The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-07-22
MINING is BEING REJuvEnArED
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tons This ore was shipped and need about 500 per
ton, running about 21a in gold. Not much other
shipped that summer, just enough
rent expenses the Huson tamway expected to be
in operation within sixty when saving would
bo made in getting the ore down. At that time cost
$40 get each of ore down from the mine the
railroad but when the tramway running it would
not cost to exceed 50 per
In 1885 two shafts sunk on the Augusta of
which perpendicular and about 100 feet below the
main tunnel. This shaft be used the main
working shaft The other shaft from three
hundred feet and followed the incline of the
downward. At depth of 60 feet drift completed
connecting the two shafts and exposing very large
amount of first class and giving air to the east shaft
which had been abandoned because of poor air.
In February 1883, Mr. Groesbeck brought down
ine samples of grey copper from the 120
Ha that they had feet of the kind of
in the breast OF the level mentioned which 200 feet
long.
Soma remarkably rich discoveries made in the
Augusta mine October 1887 Rock that had heretofore
been thrown away not considered to contain min
eral of much value discovered be rich ore An
made and it found contain a hundred
dollars in gold and about thirty in silver The
2o foot level contained large body of this This
of the most discoveries made in this
part of the country for long time.
In 1889 it discovered that the Wall patent spiral
rolls put in the Augusta concenrator would not do the
work that required of them to do. Mr.. Wall
from Salt Lake, and after seeing the mill frankly
admitted that his rolls not adapted the Sup
Ross telegraphed his company the condition of affairs
Tho tram running that time, bringing down large
quantities of low grade that being stopped from
above the tunnel Mr. Ross also had charge of the
celsior mine at that time and had eight work
all winter.
During the summer of 1887, the Augusta company
completed cost of $4,000 steel wire cable tramvay
which two-trds of mile long, for the purpose of
bringing the from the mine to the valley below
October 2 1890, 100 jacks put packing
from the Excelsior mine the Hawkeye concontrator
The Excelsior dump of 400 Of ore
up and through the mill that fall This
tains pay streak about twenty inches wide from which
the rich is taken The worked under lease
by Chamlin & Alexander in 1886 very favoraby. They
struck body of 90 inches in thickness the
that paid handsomely to ship carload of this
ted S140 per ton which made a
1400 net The mint report of the gold silver pro-
duction of the United States for 1887 says that during
that the value of gold produced Gunnson county
S61130 silver S233005 lead S2435S: making
value of these three products, of S31S491. Not very
fatterng showing considering all rich veins known
silver quoted 81 per lead $3.50 per
hundred Compare those prices with the present prices
of mineral and you easily the difference.
There is district in the state inviting for mine
investment is to be found in this locality. An old
prospector told that he had seen mining
district where the outcrop inviting be
found here, and it surprise to him that
not being done The there is work
being done is that prospectors have struggling