Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09

tain. The ore runs from 8 to Is pei cent in copper. There are
also four veins containing free gold half a mile north of the copper
veins on the Boysen property and assays of this have averaged from
IS to $s5 a ton.
Between the wiliams-Luman and the BOysen property are some
500 mining claims undergoing development, the assure veins show
ing nearly all this distance on the surface, The four leads of gold
veins only show on the surface in two places. one on the Boysen
property and the other on the Hale property.
The Hale property is situated four miles east of the Boysen
property and ore from Mr.. Hale's mines has assayed some $40 in
free gold to the ton. This mine has 100000 tons of ore blocked out
and ready for treatment. 1t has been developed wholly on local money
and differs from the other mines of Copper mountain. just named,
in that n a free milling gold property instead of copper. With
a vein about one mile in length IS at present traced and a width of
eight feet and an average value of $40 a ton in gold, the dividends
from this mine may well be imagined. 1t has been in operation for
some time and can be mined, milled and turned into bullion for less
than $40 a ton. The mine is now closed awaiting powell to furnish
water as the water supply has run out.
Large sums of eastern money are pouring into Copper mountain
and a great deal of work is mapped out and will be done in the i'm
mediate future. The hope of getting power from the Boysen water
power plant has been largely instrumental in bringing in this east
ern capital. Mining is altogether too expensive a proposition with
out cheap power, and when Mr.. Boysen saw that power was neces-
sary to develop his mines and when he decided to build his dam he
concluded to make the plant large enough to supply power to neigh
boring claims. He can do this for 500 a horse power, whereas coal
power costs about six times that much.
The impression has gained ground that Mr.. Boysen was receiv-
ing financial backing from English capitalists in his great undertake
ing but that is erroneous. He has built this dam and power plant
has crossed the Atlantic, however, and representatives of English
capital have been sent to America to to buy the plant. The Big Horn
Power company which built the dam is incorporated with a capital
of 100000.
From it's very situation there is almost no end to the possibii-
ties of developing power and the Boysen dam is the key to the en-
tire situation. No other power plant may be located in that section
of the country and no other dam may be built in the Big Horn can
yon without interfering with the granted rights of the Big Horn
Power company. The power of the plant may be increased in the
future by adding units and it is estimated that this power may be
extended to sc, 900 horsepower.
Placer mining will soon be in operation by using the power
from the Boysen plant. A company has been organized to place a
huge dredge on the Wind River this summer which will take from
the river about 900 yards of silt a day, This gravel has shown from
3S cents to $1O8 per yard in gold. Mr.. Boysen also proposes to
utilize some of his power from the plant in the operation of a
smelter which he will build on his property near the plant. This
will greatly reduce the cost as transportation over the mountains is
expensive. 1t costs SIC a ton to get coal to Copper mountain and that
Is one thing which makes the Boysen plant such a valuable prop
erty. A charge of 40 cents per 100 pounds is made for freighting
from Shoshoni to the Boysen dam.
No soil is more productive than the soil OF Wyoming II II can
be SUPPLIED with sufficient water and the Big Horn Power company
is preparing to redeem 80, 900 acres of this land from a barren waste