Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-04

A Great Deal Of work h~inx Done In the
Iltsl. Kingdom

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L,t,i. Kingdom
A dispatch from Central City TO the
Rocky Mountain News says;
Saturday last was the regular month
ly pay day of the camp, and between
$4,000 and $4,000 was distributed
among the miners OF the county. These
figures do not represent one-half of
the money that Is paid cut each month
In this vicinity. Taking everything IN
TO consideration, there Is Ia the neigh
borhood OF $4,000 paid our in Gllpln
county each month.
Three tons of uranium ore were ship
ped from the Wood mine In Leayen-
worth eulch last week. Some OF the
ore from this property has been sold
for over 81 per pound, and Ia 1871
three tons shipped TO London sold for
81 800, and az the present time the ore
brings from 5000 to $500 per ton.
The ST. Louis Mining and Milling
Company has received couple of car.
loads OF machinery for new mill.
The pool working the Fianagan-Jef-
ferson mine, In Russell gulch, has sue
ceeted In getting the mine relieved OF
water. The shaft and levels were
found in very bad condition. owing TO
caves. and IL viii be- some time before
work will be completed. II il the In
tention of the pool 10 sink a lift la the
shaft as soon as possible. so as To get
good block of ground 10 work on.
A shipment OF smelling ore from one
Of the upper levels Was made last
week. II returned seventeen ounces OF
gold 10 the ton, and as the streak i OF
good Size the prospects are very good
for the boys making good raise from
the property.
The Rocky Mountain concentration az
Black Hawk Is running day and uight.
Last month the works treated nearly
1880 tons Of orr. which yielded $40
tons OF concentrates
The output Of the Concrete mine for
the month ~ November wns iasi cords
or ! ,.-2.S tons. and hGy for the fact THAT
the sramway company Was unable 10
supply sufficient cars the production
would have been Oybr 1lu tons greater.
The property IS loJtiug better than
ever, aud large quantities 81 ore have
been blocked Out FOR the coming year.
from which shipments can b. regular.
~ made,
Mitchell & Roy. the lessses on this
East N0taway lode. In Lake district.
have received returns from a seven
and half ton lot % smelling orr ssui
% the State ore Stamping Company ut
Black Hawk. There were three tons ~
( nrst-clasf ore in the sh.pmrut. whkh
/ returned twenty four ounces Of gold ia
the ton The second class Of fBur and
a half tons gave vuluga Of - auneva
gold 60 the ton, The boys are nFp~nins
1 up the property Ia good shape aud the
body of mineral Ii Improving In sire
and value rs dsyel0ptaSat wsrk il b..
I Ing done.
The working force Of che fisks mine
numbers sixty men. and the daily ship.
/ mettt OF ore IL now fifty tons The
shaft Il trifts ufer 1880 fseg, aud
T would he sunk deeper but for the flow
/ OF surface water. which prevents work
Of that character being done. Most of
I The work by the company IL bsslug
/ done In the tenth mud eleventh levels.
/ while n number of trtbutrra are work
/ Ing tn the upper trvsis. ON small
strrnks Of ore, and are making good
/ wages. The monthly product Of arlstt.
ing ORE from the property ts betwecn
/ atly and sixty tons. witch H. worth
from So 60 si01 pr ton at the ssusits
/ err, although shipments have baen
made that returned si51 pei ton.