The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-03
MINING AT FORT HALL.
Properties in District Out of Poca-
tello Coming to Front.

DR.. John s. Woods, a prominent mining
man of Fort Hall mining district at PO-
catello, has been spending several days
in Boise. Mr.. Woods has been spending
considerable time and money in the de-
velopment of some claims held by him
in that district about seven miles north
east of POcatello. He has drifted 200
feet following the vein which grew wider
now shows a large vein of 81 gold ore.
They also have good showing in copper
at a depth of fifty feet in a shaft on their
property, fifty feet from the gold vein.
You may say" said DIR. Woods, that
it is no longer question as to the future
of the Fort Hall district. Pay ore has
been uncovered in large bodies and the
four years OF work on the part of deter
mined prospectOrS is now certain to be
rewarded.
1.-The Fort Hall company, south of Po-
catellO, which has spent some $4,000 or
$4,000, or possibly more, in the last four
years developing their property, have en-
countered rich copper and gold ore which
they have penetrated for more than 200
feet and have not yet passed through.
This company has tunneled altogether
more than a mile under the mountains 1t
has worked under the greatest of diff
culties which have finally all been over
come and it may be expected that a large
force of men will be at work within a
very few months handling the ore that
has been uncovered in this property.
1.-The company operating the Moonlight
property on North Pocatello creek has
force OF men sinking on the vein from
which they have shipped several carloads
of ore netting them 81 600 per car, and
another force is working from the other
side of the hill driving a tunnel to tap
the vein at great depth. This tunnel is
now almost to the point where the vein
ought to be TAPPED, when it is confident
ly expected that large body of very rich
copper ore will be found. 1t is only
matter of development to make this prop
erty rich producer.
The Moonlight property is some fifteen
or twenty miles north from the Fort Hall
property and it is generally believed the
two are on the same vein. The HOVey
group, Just east of POcatello and about
half way between these two claims, and
on the same vein. is also well enough
developed TO demonstrate that it will be-
come paying property as soon as proper
facilities for getting the ore out are COM
pleted. A tunnel is being run on this
property to tap the vein at depth and
when this is completed, it is expected that
the shipping of ore will begin.
This same ledge has been prospected
at various points and at all of THEM, en-
indications have been found,
but On most of these claims merely the
required assessment work has been done
awaiting the results of the larger and
more determined efforts of these three
wesley Uric has organized a company
Of Ohio people and is now working 9
large force of men on his claims on South
PocatellO creek. This is a gold prop
erty and it has been demonstrated that
large body of it carries good values and
1t is only a matter of a little further de-
velOpmeEt to begin turning out the gold.
have already been made
FOR a mill on this property and it is eX-
pected that it viii be in full operation
early in the spring.
1.-The POrtneuf company is also doing
work on this ledge. not far from the Fort
Hall mine and they are receiving greater
with every days work.
These are only a few of the leading COM
Danies that are doing work. Other par
les in other parts of the Fort Hall dis
-rict down as far as McCammon are do
ng work on properties that give increas-
ng encouragement of rewarding their eff
forts with an output of rich mineral"