The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1912-02-29

payingproposition. Inspector Bellrelers
to the property in the following terms
One OF the most interesting transactions
OF the year was the transfer Of the mines
at Flint, about ten miles south of Silver
City, to an English investor by the name
of Elias Meyers.
Since these properties were taken
over, a considerable force OF man have
been employed III their development and
it is proposed to continue this woik until
the extensive known ore resources OF the
property are more completely blocked
out and put in condition for economical
mining and milling operations. These
properties carry series of well defined
assure veins in all respects as strong and
permanent looking as those of the Trade
Dollar and other Silver City properties,
that have been such great producers Of
profits In the past history of the district
The ores of the Flint Mines are, however,
OF a somewhat different character than
those OF the balance of the Silver City
District, carrying, as they do, a large
per cent of their value in silver associated
with gray copper and antimonial miner
ais ID quartz gangue. Some practical
preliminary tests are being made on the
metallurgy of this ore, aud it is believed
by the new owners that it's successful
local treatment can be accomplished, in
which event the property should form
the basis OF quite an important mining
community, as it has quite a large reserve
OF developed ore already and all the ear
marks of considerable resource of rich
mineral.
Silver City Mining S Milling Co.
The Silver City M. and NJ. Co. is one
Of the latest organized in this district,
having been incorporated under the laws
of the state in 1908.
The officers are well known business
men of the state. l.. S. Honstead who
was in business in this city for years is
president. J. H. Richards, prominent
attorney Of Boise and former president
ofthe American Mining Congress, is vice
president. ]. F. Cook, also Of Boise, is
general manager and secretary treasurer.
The company owns and controls four
and one half claims, the Lone Tree
Idaho, Grown Point, American Eagle,
and Long Gulch the grcap being bounded
on three sides by the Trade Dollar Con
solidated Mining Co.
AT present an adit is being driven on
the same level as the Blaine tunnel OF
the Trade Dollar Co. and will cut vein
on each Of the four first mentioned claims.
The surface plant for carrying on the
work consists Of transformer station,
fully equipped, and an electrically oper-
ated compressor plant and black smith
shop. Waugh rock drills, hammer
type machine. are used.
The adit is of ample dimensions, hav-
ing minimum size OF 515x8 feet, which
is large enough to allow the use OF a
motor in handling ore. The "cross-cut''
has been driven to date $50 feet, leaving
about 300 feet more to go before cutting
the Grown Point" This the company
expects to have completed early in the
coming summer. Upon reaching the
'Crown Point" work will be Immediately
started drifting on the vein and blocking
out ore. Everything indicates that a
large body Of good ore will be opened up,
the Trade Dollar Co. having extracted
excellent ore from the same vein and on
the same level in contiguous claim