The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-17
MINING HISTORY
REPEATS ITSELF
Rich Claim Located by a Ten
derfOot Near HALEY,
Idaho.
SHOWS FINE VALUES
IN SILVER AND LEAD
100000 Sheep Will Be Shorn
in Blaine County This
Season.

| Special TO The Tribune.
HALEY, Ida. May 16.-L. A. Gowdy
a sheepherder and "tenderfoot," was
| attending a flock OF sheep on the Wolf
tone slope of the Red Cloud group Of
mines last fall when he accidentally
| discovered the coutcrop of ledge Of
| rich galena. With an old piece of hoop
| iron he turned up about fifty pounds
| of the ore in an hour. He came TO
| HALEY and filed notice Of the location
Of the Olive lode. Being too late In the
| season to do anything. he impatiently
awaited the return of spring. when he
sold half-interest TO AL Holmes who
went to the claim a few days ago and
took average samples, one of which as
sayed $2S2.50 in silver. and II 1-2 per
cent In lead, the other 80 ounces and
80 1-2 per cent. respectively. Mr..
Holmes believes he has a bonanza and
has sent out men and supplies Tor I'M
mediate development work.
Ed. Rittenour made complaint.
charging John Peterson, The we'll
known mining man of Muldoon. with
n misdcmeanor, In giving him worth
less check for S67 90 upon the First Ma
tionel Bank of Shoshone. Idaho. In
payment of wages. The bank refused
to pay the check. there being no funds
OF Peterson's on hand. Peterson has
been arrested.
Many fine two and three pound trout
are being caught In Wood river near
the new dam of the electric light
works.
A larger depot for express and
freight is much needed a Haley.
A TN - nrtr fnf11 Il A1t
of the Red Elephant group of mines,
was In town Friday after miners. He
did not nd an idle miner in HALEY and
could find only one In ketchum and one
in Bellevue,
The annual convention OF the Blaine
County Sunday schools will be held In
the Methodist church, HALEY May %
and %.
Harry j. Allen is opening a station
at the 275-foot level OF the Hillside lode,
III Lees gulch, The station completed,
he Will drift both ways, and expects to
begin shipping ore soon thereafter.
Mrs. Margaret Sutherland has begun
a suit In the District court against
Peter Weber. for an accounting of the
affairs of the partnership existing be-
tween him and her late husband She
claims that Mr. Weber has charged
s2933.33 as salary at the rate of 500
a month from July l, 1908, that at the
time OF the death of her husband the
partnership books showed a difference
of s34SS.l3 In favor of the said Suther-
land. and that Weber refuses to render
q satisfactory account OF the business.
1t is estimated that 5000 sheep Will
be sheared on Wood river this year
Three years ago there was but one
shearing corral. Now there are four
Hugh o. Eggleston and C. H. Harvey
have leased the HALEY Brewery for
three years at s60.50 per month
E. C, Pomeroy and NJ NJ Tolle have
located the Gas City and the La Harpe
lodes, in the Schoolboy gulch, in Min
eral Hill district.
HALEY is getting ready for a big
Fourth OF July celebration with horse
racing and general programme Of
sports.
The stockholders of the Johns Mining
company. after thoroughly looking over
the property at Muldoon and examin-
ing Its affairs, concluded to pay up all
claims against the company and to re-
sNme operations at once
The tunnel of the Mutual Mining
company near Muldoon is In 400 feet
and advancing at the rate of about four
feet day. There are 19 men employed,
and Manager Tustin is In personal
charge.