The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-25

Special Dispatch to the Post-IntelligeDcer.
BAKER CITY. Or. Dec. 2i.--The people
of Boise are taking great interest in the
mining congress to be held there next
June. At recent meeting general COM
mittee from all over the state was APP
pointed to take charge of the enterprise.
There Is no doubt that there will be n
large attendance of mining men from all
parts of the West and East. Special In
vitations will be extended to all mining
men and the congress advertised to a
great extent
The mill on the Mammoth mine, in the
Granite district, has made its first run
II Is n five-foot Bryan mill, with four
conccntrators, six feet in width. and
amalgam plates heavily coated with
silver. Hercules Blake rock crusher
Is used and the power IL furnished by
twenty-five horsepower engine. This mill
Is said to be the finest of its kind ever
put up In Eastern Oregon. The result OF
the present run will be watched for with
interest by mining men around here.
There II no doubt entertained, however,
as 10 It's success
$50 pound electric plant Is now on
the cars at Sumuter and viii shortly be
Installed at the Bonanza mine. supple-
menting the very complete equipment of
that mine. The Keyston-Beil and Gold
Roy Consolidated Company, operating on
the cnst extension Of the Bonanza lead,
has its crosscut tunnel run distance
OF 100 feet at the present time. Two
shifts OF men are employed ON this
property and II Is the intention of the
management to catch the Bonanza lead
by this tunnel.
The machine shops in this city have
been sold to J c. Higgins. A great deal
of the mining machinery used in Eastern
L. ~ a L.
the Intention OF the new management to
operate the same upon much larger
scale than heretofore.
The Macs Luck Mining Company was
organized In Sumpter last week. The
company owns the Macs Luck Isabelle,
Mother Lode. Colorado. View Fair and
Golden Crown, all full claims. 500 by 1900
feet. ana contiguous, giving an area OF
about 100 acres. This property IL located
on Deer creek. about thirty odd miles
southwest OF this city. The location work
has been done on all OF the claims, show
Ing three distinct parallel veins, varying
in width from five to twenty feet. The
ore Is very rich, characteristic of the dis
trlct, being blue and white quartz. The
property Is said to have all the ear
marks OF a mine. and with proper devel-
time, be added TO the dividend-pay u
this district.
The nrazos mine. located in the Pleas
t ens valley district ,,, y scene o. activity
ore day by day and the richer II gets as
depth II attained. Ralph Blewett, one OF
the owners. said to your correspondent
this winter and shipments OF ore were
soon to be made TO San Francisco.
The Gold Ridge mine, supposed to be
owned by l.. Ballet. has been shut down,
and the miners are In this city In search
Of their employer. who left the city some
days ago for regions unknown. The Post
Intclligencer correspondent, In speaking
70 some OF the miners. ascertained that
tite property was shut down because Mr..
BALLET had not paid up the men, and they
feared they would not get their money.
authority for the statement that Mr. Bal
liet has gone to San Francisco on busi-
ness and Will return In a few days.
The old Gem mine. In the Sparta dis
trict, has been bonded 10 Denver capital
lists. THIS property Is one of the largest
producers Of the precious metals In this
district, The consideration Is not known
at this time. but IL Is rumored that Il runs
AWAY up In the thousands
Part OF the mining history OF the West
Is the record Of the Golconda mine, on
city. Last winter at the soo-foot level
rich shoot was encountered which as
sayed from 1000 to 100000 10 the ton
The ore WAS gold carrying some quartz. .
II was too valuable To be milled. and was
shipped TO San Francisco In sacks worth
ti.oo0 each.
One time the Bonanza miners lost the
pay shoot and drlfted through the foot
wall, cropping around underground like
moieS. The saving grace OF the accident
was the fact that they kept on working
II would have bean laughahlc had they
not one day bumped into tremendous
body OF ore. the existence OF which had
heretofor. been not suspected On this
body 81 ore forty stamps were kept
pounding for two years aud each month
tho mine management shipped $4,000
worth OF gold bullion.
The history of the Red Boy is not 80
dramatic. but IL as readable This mines
output Is from $4,000 Go $4,000 every fhir-
~ dnya. with twenty stamps continually
dropping It's owners. actuated by q
knowledge OF the mines need and hy nm
nnfaitsring faith Ia the permaneucc and
continued richness Of the Red Roy vein.
are Installing one OF the largest deep
sinking plants In the Northwest capable
OF operating to depth OF a.ooo feet This
machinery when I'm working order Will
represent AN expenditure OF perhaps St5a
nn. The average milling value 81 the Red
Boy ore Is nearer SIS than SO Engineers
have said that enough ore nf this charac.
Ter 10 blocked out rs Keep the twenty
stamp mill busy for the next ten years.
The Columbia mine Is conceded 20 be
one ~ The best properties In Eastern Ore
son II WAS very rich on the surface. but
values decreased Us depth was attained.
Today ita permanent average ~ milling
values Is placed al So Perhaps 90 per
cent " saved In the plates. The concen-
srAtcs which are shipped 90 the Everett
smclter. assay about sllb per ton.