Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-17
Salt LakerS Interested in Red
Cloud Property Near
Idaho City.
MUCH WORK THIS SUMMER.
Plans Made for Active Development
Work as soon a. Weather
VIII Permit

HALEY. Idaho. Feb. l5-More pros
pecune and development work ia this
country is now going ON than has ever
been seen before. II Congress does not
reduce the tariff ON lead. this place
promises 20 show even greater activity
than ever before II gives promise OF
being one of the great lead camps OF
the state. on account of the deep
snow. activity here is not as great as
it was.
Perhaps tH. greatest activity here
at present i- shown at The CIocsus
mine. -four miles west of town. where
force of about 65 men is now work
ing s. 100000 wet and dry process
concentrating min has just been COM
U'ateu here. The silver-le8d ore al
This mine is high grade Enough ore
has already been blocked out at the
Croesus t1 keep a force of l5 % 100
men working FIVE years. Experts VINO
have examined this say the blocked out
ore b. worth s. 900 .OOO This mInc viii
run day and night shifts as soon az
the weather mOdarates. The Croesus
has o. vertical shaft 1900 feet deep.
The famous Minnie Moore mine,
near Bellevue. which has already pro-
also showing much activity. a $780,
600 concentrating mill was completed
there last lall, having "a capacity of
200 tons daily Operations 40 the
Minnie Moore are down am inclined
shaft about 1900 feet deep.
ACTIVITY AT RED ELEPHANT.
Eight men are now engaged iu de-
NelOumDut work at the Red Elephant
mine. T. miles from Haley. This
mine has produced Si,00DDOO iu tna
last % years. Work is being pushed
at this mine this winter with tho idea
of putting ore ON the market this
spring II the market Is good this
coming season the working force here
VIII DE considerably increased by
spring, probably CD or 100 men 20 be
~Iven employment The hrst-Claas ore
here runs about 125 ounces silver and
65 per cent lead
Several leasers are working in the
old camp of Bullion. They are taking
out considerable ore which viii be
put on the market II prices remain
favorable. The ore here runs 100 20 200
ounces silver and 60 per cent lead
The Nay Aug mine on Deer Geek %
miles from HALEY IS already begin
ming To- ship ore. This mine has a
splendid showing and expects 20 mar
ket no less than 1000 tons of ore this
summer which is netting the owners
So to 800 per ton, A force OF 20
or 30 men win be at work at this mine
during the season Of heaviest opera
tious.
RED CLOUD SHOWS Up WE'LL
The Red Cloud. IL miles from here.
which IS operated by salt Lake city
people. is producing good grade ore
running 10 ounces silver. 20 per cent
lead and from two 20 three ounces gold
per ton Quite a streak Of ore has been
struck during the vigorous develop
ment work done here.
The Muld0on district. 28 miles east
OF Haley Is showing up splendidly.
a new concentrating mill OF 12j tons
capacity Is now being built there. The
min win be operated by electricity.
10 Is up and the machinery is now be-
ing installed. The plant viii cost about
&l25.OIO. The ore iu the MuldoUu dis
irat .s of q high grade
The country I'm the Stanley basin,
Sheep mountain and Graham noun
tain territory, 10 miles north of HALEY
'7 sild to be rich iu silver and lead
ore. Some gold is also there. II is
said to be- one ~ the greatest lead Soc
lions in the west 10 is not developed
because there are no transportation fa-
cIIIt'os az present FOR hauling the Ore
Do Be- .aId To- be on the line of the pro-
posed Bn.se-Butta railroad. which. X
built would result U great mining ac-
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