Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-02-28
All About Atlanta Mines.


Charles +. LANCE and J. II. Davis
are in the city from Atlanta, Elmore
county. Both are we'll known min
ing men. Mr.. Lange having been in
terested in that camp for some 20 years,
and having had charge Of many Of the
large operations during that time.
Both gentlemen exhibit considerable
enthusiasm over the future outlook OF
this, one Of the one-time great camps |
of the state. From the two gentle
men the following information was
| learned
There has been conditional sale
on both the Atlanta and Buffalo prop
critics. At present the lower workings
OF these properties are under water, so
the only thing possible for new
men to learn is what is told taem.
The conditions Of the sale are that the
new company is to go ahead and un-
water and develop the properties to a
certain extent. Then, II they find con.
ditions as claimed, they are to pay the
cash price for the properties, but II
they do not show up as well as they
should, the old owners are to reim-
burse them for their outlay. These
properties are directly upon what IS
known throughout this state rs the
ATLANTA Lode" which is said to be one
of the largest orebearing veins of the
west. From the properties on this
vein there has been millions extracted.
| II. Il ,tb ~
predominating
Until the past SIX or seven years the
people of the camp have worked on
the basis of free ore only having re.
. ceived the impression that the ores
would not successfully concentrate.
While running the reduction works
for the Atlanta property Mr.. Lange
made test of between 5000 and 5000
tons of everything which came from
! the works, ore, gangue and ledge mat
n ter, and in seven weeks he had extrac-
! ted SS,S79.50. The ore ran from w 30
To $50 per ton. This test demon
STATED to him that the ores OF the
camp are concentrating. and that the
. feasib manner Of securing the val
$ ues was in that WY. He believes the
: best plan will be to supplement thu
/ present methods of reduction with the
e chlorination process.
"The demonstration of the past few
: years, he said, ego to show that AT
~ camp. The lodges are extremely
y, large, and depth has brought larger
u gold values. The great trouble a
n this time is lack Of transportation
p because freight charges are too higt
for us TO get what we should from GU
- concentrates. But it is concentrat
ing ore, and that will eventually max,
y the camp.
Is The operations of the company tax
y ing over the two properties referred I,
lie insure from 200 TO 300 men being EN-
u ployed in the camp the coming season
To The outlook is said to be brighter thai
ever before. In regard to the othe
!. work of the camp the following inioI
t. nation was cleaned.
= The Baltimore is being successfully
! developed by Lynch, Olsen and Schol
10 This is a high grade proposition, tn
a ore running from 500 TO 500 per ton il
80 free gold. They have been steadil
20 developing all winter, and now have
- large amount OF ore exposed for treat
ment in the spring.
The famous Tahoma property is a
0. so being developed with excellent re
ri suits. This property will be exteu
&, sively operated this season. In bot
es No | and 2 tunnels they now hay
N large bodies of ore blocked out, an
b. the milling of this, it is said, will brin
n good profit.
=, The Golden Nugget, formerly owned
u by Judge Heath, is being operated b
~ S. IL. Walby. He is now in fine ore
III in good body, and which averages 81
per ton, gold.
le The Dewey property, owned b
o. frankie LANCE & Lape Bros, is work
j. ing right along, with the best of pros
h poets, They put in two miles c
- wagon road last year, and now hav
40 the property in very good shape
n Some $4,000 has been spent on til
At property, u five stamp mill havin
III been put in. With the ore in sight
th is believed that this will be a self-su,
x tanning property from the moment {
beginning milling ia the spring.
Newton Drake is developing tn
IL old Jessie Benton and Moultrie claim,
~ These have always been high grad
e. propositions, and ore running from s.
ly to $3.50 per ton, and the new owner
le getting much Of the same materia
a. The mines are said to be in excelen
to shape.
h. The Petit mine is working RICH
m along, and new large body OF lo'
grade material has recently bee
struck. This, to Mr.. Lange, demon
10 strates that the General Petit is to b
!, one of the great low grade mines G
ed the west.
On Atlanta, as stated by these gentle
De men, is on the up grade. During til
W coming season there will be an activit
~ not seen before for many years Tn
ia transportation problem seems to b
H. the only real retarding feature. TIL
present season will see large numbe
a OF men at work, and its merits will b
ts known before another year passes.-
az Boise Statesman.