The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

d'Alenes. produced S,2SS 397 ounces of
silver and 118 784, 800 pounds of lead,
while the Bunker Hill company added
| 2,138,180 ounces of silver and SO, 613, 226
pounds of lead. The total production
of silver in the district was 7,248, 687
ounces and the total of lead was 1885,
058, 3O7 pounds.
Ali the mines have been improving,
but the most phenomenal development
h s been in the Bunker Hill. In that
property, on the level of what is called
the Kellog tunnel, run in from the
base of the mountain, a mammoth ore
shoot has been opened. This Is so large
and SO rich that ii represents a body
of lead twenty-five feet thick. The ore
f ON this shoot is shipped without con-
centr6ttOn. The company has main
tanned yer. large dividends through
out the year. Soon after the opening
of the year these reached $3.50, 900
monthly, and for December 100000 has
been turned into the pockets Of the
stockholders.
Silver and Lead in Custer.
Custer county promises to equal the
Occur d'Alenes as a producer of silver
lead ores. 1t still is lacking in trans
portatiOn facilities, but the work done
on the mines has shown they ere re-
markable and the conclusion is justified
that they will soon attract q railway
line. The lead belt runs over into
! Lemhi county. In the latter county
| the Gilmore mine has been shipping
regularly, though it has a wagon haul
| of eighty miles. In the same district
| J. D. Wood and T. J. Hagenbarth have
! just taken hold Of the Winnie group,
| paying $4,000 for half interest. They
secured the other half earlier in the
year and prosecuted development dur
| ing the summer and fall with such re-
suits that the property gives every
promises Of becoming a great pro-
! Queer
In Custer there are several old prop
critics whose wealth has long been
| known. These are at Custer, Bay
Horse and Clayton. They suffer, how
| ever, from their remoteness from a
railway In other districts develop
ment is in progress with surprising re-
suits. A Occur d'Alene mining man who
| spent several weeks in the Sea Foam
| district during the summer has made
the statement that it will make the
northern district struggle to maintain
! its leadership If it ever secures facili-
ties for the transportation of its prod
| uct.
A new district is being opened on
! the headwaters of the south fork of
| the Payette that seems likely to be
one of the best Of the county.
smeIter for Lost Packer.
In passing, the fact should be noted
! that Custer county is the home of the
| Lost Packer mine. in which Salt Lake
people are so extensively interested. 1t
| is a remarkable gold-copper mine, the
ore being of very high value. A smelt-
er has been erected on the property
and is to be started in the spring. The
mine has several millions of dollars in
sight Not far away, on Estes noun
! tain, the Old Montana mine, a gold
property, is being reopened by long
tunnel. If this tunnel develops ore at
| the great depth at which 1t is run, it
Will cause a revival Of gold mining in
| all that section.
There has been substantial progress
in Lemhi county In developing its nu-
merous gold districts, and 1t is believed
the county will very soon have a splen-
did record Of steady production.
Zinc at Wood River.
In the Wood river region there has
been some advance made during the
year though untoward conditions have
prevented the development from being
| pushed so far as would have been JUS
| titled. A feature OF the year there has
been the development of a zinc bust
ness. There are a number of mines
which carry large percentages OF that
metal and several of them have been
started and are being operated sue
cessfully. The famous Red Elephant
lead-silver property is beng opened on
a broad scale, and is likely to restore
the activity of the Bullion section of
| the district which has such fine rec
| ord of production.
Gilmore county is particularly inter
! esting at this time. At Pine, the
Franklin mine has been producing
steadily throughout the year and the
| development shows 1t maintains its
value with depth and is likely to be a
highly profitable property for many
years. The cyanide process has been
successfully introduced to treat the
tailings. The ore that has been put
through the mill has averaged more
than $40 a ton in gold. Other proper
ties in the same district are being de-
velOped with satisfactory results.
Millions of Ore In Sight.
Atlanta camp. famous long ago foI
its riches, is experiencing a revival
anu Is again tillGAlllS lI6 llSl VI pro-
ducers. The Mammoth has been un-
der development for three years and
has $4,000, 900 worth of ore blocked out
The Petit and Tahoma are likewise
being operated with good results. The
Minerva. a new property, has proved
wonderfully rich. Numerous other
properties there and at Queens river
and on Black Warrior. which are near
by, are being put in shape for the In
stallation of milling plants. A wagon
road is being constructed 70 give the
camp all-the-year-round means OF
transportation. This road leads up the
Boise river from Boise. The state SUP.