The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-08-18

EiShty-Five Miners
Laid Off at DeLamar

LAID Utt at DcLamar
Checks were issued to nearly one
half of the men employed by The De
Lamar Company, last Tuesday, for a
half months wages, and the mines par
TALLY closed on that day to remain so
for sixty days, or thereabout, while the
mill is undergoing an overhauling
The company, realizing that values in
the ore were not being saved as closely
as they might be, and that the mill was
not as conveniently arranged for saw
ing laoor as it should be, Manager Or
ford has had experiments made and
plans drawn for its practical re-equip-
ment and reconstruction, and has had
half the men laid off at the mine, while
the mill is undergoing reconstruction.
The balance of the men will be EN-
ployed in putting the mine in better
shape for working, by repairing the
timberinR where required, and doing
such other work as may be necessary
TO make it safe and more economically
handle the ores.
1t is understood that several Hunt
ington mills will be placed in the plant
to take the place of Cornish rolls in
reducing the ores, and that number
of new leeching tanks will be substi-
tuted for those now in use, and that
considerable Encouragement will be
done.
The men began to scatter yesterday.
Many of them will take advantage of
the lay-of to visit the Portland expos
ition.
~
The Trade Dollar Extension Co. has
temporarily suspended work on both
its upper and mill level tunnels.
~
Nette & Inglis have finished hauling
a crushing of rich ore down to the
Arastra, from their Burro property
They have put in new settlers in the
Arastra Mill aud have otherwise put it
in thorough repair, and will begin
crushing their ore Monday.
~
Mr.. Arthur Buckbee, for the Pioneer
Mining Company has contracted for
electric power to be put in the
Cumberland mine and mill and has
ordered equipments of transformer,
motors, etc. The Trade Dollar Com
pany now has power line running from
Dewey, over War Eagle, to Sinker
Tunnel, passing not far from the
Cumberland, from which the power
viii be supplied.
~
Dick Myatt and AL Wykof come in
from South Mountain Monday, where
they had been working for several
weeks on the Walker claims They re-
} port that DIR. Clemens has run rs
r foot crescent tunnel to cut the Stand
ard ledge at greater depth. When they
came away he had just reached the
| vein and had cut into body of hne
} carbonate ore, similar to that taken
A from the shaft near the surface prov
that the ore did not change in char
t acter with depth
t ~
E j. E. Masters came in last week
} from the Tybo- Rluebird property at
Pixley Basin and procured the gaso-
: line engine from the South Central
Mine and had it loaded out for the
9 mine now in his charge. Nugget did
: not meet Mr.. Masters while here, but
B learns that he reports the outlook OF
d the Tybo Bluebird as being very favor
able, with every prospect of becoming
fine producer. The property tied up
S for SO long by parties owning interests
s who would not or could not do any
thing but retard development have
r been getting out of the way, and a
8 company of Boise gentlemen with am.
pie means are now having the work
pushed. A fine mining district is due
> to grow on the head of Castle Creek il
the near future.
OWVHEE ENTEppPICES