Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-08-15

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slime tables. Tests made indicate
an extraction of go per cent of
the values can be made by the meth
cd I o be employed. The mill is
construction and will be fin
ished and put III operation before
the winter begins. j. o. Gillice is
superintendent OF construction and
:. S. Stevens is mine superintend-
The company is installing an
power plant on the river and
up d transmission line two
miles long from the plant TO the
mill. About 80 per cent of the val
is free gold, 20 per cent being
in a mixed sulphide. The
company's plan is either to chlori-
the concentrates on the ground
or transport them to the smelters,
as to which will be done mas not
been decided.
The Tahoma mine Is owned by
c. w. Miller of Meadvillc, Pa. The
property is on Quar,z gulch and
was worked for the high grade ore
in early days. 1t has been idle for
a long time, but Mr.. Miller is on
the ground to start a force at work.
The mine has a mile of adits and
drifts and the workings are said to
be in good condition. The property
was equipped with a 10-stamp mill
in 1888, the machinery having been
hauled by team from Kelton, Utah.
Mr.. Miller contemplates installing a
small cyanide plant 10 treat the
shines.
The Minerva is a we'll developed
mine, situated on the opposite slope
of the mountain from the Monarch.
The two veins. here are we'll de-
fined, S to IS feet in width, carry
ing good quartz and an iron sui
phidc. There are over 5000 feet
Of development work, consisting OF
crosscuts, drifts and raises. The
ore is taken out through a long
~crosscut, thence over the tramway
line to mill at a lower point on the
mountain slope. The mill is equip
ped with 10 stamps, plates and
tables and is steadily operating. A
cyanide plant, having the Garvin
process of agitation and electric
precipitation, was erected some time
ago, but it is not now in use. The
mill is operated by steam power,
but a flume from Grouse creek is
being put in to provide for water
power. w. F. Oden is superintend-
ent, Ogden Brown being general
manager.
The Big Lode and Jessie Ben
ton, both on Quartz guich, are idle
now, but were producers in early
days. Both have mills. Work may
be resumed on the Jessie Benton in
the near future. The property is
owned in San Francisco. the owners
being represented in Atlanta by V.
v. Sparks.
The Bonanza Mining & Invest
ment company, managed oysL. N.
FRANKIE, is operating a placer prop
erty on the opposite side of the river
FROM Atlanta. Mr.. FRANKIE has a
75O-foot bedrock flume. He is
working against a 30-toot bank
with two giants. The material
carries about Is cents to the cubic
yard and the seasons run is about
three months.
George Z. Butler & Co. are oper-
ating placer diggings at a point 500
feet above the river, using snow
water impouuded in a reservoir to
operate the giants The water
supply is limited and the season
short though the ground here is
very rich, running about 81 per
yard.
north OF Atlanta and takes in the
section of country drsincd by the
Queen and Black Warrior rivers
that flow into the middle fork of
country, with we'll defined lodges
of pre-. The kico-Mammoth, Red
Bird, Imperial, Pathfinder and
Overlook have all done considerable
amQunt Of development work, re-
cutting n . fair showing of oros
The Overlook Mining ana Develop
meat company, composed Of Wsila
VALE people, has q group ON the
mountain ridge between the Little
Queen and Black Warrior streams.
Development work shows a vein
running northeast and southwest
through the granite, which appears
to DO over 20 feet IN width. This
vein has been intcfsoctod by q cross
cut at 100 feet depth, disclosing q
good grade Of gold bearing quartz,
with sono sulphidcs. A second
crosscut is being driven to cut the
vein at $50 feet depth. Gres1
depth can be obtained here by driv.
Ing q crosscut from noa the has.
of tho slope Neil Campbell, or