The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-02-23

UfuluS 0tVelOpneut III COutu6tu 1uz-
ho and was extended over q mile in
length into the mountain by former
management, where it encountered the
vein, which, however, was only pros
pected to very limited extent.
The DeLamar property is very ex-
tensiye one in area aud carries IuaDy
phases OF naturalization that justify
further extensive development and in
vestigation. Several of these points
have been taken up In the past two
years by the present management with
very encouraging, and in some instan-
Cos important results. The stock of
the company which was down to Sl.00
share, was recently selling at over
S400 This mine has been the largest
single gold producer in the state for
several years, and there is bright
prospect that, with its new milling
equipment and extensive ore reserves,
it is likely to continue to be SO for
some time.
The capacity of the new mill on this
property will be something over 100
tons of ore per day. The ore, like the
ore Of the Trade Dollar, is gold and
silver bearing silicious milling ore. The
proportions of value in the ore, how
ever are reversed and in this instance
run more than three-fourths gold and
the balance in silver The ore of this
property, however, carries hardly any
concentrates. and the values are ex-
tracted by cyanide treatment direct, at
a cost of less than $3.50 per ton.
The DeLamar and Trade Dollar
mines are closely comparable in ores
and formations to the rich deposits in
this class that are attracting so much
attention in Nevada at the present
time, and they have been cited as ex-
amples of productiveness and perman-
ency by United States geologists in
their recent reports of the new Nevada
camps producing ores of this class.
War Eagle Mountain.
GOLDEN CHARIOT MINE.-A new era
of activity was inaugurated among the
old properties of the War Eagle Noun
tain portion of the Silver City district
during the past year, and good many
men found profitable employment.
The Sinker Tunnel company extend
ed raise several hundred feet in the
direction of the old workings of the
Golden Chariot mine to the point
where It's further extension seemed too
dangerous an undertaking without a
more accurate knowledge and survey
of the extensive openings filled with
water that it was designed to tap, and
it is understood that the company will
undertake to unwater the old mine
from the upper workings before MAX
ing the connection that they have been
driving for.
The Golden Chariot was one of the
most famous producers of War Eagle
Mountain and has many millions of
dollars of gold and silver production to
its credit. Its operations and import
ant production ceased long before the
present economical methods were in-
augu ated, and the mine is known TO
contain ext. nsive reserves of ore of a
sufficient grade to ray a handsome
profit under modern treatment.
PIONEER MINES COMPANY. This prop
erty adjoins the Golden Chariot and is
we'll equipped with an excellent mill
and mining plant, which has recently
been supplied with electric power from
the Swan Falls plant of the Trade Dol
lar company, and good deal of devel-
opment work has been done on the
property during the past year, and the
company are now employing twenty
men who are developing aud extract
ing ore of a very good quality.
STORMY HILL MINE. LIN the near vi
cinity of the above property the War
Eagle and Stormy Hill mines were pur-
chased recently by some residents OF
Utica, N. Y The War Eagle is one OF
the old mines of the district and has
made large product. 1t is on one OF
the strongest ore courses, lying be-
tween the Golden Chariot and the
Poorman mine, and the new owners are
planning a large amount of develop
ment in the near future.
Con MoNsR NINE. Another import.
ant mining deal was consummated dur
ing the past month by the purchase OF
the Commoner mine, adjoining the
Golden Chariot to the southeast, by