The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-07-13
One Assay Shows More Than
S24OO a Ton in Gold
ANOTHER MINE PRODUCES BEST
GOLD ORE YET SEEN THERE.
Long Hike Changed Management
Much Activity in Camp-Road III
Twin Falls County Finished.
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been made on the Surprise group OF
claims which are located near the top
Of Bonanza ridge and not far from
the Ajax claim on which Hedges and
Donaghue opened a two-foot vein last
year. The Surprise claims are owned
by ]. G. Dufner, who made the dlscov-
cry about two weeks ago, on what ap-
pears to be the apex of an ore chute.
Mr.. Dufner has run in a cut on the
vein and has a depth of about fifteen
feet in the face and the vein has wild
ened out in the bottom to three feet
wide of good ore with some high grade
spots which show the free gold very
plainly. An assay of some of this
high grade ore gave returns OF over
$2400 per tor. An assay Of a sample
across three feet gave returns of $2.2O
silver and $14S.54 gold per ton.
William Cambridge brought in from
his Golden Sunset mine on Bear Paw
mountain, a piece of quartz with free
gold sticking out of it, which is cas-
ily the best specimen gold ore shown
i'll the camp from any of the mines
Mr. Cambridge has been at work on ms
uroperty for four years and is highly
pleased with the showing it is now
making. Several engineers have been
over to examine the Sunset ground
and have all been much pleased with
the surface showing and the improved
conditions In the tunnels and cuts
which Mr. Cambridge has made along
the vein The vein or deposit is a
mass of quartz stringers from a Few
inches wide to several feet in width
alternating with a dyke rock that is
plainly traceable on the surface for
long distance. The work done has
shown the belt of the mineralized zone
TO be from 40 to 80 feet wide and
would seem to indicate that this is
great low grade proposition, with high
grade spots to help out. The Bruneau
river is but a short distance away
and is a large stream of water at all
seasons of the year.
The Long Hike mine has changed
management, George j. Shoup, VINO
has been so successful in developing
this property into great mine, mas
SO much other property on his hands
that he has turned the management
of the Long Hike over to j. II. Means
of San Francisco. Work on the Long
Hike is being pushed with all the min
ers they can get hold of; the LONG
Hike, Success, Jarbidge Central and
Bourne are all short of good miners
Mr.. Means is having a wagon road
built from the switch back on the Al
uha road in Bourne gulch, around the
side hill to the No. tunnel on the
Long Hike. This will preatly facill-
tate the delivery of supplies to the
mine.
Mr.. Shoup has bought the Alpha
mill and mine and has changed the
tramway around to the o. K. tunnel
and is now running the mill on the ore
from the O. K mine. 1t is not the In
tcntion to stope any ore at present
but will run the mill on the ore taker
out in doing the development work
The face of the drift shows about 81,
feet of fine ore. Mr.. Shoup is so wei
pleased with the showing on the o. X
that he will make the final payments
al once.
Engineer r. NJ Hill has reported
favorably on several of the JarDlug'
properties AS a result Ernest
Baggott of Berkeley, California, CAM
ir here and took options on severa
properties and started development
work on them He shaped them UP
thoroughly sampled them and had ad
ditional reports made on them, wit
such favorable showings that he ha
already turned the Starlight and Jar
bidge Gold to Albert Hanford OF Sal
Francisco. Mr. Hanford has also sc
cured option on the Success, 1t, PIC
& Shovel and the Buster propertie
en- Bonanza Ridge. This is one OF tn
most valuable groups of claims L
the district and covers a large area @
ground and includes several know
veins with several proven ore chute'
water rights, power sites, mill an
considerable good timber. N. M. Mui
is in charge of the work for Mr.. Han
ford. They have opened boardin
houses at both the Starlight and tn
Eluster and have about twenty me
working in each place and could us
as many more miners If they were
be had.
M. Clareus has bonded his claims u
near the head of the river and fore
OF men are working in the tunnel
Negotiations are under way to TAX
over the Norman ground still furthe
ur the river, where Mr.. Norman cross