The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1910-04-21
Mining Outlook Excellent at
Silver City and Vicinity.

Mr.. e. H. McAuley, who last week
visited our camp, has the following to
say about the present outlook OF our
camp and vicinity and which we copy
here for the benefit Of our readers:
"silver City is livening up and the
oldtimers are now saying that the out
look for the next few months is very
! bright. Development work is being
rushed on several of the old properties
and there have been some strikes which
would lead one to believe, at least that
the camp is still one Of the best in the
west. | visited several of the properties
and went all over the district and it
looks to me as though this year should
be an eventful one for the old reliable. .
This was the statement made by E Fl.
McAuley, after weeks trip to the one
time famous camp, where he has several
interests.
THE White brothers," he continued,
have recently male big strike at
Flint, about seven miles and a half from
Silver These boys have been in the
district there for IL years and have al
ways contended that they would strike
it, 1t looks very much now as though
they have the real goods. The ore is
ruby silver and gray copper We lave
some Of the ore, bnt the ASSAYS have
not been made as yet The ledge aver
ages about six feet in width and is open
ed up from the creek to the apex a dis
tance Of about 800 feet. The ledge dips
down to the creek, up on the other side
Of the hill and then down on the other
side.
THE mill was built over 80 years ago
by the Fairs and Mackeys at a cost Of
sl,O00,000. The mill is still standing
there and watchmen are keeping it up
in good repair.
"The Patosi property is looking pretty
good. There are reports current over
there that the conditions are such nov
that this property will be opened up
There has been great deal Of develop
ment work done and The owners feel
that this year will be a prosperous one
for them
"The Dewey Homestake, owned by
local men, seems to be good PROPOSE
tion and | understand that they are fig
uring upon doing a great deal Of work
this year. They have very fair show
ing and if they build mill they will |
probably start treating their ores this
year. This is probably one Of the bpsr
propositions in the camp and il looks as
though some real active work will be
done
THE Trade Dollar, which recently
closed down its mill, is going ahead with
the development in the Dewey tunnel
under the Florida mountain. This tun
mel is tapping all the old workings in
the old hill and great deal Of develop
ment has been done here. What the
result of this development will be is, Of
course, matter Of conjecture. but it is
possible that enough ore will be blocked
out to start the mill up again within a
short time.
THE Banner company owns prop
erty close to the Trade Dollar. Work
is being done by this company in driv-
ing the tunnel under the Trade Dollar.
They expect to strike the ledge 200 feet
further. This tunnel is being driven
from Blaine gulch. They expect to tap
workings several hundred feet lower.
They have already spent over s3OO,0uO
on its mill and property This properly
has every indication of live one and
ought to be heard from this year.
The famous DeLamar property which
has been worked for the past 25 years,
at the present time, looks like one OF
the best. They are putting more ex-
tensions on the mill 1t now has ca
pacity of l40 tons a day and some new
Diester concentrating tables are being
installed. These tables are said to be
the best and most modern tables made
and, it is said, that they treat the ore
better and with less waste than any of
the others. 1t is the same character of
table which is being used so extensively ,
in Nevada and particularly at Goldteld, j
the Goldfield Consolidated company ]
having had excellent success with them.
"A great deal OF credit is due to Man !
ager Orford of the DeLamar property.
In the face of many difficulties, he has
kept pounding away, even though it
was generally thought that the ore
hodies had netarad ont Thew are nan,