The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
las been at all generally pros

pected until this year. The re
suit has been the discovery of
enormous ore bodies and of good
grade; has been the installation
of not less thar a dozen fine
plants, both for quartz and placer
mining. This activity has been
OF vast importance to the COM
mercial prosperity of the two
principal towns of those sections
for Custer, and Lewis
ton for Idaho and several other
of the north-central counties.
We can see no better "signs of
the times" than this putting in
of machinery by which the
wealth of the msuntains is to be
made that of the world. In few
instances-none that we can at
this time point out-has this in
stailation been unwise, each
plant having been put in only
after the stability of the deposit
has been determined. Idaho
Mining Journal.
A letter from Seattle, Nov. 81,
informs the Times that the
Yankee Fork mine, owned by
Col. Jas. A. McFadden, located
on Estes mountain, near Custer,
has been purchased by Chas. N.
Thayer of Boston, and his associ-
ates (among whom is Mr.. Swift.
the great packer of Chicago,
Kansas City and Omaha). The
figures paid was 100000. The
deed is in escrow in Boston. and
it will be taken up the last OF
month. HALEY Times.
Morris Bamberger, superin-
tendent of the Lucky Boys big
cyanide mill at Caster, came
down from the north yesterday,
the seasons run having been
Icompleted and the plant closed
for the winter one week ago. Oh
the recent accident at the mine,
in which one miner lost his life,
Mr.. Bamberger says the reports
printed in the Idaho papers
lgreatly exaggerated the occur
renee. The shaft was not mater
tally damaged, and bad the com.
pany so decided, work could have
gone on almost without inter
ruption. A small cave in the ole
workings forced out a few timb
ers in one side of the shaft anC
they, with more or less debris
fell to the bottom, but the shat
was not stripped, as stated, ant
the damage was only nominal.
During the past season Henr,
Mccormick, r. Macbeth, VIM. T
Oster, Geo. Colyell and Morri
Bamberger have been developin:
! the Lost Horse property, in tn
Yankee Fork district, and MI
Bamberger, who came dow
) from Custer, says he is confiden
Lit will make a bonanza. Th
vein is being opened through
tunnel which follows it into th
, hill, and in the work so far don
, twelve tons of ore have bee
taken out and sold that carrie
. so per cent lead and go ozs. 81
: yer per ton.-Salt Lake Herald
4 1.-The Stanley Basin country
q coming to the front rapidly,
said Sid. j. Roberts. 1.-The pla'
er ground is very good and th
!, dredging operations last yeal
g although experimental to a d'
S gree, demonstrated that sue
f work could be prosecuted SUI
cessfully. The Sawtooth con
> pany's dredge, put in by Okla
S homa people. run about go day
Y in moro or less of an irregul;
manner, and cleaned up abor
$500. The ground returned
/ cents a yard. 1t is much rich'
II than that, but the ladder was nt
r long enough to reach bedrocl
That and other defects made
. impossible to secure the full va
u ue of the ground. All this wi
l. be remedied next year. There
le a possibility of another dreds
20 being put in soon, and probab
. several of them. The prese'
dredge is built for capacity
4 $500 yards day, but last sease
A. it only handled about an eigh
g of that amount. As | have sal
l. the run was largely experime