The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-05
QUEEN OF THE HILLS
MAY JUSTIFY NAME
Development Work on Promising
Prospects in the Salmon
River Country.

SALMON, Idaho, July 4.-Work at
| the Queen OF the Hills mine is moving
| steadily forward. Senator Mcbride,
who Is in charge, says the north DRIFT
Is 80 feet farther into the hill than
when the long crosscut was finished,
the face is gaining depth rapidly and
the ore body, which is IA feet In width,
is improving very materially in quality.
They have started to cross the country
to the Nellie vein, which at the sur
face has some excellent ore values Mt.
Mcbride also has six men at work on
the d. L. Clark mine, cleaning IL up
for inspection.
r. e. Rex of Salt Lake, a. w. Mente
of Kansas City and Leroy Parsons OF
Mansfield o.. have been at DecspurS
recently inspecting the Gold Dust mine
and mill. These men are all interested
in the property Mr. Rex being the
president and general manager.
Some good ore has been taken recent
ly from the Speculation lode on which
Hank Smith and w, II. Buchanan have
a bond and lease This ore comes from
the breast of the works, $50 feet below
the surface, and consists of beautitul
white quartz, oxide-stained, and carry
ing much blue sulphuret in which the
gold lies. in paying quantities The
Speculation lode belongs, with other
ground. 10 George Sandilands. 1t lies
rather between the Kentuck and
Grunter. south of and about 1900 feet
from the Kentuck.
Stage Changes.
The Redrock and Salmon stages now
come through from the railroad In one
day. All stages Will leave ,Redrock at
Z every morning and arrive at Salmon
at s;l5 D. m, of the same day. They
Will leave Salmon every day at q. IN.
and arrive at Redrock at I;15 p. m.
The company will continue this sched-
ule as long as the roads Will permit,
John E. Greaves has been awarded
the contract for carrying the mall from
Salmon to Forney and way points for
four years from July l, He VIII have
a comfortable passenger service, and
promises punctuality in his delivery of
freight and express,
NJ. w. Friedorff and Miss Ada L.
Free of Gibbonsville were married in
this city last Wednesday, They will
reside at Gibbonsville, where the groom
is In business. Mr.. Frledorff IS one of
the pioneer lumber manufacturers of
this county
Jack Cramer OF Klrtley creek is
opening up a piece of placer ground
this season, which promises to put him
a long way out of the woods.
Harry Guleke has returned from his
recent trip with a freight boat down
the Salmon river. He went as far as
Pine creek, distributing his cargo at q
number OF way landings.
Prospecting for Dredgc Work.
Both Kirtley creek and Geertson
creek are being thoroughly prospected
for dredge installation. There are some
20, 900 acres of placer beds in this aurif
erous belt which are known to carry
gold enough to pay the national debt.
1t is the scheme Of the present COM
pany to put in ten dredges, with cleo
tric plants and extensive water sys-
TENS, just as soon as the prospect work
is completed, II the values hold UP to
present promises. This Will make Lem
hi county the greatest gold producer
In the West.
Timothy Dore and family Will soon
take up their residence In the Dough-
erty house on upper Main street
c. H. Reynolds, the sawmill man,
has moved his mill from Fourth OF
July creek to Wagonhammer creek,
where he has a fine lot of timber.