The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
How Property Was Obtained.


II went up to see a property located on
the west slope Of the Bitter Root range
of mountains in Fremont county, Idaho,
last summer I found that the man own
ing it had done considerable work and
had shipped many carloads or fine ore
during the twenty years he has been IN
possession. / made trade for the NINE.
and, with my son, located a great deal OF
ground on the same VEIN We now nave
eighteen claims and cover the great con-
tact in which the ore occurs, for miles
This ledge, which runs from 80 to 2O0
feet wide, lies between a lime hanging and
a ouartZite foOtwan II dips into the
mountain at an angle of about II degrees,
and is one of the easiest and cheapest
propositions to mine l ever saw and, not
withstanding the fact that we nave a
long haul to Dubois, our shipping point,
on the Oregon Short Line. the total cost
of hauling, railroad freight and smelter
treatment. is only SIC per ton When |
explain our method of mining, you VIII
see that it is cheap.
THE former owner of the ground pur-
chased had a shaft down 80 feet from
point in the contact through and into the
quartzite fOotwali. This was connected
with the surface from the bottom of the
shaft by tunnel driven in the fOOtwall
for $50 feet Mining had been done back
pccted the ground in front and found that
the great mass of ore had huge lenses Of
high-grade oxides and copper glance run
ming through it and new idea struck me.
Mine in Novel Way.
7 decided to put pIows and scrapers
st work and clear off a stretch of over
burden on the vein for 2 couple of hun
dred feet. This was done and a cut was
run back from the face of the vein to the
shaft 4 churn drill was rugged up on a
turn-pole and a series of holes fourteen
feet apart were put down to the fOOtwall
After clearing away the first tier. the
broken ore was piled on the dump and. as
the hrst-class was sorted out il was sent
back. dumped in the shaft and sent out
to the loading platform at the mouth of
the tunnel below Then a second tier of
holes was put down and the ore blasted
loose again. The plOws and scraperS were
put to work clearing another patch and
that is where We stand today with the
development In this way we can mine
and ship ore at the rate OF a carload a
day for the next few years without going
under cover at all. Now that we have a
good face to mine from, we have several
tracks down over which we sent the sec
ond-class and waste direct to the dumps
Running at right angles to these tracks
and around to the shaft we have another
track over which the sorted firSt-class is
sent and dumped into the shaft and taken
from the bottom to the loading bins which
are now completed. We are now pretty
well equipped for the winters work and
as the roads remain good all the year
round. with the exception of the early
spring, we shall continue producing and
shipping right along and at the rate of q
car day when teams to do the hauling
can be secured. The ore We are piling OF
the dump as second class would be con-
sdered high grade were II not for the
long wagon haul at s. per ton"
For convenience in conducting business
and to take care of a few persons who
have helped him out, Mr.. Weimer is or
ganizing company and will file articles
before returning to camp on Tuesday.