The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-19

Philip j. MeKenna, o: Chicago and /,
Ward G. Chase, OF hes Moines. passed .
through the city Il inspect the Black ] {
EaIle mine at Yellow Jacket Ned
nesday and returned sunday night. !
They were we'll pleased with the
mine, aud went home Monday morn
ing determined upon thorough deyel.
opment for their pr0peItY dnIing the
present season. Capt. j. 4. Dnbbs
Is manager of this property aud he Is
expected 10 arrive In salmon next
week to push the work.
]. n. Mason and T. j. Atkins sis-
TIED the blacksmith mine on the
Main range Saturday returning sun
day. This Is vell-praven prospect,
aud IL develops new indicate ions Of a
bonanza every tine II Is Inspected.
The lucky owners brought back many
fine specimens GA this occasion.
prospect that viii yield such samples !
deserves the immediate attention oi
investors. II such samples came
from some remote region instead OF
location that can he seen from the
streets Of the city they would cause a
stampede,
]. +. Simms, the owner of the
( White Horse mine met With an accI
dent last Friday, which caused the
death OF a good and faithful horse.
lie was moving some tools and big
lot of dynamite TO tie upper work.
ings, FROM the mill In pack load
when the horse lost his footing on
the trail and rolled down the noun
tain about Thousand feet. The
horse fell sheer distance OF 200 feet
over ptecipiee In the descent.
The air was full OF picks, shosels,
| drill steel and dynamite during the
exciting moment, ani II is a wonder
that no explosion occurred, The
horse was instantly Killed 10y the fall
over the perpendicular wall OF the
canyon.
/ RoLt. Walker the all-around min-
ing man, returned for "A vacation Sat
nrday FROM Gilmore where he has
been operating The concentration ut
the big lead-silyer mine. lie brings
good reports from this bfnanaa.
The product OF the mine has been
limited only by the freight possibil.
tiles. There are thousand tons OF
ore on the dump aud In the bins that
will average 5000 per ton, In ex.
cess of the capacity OF the freight
train Of wagons that has been stead.
lily engaged since the spring season
opened. The operating company will
put traction engine and train Ia
service about the Goth OF this month.
The Gilmore mine has been desel.
oped Ia depth OF $50 feet with the
best OF proof that IL IL one ot the
greatest mines In the state. The
IL ID liz now 20 feet wide, all of con-
centating aud shipping ore. The
gross out put Of the mine IL eoncen-
trated two or three into one aud the
mark ted product is worth 5000 per
ton on an average. The great Occur
d Alene caWp Is duplicated IN this
little conner OF Lemhi County.
The Recorder has knowledge OF
eight big mining propositions IN the
Salmon belt that are Idle from no
other cause than mismanagement
They are Idle TO tie extent OF non
production when dividends are long
past due To the stockholders. Some
Of these are living failures To the ex.
tent that the stockholders are still
being deceived by the mismanagers
Some OF them have reduction plants
that are Idle and rottiny down AS
monuments OF Ignorance and tfuu1
All such monuments aI~.3rinia facle
evidence OF criminal ignorance or de.
liberate fraud. The number stated
above represents proven mines that
should pay good returns, but which
are doomed TO failure from no other
cause than tie policy OF management
that Is imposed upon the stockhold.
erS and the community. The Record.
or makes war on these ignorant and
fraudulent operators AS a public pal.
Icy OF these conspicuous examples
could be reformed the influence upon
the business Of the community would
result IN general boom Every OBJ
serving business man IN the com
mnnity reads the signs Of these fail.
ufes, and knows the result would bc
Inevitable II each misnsnagef has a
lIonfestake. Tfeadweil. or Mer-
cur at his mercy