines in this section.
The Hope group of mines. adjoining
the Croesus on the west, has recently
been bonded to L. s. Mcclure of Los
Angeles. who will at once begin active
operations.
At the Tip Top.
The Tip Top group of mines On the
gold belt. about twelve miles southwest