The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-27
HUGE DEPOSIT
OF RICH QUARTZ
News Of the Strike Near Poca.
teIIo Confirmed.
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PERSONAL GOSSIP OF IDAHo's
RAILROAD CENTER.
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Especial to The HeraId.)

Pocatello, Ida, July 26.-The report
Of d rich strike in the Lost Horse mine
about six miles from town that ap-
peared in Sundays Herald has been
confirmed. L. c.. Leaf the manager of
the mine, was in the city last evening
and states that the ore is a quartz and
is huge deposit and not true vein.
It has been crOsscut for a distance OF
over twenty-five feet, but the full width
has not been revealed and they have
sunk in over thirty feet with no change
except an increase in value. Mr.. Lear
states that the first report Of the value
OF the ore has been moderated. The
first tests made gave such high values
that the mana ger was not satisfied and
was unwilling to accept such good
news, so a number of tests from all
kinds of ore were made and the poorest
represented sixty ounces of silver and
the highest 600 ounces. Much of the
ore shows wire silver plainly. Samples
for assay have been sent to Salt Lake,
Butte and Denver. The ore presents
new appearance TO mining men, so
much SO that there has been consider
able discussion about il. Some claim
that the mineral bearing rock is a
slate. ii having the general form and
appearance, though gray in color. 9th
erS pronounce it to be a quartz. The
tests so far made have bean done by
James Hugo Schwartz of this city.
and he claims that the ore VIII run
well up into $500 in value per ton.
The officers of the company have
shown their confidence in the strike
by first advancing the stock to double
its value and afterwards Withdrawing
IL from the market. This new discoV-
cry has again given an impetus to min
ing and il is the only subject one can
hoo 4
business and everywhere The Moon
light. Lucky Boy ad the Fort Hall
claims are all showing up well and II
Is possible that some shipments of ore
from this camp will commence this
week The future Of mining opera
tons in this district will be assured
in very short time. and it now looks
as if the outcome win be the making
of the city.
The county superintendent of public
schools has announced that the regular
institute will be held on the week be-
are Prof. w. r. Siders. principal of the
schools of Pocatello; Principal J. W. Fa-
Tis. of the Academy OF Idaho. and Miss
Grace Corbin OF the city schools. The
superintendent also announces that three
per cent win be added to the average
OF the teachers taking the next eXamina-
ton who attend the institute. a large
attendance is anticipated
A. VI. Skdmore, manager of the Amer
lean Falls Power Light and Water COM
pany. has returned from BlaCkfOot WITH
the announcement that the private tele-
phone line of the company from Poca-
tello to BlaCkfoOt. has been completed
/ This telephone line preeedes the wires
that will carry the electrical current
that will light and water the city OF
a report was ready for the meeting OF
the Citv council on last Friday evening
from the water company. 20 tho effect
that twenty-eight blocks had been sup
piled with water this spring. but that
they were still without protection from
fire and that the water company was
ready at any time to place the fire plugs
when the city council would name the
localities where they desired them: This
is one OF the many other matters OF bust
ness that should have had cOunCimaniC
action on last Friday evening without
waiting until August 4th-
y. NJ. Eldridge, president of the Moon
light Mining company, Eas received two
assays from Omaha on specimens of ore
from his mine that were sent here. One
gives "a ounces of silver. 1873 of copper
value $1,000 per ton. and the other S2S.Sl
i'm silver and 6l-3 per cent copper, value
per ton. 1854.
from the Idaho Falls quarries. work has
been delayed for some time on the nigh
school. Some ~ the stone has arrived
however. and work will now be resumed
Superintendent. +. g. Manson. accom-
panied by his friends, ID. J. Malone, Dr.
Wright Harry Chryst and Thomas Hos
ket. left Saturday afternoon on No. l fol
Hodgin's ranch. where they will enjoy
! the pleasure of fishing for a day.
G. II. Hamilton. wheel pressman at the
shops here had his left foot badly in
I iured by a wheel falling on It. DR.
Wright attended the injured member and
he will recover the use Of his foot.
An exciting runaway occurred Saturday
! afternoon when the fine team of blacks
/ belonging TO Franklin & Hayes, of the
| American Brewing company. took fright
and ran into one OF the iron coal cars
maxim ga dent in the car, then turning
and making for the Grand restaurant OF
First avenue. where a telephone pole
coming between them. prevented mucf
damage to the restaurant Singular as
it may seem. only the pole of the wager
was broken and the horses were not Sc
riOusly injured.