The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-07
DEVELOPED MINE
IN FIFTEEN DAYS
Unusual Experience of III. w.
Weller in Mountains of
Central Idaho.
FOUND ORE AT 20 FEET
Became Shipper in a Month;
Is Getting Better With
Depth.
FOUND ORE AT 20 FEET

n. w Weller Of Mack kay, Idaho, well
known mining man of the central por-
tion of the Gem state, is in the city, q
guest AT the Wilson hotel He is now
operating the Weller, Il new mine TWEEN
ty.fvc miles up Antelope creek, south
west of Darlington, station on tho Big
Lost river branch of the Oregon Short
Line, The property ia In Blaine county
Mr.. Weiler's development of this
mine is an interesting story. Last year
he secured the six claims that consti-
tute the property, There mad been
practically no work done on them and
last midsummer he put three men to
work sinking a shaft. In fifteen days
at depth of twenty feet they struck
the orebody and from that day the mine
has paid its own way. Shortly after,
in August, Mr.. Weller began shipping
car week from tho property and
kept it up continuously until hauling
was stopped recently by the heavy snow
that falls in that region. The ore is 4
silver-lead and averages about go n
tom
The shaft has now reached depth
of only eighty feet, but has been CON
stantly in ore since IT was struck at
twenty feet Shipments have been
made from crosscuts and drifts as well
as from the shaft A station is now
being cut at so feet and drifts on
the ore will be sent out from there while
above that point two other levels are
being worked The shaft will be sent
on down as rapidly as possible. Ship
ments are suspended just now because
of inability to get the ore TO the raul
road, but Mr.. Weller has twelve men
doing development work and blocking
out the ore preparatory to an active
producing campaign as soon as teams
can traverse the roads Mr.. Weller is
now confident that this property will
develop into n great mine.
At the Empire Copper company's
property Just south of Mackay, orig
inaIlv known as the White Knob cop
per mine, about 100 men arc at work for
leasers and sixty on company account
in the portion OF the mine operated by
it. The mine is. shipping about fifteen
cars week right along whenever the
ore can be gotten down to the railroad.
lust now the company railroad that
brings the ore down from the noun
tain is blocked with snow and no ore
can be shipped, but work in the mine
is going forward as usual. This prop
erty has developed into a very large
mine aud although it has been operated
for ten or twelve years its resources
SEEM W Increase IdGuei 'pdn oiihihlSii'
About ten or eleven years ago q smelt-
CT was built near the river at the
foot Of the mountain. but it has not
been operated for several years and is
said to be now out of date.
At CLAYTON on the Salmon river in
Custer county the REQ Boy mine is be-
ing worked under the leasing system
and the lessees are now blocking ont
big bodies of ore preparatory to their
quick extraction as soon as the rigors
Of winter relax sufficiently that tho
smel5er at Clayton can go into commits,
sion again. This smelter was operated
Mr.. Weller believes Idaho is on the
eve of great mining revival which he
thinks viii! lead to n long era of pros
perity. He declares the Gem state "has
the goods and will forge rapidly 10 the
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